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Rebecca Taylor Canfield
Other Name:
Rebecca Maria Taylor
Gender:
Female
Born:
August 1, 1792
Died:
April 1, 1868
Home Town:
New Milford, CT
Marriage(s):
Samuel Canfield (unknown)
Biographical Notes:
It is believed that Rebecca Taylor Canfield, daughter of William and Abigail Starr Taylor of New Milford, Connecticut, may have received her formal education at the Litchfield Female Academy around the year 1808. She later married Col. Samuel Canfield of New Milford, and the couple had six children.
Education
Years at LFA:
c.1808
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
- Samuel Canfield
Husband - George W. Taylor
Brother
LFA (1819) - Abigail Starr Taylor
Mother - William Taylor
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:
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