Samuel S. Day

Samuel Stearns Day (13 May, 1808 – 17 September, 1871), also known as Samuel S. Day, was the first Canadian-born American Baptist missionary to Telugu speaking provinces - Visakhapatnam, nearby to British Baptist missionary presence in Orissa (now Odisha); and Nellore, part of then-Madras presidency, later part of Andhra, and currently part of Andhra Pradesh.

He was the founder of American and Canadian Baptist missions in Telugu speaking provinces, especially Telugu Baptist mission at Nellore. He was ordained on 24 August 1835.

On 23 September 1835, Day, along with E.L. Abbot and their wives sailed to India for missionary work under the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (ABFMS). Upon arrival in Calcutta on 5 February 1836, E.L. Abbot departed to Burma, while the Day family proceeded to Vizagapatam - also known by names Vizag or Visakhapatnam. They sailed to America on 3 December 1845. With Roenna left in America, he sailed again to India along with Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Jewett, American missionaries, and arrived Nellore in February 1849 for a five-year term. From 2 July 1849, he had also started working among Muslims in Nellore. Mrs. Jewett started a girls' "Boarding school", in the meantime.

Works

History of Christ in Telugu - fully in the words of the four gospels. New Testament translation into Telugu with amendments and corrections.