Henrietta Hall Shuck

Henrietta Hall Shuck

Henrietta Hall Shuck (28 October 1817 – 27 November 1844) was the first American female missionary to China. She was born in Virginia, USA, the daughter of Rev. Addison Hall.

Henrietta married at the age of 16 to Rev. Jehu Lewis Shuck on 8 September 1835. Both she and her husband belonged to the American Baptist Board for Foreign Missions. She arrived in China in September 1836, where she served as a missionary until her untimely death at the age of 27 in Hong Kong in 1844.

Henrietta Shuck was buried in Hong Kong Cemetery.

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