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Elizabeth Swan Sedgwick
Other Name:
Betsey Swan
Gender:
Female
Born:
February 6, 1807
Died:
1894
Home Town:
Sharon, CT
Marriage(s):
Charles Frederick Sedgwick (October 15, 1821)
Biographical Notes:
Elizabeth Swan Sedgwick, born February 6, 1807, was the daughter of Cyrus H. and Rachel Gould Swan of Sharon, Connecticut. In 1819 Elizabeth attended Sarah Pierce's Female Academy in Litchfield, Connecticut. Two years later Elizabeth married Charles Frederick Sedgwick. During their marriage Charles was a lawyer, educator and politician, and the couple had ten children. Elizabeth passed away in 1894.
Education
Years at LFA:
1819
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Charles Frederick Sedgwick
Husband - Harriot Swan Roberts
Sister
LFA (1832) - Caroline Swan Sedgwick
Sister
LFA (post-1819) - Rachel Gould Swan
Mother - Cyrus H. Swan
Father
LLS (1796)
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:
1819 Litchfield Female Academy Winter Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).
Emily Noyes Vanderpoel interviewed Elizabeth Swan Sedgwick's daughter, Mrs. Caroline Sedgwick Knight for Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. in 1902 (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School Fro 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
Emily Noyes Vanderpoel interviewed Elizabeth Swan Sedgwick's daughter, Mrs. Caroline Sedgwick Knight for Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. in 1902 (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School Fro 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).
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