Jerusha Clark Peck Photograph
Jerusha Clark Peck
Other Name:
Jerusha Philips Clark
Gender:
Female
Born:
Unknown
Died:
1859
Home Town:
Northampton, MA
Marriage(s):
Henry Peck (1818)
Biographical Notes:
Jerusha Clark Peck was the daughter of Samuel Clark and Lucretia Sheldon Clark of Northampton, Massachusetts. It is believed that prior to 1813 Jerusha attended the Litchfield Female Academy. She married businessman and politician Henry Peck of New Haven, Connecticut in 1818. No more is known about Jerusha's life until her death in 1859.
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Henry Peck
Husband - Lucretia Sheldon Clark
Mother - Samuel Clark
Father
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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:
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