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Hester Van Voorhis Adriance

Other Name:
Hester Van Voorhis
Gender:
Female
Born:
December 24, 1795
Died:
1823
Home Town:
Fishkill, NY
Marriage(s):
Isaac Adriance (September 11, 1821)
Biographical Notes:
Hester Van Voorhis was born on December 24, 1795 to William Roe Van Voorhis and Rachel Vail Van Voorhis of Fishkill, New York. In 1811 Hester traveled to Litchfield, Connecticut where she studied at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy. In 1821 she married Isaac Adriance of New York City. The couple had no children before Hester's death in 1823.
Education
Years at LFA:
1811
help 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:
Hester's name is found on Hylah Bevier's list of students in her 1811 edition of "Universal History" (Locust Grove Estate).
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