Portrait of Rachel Bevier Hardenbergh
John Thomas Peele (1882-1897)
John Thomas Peele (1882-1897)
Rachel Bevier Hardenbergh
Other Name:
Rachel Bevier
Gender:
Female
Born:
1786
Died:
1858
Home Town:
New Paltz, NY
Marriage(s):
Thomas R. Hardenbergh (1809)
Biographical Notes:
Rachel Bevier Hardenbergh, daughter of Philip Dubois Bevier and Ann Dewitt Bevier, was one of seven daughters sent to Litchfield to study at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy. Nine years after completing her studies in Litchfield, Rachel married Thomas R. Hardenbergh. Rachel and Thomas had seven children during their marriage.
Education
Years at LFA:
1800
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Thomas R. Hardenbergh
Husband - Sarah Bevier Bruyn
Sister
LFA (1813) - Henrietta Bevier Hasbrouck
Sister
LFA (1807,1809) - Anna Bevier Elting
Sister
LFA (Unknown) - Esther Bevier Hasbrouck
Sister
LFA (1800) - Hylah Bevier Hasbrouck
Sister
LFA (1811,1813) - Elizabeth Bevier
Sister
LFA (1807) - Ann Dewitt Bevier
Mother - Philip Dubois Bevier
Father
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:
Bevier, Katherine. The Bevier Family. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1916.
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