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Frederick Henry Wolcott

Gender:
Male
Born:
August 19, 1808
Died:
April 11, 1883
Home Town:
Litchfield, CT
Marriage(s):
Abby Howland Wolcott (June 12,1838)
Sarah Chase Wolcott (January 18, 1855)
Biographical Notes:
Born August 19, 1808, Frederick Henry Wolcott was the son of Frederick and Betsey Huntington Wolcott of Litchfield, Connecticut. From 1819 through 1824 Frederick, like his siblings, received an early education at Sarah Pierce's Female Academy. During his adult life Frederick was married twice, and had seven children. In 1838 he married Anny Howland Wolcott. After Abby's death Frederick was married to Sarah Chase Wolcott.
Additional Notes:
Frederick was the grandson of Oliver Wolcott, Governor of Connecticut and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Education
Years at LFA:
1819-1824
Immediate Family (Why only immediate family?)
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In the Ledger:
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:
1819 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School Fro 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).

1820 Litchfield Female Academy Summer Session Catalogue (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. More Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1927).

1820 Litchfield Female Academy Catalog Winter Session (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).

1821 Litchfield Female Academy Catalog Summer Session (Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes. Chronicles of A Pioneer School From 1792 to 1833. Cambridge, MA: The University Press, 1903).

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