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Mary Ayers Abbott
Other Name:
Mary Ayers
Gender:
Female
Born:
Unknown
Died:
Unknown
Home Town:
New Canaan, CT
Marriage(s):
Hasar Abbott (December 6, 1825)
Biographical Notes:
Mary Ayers Abbott of New Canaan, Connecticut attended the Litchfield Female Academy in 1822. Three years later, in 1825 she married Hasar Abbott, also of New Canaan, Connecticut. Little else is known about her life.
Education
Years at LFA:
1822
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Hasar Abbott
Husband
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:
She is mentioned in Mary L. Wilbor's 1822 Diary (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 To 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
1822 Litchfield Female Academy Catalogue published in The Litchfield Eagle (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 To 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
1822 Litchfield Female Academy Catalogue published in The Litchfield Eagle (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 To 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
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