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Nancy Barclay Crawford
Other Name:
Nancy Agnes Barclay
Gender:
Female
Born:
January 9, 1808
Died:
1902
Home Town:
Crawford, NY
Marriage(s):
Leander Crawford (January 23, 1838)
Biographical Notes:
Nancy Barclay Crawford was born January 9, 1808 in Crawford, New York to Agnes McCurdy Barclay and her husband Samuel Barclay. Samuel had served in the Commissary Department during the Revolutionary War and worked as a farmer. In 1823 Nancy attended Sarah Pierce's Female Academy in Litchfield, Connecticut before marrying Leander Crawford, a farmer and bank director, on January 23, 1838. They lived in either Crawford or Montgomery, New York. During their marriage Nancy and Leander had three children. Nancy died in 1902.
Education
Years at LFA:
1823
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Leander Crawford
Husband - Samuel Barclay
Father - Agnes McCurdy Barclay
Mother
Related Objects and Documents
In the Ledger:
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:
1823 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School Fro 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).
1823 Litchfield Female Academy Winter Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).
1823 Litchfield Female Academy Winter Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).
Secondary Sources:
Ruttenber, E.M. and L.H. Clark. History of Orange County, New York: 1683 - 1881. Heart of the Lakes Publishing, 1986.
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