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Betsey Galpin
Gender:
Female
Born:
1785
Died:
1800
Home Town:
Litchfield, CT
Biographical Notes:
Betsey Galpin, daughter of Litchfield, Connecticut lawyer and politician Amos Galpin and his wife Sybil, was born in 1785. Having been a local resident, as well as her younger sister Mary Ann having attended, it is likely that Betsey studied at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy in Litchfield as well.
Education
Years at LFA:
Unknown
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Robert Galpin
Brother
LFA (Unknown) - Clarissa Galpin
Sister
LFA (Unknown) - Mary Ann Galpin Goodwin
Sister
LFA (1811,1814,1816) - Sylvester Galpin
Brother
LFA (1806) - Sybil Tallmadge Galpin
Mother - Amos Galpin
Father
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.]
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