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Rebecca Beebe Newcomb
Other Name:
Rebecca R. Beebe
Gender:
Female
Born:
June 4, 1810
Died:
Unknown
Home Town:
Litchfield, CT
Marriage(s):
Alexander R. Newcomb (April 6, 1835)
Biographical Notes:
Rebecca Beebe Newcomb was one of three daughters of William Beebe and Clarissa Sanford Beeb of Litchfield, Connecticut. It is believed that Rebecca may have attended the Litchfield Female Academy like her sisters. On April 6, 1835 Rebecca married Alexander R. Newcomb.
Education
Years at LFA:
Unknown
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Alexander R. Newcomb
Husband - Elizabeth Beebe Russel
Sister
LFA (1826) - Harriet Maria Beebe
Sister
LFA (1830) - William Beebe
Father - Clarissa Sanford Beebe
Mother
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:
Rebecca Beebe is listed in Chronicles of a Pioneer School under a "List of Pupils Gathered from Letters and Other Sources" (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
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