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Maria Butler Perlee
Other Name:
Maria Butler; Maria Perlee
Gender:
Female
Born:
September 8, 1791
Died:
Unknown
Home Town:
Litchfield, CT
Marriage(s):
Abram Perlee (unknown)
Biographical Notes:
Maria Butler was the daughter of Litchfield businessman Charles Butler and Mary Thompson Butler. Maria was born on September 8, 1791. She attended the Litchfield Female Academy in 1802.
Education
Years at LFA:
1802
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Nancy Butler Hubbell (b. 1793)
Sister
LFA (c.1808) - William Butler (b. 1795)
Brother - Mary Butler
Sister
LFA (c.1811) - Harriet Butler
Sister
LFA (c.1814) - Catharine Butler
Sister - Eliza Butler
Sister - Isaac Butler
Brother - George Butler
Brother - Charles Butler 2
Brother - Theron Rudd Butler
Brother - Abram Perlee
Husband - Charles Butler (Litchfield, CT)
Father - Mary Thompson Butler
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:
Maria is listed as a fellow student in Maryann Bacon's 1802 Journal (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy collection).
1802 Litchfield Female Academy Catalog (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 To 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
1802 Litchfield Female Academy Catalog (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 To 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
Secondary Sources:
Butler, Henry L. Tales of Our Kinsfolk, Past and Present: The Story of Our Butler Ancestors. Madison: University of Wisconsin, 1919. Google Books. Google, 10 Jan. 2011. Web. 13 Aug. 2013.
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