Person Information

Relationships

Spouse

Tracy, Albert Haller (AHT) | Marriage Date: 11-23-1825

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Children

Tracy, Albert Haller Jr.

Parents

Norton, Abigail ()

Norton, Ebenezer Foote ()

Biography

Harriet Foote (Norton) Tracy was born around 1800, the daughter of Ebenezer Foote and Abigail Kibbe Norton, in Connecticut. She relocated to New York with her parents around 1815. In 1825, Harriet married Albert Haller Tracy, an aspiring New York lawyer and politician. She and her husband had two sons, Albert Haller Tracy, Jr., and Francis Walsingham Tracy. Harriet and her husband Albert were friends of William H. and Frances Seward until 1834 when the friendship soured due to suspected romantic advances by Albert to Frances. After Alberts's death in 1859, Harriet remained unmarried until her death in 1876.

Letter References

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 22, 1852

Letter from Albert Haller Tracy to William Henry Seward, May 4, 1831

Letter from Albert Haller Tracy to William Henry Seward, February 7, 1831

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, December 29, 1834

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 1, 1834

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 23, 1832

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, August 10, 1838

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 22, 1834

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 24, 1832

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 5, 1832

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 25, 1831

Letter from Albert Haller Tracy to William Henry Seward, November 26, 1831

Letter from Albert Haller Tracy to William Henry Seward, November 19, 1831

Letter from Albert Haller Tracy to William Henry Seward, October 6, 1831

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 7, 1834

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 31, 1834

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 2, 1834

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 15, 1834

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 15, 1834

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 23, 1834

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 20, 1833

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 6, 1833

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 8, 1834

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 2, 1834

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March, 1832

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 12, 1832

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 4, 1832

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 25, 1832

Letter from William Henry Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 16, 1831

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 20, 1831

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 12, 1838

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, November 27, 1834

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, August 22, 1834

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 8, 1833

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 5, 1833

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, May 5, 1833

Letter from Benjamin Jennings Seward to William Henry Seward, February 6, 1833

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, April 13, 1832

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 22, 1831

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, April 13, 1831

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, March 8, 1831

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 27, 1831

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, January 16, 1831

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, January 6, 1831

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 22, 1831

Citations

Biography and Citation Information:
Biography: 

Harriet Foote (Norton) Tracy was born around 1800, the daughter of Ebenezer Foote and Abigail Kibbe Norton, in Connecticut. She relocated to New York with her parents around 1815. In 1825, Harriet married Albert Haller Tracy, an aspiring New York lawyer and politician. She and her husband had two sons, Albert Haller Tracy, Jr., and Francis Walsingham Tracy. Harriet and her husband Albert were friends of William H. and Frances Seward until 1834 when the friendship soured due to suspected romantic advances by Albert to Frances. After Alberts's death in 1859, Harriet remained unmarried until her death in 1876.

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Source Citation Year: 1860; Census Place: Buffalo Ward 9, Erie, New York; Page: 605 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
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Source Citation City of Buffalo; Buffalo, NY; Index to Deaths in Buffalo, New York Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., Death Index, 1852-1956 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Original data: NY State Death Index, New York Department of Health, Albany, NY.