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1831-1925 Adoniram Judson Fay Clerk Massachusetts MA On 24 June 1831 Priscilla Elvira Chamberlain presented a baby boy to her husband Lysander Fay and together they named him, Adoniram Judson Fay. We know little about this lad except that he married Attemira A. Smith and they had a daughter named Rosa F. Fay. In the […]

1820-1896 Adoniram Judson Sturdevant Career Unknown Maine/California ME/CA When Adoniram Judson Sturdevant was bon on 26 March 1820, in Fayette, Maine, his father, Andrew Sturtevant, was 28 years old and his mother, Rachel Crane Birt, was also 28. Young Sturdevant married Sarah Ann Tuck on 20 May 1847, in the same town in which he

1905-Present Judson Baptist Christian Church Aungbinle/Mandalay Burma/Myanmar Adoniram was arrested by the Burmese emperor, Bagidaw, on 8 June 1824 and originally imprisoned in Ava at Let Ma Yoon (Hand Not Shrink) death prison. As the first Anglo-Burmese war progressed, victories mounted for the Europeans and the white prisoners were suddenly moved in May 1825 to

1839-1918  Judson LaMoure, Sr. Businessman/Public Servant         CA/ND As compiler and czar of The Judson Legacy Project, I have chosen on only four occasions to allow someone into my listing who did not meet the standard of verifiably being named for Ann or Adoniram Judson.  I choose to do this with Judson LaMoure who was born

1896-1963 Earnest Judson Wilson Professional Baseball Player VA/VA As compiler and czar of The Judson Legacy Project, I have chosen on only four occasions to allow someone into this listing who did not meet the standard of being verifiably named for Ann or Adoniram Judson.  I choose to do this with Earnest Judson Wilson who

1960-Present  Judson Strain Lawyer-turned-Librarian   Illinois      IN/IL Judson Strain was born in LaPorte, Indiana, June 5, 1960, and graduated from Judson College (now University) in 1982 where he was involved in theater and intramurals. Three years later finished his Juris Doctorate from Northern Illinois University and began a successful career in the legal profession. Judson finished a

2012-Present  Judson Christian Schumacher Student        Ames, Iowa              IA/IA There are a pair of God-fearing parents in Iowa that has named their children for Biblical and Christian heroes.  The first-born is named Josiah (king of Judah) Martin (think Luther).  The next is Micah (prophet) John (think Bunyan), Then comes Elijah (think prophet) Ames (think John Ames,

2011-Present  Judson Breckenridge Merkle Student               Myanmar/CO On November 22, 2011, missionary Candice Merkle delivered her second child, her first son in Ching Mai, Thailand.  Based on long conversations with her husband, Breck Merkle, the lad was named for the iconic Baptist missionary, Adoniram Judson. This couple were serving as missionaries in Myanmar and working

2009-Present  James Adoniram Greear Student, Raleigh, North Carolina    NC He was only 8 years old in 2018 when I heard his name mentioned by this father who was being interviewed on the radio. It was winter and I was in Florida and learned the lad was frequently called Adon. He is the son of Veronica

1855-1939  Judson Wheeler van DeVenter Composer/Evangelist                     MI/FL [Compiler’s Note: No, I cannot document the Judson Wheeler van DeVenter was named for Ann and/or Adoniram Judson but I will make the guess that he was.  His father was named for the founder of Methodism, John Wesley (van DeVenter).  His sister who only lived six years was