William Ward Missionary to India Born October 20, 1769 Derby, England Died March 7, 1843 Serampore, India

William Ward (Born 1769 Died 1823) was a pioneer Baptist missionary, author, printer and translator. On 10 May 1802 he was married at Serampore to the widow of John Fountain, another missionary, by whom he left two daughters. Baptist is a term describing a tradition within Christianity and may also refer to individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. ... A missionary is traditionally defined as a propagator of religion who works to convert those outside that community; someone who proselytizes. ...

Early life

Ward was born at Derby on 20 October 1769, and was the son of John Ward, a carpenter and builder of that town, and grandson of Thomas Ward, a farmer at Stretton, near Burton in Staffordshire. His father died while he was a child, and the care of his upbringing fell to his mother. He was placed with a schoolmaster named Mr Congreve, near Derby, and afterwards with another named Mr Breary. For other uses, see Derby (disambiguation). ... Stretton is a small village in Staffordshire, England on the outskirts of Burton upon Trent. ... Burton can mean: // People Burton, Adam aka Maxwell Atoms, U.S. comics creator Burton, Alexander Stewart, Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross Burton, Amanda (born 1957), Irish actress Burton, Beryl (1937-1996), English racing cyclist Burton, Bob, Australian journalist Burton, Brandie (born 1972), U.S. professional golfer Burton, Brian aka... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ...

On leaving school he was apprenticed to a Derby printer and bookseller Mr Drewry, with whom he continued two years after the expiry of his indentures, assisting him to edit the Derby Mercury. He then removed to Stafford, where he assisted Joshua Drewry, a relative of his former master, to edit the Staffordshire Advertiser and in either 1794 or 1795 proceeded to Hull, where he followed his business as a printer, and was for some time editor of the Hull Advertiser. This article is about the town of Stafford, England. ...

Religion

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William Carey

Background Christianity Thomas the Apostle Pantaenus Protestantism Indian history Missions timeline Christianity in India Image File history File links Size of this preview: 388 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (1128 × 1740 pixel, file size: 312 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) From William Carey: The Shoemaker Who Became the Founder of Modern Missions; John Brown Myers; London 1887 This image is in the public... William Carey (August 17, 1761 – June 9, 1834) was an English missionary and Baptist minister, known as the father of modern missions. ... Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ... Thomas, also called St. ... Pantaenus was the head of the catechetical school at Alexandria, ca. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This is a timeline of Indian history. ... Timeline of the spread of the Christian Gospel c. ... The Nasrani Menorah, the symbol of the Knanaya Christian community in South India. ...

People Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg Joshua Marshman William Ward Amy Carmichael Alexander Duff Anthony Norris Groves James Mills Thoburn more missionaries Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg monument in Tranquebar, Tamil Nadu, South India Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg (June 10, 1682 - February 23, 1719) was a member of the Lutheran clergy and the first Protestant missionary to India. ... The Reverend Dr.Joshua Marshman was born in 1768 in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England and died In Serampore India in 1837. ... Amy Beatrice (a. ... Dr. Alexander Duff, D. D. LLD. (1806-1878), was the founder of what is now known as Scottish Church College or the Scottish Church College, Calcutta. ... Anthony Norris Groves ( born Newton, Hampshire, England ; 1795-1853) the father of faith missions. ... Bishop James M Thoburn James Mills Thoburn (March 7, 1836 - November 28, 1922) was a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church best known for his missionary work in India. ... This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. ...

Works Serampore College Serampore College is a Christian Seminary located in India. ...

Missionary agencies London Missionary Society Church Missionary Society Baptist Missionary Society The London Missionary Society was a non-denominational missionary society formed in England in 1795 by evangelical Anglicans and Nonconformists, largely Congregationalist in outlook, with missions in the islands of the South Pacific and Africa. ... The Church Mission Society (formerly the Church Missionary Society) is a voluntary society working with the Anglican Church and other Protestant Christians around the world. ... The Baptist Missionary Society (from 2000 BMS World Mission) is a Christian missionary society founded by Baptists from England around 1792AD. The original name of the society was the Particular Baptist Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Amongst the Heathen. ...

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Ward early in life became an Anabaptist, and on 26 Aug 1796 he was baptised at Hull. Preaching constantly in the neighbouring villages, he became known as a man of promise, and, with the assistance of a member of the baptist community named Mr Fishwick, he proceeded in August 1797 to Ewood Hall, near Halifax in Yorkshire, the theological academy of John Fawcett (1740-1817), where he studied for a year and a half. Anabaptists (Greek ανα (again) +βαπτιζω (baptize), thus, re-baptizers [1], German: Wiedertäufer) are Christians of the Radical Reformation. ... August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... Year 1796 (MDCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a British city situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ...

Missionary Work

The Arms of Serampore College founded by Ward, Marshman & Carey

In the autumn of 1798 the baptist mission committee visited Ewood, and Ward offered himself as a missionary, influenced perhaps by a remark made to him in 1793 by William Carey concerning the need for a printer in the Indian mission field. Serampore College is a Christian Seminary located in India. ... William Carey (August 17, 1761 – June 9, 1834) was an English missionary and Baptist minister, known as the father of modern missions. ...

Ward sailed from England in the Criterion in May 1799, in company with Joshua Marshman. On arriving at Calcutta he was prevented from joining Carey by an order from the Government, and was thereby obliged to proceed to the Danish settlement of Serampore, where he was then joined by Carey. The Reverend Dr.Joshua Marshman was born in 1768 in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England and died In Serampore India in 1837. ... This article is on Calcutta/Kolkata, the city. ... Serampore, India, is a pre-colonial town on the right bank of the Hoogli River in the Hooghly (Hughli) district of West Bengal. ...

In India, Ward's time was chiefly occupied in overseeing the community's printing press, which was used to disseminate the scriptures, once they had been translated into Bengáli, Mahratta, Tamil, and twenty-three other languages. Numerous philological works were also issued and Ward still found time to both keep a copious diary and to preach the gospel to the natives.

Until 1806 he made frequent tours amongst the towns and villages of the province, but after that year the increasing claims of the press on his time, and the extension of the missionary labours in Serampore and Calcutta, prevented him quitting headquarters. In 1812 the printing office was destroyed by fire. It contained the types of all the scriptures that had been printed, to the value of at least ten thousand pounds. The moulds for casting fresh type, however, were recovered from the débris, and with the help of friends in Great Britain the loss was soon repaired.

Serampore College

In 1818 Ward, having been for some time in bad health, revisited England. Here he was entrusted with the task of pleading for funds with which to endow a new college at Serampore which he had founded along with Joshua Marshman & William Carey, for the purpose of instructing natives in European literature and science. Serampore College is a Christian Seminary located in India. ... The Reverend Dr.Joshua Marshman was born in 1768 in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England and died In Serampore India in 1837. ... William Carey (August 17, 1761 – June 9, 1834) was an English missionary and Baptist minister, known as the father of modern missions. ...

He undertook a series of journeys throughout England and Scotland, and also visited Holland and North Germany. In October 1820 he embarked for New York, and travelled through the United States, returning to England in April 1821. On 28 May he sailed for India in the Alberta, carrying funds for Serampore College; as a result, Ward, Marshman & Carey became known as the Serampore trio. The Serampore Trio was the name given to : Joshua Marshman William Carey & William Ward These three were pioneering missionaries to India in the 18th century and set up amongst other things Serampore College. ...

Death

Ward died of cholera at Serampore on 7 March 1823, and was interred in the mission burial-ground. Cholera (frequently called Asiatic cholera or epidemic cholera) is a severe diarrheal disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. ...

Written works

Besides his sermons, Ward was also the author of:

• ‘Account of the Writings, Religion, and Manners of the Hindoos,’ Serampúr, 1811, 4 vols. 4to; 5th edit., abridged, Madras, 1863, 8vo.
• ‘Farewell Letters in Britain and America on returning to Bengal in 1821,’ London, 1821, 12mo; 2nd edit. 1821.
• ‘Brief Memoir of Krishna-Pal, the first Hindoo, in Bengal, who broke the Chain of the Cast by embracing the Gospel;’ 2nd edit., London, 1823, 12mo.

He was also the author of several sonnets and short poems which were printed as an appendix to a memoir of him by Samuel Stennett. A portrait, engraved by R. Baker from a painting by Overton, is prefixed to the same work.

Sources

• Stennett's "Memoirs of the Life of William Ward", 1825;
• "Memoir of William Ward", Philadelphia;
• Simpson's Life prefixed to "View of History, Literature, and Religion of the Hindoos" 1863
• Dictionary of National Biography - article dated 1899
• Marshman's "Carey, Marshman, and Ward" 1864