Harriet Tallmadge Delafield
(1797-1856)
BIRTH
April 3, 1797
PLACE
NAME
Harriet Tallmadge
DEATH
July 9, 1856
PLACE
FAMILY
FATHER
Benjamin Tallmadge
(1754-1835)
MOTHER
Mary Floyd Tallmadge
(1764-1805)
SISTER
Maria Tallmadge Cushman
(1790-1878)
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RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
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AWARDS
Harriet Wadsworth Tallmadge Delafield was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, in 1797, a daughter of Benjamin Tallmadge and Mary Floyd. Litchfield Historical Society lists her at the Female Academy from 1811 to 1814, with the attendance citation awaiting confirmation. She married John Delafield in 1821 and had four children. Her maternal grandfather was Declaration signer William Floyd. She died in 1856; accounts differ over her marriage day.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Harriet Tallmadge Delafield’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Harriet Tallmadge Delafield is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Harriet Tallmadge Delafield died on Jul 9, 1856. Harriet Wadsworth Tallmadge Delafield was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, in 1797, a daughter of Benjamin Tallmadge and Mary Floyd. Litchfield Historical Society lists her at the Female Academy from 1811 to 1814, with the attendance citation awaiting confirmation. She married John Delafield in 1821 and had four children. Her maternal grandfather was Declaration signer William Floyd. She died in 1856; accounts differ over her marriage day. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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