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Julia Eames French
Other Name:
Julia Ann Eames
Gender:
Female
Born:
April 3, 1810
Died:
1863
Home Town:
New Hartford, NY
Marriage(s):
Maynard French (January 1829)
Biographical Notes:
Julia Eames French, the daughter of John Eames and Sarah Sanger Eames, was born April 3, 1810 in New Hartford, New York. In 1826 Julia was sent to Litchfield, Connecticut to study at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy. Three years later she married Maynard French, with whom she had ten children during their marriage. Julia passed away in 1863.
Education
Years at LFA:
1826
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Maynard French
Husband - John Eames
Father - Sarah Sanger Eames
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:
1826 Litchfield Female Academy Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
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