Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Sarah ‘Susannah’ Sands


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Sarah ‘Susannah’ Sands and her immediate family.



First Generation
1. Sarah ‘Susannah’ Sands,1 born 1820 in New York, New York (parents not determined);1 died 25 March 1896 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois.1 Susannah married, first, Francis Purdy Van Wyck (born 15 June 1823, the son of Stephen Duryea Van Wyck and Esther Mehitable ‘Hetty’ Purdy;2 Francis died 24 September 1880 in Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos3, 4). Susannah married, second, 1892, Judge Harvey B. Hurd1, 5 (born 14 February 1828 in Huntington, Fairfield County, Connecticut, parents not determined;5 Harvey died 20 January 1906 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois5). Susannah is buried in Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.1 Francis is buried in Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.3 Harvey is buried in Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.5

  1. Find a Grave (website). Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Sarah “Susannah” Hurd, born: 1820, New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York; died: 25 March 1896 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois (from record, which includes a brief biographical sketch, possibly from her obituary; and provides the names and links for her two husbands).
  2. Descendants of Cornelius Barentse Van Wyck and Anna Polhemus, by Anne Van Wyck. New York, Tobias A. Wright, Printer and Publisher, 1912. Pages 209,228-9, 303-4, and 361, Stephen Duryea Van Wyck and several descendants, showing detailed vital and biographical information.
  3. Find a Grave (website). Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Francis P. Van Wyck born: unknown; died: 24 September 1880 (from record, which provides the name and link for his wife).
  4. Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Dutchess and Putnam, New York. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1897. Pages 528-529, biographical sketch of Stephen C. Van Wyck and family, including vital and biographical details of his ancestors back to his great-grandfather.
  5. Find a Grave (website). Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Judge Harvey B. Hurd, born: 14 February 1828 in Huntington, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died: 20 January 1906 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois (from record, which includes the text of his obituary; and provides the names and links for his mother, two wives, and three children).