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Betsey Adams May
Other Name:
Betsey Adams
Gender:
Female
Born:
October 31, 1796
Died:
May 22, 1877
Home Town:
Litchfield, CT
Later Residences:
Bath, NY
Marriage(s):
James May (1816)
Biographical Notes:
Betsey Adams, a Litchfield resident is believed to have attended Sarah Pierce's Female Academy in the early nineteenth century. One of eight children (three of whom are confirmed students of the Litchfield Female Academy), Bestsey's father practiced law in Litchfield and also served the Female Academy as a trustee. Born on October 31, 1796 she later married James May of Bath, New York.
Education
Years at LFA:
Unknown
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Henry Adams
Brother
LFA (Unknown) - John Marsh Adams
Brother
LFA (Unknown) - Sally Adams Peck
Sister
LFA (Unknown) - James May
Husband - Amos Adams
Brother
LFA (Unknown) - Keziah Adams Rogers
Sister
LFA (1823-1825) - Charles Adams (1805-1883)
Brother
LFA (1820-1821) - William Thomas Adams
Brother
LFA (1829) - Deborah Marsh Adams
Mother - Joseph Adams
Father
The Citation of Attendance provides primary source documentation of the student’s attendance at the Litchfield Female Academy and/or the Litchfield Law School. If a citation is absent, the student is thought to have attended but currently lacks primary source confirmation. Records for the schools were sporadic, especially in the formative years of both institutions. If instructors kept comprehensive records for the Litchfield Female Academy or the Litchfield Law School, they do not survive. Researchers and staff have identified students through letters, diaries, family histories and genealogies, and town histories as well as catalogues of students printed in various years. Art and needlework have provided further identification of Female Academy Students, and Litchfield County Bar records document a number of Law School students. The history of both schools and the identification of the students who attended them owe credit to the early 20th century research and documentation efforts of Emily Noyes Vanderpoel and Samuel Fisher, and the late 20th century research and documentation efforts of Lynne Templeton Brickley and the Litchfield Historical Society staff.
CITATION OF ATTENDANCE:
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