FOREIGN MISSIONARIES FROM NORWICH, CT.
The following is supposed to be a correct list of the Missionaries that have gone out from Norwich. About twenty of them were natives, and the others were for a considerable period residents of the town, before entering upon the duties of the missionary. Two of them, it will be seen, belong to an earlier period than the organization of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. One is attached to a Methodist Mission; one is an Episcopal clergyman in the employ of the Colonization Society, and twenty-four have been in the service of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
| Year. | Names. | Mission. |
|---|---|---|
| 1761. | Rev. Samson Occum, (Mohegan,) | Oneida. |
| 1766. | Rev. Samuel Kirkland, | " |
| 1812. | Rev. Samuel Nott, Jr., | Mahratta. |
| " | Mrs. Nott, (Roxana Peck,) | " |
| 1819. | Rev. Miron Winslow, | Ceylon. |
| " | Mrs. Winslow, (Harriet L. Lathrop,) | " |
| 1820. | Mrs. Palmer, (Clarissa Johnson,) | Cherokee. |
| 1821. | Rev. William Potter, | " |
| 1825. | Rev. William H. Manwaring, | " |
| 1826. | Mrs. Gleason, (Bethiah W. Tracy,) | Choctaw. |
| 1827. | Rev. Jonathan S. Green, | Sandwich Islands. |
| " | Mrs. Gulick, (Fanny H. Thomas,) | " " |
| 1833. | Mrs. Smith, (Sarah L. Huntington,) | Syria. |
| " | Mrs. Palmer, (Jerusha Johnson,) | Cherokee. |
| " | Mrs. Hutchings, (Elizabeth C. Lathrop,) | Ceylon. |
| " | Mrs. Perry, (Harriet J. Lathrop,) | " |
| " | Rev. Stephen Johnson, | Siam. |
| 1835. | Rev. James T. Dickinson, | Singapore. |
| " | Rev. William Tracy, | Madura. |
| " | Mrs. Hebard, (Rebecca W. Williams,) | Syria. |
| 1836. | Mrs. Cherry, (Charlotte H. Lathrop,) | Madura. |
| " | Rev. James L. Thomson, | Cyprus. |
| 1839. | Mrs. Sherman, (Martha E. Williams,) | Syria. |
| " | Mrs. Brewer, (Laura L. Giddings,) | Oregon. |
| " | Mrs. Cherry, (Jane E. Lathrop,) | Ceylon. |
| 1840. | Rev. Joshua Smith, | Africa. |
| 1843. | Miss Susan Tracy, | Choctaw. |
| 1844. | Miss Lucinda Downer, | Choctaw. |
| History of Norwich. | ||
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