Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Weston, Mary Catharine North

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1217014Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography — Weston, Mary Catharine North

WESTON, Mary Catharine North, author, b. in Albany, N. Y., 14 April, 1822; d. in Greenwich, Conn., 4 Aug., 1882. She was the daughter of William Steuben North, and the granddaughter of Gen. William North, who served in the Revolutionary army as aide to Baron Steuben. After receiving her education in Schenectady, she married the Rev. Daniel C. Weston, D. D., on 4 Oct., 1842. Mrs. Weston is the author of standard books of instruction, which were published under the auspices of the Church book society of the Protestant Episcopal church. These include “Jewish Antiquities” (1886); “Biography of Old Testament Characters” (1869); “Biography of New Testament Characters” (1871); “Catechism on the Doctrines, Usages, and Holy Days of the P. E. Church” (1871); and “Old Testament Stories” (1882). There are memorial windows of Mrs. Weston in St. Mark's church, New York, and in Grace church, Madison, N. J.