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Sarah Coit Day
Other Name:
Sarah Coit
Gender:
Female
Born:
September 27, 1786
Died:
Unknown
Home Town:
Preston, CT
Marriage(s):
Thomas Day (March 18, 1813)
Biographical Notes:
Sarah Coit Day was born on September 27, 1786 to Wheeler and Sibyl Tracy Coit of Preston, Connecticut. On March 18, 1813 Sarah married Thomas Day of New Preston, Connecticut, and the couple had eight children. Thomas, a lawyer and politician, graduated from Yale College in 1797 and studied the law in Litchfield, Connecticut.
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Thomas Day
Husband
LLS (1797) - Wheeler Coit
Father - Sibyl Tracy Coit
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:
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