Researching women in the Revolutionary War era frequently presents a challenge. Women’s stories were often overlooked, details of their lives left unrecorded. Because of this, discovering just a “snippet” of a woman’s life is of great significance to historians. Join AHS Curator and genealogist Lucia Cusimano as she shares a treasure box of snippets — threads of the lives of various Atkinson women of this time period.
The presentation will then continue as Sally Holmes, an AHS director and historian, presents biographical sketches on four Atkinson women who picked up the threads on the homefront during that era: Mary Haseltine Peabody, a young mother of two young children; Judith Badger Cogswell, mother of eight sons who served in the war; Abigail Little Peabody, a general’s wife; and Lydia Springer, a servant. A fifth biographical sketch will be presented on Polly Peabody Webster, Mary Haseltine Peabody’s daughter, who was an infant during the war. Sponsored by the Atkinson Historic Society and hosted at the Kimball Library.