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Content Flagler Hazeltine
Other Name:
Content S. Flagler
Gender:
Female
Born:
1790
Died:
1881
Home Town:
Half-Moon, NY
Marriage(s):
Laban Hazeltine (unknown)
Biographical Notes:
Content Flagler Hazeltine of Half Moon, New York was the daughter of Richard Flager and his wife Martha Wilkinson Flagler. In 1811 it is believed that Content may have travelled to Litchfield, Connecticut where she would have studied at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy. She later married Laban Hazeltine, a doctor. During their marriage Content and her husband had eight children. Content passed away in 1881.
Additional Notes:
Content Flagler Hazeltine of Half Moon, New York is listed as a subscriber to Sarah Pierce's text "Universal History" in 1811. It is known that not all subscribers necessarily attended the school. Until a solid citation of attendance can be found Content will be considered a possible student.
-1811 List of Subscribers in Ist Vol. "Universal History" (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 To 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
-1811 List of Subscribers in Ist Vol. "Universal History" (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 To 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Laban Hazeltine
Husband - Richard Flagler
Father - Martha Wilkinson Flagler
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:
[We are currently working to update and confirm citations of attendance.]
Secondary Sources:
Sylvester, Nathaniel Bartlett. History of Saratoga County, New York. Higginson Book Co.
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