Ellen (Sears) Grand D'Hauteville (1819 - 1862)

Born 1819 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 30 Nov 1862 at about age 43 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Ellen was born in 1819. She was the daughter of David Sears and Miriam Clark Mason. She passed away in 1862.

Sources

• May, Samuel. The Descendants of Richard Sares (Sears) of Yarmouth, Mass., 1638-1888Page 261 (Joel Munsell's Sons, 1890) No 492 This account of the d'Hauteville case, a controversial 1840 child custody battle, uses the story of one couple's bitter fight to explore features of American legal culture. It explains why popular trials become "precedents of legal experience"--mediums for debates about contested social issues.

Title: View of Madame Ellen G. d'Hauteville's case, [1839?]. Description: 1 v. (212 p.)

Notes: Ms. (copy).

General narrative -- View of the evidence on particular points -- Letter of Mrs. Ellen S. d'Hauteville, to her father (Mr. David Sears), June 25, 1838 -- Letter of Mrs. M.C. Sears to David Sears, Esq., July 8, 1838 -- Letter of Miss M.C. Sears to her father, July 12, 1838 -- Letter of Madame Ellen S. d'Hauteville to her father, Sept. 20, 1838 -- Mr. David Sears to Monsr. Fred. Couvreur, Sept. 23, 1838 -- Four letters from Madame Ellen D'Hauteville to Mr. G. d'Hauteville written after her return to America, June 28-Dec. 5, 1838 -- Correspondence between Monsieur Gonzalve d'Hauteville and Madame Ellen S., d'Hauteville since his arrival in the United States, July 27-Sept. 4, 1839. Subjects: D'Hauteville, Ellen. Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States. Other authors: D'Hauteville, Frederick Sears Grand, 1838-1918. D'Hauteville, Ellen. D'Hauteville, Gonzalve. Sears, David, 1787-1871. Sears, Miriam C. (Miriam Clarke), d. 1870. Other titles: Hauteville case. Control No.: ocm20969095 Boton Athaneum