He was followed by William Ward, a printer; Joshua Marshman, a schoolteacher; David Brunsdon,
one of Marshman's students; and William Grant, who died three weeks after his arrival.
Unused to the rigorous work ethic of Carey, Ward, and Marshman, the new missionaries thought their seniors-
particularly Marshman- to be somewhat dictatorial, assigning them work not to their liking.
John Marshman wrote how Carey worked away on his studies
and translations,"… while an insane wife, frequently wrought up to a state of most distressing excitement, was in the next room.