All three children were raised in England by their mother's brother and they all eventually dedicated their adult lives to missionary work in China.

In 1853, aged 16, Maria traveled to China with her sister, Burella, and they lived and worked at a school for girls in Ningbo which was run by one of the first female missionaries to the Chinese, Mary Ann Aldersey, an old friend of their mother.

[2] In London, Maria helped Hudson to write China's Spiritual Need and Claims, which had an enormous impact on Christian missions in the 19th century.

The party donned Chinese clothing, notwithstanding – even the women missionaries (Maria for the first time) – which was deemed semi-scandalous by some Europeans.

[2] Maria felt the loss deeply, and poured out her emotions in poetry, as she had done earlier in life after the death of her parents.

Amid the struggle of the first year back in China, she wrote: As to the harsh judgings of the world, or the more painful misunderstandings of Christian brethren, I generally feel that the best plan is to go on with our work and leave God to vindicate our cause.

[5] With 1868 brought another child (Charles Edward Taylor) into the Taylor family, and, in 1870, Hudson and Maria made the difficult decision to send their older three surviving children (Bertie, Freddie, and Maria – Samuel died earlier that year) home to England.

That same year, Noel was born, though he died of malnutrition and deprivation two weeks later due to Maria's inability to nurse him.

The cemetery itself was destroyed during the Chinese Cultural Revolution by Red Guards in China as part of the Destruction of the Four Olds campaign.

Maria's death shook Hudson Taylor deeply, and in 1871 with his own health deteriorating, he returned to England to recuperate and take care of business items involved with the mission work; it was during this trip that he married Jennie Faulding.

Descendants of Hudson & Maria Taylor continued their full-time ministry in Chinese communities in Hong Kong and Taiwan including Rev.

There was no talk of the family returning to Britain (Not Less Than p 25) England and China Enters Polam Hall School in Darlington, Durham, NE England with Burella Declines Robert Hart's proposal Maria receives guardian's approval to marry Taylor Married Life Sister, Burella dies of cholera in Shanghai, age: 23 years Brother, Samuel Jr. emigrates to New Zealand Life in London 1860 to 1866 Return to China 1866 to 1871