Laurilla and Zephina Smith saw Mrs. Willard (Emma Hart Willard) when they were in Hartford, in September 1821. Soon after, Mrs. Willard opened her Female Seminary for boarding and day students, in Troy, New York. Finally, a school which offered … Continue reading
Emma Hart was the sixteenth child of Samuel Hart and the ninth child of Mr. Hart and his second wife Lydia. Samuel encouraged his daughter Emma to love learning, reading, and to think for herself. In 1802 when Laurilla and … Continue reading
James Eldred Homestead At the end of 1815 James Eldred, his wife Polly Mulford, and their five children arrived from Orange County, New York. Ten days later their daughter Phebe Maria Eldred was born. The Eldreds settled in a log … Continue reading
In the 1780s Hannah Hickok Smith borrowed and diligently read her uncle Asa Hickok’s geography book. From 1802 to 1812 Uncle Asa, Aunt Esther, and their six children (Hannah Smith’s first cousins) lived in Burlington, part of original Farmington, Connecticut. … Continue reading
It was the start of a new century. Daily life continued much the same for Zephaniah and Hannah Hickok Smith, of Glastenbury, Connecticut. Along with Zephaniah’s law practice, the couple maintained (or hired help for) their large two-story house (Kimberly … Continue reading
From the late 1700s to the early decades of the 1800s, there was a mass exodus of families from Connecticut. In 1812 my ancestors Asa and Esther Hinman Hickok, their six children (ages ten to twenty-four): Reuben, Sylvia, Louisa, David … Continue reading
Hannah Hickok (Smith) in her 1784–1786 Journals mentioned a trip to Vermont to stay at her uncle’s house and teach. Some of the terms were mentioned when Hannah was in Castleton, Vermont. Colloquy (colloquies) Conversation or discussion. Discourse To communicate … Continue reading
• Acre: 160 square rods. Originally: the amount of land tilled by one man behind one ox in one day; four by forty rods or four rods by one furlong. Acres were long and narrow to provide more river front … Continue reading
Hannah, in her 1784–1786 Journal calls their home, the Hickok Hotel. Hickok Hotel, February 1785 Maria is often here. She was with me when we returned from Sam and Grace Prindle’s wedding Thursday evening. There were some lodgers from Stratford … Continue reading
Hannah Hickok, daughter of David and Abigail Johnson Hickok, was not the usual teenager. A voracious reader, Hannah (b. 1767) was usually a no-nonsense person with strong opinions we learn in her 1784–1786 Journal/Diary. Hannah mentioned her uncle Asa Hickok … Continue reading
