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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: Contrary to my self-imposed standards, I cannot document that Judson Wheeler van DeVenter was named for Ann and/or Adoniram Judson but I will make the determination that he was. Judson’s family has a pattern of propogating the names of famous religious leaders.  His father was named

2016-Present Judson Felix Roberts Martinsburg, West Virginia WV Rev. Arthur Joseph (A.J.) Roberts, father of young Judson Felix Roberts, told why he named his son for the iconic missionary. I went to India in 2010 for the first time and read To the Golden Shore while there (was there for a month). God stirred me

1947-Present  Judson Cabin at Camp Bentley Drake, North Dakota           ND In the mid-20th century, Mrs. Anna Bentley owned a ranch near Drake, ND, and wanted her legacy to include “a religious youth camp for posterity.” A delegation of North Dakota Baptists met with her for the first time in November 1946 and by March 1947 a

1849-Present           Judson’s Burmese Dictionary     Dictionary Burma/Myanmar This compiler grew up having to tote a Merriam-Webster dictionary to school every day and then haul it to class as a part of my physical development and training—it was big and heavy.  The book also accompanied me to college and now sits on my desk only to be

1900-Present Another Interlude: Judson Day July 13 Arrival in Burma The World Nor can I find a specific point in history when Judson Day began, thus we will put it here as another interlude in The Judson Legacy Project.  Ann and Adoniram Judson first saw Burma on 12 July 1813 as their ship, Georgiana, pulled

1821-1865 Adoniram Judson Kneeland Public Servant Cortland County NY  Again I acknowledge the good research of Andy Osterdahl at “The Strangest Names in American Political History” for snippets about this next entry. We wish we knew more. Adoniram Judson Kneeland served a brief term in the New York State Assembly during the mid-1880s. This mysterious man