Elizabeth Ann Seton
Foundress and first superior of the Sisters of Charity in the United States, b. in New York City, 28 Aug., 1774, of non-Catholic parents of high position;
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According to Catholic tradition, as recorded in the sources cited for each patronage:
From Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913, “Elizabeth Ann Seton”
d. at Emmitsburg, Maryland, 4 Jan., 1821.
Her father, Dr. Richard Bayley (b. Connecticut and educated in England), was the first professor of anatomy at Columbia College and eminent for his work as health officer of the Port of New York.
Her mother, Catherine Charlton, daughter of an Anglican minister of Staten Island, N.Y., died when Elizabeth was three yeas old, leaving two other young daughters.
The father married again, and among the children of this second marriage was Guy Charleton Bayley, whose convert son, James Roosevelt Bayley, became Archbishop of Baltimore.
Elizabeth always showed great affection for her stepmother, who was a devout Anglican, and for her stepbrothers and sisters.
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