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Abby Sariah Northrop
Gender:
Female
Born:
October 15, 1799
Died:
1818
Home Town:
New Milford, CT
Biographical Notes:
Abby Sariah Northrop was born on October 14, 1799 to Cyrus and Betsey Wells Northrop of New Milford, Connecticut. From 1814-1816 Abby received a formal education at the Litchfield Female Academy, as her two sisters would later do. Only two years after completing her studies Abby passed away in 1818.
Education
Years at LFA:
1814-1816
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Jane Ann Northrop
Sister
LFA (1826) - Emily Northrop Bostwick
Sister
LFA (1820) - Betsey Wells Northrop
Mother - Cyrus Northrop
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:
"Rules of the School and Family" and Names of the Young Ladies belonging to Miss Pierce's School in the Summer of 1814 (Litchfield Historical Society - Litchfield Female Academy collection).
1816 Litchfield Female Academy Catalog (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA; The University Press, 1903).
1816 Litchfield Female Academy Catalog (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA; The University Press, 1903).
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