Gazlay Family History
 

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This family history features John Gazlay and 3,423 of his descendants down to the eleventh generation.


First Generation
1. John Gazlay,1 born 9 July 1722 in Goshen, Orange County, New York, the son of John Gazlay and Elizabeth Sayrs;1, 2 died 9 August 1811 in Greene County, New York.2, 3 John married, 30 October 1746 in Great Nine Partners, Dutchess County, New York, Anna Ward1, 2 (born 9 November 1725, parents not determined;1, 4 Anna died 5 October 17981, 4). John is buried in Burnt Hills Baptist Church (Hillside) Cemetery, Burnt Hills, Saratoga County, New York.3

John served apprenticeship to the business of mill-wright, in Orange County, New York. He early removed to Great Nine Partners, in Dutchess County, New York, and purchased 500 acres of new land, married Anna Ward, by which he had 12 children, who attained maturity.1


Children of John Gazlay and Anna Ward:

+2i. Mary ‘Polly’ Gazlay, born 4 October 1747 in New York; died 6 June 1805 in Menands, Albany County, New York. Married Dr. William Forman.
+3ii. John Gazlay, born 11 January 1750 in Columbus, Chenango County, New York; (This is probably an Old Style date. At least one source lists his birth date as 22 January 1750 which would be the equivalent New Style date.); died 26 February 1813. Married Sarah Furman.
+4iii. Daniel Gazlay, born 22 March 1752; died 1777. Married Keturah Platt.
+5iv. Anna Gazlay, born 8 July 1754; died 17 August 1820. Married William Carter.
+6v. Hannah Gazlay, born 18 April 1756. Married William Wright.
+7vi. James Gazlay, born 23 January 1758; died 6 August 1823. Married Huldah Carter.
+8vii. Jonathan Gazlay, born 17 August 1760; died 7 September 1835 in Willet, Cortland County, New York. Married Karenda Carter.
+9viii. Elizabeth Gazlay, born 9 February 1763; died 1 June 1847 in Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, New York. Married Samuel Furman.
+10ix. Deidamia Gazlay, born 18 June 1765 in New York; died 11 December 1850. Married Philip Heartt.
 11x. Abigail Gazlay, born 27 April 1768;1 died 1795.1
+12xi. Joseph Gazlay, born 24 November 1771; twin; died 29 June 1821. Married Annie Marshall.
+13xii. Benjamin Gazlay, born 24 November 1771; twin. Married Ruth Bradford.

  1. Genealogy of the Gazlay Family, collated by Theodore Gazlay, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1890; unpublished. Transcription available at Gazlay Family History (website).
  2. The Gazlay Family in America, with sections titled “Ten Generations of American Gazlays” for several branches of the Gazlay family. Document is marked on one page, “From Gerard Gazlay, Jr. Jan. 1980.” Unpublished, nine unnumbered pages. Photocopy in possession of Lee Gazlay.
  3. Cemetery Inscriptions, Burnt Hills Baptist Church Cemetery (now called Hillside Cemetery), Saratoga NYGENWEB (website), Saratoga, New York.
  4. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, Collection: Americas, Textiles and Fashion Arts. Mourning Embroidery, by Mary Wright (1784-1853), Albany, New York, 1803. Silk satin embroidered with silk, graphite, in a gilt frame. The object depicts two tombs, inscribed as: Mrs. Anna Gazley / Died 5th Oct. 1798 / Aged 72 Ys 10 Mos & 26 Days; and Jonathan Titus Heartt / Died 19th June 1792 / Age 1 year 16 Days. Bequest of Robert and Mary Lou Sutter to the MFA. (website: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/315721) [This is believed to be Anna (nee Ward) Gazlay, wife of John Gazlay (1722-1811); and Jonathan Titus Heartt, eldest son of Phillip Heart and Deidamia Gazlay (daughter of John Gazlay and Anna Ward). Anna’s constructed birth date would be 9 November 1725, which is close to the 15 November 1725 found in another record; and Jonathan’s constructed birth date would be 3 June 1791, which agrees with other records. The death dates and ages on the embroidery are considered to be more accurate than other records since the embroidery was created only a few years after the deaths of Anna and Jonathan.]
Second Generation
2. Mary ‘Polly’ Gazlay2 (John1), born 4 October 1747 in New York;1, 2 died 6 June 1805 in Menands, Albany County, New York.1, 2 Polly married Dr. William Forman2 (born 17 March 1739, parents not determined;3 William died 4 July 1816 in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York3, 4). Polly is buried in Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, Albany County, New York.1 William is buried in Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery, Beacon, Dutchess County, New York.3

Dr. Forman’s obituary provides brief biographical details:4

DIED,

In the town of Fishkill, on the 4th July inst. Dr. William Forman, in the 78th year of his age. He was a surgeon’s mate in the old French war, under General Amherst—acted as a surgeon in several campaigns during the American revolution, and was much respected for his patriotism, and skill in his profession.


+14i. Anna Nancy Forman, born February 1764; died 28 May 1833. Married Francis Purdy.
 15ii. William Foreman.
+16iii. Sarah Forman, Married Jesse Mott.
+17iv. Benoni Bradner Forman, born ca. 1785 in Albany County, New York. Married Margaret Gaisley.
+18v. Rev. Abraham Forman, born 14 February 1789 in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York; died 22 August 1854 in Geneseo, Livingston County, New York. Married Nancy Barnes.
+19vi. David Forman, born ca. 1791 in Johnstown, Fulton County, New York; died 15 August 1834 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Married Cynthia Case.

3. John Gazlay2 (John1), born 11 January 1750 in Columbus, Chenango County, New York; (This is probably an Old Style date. At least one source lists his birth date as 22 January 1750 which would be the equivalent New Style date.);2, 5, 6 died 26 February 1813.5 John married, ca. 1772, Sarah Furman2, 8 (born ca. 1754, parents not determined;5, 7 Sarah died 7 June 18215). John is buried in Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York. His is the oldest stone in the Gazlay Cemetery.7 Sarah is buried in Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York.7

There is a record of John Gazlay buying a farm from A. Lyon, 181 acres for $2,100. This farm is in South Edmeston, and now [1950s] is owned by Mrs. Tuttle, daughter of Charles Gazlay.5


Children of John Gazlay and Sarah Furman:

+20i. Aaron Gazlay, born 16 May 1773 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York; (the year is shown as 1775 in some records); died 29 September 1830 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York. Married Abigail Sutton.
+21ii. Anne Gazlay, born 27 January 1776 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York; (she may be the daughter named Nancy in Rev. Sayrs Gazlay's statement to Theodore Gazlay); died 24 February 1813. Married Henry Spencer.
+22iii. Daniel Gazlay, born 8 May 1778 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York; died 6 May 1847 in Town of Maine, Cook County, Illinois; although Gazlay History and the Leavenworth Family Genealogy list his place of death as Mainville, it is almost certainly the Town of Maine. Married Susannah Leavenworth.
+23iv. Alexander Gazlay, born 29 September 1780 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York; died 5 August 1834 in New Berlin, Chenango County, New York. Married Susannah Sutton.
+24v. Elizabeth Gazlay, born 7 October 1783 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York; her birth date is derived from her headstone inscription; died 28 March 1869. Married Royal Hubby.
 25vi. Denton Gazlay, born 4 April 1786 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York;2, 5, 6, 9, 10 died 21 February 1859 in South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York.5, 11 Denton’s limbs never grew after he was three years old but his body grew immense. He was a tailor by trade and lived with his sister Betsy.5 Denton is buried in Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York.7
+26vii. John Furman Gazlay, born 23 February 1788 in Clinton, Dutchess County, New York; (a few sources indicate he was born in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York, but it is more likely he was born in Clinton, Dutchess County); died 31 December 1875 in Evans, Erie County, New York. Married Polly Haight.
+27viii. Joseph Gazlay, born 25 March 1790 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York; died 19 November 1870. Married Martha _____.
 28ix. Benjamin Gazlay, born 23 November 1793 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York;2, 5, 6, 10 died 4 November 1826.5, 7 Benjamin is buried in Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York.7
+29x. Jacob Gazlay, born 25 March 1795 in Dutchess County, New York; (one source lists his birth as 23 March 1795 in Edmeston, N.Y.); died 19 August 1869 in South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York. Married Mary Champion.
 30xi. Henry ‘Harry’ Gazlay, born 22 July 1798 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York; (one source lists his birth date as 25 July 1798);2, 5, 6, 10 died 22 December 1826.5, 7 Harry is buried in Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York.7

4. Daniel Gazlay2 (John1), born 22 March 1752;2 died 1777.2 Daniel married Keturah Platt12 (born ____, parents not determined).

Daniel was shot at an Inn in Poughkeepie, New York, during the War. He and Keturah were said to have had two children.2, 12, 13


5. Anna Gazlay2 (John1), born 8 July 1754;2, 14 died 17 August 1820.14 Anna married, 1 November 1773 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, William Carter2, 14, 16 (born 12 November 1741, parents not determined;15 William died 8 March 182615). Anna and William are buried in Shaker Cemetery, Colonie, Albany County, New York.14, 15

Children of Anna Gazlay and William Carter:

 31i. John Gazlay Carter, born 10 October 1774;17 died 16 December 1801.17 John is buried in Shaker Cemetery, Colonie, Albany County, New York.17
 32ii. Anna ‘Nancy’ Carter, born 3 September 1780;18 died 19 January 1839.18
 33iii. Betsey Carter, born 15 June 1783;19 died 17 January 1838.19 Betsey is buried in Shaker Cemetery, Colonie, Albany County, New York.19
 34iv. Rebecca ‘Patty’ Carter, born 20 September 1787;20 died 9 June 1866.20 Patty is buried in Shaker Cemetery, Colonie, Albany County, New York.20
 35v. Samuel Carter, born 5 October 1790 in Albany, Albany County, New York.21
 36vi. Ward Carter, born 18 May 1797 in Albany, Albany County, New York.22

6. Hannah Gazlay2 (John1), born 18 April 1756.2 Hannah married William Wright2, 12 (born ____, parents not determined).

William and Hannah are said to have had three children.12


 37i. John Wright.

7. James Gazlay2 (John1), born 23 January 1758;2, 6 died 6 August 1823.6 James married, 20 October 1783, Huldah Carter2 (born 11 February 1767, parents not determined;2 Huldah died 21 September 1844 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio13, 23, 24). Huldah is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.23, 24

Children of James Gazlay and Huldah Carter:

+38i. James William Gazlay, born 23 July 1784 in New York, New York; died 8 June 1874 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Married (1) Martha ‘Patty’ Randall Married (2) Rebecca M. Williams.
+39ii. Rev. Sayrs Gazlay, born 12 July 1787 in New York; died 24 May 1874. Married Susan Hay.
 40iii. Ann Gazlay, born 25 September 1789 in New York;2, 25, 26, 27 died 5 July 1857 in Green Township, Hamilton County, Ohio.2, 13, 25, 26 Ann is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.25, 26
+41iv. Elizabeth Gazlay, born 26 March 1792; died 1829. Married Charles Fraser Kellogg.
+42v. Cornelia Gazlay, born 1 August 1794 in New York; died 13 August 1873. Married James S. Chamberlain.
+43vi. Aribert Gazlay, born 10 December 1797 in Dutchess County, New York; died 22 May 1885 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Married Elizabeth Buck.
+44vii. Karenda Gazlay, born 22 April 1800 in New York; died 26 January 1890 in Williamsburg, Clermont County, Ohio. Married (1) David Swing Married (2) James Hageman.
+45viii. Mary Elizabeth Gazlay, born 9 December 1805; died 1833. Married William C. Keene.
+46ix. Julia Ann Gazlay, born 1806 in New York; died 17 May 1858 in Colerain Township, Hamilton County, Ohio. Married Garrett Van Ausdol.
 47x. Hulda Jane Gazlay, born 3 June 1808;2 died 10 August 1830.2, 13
+48xi. Adelia ‘Della’ Gazlay, born 14 December 1813 in Cairo, Greene County, New York; died 18 April 1858 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin. Married Albert Gallatin Knight.
+49xii. Theodore Gazlay, born 27 August 1815 in Cairo, Greene County, New York; died 19 January 1899 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Married Jane Eliza Fitch.

8. Jonathan Gazlay2 (John1), born 17 August 1760;2, 6 died 7 September 1835 in Willet, Cortland County, New York.6, 28, 29 Jonathan married Karenda Carter2 (born ____, parents not determined). Jonathan is buried in Willet Cemetery, Willet, Cortland County, New York.28

According to a statement by Rev. Sayrs Gazlay in 1852, Jonathan had 14 children, of which four were still living at that time: Samuel, Thomas Jefferson, Patty, and Maria.2, 30


+50i. William C. Gazlay, born ca. 1781 in New York; died 27 September 1858 in Gaines, Genesee County, Michigan. Married (1) Patty Dickinson Married (2) Betsey Phy (née Plank) .
+51ii. Ward Madison Gazlay, born ca. 1782; died 20 April 1836 in Newburgh, Orange County, New York. Married Elizabeth Carter.
+52iii. Samuel D. Gazley, born 31 January 1785 in New York; died 25 July 1857 in Canyonville, Douglas County, Oregon; his year of death is also given as 1858. Married Sarah ‘Sally’ Jones.
+53iv. Joshua Gazlay, born 31 December 1785; died 5 June 1842. Married Abigail ‘Abby’ Jones.
 54v. Patty Gazlay.
 55vi. Maria Gazlay.
+56vii. _____ Gazlay, Married Elizabeth _____.
+57viii. George Gazley, born ____, the son of Jonathan Gazlay and Karenda Carter; died 20 December 1843 in Houston, Harris County, Texas. Married Mary McGee.
+58ix. Abraham Gazlay, born ca. 1794; died 1 October 1839 in Houston, Harris County, Texas. Married Mary McCully.
+59x. Dr. Thomas Jefferson Gazley, born 13 August 1798 in New York; died 31 October 1853 in Smithville, Bastrop County, Texas. Married Elizabeth Boyce.

9. Elizabeth Gazlay2 (John1), born 9 February 1763;2, 31 died 1 June 1847 in Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, New York.32, 33 Elizabeth married, 1 January 1785 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York, Samuel Furman2, 33, 34 (born 2 March 1753 in Newtown, Long Island, New York, the son of John Furman and Elizabeth Albertus;31, 33, 34 Samuel died 26 August 1830 in Burnt Hills, Saratoga County, New York33, 35). Elizabeth and Samuel are buried in Burnt Hills Baptist Church (Hillside) Cemetery, Burnt Hills, Saratoga County, New York.32, 35

Samuel’s name is listed under several regiments in the Revolutionary War, serving as a private. He also served in the War of 1812, narrowly escaping drowning by breaking through the ice while carrying dispatches across Lake Champlain.34, 36


+60i. Nancy Ann Furman, born 11 October 1784 in Newtown, Long Island, New York; died 7 April 1845 in Hudson River near Athens, New York. Married David Lamberson.
 61ii. Elizabeth Furman, born 17 April 1787 in Newtown, Long Island, New York;2, 31, 33, 37, 38, 39 died 17 September 1869 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York.33, 37 Elizabeth is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onandaga County, New York.37
+62iii. Susanna Furman, born 28 June 1789 in Newtown, Long Island, New York; died 20 September 1850 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York. Married John Hatch Lathrop.
 63iv. Robert Furman, born 11 March 1793 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York;2, 33 died 10 March 1796.33
+64v. John Gazlay Furman, born 10 December 1794 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York; died 6 September 1871 in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan. Married (1) Armenia Northrup Married (2) Malvina Green.
+65vi. Robert Furman, born 30 April 1797 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York; died 5 May 1864 in New York, New York. Married (1) Melinda Wilkins Married (2) Marie B. Angle.
+66vii. Phillip Heartt Furman, born 13 February 1799 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York; died 3 September 1871 in Maspeth, Long Island, New York. Married Mary ‘Polly’ Cogswell.
+67viii. Rev. Charles Edwin Furman, born 13 December 1801 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York; died 10 June 1880 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York. Married Harriet Emiline Johnson.
+68ix. Mary Wright Furman, born 6 September 1803 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York; died 13 February 1887. Married Prosper French.
+69x. Abigail Rhodes Furman, born 4 September 1805 in Clifton Park, Saratoga County, New York; died 18 November 1857 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York. Married Thomas Croly.

10. Deidamia Gazlay2 (John1), born 18 June 1765 in New York;2, 40 died 11 December 1850.41, 42 Deidamia married, 1789, Philip Heartt2 (born 4 November 1768 in New York, parents not determined;40, 42, 43 Philip died 9 December 185542). Deidamia and Philip are buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.42

 70i. Jonathan Titus Heartt, born 3 June 1791;44, 45 baptized 17 July 1791 in Albany, Albany County, New York;44 died 19 June 1792.42, 45 Jonathan is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.42
+71ii. Jonas Coe Heartt, born 12 August 1793 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York; baptized 1 December 1793 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York; died 30 April 1874 in New York, New York. Married Catherine Lamberson.
+72iii. Christopher Heartt, born 24 October 1795; baptized 27 March 1796 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York; died 14 July 1855 in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama. Married Cornelia Lyle.
+73iv. Ann Eliza Heartt, born 26 December 1797 in New York; baptized 9 May 1798 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York; died December 1855. Married James Van Brakle.
+74v. Albert Pawling Heartt, born ____, the son of Philip Heartt and Deidamia Gazlay; baptized 17 May 1801 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York; died before 25 April 1849 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. Married (1) Susan C. Bayeux Married (2) Emily Fitch.
 75vi. Deidamia Maria Heartt, born 31 May 1803 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York;2, 46, 47, 48 baptized 11 September 1803 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York;46 died 19 November 1883 in Messina, Sicily, Italy.48 Deidamia is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.48
+76vii. Philip Titus Heartt, born 20 March 1806; baptized 2 August 1806 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York; died 13 October 1887 in Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey. Married Sarah Jerusha Pierson.
 77viii. Charles Henry Heartt, born August 1808;42 baptized 6 August 1808 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York;49 died 27 November 1809.42 Charles is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.42

12. Joseph Gazlay2 (John1), born 24 November 1771; twin;2, 6, 50 died 29 June 1821.51 Joseph married Annie Marshall12 (born 10 April 1772, parents not determined;52 Annie died 17 April 184152, 53). Joseph and Annie are buried in Marshall Ground, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York.51, 52

Joseph and Annie are said to have had eight children.12


Children of Joseph Gazlay and Annie Marshall:

+78i. Stephen Gazlay, born 19 April 1788; died 23 December 1837. Married Ann Harris.
 79ii. John Gazlay, born ca. June 1796;54 died 2 April 1854.54 Identification of John as the son of Joseph and Annie (Marshall) Gazlay is circumstantial, based on his burial in the same cemetery, and a mention of “John Gazlay, of Pennsylvania, heir &c of Ann Gazlay, deceased” in the probate notice for Ann Gazlay.53, 54 John is buried in Marshall Ground, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York.54
+80iii. Elizabeth Ann Gazlay, born ca. 1801. Married Frederick Ham, Jr..
+81iv. George W. Gazley, born 1804 in New York; died 26 September 1861 in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California. Married Harriet E. _____.
+82v. Elnathan Gazley, born ca. 1808 in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York; died 30 October 1887 in Clinton, Dutchess County, New York. Married Sarah B. Wilbur.
+83vi. Mary Gazlay, born 1814 in Salt Point, Dutchess County, New York; died 16 November 1895 in Douglass, Butler County, Kansas. Married (1) Alonzo D. Griffin Married (2) Henry M. Griffen.

13. Benjamin Gazlay2 (John1), born 24 November 1771; twin.6 Benjamin married Ruth Bradford12 (born ____, parents not determined).

Benjamin and Ruth are said to have had two daughters.12


 84i. (daughter) Gazlay.
 85ii. (daughter) Gazlay.

  1. Find a Grave (website). Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, Albany County, New York, Mary Forman, born: 4 October 1747 in New York; died: 6 June 1805 in Menands, Albany County, New York; Inscription: Consort of Dr William Forman.
  2. Genealogy of the Gazlay Family, collated by Theodore Gazlay, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1890; unpublished. Transcription available at Gazlay Family History (website).
  3. Find a Grave (website). Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery, Beacon, Dutchess County, New York, William Forman, died 4 July 1816. Inscription: Physician, a. 77-3-17 [from record].
  4. Obituary, Columbian, New York, New York, 12 July 1816, Dr. William Forman, died 4 July 1816 in his 78th year of his age. The article provides brief biographical details.
  5. Gazlay History, compiled by Margaret Howe in 1955-1956 (copy available at Gazlay Family History - Sources). Margaret Howe indicated that the document is “based on material my mother Inez L. Gazlay collected, but never lived to edit. Her material has just been copied and explains the more extensive material on generation V and VI. Other information has been added which I found from numerous sources.” Unpublished, 29 pages. Several differences in dates have been found between this document and others, especially A Genealogy of the Leavenworth Family; the latter is considered the more accurate source.
  6. The Gazlay Family in America, with sections titled “Ten Generations of American Gazlays” for several branches of the Gazlay family. Document is marked on one page, “From Gerard Gazlay, Jr. Jan. 1980.” Unpublished, nine unnumbered pages. Photocopy in possession of Lee Gazlay.
  7. Cemetery Inscriptions, The Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, New York. Copy of all inscriptions existing on 30 March 1902 copied by Charles H. Gazlay. List available on various web sites.
  8. Genealogy, The Champion Genealogy: A History of the Descendants of Henry Champion, by Francis Bacon Trowbridge, New Haven, 1891. Library of Congress Local History and Genealogy Reading Room.
  9. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Otsego County, Edmeston, page 81, family of Royal Hubby (62, MA, farmer), Elizabeth Hubby (66, NY), Milton Hubby (35, NY), Harriet Hubby (25, NY), Delia Maynard (14, NY), Denton Gazeley (66, NY).
  10. Gazlay Family Tree, Henry Willis Gazlay 1854-1934 Ancestors & Descendants, by Francis P. Gazlay, Northville, Mich., 1978
  11. Deaths, Freemans Journal, Index; Page 83, Denton Gaylay [sic, Gazlay], died 21 February 1859 in S. Edmeston.
  12. Gazlay Family Notes, undated and unpublished. This photocopy of five pages of hand-written notes start with what is believed to be the same 1852 interview of Sayrs Gazlay by his brother Theodore that is transcribed elsewhere. The remaining pages focus on the branch of the family that includes John Arvin Gazlay (1846-1911). Some dates in this photocopy differ from other sources. Transcription available at Gazlay Family History (website).
  13. Gazlay History, written by Spencer G. Kuhn, a grandchild of Theodore Gazlay; undated. This is a typewritten re-compilation of the earlier Genealogy of the Gazlay Family, compiled by Theodore Gazlay in 1890, including the 1852 statement of the family history by Reverend Sayers Gazlay, an elder brother of Theodore. This document re-formats the information in the 1890 work. For example, facts originally shown in list form, such as birth and death dates, are incorporated in the narrative of this later work. Two post-1890 sections are unique to this document: one with additional details about Theodore Gazlay’s family, with dates as late as 1951; and another on the Donaldson family, featuring Jean Gazlay Donaldson and her six marriages, with several dates in 1965.
  14. Find a Grave (website). Shaker Cemetery, Colonie, Albany County, New York, Anna Gazlay Carter, born: 8 July 1754; died: 17 August 1820 (from record, which includes details on her marriage and other biographical notes, and provides the names and links for her father, five siblings, husband, and four children).
  15. Find a Grave (website). Shaker Cemetery, Colonie, Albany County, New York, William Carter, born: 12 November 1741; died: 8 March 1826 (from record, which includes biographical notes, the names of six children; and provides the names and links for his wife and four children).
  16. Vital Records from Barbour 1670-1850, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, transcribed by Coralynn Brown, available at durhamwilcox.net. Marriage of William Carter and Mrs. Anne Gazlay, 1 November 1773.
  17. Find a Grave (website). Shaker Cemetery, Colonie, Albany County, New York, John Gazlay Carter, born: 10 October 1774; died: 16 December 1801 (from record, which includes biographical notes, and provides the names and links for his parents and four siblings).
  18. Find a Grave (website). Shaker Cemetery, Colonie, Albany County, New York, Anna “Nancy” Carter, born: 3 September 1780; died: 19 January 1839 (from record, which includes biographical notes, and provides the names and links for her parents and three siblings).
  19. Find a Grave (website). Shaker Cemetery, Colonie, Albany County, New York, Betsey Carter, born: 15 June 1783; died: 17 January 1838 (from record, which includes biographical notes, and provides the names and links for her parents and three siblings).
  20. Find a Grave (website). Shaker Cemetery, Colonie, Albany County, New York, Rebecca “Patty” Carter Ward, born: 20 September 1787; died: 9 June 1866 (from record, which includes biographical notes, and provides the names and links for her parents and three siblings).
  21. New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962, Samuel Carter, born: 5 October 1790 in First Dutch Reformed Church, Albany, Albany County, New York [this may be his christening date and place]; father: william Carter; mother: Ann Gasley.
  22. New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962, Ward Carter, born: 18 May 1797 in First Dutch Reformed Church, Albany, Albany County, New York [this may be his christening date and place]; father: William Carter; mother: Ann Gasley.
  23. Cemetery Record, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio (website); Gazley, Huldah, card no. 5755, died 21 Sept. 1844, Sec. 54 Lot 92; removed from Family Burial Grounds, Green Township, O.
  24. Cemetery Inscriptions, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; Lot #92, Section #54, monument with the following inscriptions: Hulda, wife of James Gazlay, died September 21, 1844, age 77 years / Rebecca W., wife of James W. Gazlay, died February 15, 1834, age 29 years 7 months / William E. Gazlay, their first son, died May 11, 1843, age 19 years 11 months / James, their second son, died October 5, 1828, age 2 years / Clare, their fourth son, died June 11, 1833, age 1 1/2 years.
  25. Cemetery Record, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio (website); Gazley, Miss Ann, card no. 5745, born 1789 in N.Y., died 5 July 1857, residence Green Township, O., Sec. 54 Lot 92.
  26. Find a Grave (website). Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, Gazlay, Ann, born: unknown; died: 1857 [from record].
  27. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Ohio, Hamilton County, Green Township, family of James W. Gazley (65, N.Y., farmer); Allen W. Gazley (20, Ohio, farmer); Susan Gazley (20, Ohio); Ann Gazley (50, N.Y.); Emma Kizar (9, Ohio); Sarah Simmons (13, England); Henry Kuntz (30, Germany, laborer); John Hanyon (35, Germany, laborer).
  28. Find a Grave (website). Willet Cemetery, Willet, Cortland County, New York; Flat stone: Jonathan Gazlay / Pvt Dutchess County NY Mil / Revolutionary War / 1760 - 1835. This is a modern stone.
  29. Deaths, Unidentified newspaper, cited as “CR-Cortland Record?,” but more likely the Cortland Republican. The entry reads, “Gazley, Hon. Jonathan, a soldier of the Revolution, & for many years Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, d. at Willet, 7th inst., at 75 y. [CR-Sept. 22, 1835]” The citation is given in the entry for Jonathan Gazlay, ID I4417, rootsweb (website); contact name: Alicia Dorstewitz.
  30. The names of the other children are compiled from several sources, and are subject to correction as more information is found.
  31. U.S. Federal Census, 1790, New York, Queens County, Township of Newtown, page 19, family of Samuel Furman showing 1 male over 16 years, 4 females, 1 other free person named Casar, and 1 slave.
  32. Cemetery Inscriptions, Burnt Hills Baptist Church Cemetery (now called Hillside Cemetery), Saratoga NYGENWEB (website), Saratoga, New York. Gazlay, Elizabeth. Her headstone shows that she died 1 June 1847 age 84 years, 3 months, 21 days. Other records show her date of death as 8 June 1847.
  33. Baker Family History and Genealogy; The Descendants of Josias Furman, Generations 4, 5, and 6. Website.
  34. American Ancestry, Volume VII, ALbany, N.Y.: Jole Munsell’s Sons, Publishers, 1892. Available at Google Books. Page 184, Furman, Charles Edwin. The entry provides details of his ancestors and some of their spouses for several generations back to the 1600s. Some dates and places vary in this source from other sources.
  35. Cemetery Inscriptions, Burnt Hills Baptist Church Cemetery (now called Hillside Cemetery), Saratoga NYGENWEB (website), Saratoga, New York.
  36. New York in the Revolution as Colony and State. These records were discovered, arranged and classified by James A. Roberts, Comptroller, in 1897.
  37. Find a Grave (website). Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onandaga County, New York, Furman, Eliza: born: 7 April 1787; died: 17 September 1869; parents: S. & E. Furman; cause of death: old age; note: originally interred in Section 6, Plot 76, moved 18 February 1898 [from record].
  38. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Saratoga County, Clifton Park, Page No. 518, family of Thomas Croly (45, Ireland, farmer); Abby Croly (45, New York); Emeline Croly (13, New York); Mary S. Croly (11, New York); Josephine E. Croly (9, New York); Robert T. Croly (7, New York); Augusta Croly (5, New York); Abby Croly (3, New York); Thomas S. Croly (1, New York); Henry Proter (56, New York); Eliza Firman (63, New York); Mary Rhyne (25, Ireland); John Wandell (60, New York, carpenter).
  39. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Saratoga County, Clifton Park, Page No. 42, family of Thomas Croly (55, Ireland); Elizabeth Croly (17, New York); Robert Croly (16, New York, work on farm); Augusta Croly (14, New York); Abby Croly (12, New York); Thomas Croly (11, New York); Eliza Furman (73, New York, boarding); Henry Porter (66, New York, boarding).
  40. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Rensselaer County, Troy, family of Philip Heartt (81, N.Y.); Diadama Heartt (85, N.Y.); Ann E. Van Brackle (52, N.Y.); Mary Bishop (48, N.Y.); Bridget Gorven (21, Ireland); Rose Conaly (18, Ireland); Charles H. Van Brackle (13, N.Y.).
  41. New Orleans Death Index, Daily Picayune, 1837-1857, Heartt, Philip (Mrs.) (Deidamia Gazlay), age 86, died 12/11/1850; Daily Picayune 12/28/1850, P2, C5.
  42. Connors Genealogy. Troy, Rensselaer County, Cemetery Inscriptions, Oakwood Cemetery, Philip Heartt Nov 4, 1768-Dec 9, 1855; side 2: Deidamia wife of Philip Heartt d. Dec 11, 1850 / In 86th yr of her age; side 3: Jonathan Titus d. June 19th 1792 aged 12 mos 16 days / Charles Henry d. Nov 27th 1809 aged 14 months / Infant children of Philip & Deidamia Heartt; side 4: blank.
  43. New York State Census, 1855, Rensselaer County, Troy, Page 81, family of Jonas C. Heart (61, Ren. Co., merchant); wife Catherine Heart (61, Queen Co.); daughter Mary W. Heart (39, Ren. Co.); son Chas S. Heart (32, Ren. Co., widow, merchant); son Jonas H. Heart (23, Ren. Co.); father Philip Heart (86, Conn., widow); granddaughter Louisa P. Heart (3, Ren. Co.); plus five servants, all from Ireland).
  44. New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962, Jonathan Titus Heartt, born: 3 June 1791; Christened: 17 July 1791 in First Presbyterian, Albany, Albany [County], New York; father: Philip Heartt; mother: Diadema Gazley.
  45. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, Collection: Americas, Textiles and Fashion Arts. Mourning Embroidery, by Mary Wright (1784-1853), Albany, New York, 1803. Silk satin embroidered with silk, graphite, in a gilt frame. The object depicts two tombs, inscribed as: Mrs. Anna Gazley / Died 5th Oct. 1798 / Aged 72 Ys 10 Mos & 26 Days; and Jonathan Titus Heartt / Died 19th June 1792 / Age 1 year 16 Days. Bequest of Robert and Mary Lou Sutter to the MFA. (website: https://collections.mfa.org/objects/315721) [This is believed to be Anna (nee Ward) Gazlay, wife of John Gazlay (1722-1811); and Jonathan Titus Heartt, eldest son of Phillip Heart and Deidamia Gazlay (daughter of John Gazlay and Anna Ward). Anna’s constructed birth date would be 9 November 1725, which is close to the 15 November 1725 found in another record; and Jonathan’s constructed birth date would be 3 June 1791, which agrees with other records. The death dates and ages on the embroidery are considered to be more accurate than other records since the embroidery was created only a few years after the deaths of Anna and Jonathan.]
  46. New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962, Diadama Maria Heartt, born: 31 May 1803; Christened: 11 September 1803 in First Presbyterian Church, Troy, Rensselaer [County], New York; father: Philip Heartt; mother: Diadama.
  47. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Rensselaer County, Troy, page 339, family of Philip T. Heartt (43, NY, merchant); Sarah Heartt (33, NY); Mary P. Heartt (10, NY); Job P. Heartt (5, NY); Maria L. Heartt (2, NY); Maria B. Heartt (47, NY); Ellen Hewett (55, Ireland); Margaret Mortel (26, Ireland); Margaret Clarkin (22, Ireland).
  48. Connors Genealogy. Troy, Rensselaer County, Cemetery Inscriptions, Oakwood Cemetery, Maria Deidamia Heartt born at Troy, N.Y. May 31, 1802 / Died at Messina, Sicily, Nov 19, 1883).
  49. New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962, Charles Henry Heartt, Christened: 6 August 1808 in First Presbyterian Church, Troy, Rensselaer [County], New York; father: Philip Heartt; mother: Diadama.
  50. History of Duchess County New York 1683-1882, by James H. Smith; Published by D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, N.Y. 1882. Available at Internet Archive, www.archive.org. The back of the book provides a list of “Names of Citizens who assisted and contributed toward the publication of the History of Duchess County, with Personal Statistics.” This section includes, for the town of Clinton, “Gazley Elnathan, p o Pleasant Plains, farmer and drover, 112 acres, born in Pleasant Valley in 1808, settled in the town in 1835, has been supervisor; wife Sarah B. Wilbur of Hyde Park, married Dec. 25, 1835; children four - George Henry, Alonzo, Orlando and Emily; Father Joseph Gazley of this town.”
  51. Find a Grave (website). Marshall Ground, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York; Gazlay, Joseph; died 29 June 1821; age 50-9-25. His birth date calculated from his death date and age is 4 September 1770, significantly different from 24 November 1771 that is understood as his birth date from family records.
  52. Find a Grave (website). Marshall Ground, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York; Gazlay, Ann Marshall; died 17 April 1841; w. of Joseph Gazlay, age 69 y 7 d. Her birth date calculated from her death date and age is 10 April 1772.
  53. Notice of Probate, Albany, NY, Evening Journal, available at fultonhistory.com; c. April 1842, Ann Gazlay, deceased. The notice, first and foremost, is directed “especially to John Gazlay, of Pennsylvania, heir &c to Ann Gazlay, deceased...late of the town of Pleasant Valley, in the county of Dutchess.” Executors named are Ellathan [sic, Elnathan] Gazlay and Mary Griffen.
  54. Find a Grave (website). Marshall Ground, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York; Gazlay, John; died 2 Apr. 1854, age 57 y 10m. His birth date calculated from his death date and age is June 1796.
Third Generation
14. Anna Nancy Forman3 (Mary ‘Polly’,2 John1), born February 1764;1 died 28 May 1833.1 Anna married Francis Purdy2 (born ca. 1759, parents not determined;1 Francis died 28 November 18421). Anna and Francis are buried in Dutch Churchyard, Fishkill Landing, Dutchess County, New York.1

+86i. Stephen Purdy, born 17 September 1787 in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York; baptized 27 January 1788 in Dutch Reformed Church, Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York; died 4 January 1853 in Bellona, Yates County, New York. Married Susan Haight.
 87ii. Maria Purdy, born 2 June 1790;3 baptized 8 September 1790 in Dutch Reformed Church, Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York.3
+88iii. John Purdy, born 21 July 1792 in Fishkill Landing, Dutchess County, New York; baptized 20 January 1793 in Dutch Reformed Church, Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York; died 13 September 1861. Married (1) Maria T. Flagler Married (2) Pamilia Lockwood Married (3) Mary Beeden.
 89iv. William Purdy, born 28 July 1794;3 baptized 19 July 1795 in Dutch Reformed Church, Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York;3 died 20 November 1855.1 William is buried in Dutch Churchyard, Fishkill Landing, Dutchess County, New York.1
+90v. Esther Mehitable ‘Hetty’ Purdy, born 13 May 1796; baptized 29 January 1797 in Dutch Reformed Church, Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York; died 7 November 1835. Married Stephen Duryea Van Wyck.
 91vi. Elizabeth Purdy, born 13 February 1799;3 baptized 15 September 1799 in Dutch Reformed Church, Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York.3
+92vii. Theodorus Purdy, born 4 July 1801 in New York; baptized 24 January 1802 in Dutch Reformed Church, Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York. Married Margaret M. Case.
 93viii. Sally Ann Purdy, born 5 September 1804.3
 94ix. Jane Purdy, born January 1807;3 baptized 8 June 1807 in Dutch Reformed Church, Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York.3
+95x. Abraham Purdy, born 5 August 1810; baptized 22 January 1811 in Dutch Reformed Church, Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York; died 24 March 1848. Married Julia Ann Sniffin.

16. Sarah Forman3 (Mary ‘Polly’,2 John1). Sarah married, 17 June 1798 in Albany, Albany County, New York, Jesse Mott2, 4 (born ____, parents not determined).

Children of Sarah Forman and Jesse Mott:

+96i. Helen Mott, born 22 October 1798 in Fonda, Montgomery County, New York; died 9 March 1875. Married Henry Churchill.
 97ii. William Forman Mott, born 12 February 1801 in Fonda, Montgomery County, New York.5, 6
+98iii. Joseph Wood Mott, born 10 February 1804 in Fonda, Montgomery County, New York; died 27 July 1888 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Married (1) Mary Blanchard Married (2) Elizabeth Kelley.

17. Benoni Bradner Forman3 (Mary ‘Polly’,2 John1), born ca. 1785 in Albany County, New York.7, 8, 9 Benoni married Margaret Gaisley (born ca. 1815 in Albany County, New York, parents not determined7, 8, 9, 10).

Benoni was a silversmith as early as 1813 in Albany, and later in Troy and Brooklyn New York. His mark was his initials, BBF.


 99i. Mary E. Forman, born ca. 1836 in Albany County, New York.7, 8, 9
+100ii. Caroline A. Forman, born ca. 1842 in Albany County, New York. Married George Carpenter Whitney.
+101iii. Cornelia Helen Forman, born December 1851 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York; died 24 February 1928 in Queens County, New York. Married George Lamprey Orpen.

18. Rev. Abraham Forman3 (Mary ‘Polly’,2 John1), born 14 February 1789 in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York;11, 12 died 22 August 1854 in Geneseo, Livingston County, New York.11 Abraham married, 28 November 1829 in Geneseo, Livingston County, New York, Nancy Barnes15 (born 1791 in Connecticut, parents not determined;12, 13, 14 Nancy died 15 December 187313). Abraham and Nancy are buried in Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, Livingston County, New York.11, 13

+102i. Abram Forman, born ca. 1833 in New York. Married Harriett Luce.

19. David Forman3 (Mary ‘Polly’,2 John1), born ca. 1791 in Johnstown, Fulton County, New York;16 died 15 August 1834 in Manhattan, New York City, New York.16 David married, 26 October 1811, Cynthia Case17, 19 (born ca. 1792 in Johnstown, Fulton County, New York, the daughter of Allen Case and Jane Mills;17 Cynthia died 14 November 1829 in Manhattan, New York City, New York17, 18).

Children of David Forman and Cynthia Case:

+103i. Mary Jane Forman, born 1812; died August 1903. Married Peter Keeth.
+104ii. Winfield Scott Forman, born 1814. Married Eliza Clapsaddle.
+105iii. Theodore Purdy Forman, born ca. 1818; died 1883. Married Sarah Ann Dickensen.
+106iv. Cornelia L. Forman, born 8 July 1827. Married Joseph E. Corson.

20. Aaron Gazlay3 (John,2 John1), born 16 May 1773 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York; (the year is shown as 1775 in some records);2, 20, 21, 22, 23 died 29 September 1830 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York.20, 21, 22 Aaron married, 11 January 1797 in Yorktown, Westchester County, New York, Abigail Sutton21, 27 (born 1 February 1780, the daughter of Andrew Sutton and Elizabeth Montross;20, 21, 24, 25 Abigail died 29 May 1855 in New Berlin, Chenango County, New York21, 26). Aaron and Abigail are buried in Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York.20

Children of Aaron Gazlay and Abigail Sutton:

+107i. David Montross Gazlay, born 12 February 1798 in Dutchess County, New York; died 3 May 1877 in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut. Married Angeline Elizabeth Warner (née Gleason) .
 108ii. Amanda Gazlay, born 12 February 1800;20 died 10 November 1830.20 Amanda is buried in Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York.20
 109iii. Leah Gazlay, born 13 February 1802;20 died 9 July 1827.20 Leah is buried in Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York.20
 110iv. John Harley Gazlay, born 4 February 1804 in New York;20, 28, 29 died 19 October 1869.20 John was deaf and dumb. He was a pupil at the New York Institution, and later served as a deaf and dumb assistant to the teachers at the school.30 John is buried in Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York.20
+111v. Sarah Sallie Gazlay, born April 1810 in Columbus, Chenango County, New York; died 22 November 1902 in Woodstock, Windham County, Connecticut. Married Benjamin ‘Uncle Ben’ Warner.
+112vi. Albert S. Gazlay, born ca. 1811 in Otsego County, New York; died 29 September 1886 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Married Harriet L. Moor.
+113vii. Orville F. Gazlay, born 24 February 1814 in South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York; died 1 April 1872. Married Mary Elizabeth VanCise.
+114viii. Charles M. Gazlay, born ca. 1815 in Otsego County, New York; died before 1880. Married (1) Martha Ann _____ Married (2) Catherine E. Cornell.
+115ix. Addison Mandel Gazlay, born 31 December 1818 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York; died 17 July 1881 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Married Sallie Louise Wheeler.
 116x. Delos W. Gazlay, born 9 April 1821;20 died 17 July 1840.20 Delos is buried in Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York.20
+117xi. Henry Martin Gazlay, born 29 February 1824 in New York; died 2 June 1894. Married Angeline Elizabeth Gazlay (née Gleason) .

21. Anne Gazlay3 (John,2 John1), born 27 January 1776 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York; (she may be the daughter named Nancy in Rev. Sayrs Gazlay's statement to Theodore Gazlay);2, 22, 31 died 24 February 1813.22, 31 Anne married, 11 January 1796 in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York, Henry Spencer31, 33, 34 (born 3 July 1774 in Beekman, Dutchess County, New York, the son of Benjamin Spencer and Mary Sweet;31, 32, 33 Henry died 13 August 1853 in Glens Falls, Warren County, New York31, 33).

Henry Spencer came to Glens Falls by 1800 and was an innkeeper and holder of public office. He was the first sheriff of Warren County, New York.31


Children of Anne Gazlay and Henry Spencer:

 118i. Benjamin Spencer, born 7 December 1796 in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York.33
+119ii. Sarah Spencer, born 5 September 1798 in Kingsbury, Washington County, New York. Married William Boyce.
+120iii. John Gazlay Spencer, born 19 July 1800 in Queensbury, Warren County, New York; died 11 January 1864 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. Married Lucy _____.
+121iv. Charles Spencer, born 21 August 1802 in New York; died 12 September 1877 in Brighton, Livingston County, Michigan. Married (1) Mary Crampton Married (2) Electa M. Norton (née Culver) .
+122v. Ann Eliza Spencer, born 2 September 1804. Married William Mott.
+123vi. Ambrose Spencer, born 24 September 1806 in Queensbury, Warren County, New York; died 11 December 1872 in Albany, Albany County, New York. Married Harriet Stackhouse.
 124vii. Albert Spencer, born 2 May 1808 in Glens Falls, Warren County, New York;33 died 21 September 1819 in Glens Falls, Warren County, New York.33
+125viii. Mary Spencer, born 28 February 1811 in Glens Falls, Warren County, New York. Married Harvey Grandy.

22. Daniel Gazlay3 (John,2 John1), born 8 May 1778 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York;2, 21, 22, 23 died 6 May 1847 in Town of Maine, Cook County, Illinois; although Gazlay History and the Leavenworth Family Genealogy list his place of death as Mainville, it is almost certainly the Town of Maine.21, 35 Daniel married, 20 March 1802 in Deerfield, New York, Susannah Leavenworth21, 35 (born 21 September 1784 in Woodbury, Connecticut, the daughter of Amos Leavenworth and Esther Warner;21, 35, 36 baptized 15 December 1784; Susannah died 2 October 1841 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York20, 21, 35, 36). Susannah is buried in Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York.20, 36

Daniel lived in South Edmeston and Illinois. Of Daniel and Susannah, Judah Gazlay wrote, “Daniel Gazlay was reported to me to be rather indolent, let things go their own way. His wife, Susannah Leavenworth was the reverse. She wore herself out looking after her large family, and went where the weary are at rest long before old age.” Also, he wrote, “they owned most of the East side of North Street in South Edmeston, gave Ralph the lot he build a house on, where I lived 14 years with the rest of the family.”21

The Gazlay History indicates that Daniel’s daughter Ann and her husband Nicholas are buried in Town of Maine Cemetery, Park Ridge, Illinois, lot 35. There are unmarked graves on that lot, and one might be the grave of Daniel Gazlay.21


+126i. Ann Elizabeth Gazlay, born 9 October 1806 in New York; died 3 July 1847 in Illinois. Married Nicholas Sherman.
+127ii. Ralph Leavenworth Gazlay, born 14 May 1808 in Chenango County, New York; died 27 January 1884 in Utica, Oneida County, New York. Married Harriet Elizabeth Hart.
+128iii. Mary Louise Gazlay, born 31 March 1810 in New York; died 11 December 1897 in Waucoma, Fayette County, Iowa. Married (1) James Townsend Married (2) Jonas Baker.
+129iv. Erasmus Darwin Gazlay, born 17 April 1812 in New York; died 25 March 1887 in Waucoma, Fayette County, Iowa. Married Sophronia M. Brown.
+130v. Esther Gazlay, born 4 April 1814 in New York; died 1873. Married (1) William Whitmarsh Married (2) John Severence.
+131vi. John Gazlay, born 24 April 1817 in New York; died 18 May 1909. Married (1) Tryphena L. Goodhue Married (2) Harriet Drusilla ‘Hattie’ Roe.
+132vii. Cornelia Gazlay, born 15 October 1819 in New York; died 22 June 1888 in Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota. Married James Johnson Baker.
 133viii. Amos Gazlay, born 7 August 1822;21 died 2 September 1825.21

23. Alexander Gazlay3 (John,2 John1), born 29 September 1780 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York;2, 21, 22, 23, 37, 38 died 5 August 1834 in New Berlin, Chenango County, New York.20, 21, 38 Alexander married, 8 September 1805 in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York, Susannah Sutton20, 21, 40, 41 (born ca. 1790, the daughter of Andrew Sutton and Elizabeth Montross;20, 39 Susannah died 5 June 1834 in New Berlin, Chenango County, New York20, 21, 39). Alexander and Susannah are buried in Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York.20

 134i. Abbey Jane Gazlay, born 1808;20, 21, 42 died 16 April 1827.20, 21, 42 Abbey is buried in Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York.20, 42
+135ii. George C. Gazlay, born 13 November 1809 in Otsego County, New York; died 26 February 1888 in New Berlin, Chenango County, New York. Married Pamelia Dailey.
+136iii. Betsy Ann Gazlay, born 2 January 1812 in Chenango County, New York; died 13 April 1881 in North Norwich, Chenango County, New York. Married Dexter Angell.
 137iv. William Gazlay, born 19 February 1814; his birth date is derived from his headstone inscription, which lists his age as 13 months 23 days;20 died 14 April 1815.20, 21 William is buried in Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York.20
+138v. William Gazlay, born 19 January 1819 in New Berlin, Chenango County, New York; died 12 May 1893 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. Married Susan Westcott.
+139vi. Harriet A. Gazlay, born ca. 1823 in New York; died 21 January 1891 in Utica, Oneida County, New York. Married John Town.
+140vii. Cordelia A. Gazlay, born ca. 1825 in New York; died 1886. Married Ira Thayer Butterfield.
 141viii. Ambrose Gazlay, born August 1828; his birth date is derived from his headstone inscription, which lists his age as 1 year 11 months;20 died 9 July 1830.20, 21 Ambrose is buried in Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York.20

24. Elizabeth Gazlay3 (John,2 John1), born 7 October 1783 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York; her birth date is derived from her headstone inscription;2, 20, 21, 22, 23, 43, 44, 45 died 28 March 1869.20, 21 Elizabeth married Royal Hubby21 (born 8 August 1787 in Massachusetts, parents not determined; his birth date is derived from his headstone inscription;20, 21, 44, 45, 46 Royal died 5 May 186820, 21, 46). Elizabeth and Royal are buried in Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York.20

Children of Elizabeth Gazlay and Royal Hubby:

 142i. Rev. Milton Hubby, born 9 July 1815 in New York;44, 45, 47, 48 died 28 May 1882.47 Milton is buried in Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York.47
+143ii. Caroline Hubby, born 17 March 1817 in New York; died 20 June 1886. Married James Lloyd Fox.
+144iii. Harriet Hubby, born ca. 1825 in New York. Married Sidney Howard.

26. John Furman Gazlay3 (John,2 John1), born 23 February 1788 in Clinton, Dutchess County, New York; (a few sources indicate he was born in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York, but it is more likely he was born in Clinton, Dutchess County);2, 21, 22, 23, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54 died 31 December 1875 in Evans, Erie County, New York.49, 54 John married, 17 August 1811 in Glens Falls, Warren County, New York, Polly Haight54 (born 25 July 1788, parents not determined;50, 51, 55 Polly died 16 August 1862 in Evans, Erie County, New York55, 56). John and Polly are buried in North Collins Quaker Meeting House Cemetery, North Collins, Erie County, New York.49, 55

Some sources say John was born in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York, but his obituary indicates he was born in Clinton, Duchess County, New York. He removed to the town of Glens Falls, Warren County, New York at age 17, along with Judge Spencer, his brother-in-law, to learn the harness and saddlers trade. He became a Mason at the age of 21. Two years later, he married Polly Haight, and subsequently settled in the village of Esperance, Schoharie County, west of Albany, New York. He joined the Royal Arch Masons when he was 27 years old. He was identified with the Masonic Order throughout his life. In 1847 he removed to Brant, Erie County, New York, and six years later he moved to Evans, in the same county.54


+145i. Arvin Haight Gazlay, born 25 September 1815 in Esperence, Schoharie County, New York; died 5 November 1849 in Mormon Island, California Gold Fields, California. Married (1) Charlotte Luther Married (2) Charlotte Bradley (née Seeman) .
+146ii. Jane Ann Gazlay, born 28 March 1819 in New York; died 27 October 1897. Married Hamilton Spaulding.
+147iii. John Gazlay, born 7 June 1820 in Esperence, Schoharie County, New York; died 31 December 1883 in West Seneca, Erie County, New York. Married Phebe Haight.
+148iv. Henry Denton Gazlay, born 13 April 1825 in Warren County, New York; died 1901 in Angola, Erie County, New York. Married Emily M. Peck.

27. Joseph Gazlay3 (John,2 John1), born 25 March 1790 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York;2, 21, 22, 23, 57, 58, 59, 60 died 19 November 1870.20, 21 Joseph married, ca. 1814, Martha _____21, 57, 62 (born ca. 1788 in Connecticut, parents not determined;20, 21, 58, 59, 60 Martha died 2 September 1864 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York20, 21, 61). Joseph and Martha are buried in Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York.20

Children of Joseph Gazlay and Martha _____:

+149i. Ann Melessie Gazlay, born 25 March 1810; died 29 October 1835. Married Frederick Ferdinand Page.
+150ii. Elizabeth Gazlay, born 7 November 1813 in Otsego County, New York; died 23 February 1871. Married Charles Peck Conger.
+151iii. Emily H. Gazlay, born 17 February 1818 in Columbus, Chenango County, New York; died 24 March 1904 in South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York. Married Frederick Ferdinand Page.
 152iv. Joseph Oscar Gazlay, born ca. 1820;20 died 29 March 1825.20, 21 Joseph is buried in Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York.20
+153v. Mary Catherine Gazlay, born 22 October 1823 in Otsego County, New York; died 18 February 1908. Married Charles Peck Conger.

29. Jacob Gazlay3 (John,2 John1), born 25 March 1795 in Dutchess County, New York; (one source lists his birth as 23 March 1795 in Edmeston, N.Y.);22, 63, 64, 65 died 19 August 1869 in South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York.20, 21, 65, 66 Jacob married, 20 March 1816 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York, Mary Champion65 (born 5 April 1794 in South Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, the daughter of Stephen Champion and Phoebe Moshier; twin;20, 63, 64, 65, 67 Mary died 13 February 1879 in South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York20, 21, 65). Jacob and Mary are buried in Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York.20

Children of Jacob Gazlay and Mary Champion:

+154i. Dr. Henry Champion Gazlay, born 1 August 1818 in Otsego County, New York; died 19 March 1900 in Creston, Union County, Iowa. Married (1) Sabra Elvira Cornwall Married (2) Catherine Malvina Bolles Married (3) Mary Ann Brabrook (née Baldwin) Married (4) Martha Eliza White (née Wright) .
 155ii. Sarah Maria Gazlay, born 14 December 1819 in Otsego County, New York;20, 63, 64, 65 died 30 December 1869 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York.20, 21, 65, 66 Sarah is buried in Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York.20
+156iii. Miles Mosher Gazlay, born 30 August 1824 in Otsego County, New York; died 3 November 1900. Married (1) Isabelle Yaw Married (2) Julia Ellen Carpenter (née Spaford) .

38. James William Gazlay3 (James,2 John1), born 23 July 1784 in New York, New York;2, 68, 69, 70, 71 died 8 June 1874 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.2, 68 James married, first, 8 December 1811 in Norwich, Chenango County, New York, Martha ‘Patty’ Randall71, 73 (born 27 August 1790 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut, the daughter of John Randall and Mary Swan;72, 73 Patty died 24 December 1817 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio71, 72, 73). James married, second, 13 April 1820 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, Rebecca M. Williams71 (born ca. July 1804, the daughter of Elmore Williams and Lucy Ann _____;71, 74 Rebecca died 15 February 183471, 74, 75). James is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.68 Patty is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.72 Rebecca is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.74, 75

James was born in 1874 in New York City, and he moved with his parents to Dutchess County, New York, in 1789. He attended common schools and pursued and academic course. James studied law in Poughkeepsie, New York, was admitted to the bar in 1809, and there he began his practice of law. In 1813, James moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and continued his law practice.76

Some of his writings on case law include the Report of the Case of Thomas Graham of Cincinnati published in 1821, and the Case of George P. Torrence, Acting as President Judge of the Ninth Circuit of the Court of Common Pleas of the State of Ohio, Considered, as Violative of the Constitution of the State, published in 1822.77

James was elected to the Eighteenth Congress (serving from 4 March 1823 to 3 March 1825) as a Representative from Hamilton County, Ohio, running as a Jackson Republican. In this election, his opponent was Army General (War of 1812), Congressman, Ohio State Senator, and future President William Henry Harrison, who lost, it is said, by only 500 votes. James failed in his bid for reelection in 1824.76

In 1826, James created, edited and published the liberal Western Tiller, a mostly agricultural publication, but also carrying “anti-ecclesiastical articles and poems…The Tiller opened its columns to any citizen who wished to criticize the aristocratic church polity of the Methodists, gloat over schisms in the Baptist church, or assail the hireling priests.” James sold the Tiller to Wm. J. Ferris in 1828.78

James wrote A Treatis on Horses in 1827, reflecting his scholarly interest in horses. In later years, James wrote “some long-winded poetic philosophizings and heavy-handed satires,” as well as other writings, on mostly social topics. These include: Short View of Social Elements and Relations of the United States, 1843; and Sketches of Life and Social Relations: With Other Poems, 1860. Following the civil war, he wrote the Reconstruction of the Southern States, 1865; Political Questions, 1866; Scraps for Laws of New Creation: One God, One Race, One Creed, and One Liberty, 1867; and Imagination, 1868.77, 78, 79

James has been described as, “…in many respects, an acute thinker and a vigorous journalist, and unconventional enough to criticize the mumbo-jumbo of the law. In opposition to his colleagues, who regarded ‘the truths and excellencies of religion and law’ as ‘equally indisputable,’ Gazlay attacked the wording of laws as degenerate and confused and advocated simpler phraseology.”78

A New York Times article, published, 16 December 1870, provides some additional biographical details of James Gazlay, several not found elsewhere:80


Lochy Ostrom’s Estate—Some Errors Corrected by “An Old Citizen” of Cincinnati.

To the Editor of the Cincinnati Commercial:

I notice, under head of special telegram from New-York, in your paper of today, an article in regard to the estate of Rachel Ostrom. It has many errors in it. I propose to correct a few of them.

It is true that James W. Gazlay in the fore part of the present century was engaged to be married to miss Rachel Ostrom, of Poughkeepsie, in the State of New-York. Mr. J. W. Gazlay desired to marry her and move West. The mother of Miss Ostrom would not go West, and Miss Ostrom would not leave her mother. J. W. Gazlay came West and located at Cincinnati, Ohio, and afterward went back to New-York, but could not induce Miss Ostrom to come to the West, and shortly afterward he married Martha Randall, of New-York, who came to this city with him. By that marriage J. W. Gazlay had one child —Hulda, married to Thornton A. Mills, a Presbyterian clergyman of this city.

After the death of Mr. Gazlay’s first wife he married Rebecca, daughter of Elmore Williams, by whom he had three children. One of them died in its infancy. William Elmore Gazlay, another child, died after age in Florida. Allen W. Gazlay, a child, is living and doing well in the western part of the city, and J. W. Gazlay is not dead yet, but is living with his son, and is in remarkably good health and preservation for a man of his age. J. W. Gazlay never was imprisoned for contempt of Court. He said at one time to the Court, then composed of three Judges, of which the father of our worthy Mayor was one of the number, that it was a Demerara team, composed of two mules and a jackass, which remark he made in the heat of an argument, and himself and the Judges were always personal friends, and it had nothing whatever to do with his election to Congress.

In about the year 1822, Wm. Henry Harrison was a candidate for Congress in the Cincinnati District; the mechanics and working men thought that Gen. Harrison was a representative of the Virginia aristocracy, known then as the F.F.V.’s, and desired to run a candidate of their own, and appointed a committee to select a candidate, of which Mr. Bromwell, then a wire-weaver, was the Chairman. Mr. Gazlay consented to run, without any expectation on his part of the part of the Committee that he would be elected. He declined to be a candidate a second time. He and Gen. Harrison were always warm personal and political friends, and in 1840 Mr. Gazlay canvassed two States for the election of Gen. Harrison to the Presidency.


The New York Times carried the following obituary for James W. Gazlay on 13 June 1874:81


An Old Citizen

Obituary.

—————

Ex-Congressman James W. Gazlay.

The Cincinnati Commercial announces the death of James W. Gazlay, who for more than sixty years has been a resident of that city. He was born in this City, July 23, 1784, and in 1823 was elected to the Eighteenth Congress, defeating Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison. But his fate as a popular man in his district was decided by his first important vote. Gen. Lafayette had arrived in the United States early in 1825, the guest of the nation. He was introduced to each House of Congress, and it was in the House of Representatives that the effective speech of reception was made by that eloquent speaker, Henry Clay. A joint committee reported a resolution of honor and remuneration to Lafayette for his distinguished services in the American Revolution. It proposed awarding him $200,000 and a township of land, to be selected from the unsold lands of the Government, under the direction of the President. Mr. Gazley rose and moved to strike out $200,000 and insert $100,000. Although Niles’ Register deemed the voting for the large sum right, it made a point to honor the “firmness” of those who voted in the negative when they failed to make the proposed amendment. Mr. Gazley’s negative vote cost him his seat, which was warmly contested, and Gen. Findlay, a popular man, succeeded by less than twenty-five votes. After his defeat for congress by Gen. Findlay he commenced the publication in Cincinnati of a weekly newspaper, the Western Tiller, the first number of which was on the 1st of August, 1826. He brought some enterprise to its conduct, and often illustrated it with wood engravings. The paper was continued by Wm. J. Ferris, who afterward became connected with the Cincinnati Gazette.


+157i. Hulda M. Gazlay, born ca. 1815 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; died 30 June 1845 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Married Rev. Thornton A. Mills.
 158i. William Elmore Gazlay, born June 1823;74 died 11 May 1843.74, 82 William is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.74, 82
 159ii. James Gazlay, born ca. 1826 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio;74, 83 died 5 October 1828 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.71, 74, 83 James is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.74, 83
+160iii. Allen W. Gazlay, born 14 October 1829 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; died 2 June 1889 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Married Susan Kizer.
 161iv. Clare Gazlay, born ca. December 1831;74 died 11 June 1833.74, 84 Clare is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.74, 84

39. Rev. Sayrs Gazlay3 (James,2 John1), born 12 July 1787 in New York;2, 85, 86, 87, 88 died 24 May 1874.2, 71, 85 Sayrs married, 4 February 1835 in Fairfield, Hamilton County, Ohio, Susan Hay71 (born 17 April 1796 in New York, parents not determined;71, 86, 87 Susan died 17 February 186171, 89). Sayrs and Susan are buried in Williamsburg Cemetery, Williamsburg, Clermont County, Ohio.85, 89

Rev. Sayrs Gazlay was born in New York, and eventually moved with his parents and siblings to Ohio. He was an uncle on the maternal side to the distinguished Professor David Swing. Rev. Gazlay was a man of much learning and the author of several books, among them an extensive Biblical Commentary. He was a man of some attainments, especially in theology, but very eccentric, dogmatic and intolerant. His faith was a somber Calvinism darkened into fatalism, in which a few elect were to be rescued from the general collapse and failure of creation. He held the dogma of the divine origin and right of human slavery in the same manner, proving it the while with Bible texts, and no one dared to doubt his exegesis. Riding fast horses was his passion, but whistling was his pet abomination, and he kept a ledger in which to record the names of all boys who practices the vice. If a boy felt moved to bird-like music he looked about him before puckering his lips to begin, but after nightfall the theologian heard many a warbled tune with variations. David’s religious views were explained by his boyhood friends as, in part at least, a reaction from the radical and too violent views of his uncle. Doubtless that strange man served him as a kind of negative pole of thought, but he seems to have been endowed, from the first, with a mind at once judicial and humane.90, 91

He was pastor at several churches in New York, Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky over his lifetime. An index of Presbyterian Ministers shows his name (under various spellings) in the Presbyterian Church’s records and minutes from 1828 to 1874.92

Sayrs was admitted as a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Durham, Greene County, New York, on 30 August 1811, “by letter from the church of Pleasant Valley. Entered the ministry.” This was likely in conjunction with his parents’ and siblings’ move to Greene County.93

His name is found in several registers of the American Education Society (1827, 1829) in the Synod of Geneva, Presbytery of Chenango, N. Y., in the town of Oxford. In 1829 he was reappointed for one year in Warren County, Ohio. This was apparently when Sayrs moved from New York to Ohio. In 1832 he was reappointed for four months to the Presbytery of Ebenezer, Kentucky. Later in 1832 he was reappointed for one year to Millersburg and vicinity, Kentucky.94

Sayrs was apparently interested in, and had acquired some expertise in, fossilized wood in Ohio, having observed and collected specimens over several years. His letter to Professor Benjamin Stillman in 1833 provides rich details of his efforts on this topic, citing various finds mostly by individuals in digging their wells in the area around Springfield, Ohio.95

On 1 October 1833, the Rev. Gazlay was installed as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Williamsburgh, Ohio.96

In 1835, Sayrs married Susan Hay. The two children born to them both died in infancy.71

Rev. Gazlay was among 35 ministers and elders to provide testimony and to vote in the infamous trial of Rev. Lyman Beecher for heresy in the Presbyterian Church in 1835. After all the testimony, Rev. Gazlay voted to sustain the charges, which vote was in the minority, so Rev. Beecher was acquitted in the trial. On appeal to the general synod, he was again acquitted.97

Rev. Gazlay was the minister at Hopewell Church, Hopewell, Indiana 1840-41. He apparently had occasional differences of opinion with his congregants. In one incident, two women were spending the day with Rev. Gazlay’s wife, when he express strong objection to “wasting the luxury of tea upon her guests at the dinner hour.” Another time, Rev. Gazlay had stopped to spend the night at McGuire’s Tavern near Waverly, Indiana (about ten miles northwest of Hopewell). While there, he criticized the food and attempted to tell the owner how to cook. The owner, in front of many guests, said, “Judging from your manners, you ought to be running a restaurant instead of preaching the gospel.” In another incident, Rev. Gazlay was asked to allow Dr. Thomas Clelland, a well known Kentucky Presbyterian, to speak at Hopewell. Rev. Gazlay refused. So instead, a meeting was called at a private home where Dr. Clelland preached to a group of people. It apparently was after this incident that Rev. Gazlay left Hopewell.98

Rev. Gazlay was involved in an interesting and important law suit in Ohio. When Williamsburgh, Ohio, was originally laid out in 1795 or 1796, Gen. William Lytle, the town’s proprietor and founder, reserved five and one-half acres of land that were dedicated and appropriated to the public for county public buildings. Four years later, Clermont County was organized, with Williamsburgh as the first county seat. In 1824, the county seat was moved to Batavia, and the people of Williamsburgh took possession of the public buildings and square, using them for public purposes. Gen. Lytle then claimed that the square reverted to him. The county brought suit against Lytle, and the Supreme Court for Clermont County dismissed the suit, with title settled in favor of Lytle, who conveyed title to the United States Bank, to satisfy Lytle’s debt to the bank. In 1846, the bank sold the same to Sayrs Gazlay for four hundred and fifty dollars, who, along with Adam Walker, took control and possession of the public square and claimed to hold title to the square and its buildings. The corporate authorities of Williamsburgh filed suit for an injunction against Gazlay and Walker, and in December 1849 the Clermont County Supreme Court declared the title was held by the town, and the injunction was made perpetual. Rev. Gazlay and others counter-sued, and in December 1854 the Supreme Court of Ohio heard and ultimately dismissed their suit, ending the matter.90, 99

In May, 1854, Rev. Gazlay and others organized the Loveland Presbyterian Church, in Clermont County, Ohio, although other ministers served as the church’s preacher.90

Sayrs was the author of several published works, including The Way of Salvation, published in Original Sermons; by Presbyterian Ministers, in The Mississippi Valley in 1833, and the extensive Comments on Select Passages of The Holy Scriptures in 1870.100, 101

The 1870 U.S. Census shows “S. Gasley,” age 84, born in New York, living in Newport, Kentucky, across the river from Cincinnati. Living with him is “O. D. Gasley,” a 76 year old female, born in New York. Her identity has not been determined; she could be Sayrs’ second wife, although no record of another marriage has been found.88

Sayrs died 24 May 1874 and is buried in Williamsburgh Cemetery, Williamsburgh, Clermont County, Ohio.85


Children of Rev. Sayrs Gazlay and Susan Hay:

 162i. Verna Gazlay, stillborn 3 April 1836.102 Verna is buried in Williamsburg Cemetery, Williamsburg, Clermont County, Ohio.102
 163ii. Obernus Gazlay, born 9 September 1837;102 died 14 July 1838.102 Obernus is buried in Williamsburg Cemetery, Williamsburg, Clermont County, Ohio.102

41. Elizabeth Gazlay3 (James,2 John1), born 26 March 1792;2 died 1829.2 Elizabeth married, 21 June 1821 in Hamilton County, Ohio, Charles Fraser Kellogg71, 105 (born 22 May 1788 in New Hartford, Litchfield County, Connecticut, the son of Phineas Kellogg and Olive Fraser;103 Charles died 7 January 1865 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio103, 104). Charles is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.104

42. Cornelia Gazlay3 (James,2 John1), born 1 August 1794 in New York;2, 106 died 13 August 1873.107 Cornelia married, 7 May 1818 in Greenville, Greene County, New York, James S. Chamberlain109 (born ____, parents not determined; James died 25 February 1843 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio71, 108). Cornelia is buried in Maineville Cemetery, Hamilton Township, Warren County, Ohio.107

James was Foreman of Engine Company 1 (later renumbered to 3), Phoenix Hook and Ladder Company, Ladder 1, in the Cincinnati Fire Department. He is listed as the first fireman in the history of the department to be killed in the line of duty. Chamberlain died on 25 February 1843 in what appears to have been a tremendous backdraft in the main building of the Pugh and Alvords Pork House. The smoke house behind the building was burning and the doors connecting the two were closed to stop the fire. Smoke and fumes built up in the main building and it exploded without warning. The explosion killed Chamberlain and eight others, mostly employees and customers of the pork house.108


+164i. William Gazlay Chamberlin, born September 1822 in Indiana; died 11 March 1912 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Married (1) Sarah L. Bigler Married (2) Mary E. McIntire.
 165ii. Frederick D. Chamberlain, born ca. 1829 in Indiana.106
 166iii. James H. Chamberlain, born ca. 1835 in Ohio.106

43. Aribert Gazlay3 (James,2 John1), born 10 December 1797 in Dutchess County, New York;2, 110, 111, 112, 113 died 22 May 1885 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.113, 114, 115 Aribert married, 15 April 1827 in Hamilton County, Ohio, Elizabeth Buck71, 113, 120 (born 14 October 1803 in Trumansburg, Tomkins County, New York, the daughter of William Sherman Buck and Barentha York;110, 111, 112, 113, 116, 117, 118, 119 Elizabeth died 11 February 1899 in Pratt, Pratt County, Kansas116, 119). Aribert and Elizabeth are buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.115, 116

Elizabeth inherited largely, the disposition and characteristics of her mother. Among these were, pluck and determination, --qualities which always furnish a wife and mother with a most formidable equipment, to cope with the innumerable obstacles she must meet in her pathway of duty. While living with her parents near Cincinnati, Elizabeth first met her future husband, Aribert Gazley, who had but recently emigrated from Dutchess County, N. Y. The twain, after a brief courtship, were married early in April 1827. The country around Cincinnati, was still comparatively a wilderness. Land was however cheap, and the broad Ohio River adjacent, furnished a fair market for wood and timber, with the money for which the settler, by dint of hard labor and exposure, might, in time, pay for it. No sooner had the marriage knot been tied than the young couple shouldered their scanty household outfit and plunged into the wilderness about fifty miles below Cincinnati, in what is now Switzerland County, Ind., bent upon carving out a home for themselves and their posterity. They found a partly cleared but abandoned tract, which they purchases and settled down to housekeeping after a fashion. The husband shouldered his axe and chopped wood, which, with a yoke of cattle, he hauled to the river bank and sold to the steamboat craft plying up and down the Ohio, devoting the proceeds to paying for his land. The dock from which he shipped his wood took the name of Gazley’s Landing, which it retained as late as 1850. It was as well known to boatmen and travelers as any place on the river. Old boatmen still living are willing to testify that Mr. Gazely always supplied good wood from his yards at honest prices. Later on in his life he conducted the mercantile business with success, purchasing his goods in New York principally. Besides performing all the duties of a prudent and industrious housekeeper, Elizabeth did her full share of outside work. Her husband always bore witness, with pride, that she did full as much as he did towards paying for the farm. She usually had butter, milk, eggs and other farm products which she sold to the boatmen for cash, this being at that time about the only market for such products, and the proceeds usually went to liquidate the farm and other debts. Her wise counsel and words of encouragement greatly aided her husband in fighting the battle of life. In 1867, she and her husband removed to Cincinnati, where Mrs. Gazley still resides, with their only son Carter. At this present writing (1885) she is, both bodily and mentally, in excellent health, and has undertaken a visit to her relatives in Illinois. In 1884, Mr. Gazley was stricken with paralysis, which confined him to his room, and seriously impaired his mental powers; he continued to grow weaker, both physically and mentally, until the 23d of May, 1884, when he breathed his last, without a struggle.113

Elizabeth’s obituary elaborates on her life and character:119

Elizabeth Gazlay was born near Trumansburg, N.Y. October 14, 1803. On April 7, 1827, she was married to Aribert Gazlay. They immediately settled near Patriot, Ind. In 1890 she broke up house-keeping and removed to Pratt to reside with her granddaughter, Mrs. Blanche G. Apt. She died Saturday, February 11, 1899. The funeral services were held at the Apt home, conducted by Rev. Gragg. She was the last survivor of a family of thirteen children. Her husband Aribert Gazlay died at Cincinnati, Ohio in May 1885. She was educated a Presbyterian, but early after she moved to Indiana, she became a Universalist, and remained in that belief to her death. She was the mother of only one child, Carter Gazlay, who survives her. Although her immediate family was small there was no time in her active life when she was not taking care of some persons children and she raied and cared for some ten children other than her own.

Thus, briefly is told the story of one who lived for more than 95 years a life of activity, and full of good works. “Till like a clock worn out with eating time. The weary wheels of life stood still.”


+167i. Carter Gazlay, born 15 June 1828 in Patriot, Switzerland County, Indiana; died 7 July 1909 in Iola, Allen County, Kansas. Married Elizabeth B. Emerson.

44. Karenda Gazlay3 (James,2 John1), born 22 April 1800 in New York;2, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125 died 26 January 1890 in Williamsburg, Clermont County, Ohio.2, 71, 121 Karenda married, first, August 1825, David Swing71 (born 1790 in Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky, the son of Samuel Swing and Polly Murphy;126 David died 1832 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio126, 127). Karenda married, second, 1835, James Hageman71 (born 20 May 1807 in Ohio, parents not determined;121, 122, 123, 124, 125 James died 25 February 1888121). Karenda is buried in Williamsburg Cemetery, Williamsburg, Clermont County, Ohio.121 James is buried in Williamsburg Cemetery, Williamsburg, Clermont County, Ohio.121

David Swing, Sr., was for many years engaged in steamboating on the Ohio River. He was a man of ability and of sterling character. He was honored for his man-hood rather than for his doctrinal Christianity. He died of cholera in 1832, leaving two sons to the care of their mother.127


Children of Karenda Gazlay and David Swing:

+168i. Alfred J. Swing, born 12 August 1828 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; died 24 January 1899 in Dayton, Campbell County, Kentucky. Married Mary A. Norris.
+169ii. Rev. David Swing, Jr., born 23 August 1830 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; died 3 October 1894 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Married Elizabeth C. Porter.

Children of Karenda Gazlay and James Hageman:

+170i. James Gazlay Hageman, born 22 July 1836 in Ohio; died 7 January 1913. Married Lydia E. Miller.
+171ii. Rev. George A. Hageman, born 30 August 1838 in Ohio; died 6 January 1929 in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington. Married Susan ‘Susie’ Foster.
 172iii. Julia Hageman, born ca. 1839 in Ohio.71, 122
 173iv. Simon Augustus Hageman, born ca. 1842 in Ohio.71, 122, 123

45. Mary Elizabeth Gazlay3 (James,2 John1), born 9 December 1805;2 died 1833.2 Mary married, November 1821 in Indiana, William C. Keene71 (born ____, parents not determined).

+174i. Hulda Keene, born 25 February 1829 in Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana; died 23 December 1918 in Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky. Married Charles Hamilton.
+175ii. Rebecca Keane, Married _____ Marshall.
+176iii. Mary Keane, Married Royal S. Hicks.

46. Julia Ann Gazlay3 (James,2 John1), born 1806 in New York;2, 128 died 17 May 1858 in Colerain Township, Hamilton County, Ohio.128 Julia married, 5 August 1847 in Hamilton County, Ohio, Garrett Van Ausdol71, 129 (born ____, parents not determined). Julia is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.128

48. Adelia ‘Della’ Gazlay3 (James,2 John1), born 14 December 1813 in Cairo, Greene County, New York;2, 130 died 18 April 1858 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin.131, 132 Della married, 12 November 1832 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, Albert Gallatin Knight71, 131, 137 (born 28 May 1808 in Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, the son of Timothy Knight and Dolly Rice;130, 131, 133, 134, 135, 136 Albert died 5 January 1886 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin133).

The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin provides an interesting biographical sketch of Albert G. Knight:131

Albert G. Knight was born in Brattleboro, Vt., in May, 1808; he received the advantages of the Schools of the place, but they were not very extensive; he, however, acquired a taste for solid reading, and literally devoured the few books which were within his reach; soon after reaching his teens, he went to Providence, R.I., and served some years in a large crockery store; he then went to Baltimore and engaged in the same business; from there, he crossed the mountains, and settled in the young town of Cincinnati, where he married Miss Delia Gazlay, soon after which event he removed to Wayne Co., N.Y., and engaged in farming, where he was joined by his parents, his two brothers and only sister; the fever and ague was a little too much for them there, and early in the year 1836, Albert G. started for the West, a solitary horseman, arriving at Chicago the last of March, where he sold his horse and pushed forward to Racine on foot, because at that early season of the year there was no grass, neither hay nor grain on which the animal could be fed, had yet been raised. His sister Mary followed him in May, coming by schooner from Oswego, and the rest of the family, which had been increased by the birth of a daughter, followed, arriving in Racine August 29, 1836, by the same mode of conveyance. As elsewhere stated, there were but few settlers in the clearing known as Racine upon his arrival, and other pages of this work show so much of his relation to public affairs that it is unnecessary to repeat. In 1851, he engaged in the business of making abstracts of title, conveyances, and the like, for which he was eminently fitted. In 1854, he associated with him the late Eliphalet Cram, between whom and himself sprang up the warmest friendship based upon mutual regard. Mr. Cram died in 1868, and the firm of Knight -- Cram was changed to that of Knight -- Whiteley, Mr. Knight’s son-in-law, Simeon Whiteley, having purchased the interest of Mr. Cram in the valuable books of record and other property of the old firm. The business is still carried on by them. It is worthy of note that Mr. Knight’s grandfather, Samuel Knight, was appointed one of the Judges of the Colony of Vermont, by the English crown, his commission as such being one of the heir-looms in the family. During the early part of the Revolutionary war, Judge Knight retained his office under authority of the State of New York, which, history informs us, claimed jurisdiction over Vermont until the State was admitted to the Federation, at which time Judge Knight was made the first Chief Justice of the State, and he remained upon the bench until the time of his death. Mr. Knight’s wife and the mother of his children, died in the year 1858. She was a woman of superior mind and culture, and the deepest piety. The Gazlay family, of which she was a member, were among the first settlers of Cincinnati, her oldest brother, James W., who but recently died at a very advanced age, being one of the representatives in Congress from the Cincinnati District. Another brother, Sayrs, was a prominent clergyman of the straightest sect of the Presbyterian faith, and figured in the celebrated trial of Lyman Beecher, for heresy. Mrs. Knight’s sister, Karenda, is the mother of Rev. Prof. Swing, of Chicago, whose recent trial for the same crime as that of Lyman Beecher is still fresh in memory. Mrs. Knight was the mother of six children--Sayrs G. (now City Surveyor); Jane G. (Mrs. Simeon Whiteley); Mary H. (Mrs. Capt. Chas. E. Jewett--now living in California); John Wesley (now in the West Indies); James Mason (who died in 1874); and Miss Delia (now Third Assistant Principal in the Racine High School). In 1868, Mr. Knight married Miss Anna Hanson, a native of the island of Laaland, in the Baltic Sea, a dependency of the Kingdom of Denmark, who now presides over his present home at the corner of College avenue and Fifteenth street, a charming spot, where good taste adorns and a boundless hospitality is dispensed, as especially the Presiding Elders and Preachers of the Methodist denomination of the Northwest will attest.131


+177i. Sayrs Gazlay Knight, born 27 September 1833 in Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont; died 20 May 1903 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin. Married Rebecca Traver.
+178ii. Jane G. Knight, born 3 March 1836 in Huron, Wayne County, New York; died 11 July 1907 in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin. Married Simeon Whiteley.
+179iii. Mary Huldah Knight, born 7 September 1843 in Wisconsin. Married Charles Elam Jewett.
+180iv. John Wesley Knight, born 8 May 1851 in Wisconsin. Married Cora Luix (née Bliss) .
 181v. James Mason Knight, born ca. 1854 in Wisconsin;134, 135 died 1874.131
 182vi. Dr. Delia Gazlay Knight, born ca. 1858 in Wisconsin.131, 134, 136, 138, 139 Delia Knight graduated from the Elementary Course of the Oshkosh Normal School in 1878. She was a high school teacher in Oskaloosa, Iowa, in the early 1880s. In 1886, Delia was selected to the chair of Natural and Physical Science at the Iowa State Normal School, a position she held until 1890. She left the Normal School for Boston where she became a professional nurse, having graduated from the Boston City Hospital Training School for Nurses in 1891. Delia wrote an article entitled “The Nurse and the Psychic Factor” that appeared in the very first volume of the American Journal of Nursing, November 1900.140, 141, 142 In 1907, Delia Gazlay Knight graduated from the American School of Osteopathy, Kirksville, Missouri, and she is listed as a member in good standing in the New York City Society of the American Osteopathic Association as of 1 August 1907. She is shown as Dr. Delia G. Knight in various New York City directories from 1911 through 1920. The program for the November 1913 meeting of the New York City Society of the American Osteopathic Association lists, among other presentations, “My Experience with the Jireh Foods,” by Delia G. Knight.143, 144, 145 The 1920 US Census lists her, age 61, as a patient at the infamous Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital, Middletown, Orange County, New York, and she is similarly listed, at age 66, in the 1925 New York State Census.139

49. Theodore Gazlay3 (James,2 John1), born 27 August 1815 in Cairo, Greene County, New York;2, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151 died 19 January 1899 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.71, 152 Theodore married, 23 December 1845 in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana, Jane Eliza Fitch22, 150, 151 (born 27 August 1826 in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana, the daughter of Harris Fitch and Hannah Biggs;146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 153 Jane died 2 September 1896 in New York, New York71, 153, 154). Theodore and Jane are buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.152, 153, 154

The following biographical sketch of Theodore Gazlay appears in the History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio, Their Past and Present, S. B. Nelson and Co., publishers; S. B. Nelson and J. M. Runk, 1894.151

Theodore Gazlay, attorney at law, was born in Cairo, a small village near the Hudson river, in Greene county, N. Y., in 1815, the youngest in a family of twelve children. His brothers were James W., for many years a prominent attorney of Cincinnati; Sayres, a Presbyterian minister, and Aribert, an Indiana merchant. The father, James Gazlay, and the mother, Huldah (Carter) Gazlay, were born in this country, and both were of English descent. The father came to this city with his family in 1822, and here in the public schools Theodore Gazlay laid the foundation of his education.

As a lad, he learned the printing business in the office of the Independent Press, a weekly newspaper published and edited for a few years by his brother James W. He then formed a partnership and conducted a job printing business with James A. James for a period of three years. His health failing him in this employment, he abandoned it, and repaired to his father’s farm near Lawrenceburg, where he began the study of law, which he subsequently pursued in Lawrenceburg, Rising Sun, and Patriot, Ind. He was admitted to practice in 1841, removed to Cincinnati shortly thereafter, and continued in the practice of his profession until 1885, when he abandoned it, now devoting his time to the management of his estate. Mr. Gazlay was for twelve years associated with the Ohio & Mississippi Railway Company, as its managing attorney. He acquired a competency from the practice of his profession, and is, with his children, by inheritance from his nephew, Allen W. Gazlay, eldest son of James W. Gazlay, the possessor of more than a half million dollars’ worth of real estate in the heart of Cincinnati.

In Lawrenceburg, Ind., in 1844, Mr. Gazlay was married to Jane E. Fitch, whose parents, Harris and Hannah Fitch, were of English and Irish descent, respectively. Of the children born of this marriage, one son and five daughters survive, viz.: William H. Gazlay, the Cincinnati agent of the Chrome Steel Works, of New York; Hannah F. Gazlay; Mrs. Huldah Miller, wife of Albert W. Miller, now, and for some years past, city clerk of Sandusky, Ohio; Mrs. Emma G. Donaldson, wife of Andrew Donaldson, one of the vice-presidents of the New York & Erie railroad; Julia D. Gazlay, a talented vocalist, and Mrs. Clara J. Kuhn, wife of Oscar W. Kuhn, an attorney of Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. Gazlay, son and unmarried daughters reside at No. 105 Park avenue, Walnut Hills; Mr. and Mrs. Kuhn at North Ingleside, Walnut Hills; Mr. and Mrs. Miller, at Sandusky, Ohio, and Mr. and Mrs. Donaldson, in New York City. Mr. Gazlay is a Republican, but has never had any aspirations for political preferment. His wife is a member of the Methodist Church.


 183i. William Henry Gazlay, born 11 November 1846 in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana;71, 146, 147, 148, 149, 151, 155, 156 died 17 November 1911 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.71, 157 William was a purchasing agent for several railroads, and an agent for the New York Steel Chrome Works. He was an Elk and a member of the Cuvier Club.71 William is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.157
 184ii. Hannah Fitch Gazlay, born 12 February 1848 in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana;146, 147, 148, 149, 151, 155, 156, 158, 159, 160, 161 died 1 January 1930 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.159, 160 Hanna traveled overseas several times, as indicted by both her passport, applied for and issued in March 1925 when she lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, and several entries in New York passenger lists, traveling to Hawaii, England, Italy, and possibly other places. She was accompanied on at least one trip in 1925 by her sisters Emma Donaldson and Huldah Miller, and her nieces Clara and Merle Miller.158 Hannah is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.159
 185iii. Allen W. Gazlay, born 28 May 1851 in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana;71, 147, 148 died 1 August 1879 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.71, 162 Allen drowned while swimming.71 Allen is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.162
+186iv. Huldah Gazlay, born 11 September 1853 in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana; died 12 May 1934 in Clifton Springs, New York. Married Albert William Miller.
+187v. Emma Jane Gazlay, born 11 November 1855 in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana; died 15 November 1951 in New York, New York. Married Andrew Donaldson.
+188vi. Julia Dora Gazlay, born 27 August 1857 in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana; died 1 July 1937 in New York, New York. Married Elwin Kane Stewart.
+189vii. Clara Virginia Gazlay, born 8 September 1863 in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana; died 10 April 1940 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Married Oscar William Kuhn.

50. William C. Gazlay3 (Jonathan,2 John1), born ca. 1781 in New York;163, 164 died 27 September 1858 in Gaines, Genesee County, Michigan.165 William married, first, 13 September 1806 in New Hartford, Oneida County, New York, Patty Dickinson166 (born ____, parents not determined). William married, second, Betsey Phy (née Plank) (born 11 April 1802 in New York, parents not determined; some records give Pennsylvania as her place of birth;163, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171 Betsey died 11 September 1887 in Brady, Saginaw County, Michigan167, 168). Betsey is buried in Wildwood Cemetery, Chesaning, Saginaw County, Michigan.167

William was listed among the original members of the Onondaga Hollow Religious Society (Presbyterian), Onondaga, New York, formed in 1809.172


+190i. Miles Gazlay, born 20 October 1807 in Onondaga Hollow, Onondaga County, New York; baptized 12 December 1816 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York; died 7 June 1862 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan. Married (1) Elizabeth Maria ‘Betsey’ Harmon Married (2) Ruth Conklin (née Pettengill) .
+191ii. Lucy Ann Gazlay, born 1810 in New York; baptized 12 December 1816 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York. Married (1) David Lindsley Married (2) Henry Merrow Married (3) James M. Millard.
+192iii. Ward Gazlay, born 24 December 1814 in Onondaga Hollow, Onondaga County, New York; baptized 12 December 1816 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York; died 7 April 1886 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan. Married Louisa B. Hood.
 193iv. Martha Gazlay, born ____, the daughter of William C. Gazlay and Patty Dickinson; baptized 12 December 1816 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York.173
+194v. Dickinson Gazlay, born 1817 in Onondaga County, New York; baptized February 1821 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York; died 17 December 1897 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. Married Lydia D. Davis.
+195vi. Mary Gazlay, born ca. 1817 in New York; baptized February 1821. Married Thomas Delong.
+196vii. William C. Gazley, born 20 August 1821 in New York; died 16 January 1906. Married Mary Ann Branch.
+197i. Helen Maria Gazlay, born 16 February 1835 in New York; died 13 January 1913 in Mundy, Genesee County, Michigan. Married (1) Leonard Sprague Married (2) William Leon Ellis.
+198ii. Ira Dunning Gazlay, born 6 January 1838 in Michigan; died 21 May 1922 in Michigan. Married Hannah Elizabeth Wood.

51. Ward Madison Gazlay3 (Jonathan,2 John1), born ca. 1782; died 20 April 1836 in Newburgh, Orange County, New York.174, 175 Ward married, 13 June 1822 in Newburgh, Orange County, New York, Elizabeth Carter178 (born ca. 1802, the daughter of Jonathan Carter and Bridget Smith; Elizabeth died 25 February 1864 in Manhattan, New York City, New York176, 177). Ward is buried in Old Burying Ground, Newburgh, Orange County, New York.174 Elizabeth is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, New Berlin, Chenango County, New York.176

The following sketch of Ward M. Gazlay, was furnished for this work [The History of the Town Newburgh, by Edward Manning Ruttenber] by the late Charles U. Cushman. Although evidently written in haste, we have concluded to publish it without correction, as it was, probably, the last article ever prepared by him for publication--his death occurring only a few days after it was written.175

“I find in the “Newburgh Telegraph” of April 21, 1836, the following notice:

“Died--In this village on Wednesday last, aged about 54 years, Ward M. Gazlay, Esq., for many years a magistrate of Newburgh, and editor and proprietor of the “Political Index,” from about the year 1806 to 1829, at which latter period the present proprietor of the “Newburgh Telegraph” purchased his establishment and changed the political character of the paper. To some peculiarities, and a few faults, Mr. Gazlay united many excellent qualities both of head and heart. His early career as a magistrate was marked by strict probity, and a sound, discriminating judgment, united to a fixedness of purpose and an impartiality in his decisions which saw no difference between the rich and the poor--the peasant and the king. A wide circle of friends deeply sympathize with the family.”

“To the above, little can be added from facts in my possession. Mr. G. was not an ambitious or an industrious editor. He wrote little, and that little usually limited to home or local matters, dispatched with great brevity. If a steam boiler burst at the dock and killed a dozen of his neighbors and friends, a few brief lines told the whole sad tale in his columns. He was never excited; never lost his unbounded self-respect, nor his self-possession; never was disconcerted. He presided in his court with Oriental dignity; and in the presence of delinquents his austerity was a terror which few had the courage to brave a second time. His decisions and sentences, upon all such, came like successive claps of thunder after frightful lightning, dealing summary and irrevocable justice. A glance from his sunken and lusterless eye often made evil-doers quail. Indeed, it was his boast that he ‘could awe the lion-hearted rogue with the power of his eye.’

“Mr. Gazlay’s personal appearance was not remarkably prepossessing. His stature was under medium size; shoulders and whole man broad and thin; carriage ungainly; gait shuffling, the heels of his untied shoes clapping the pavement audibly as he sidled along; his head hugged his right shoulder, and in his mouth was always seen the stump of a cigar, the smoke of which curled up into his enormous nose and half closed eyes, with the greatest possible apparent satisfaction to their complacent owner. All these unamiable and even forbidding aspects, however, belied the inner man. He had a glowing heart towards poverty, misery, and suffering, and would beg or die before doing a mean or dishonest act to win gold or favor.

“Of his birth-place I know nothing, but I think he hailed from Pennsylvania. That, and his age, family &c., were topics which he thought it puerile to dwell upon. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan and Bridget Carter, and left three sons.”175

Ward’s son Ward donated a copy of his father’s Political Index to Washington’s Headquarters in Newburgh, New York.179


 199i. James Henry Gazlay, born 29 May 1826;180 died 31 July 1827.180 James is buried in Old Burying Ground, Newburgh, Orange County, New York.180
+200ii. Ward Madison Gazlay, Jr., born 9 March 1827 in Orange County, New York; died 27 March 1899 in Nyack, Rockland County, New York. Married Ann _____.
+201iii. George Edward Gazlay, born ca. 1830 in Newburgh, Orange County, New York; died 13 September 1897 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Married Jane Ann David.

52. Samuel D. Gazley3 (Jonathan,2 John1), born 31 January 1785 in New York;2, 181, 182, 183 died 25 July 1857 in Canyonville, Douglas County, Oregon; his year of death is also given as 1858.181, 182, 183 Samuel married, 20 December 1818 in Cincinnatus, Cortland County, New York, Sarah ‘Sally’ Jones182 (born 2 August 1802, parents not determined;182, 184 Sally died 2 June 1852 in Painted Post, Steuben County, New York182, 185). Samuel is buried in James F. Gazley Family Cemetery, Gazley, Douglas County, Oregon.181 Sally is buried in West High Street Cemetery, Painted Post, Steuben County, New York.185

Samuel’s place of birth is listed variously as Ballstown Springs, NY (no such place has been identified, and may be intended as Ballston Spa, NY), Freetown, Suffolk County, NY, and Dutchess County, NY, this latter location seeming the most likely.


 202i. Charles Gazley, born 12 March 1820 in Chenango Point, (later became Binghamton), Broome County, New York.182
+203ii. James Franklin Gazley, born 12 September 1822 in Willet, Cortland County, New York; died 1900 in Fairhaven, Whatcom County, Washington; his year of death is also given as 1897. Married Adeline E. Adams.
+204iii. Sarah Jane Gazley, born 14 March 1829 in New York; died 14 February 1877 in Oregon. Married Dr. William S. Rumsey.

53. Joshua Gazlay3 (Jonathan,2 John1), born 31 December 1785;186 died 5 June 1842.186, 187 Joshua married, ca. 1811, Abigail ‘Abby’ Jones195, 196 (born 1794 in Shutesbury, Franklin County, Massachusetts, the daughter of James Jones and Sarah Leach;188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193 Abby died 22 February 1880 in Decatur, Van Buren County, Michigan187, 188, 194). Joshua is buried in Willet Cemetery, Willet, Cortland County, New York.186 Abby is buried in Anderson Cemetery, Decatur, Van Buren County, Michigan.187, 188, 194

Joshua is believed to be one of the 10 unidentified children of Jonathan Gazlay and Karinda Carter. According to a statement by Rev. Sayrs Gazlay in 1852, Jonathan had 14 children, of which four were still living at that time: Samuel, Thomas Jefferson, Patty, and Maria.2

Abigail is said to have borne nine children, of which four have been identified: Karenda, Abigail, David Ward, and Mary.187


+205i. Karinda Gazlay, born 10 November 1812 in Cortland County, New York; died 25 June 1905 in Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan. Married Sterling A. Crippen.
+206ii. Abigail ‘Abbey’ Gazlay, born 10 March 1828 in New York; died 27 February 1920 in Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin. Married Henry Rogers Ryan.
+207iii. David Ward Gazlay, born 29 October 1830 in New York; died 2 December 1899 in Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan. Married Mary Baker.
 208iv. Mary Gazlay, born ca. 1833 in New York.187, 189

56. _____ Gazlay3 (Jonathan,2 John1). Mr. Gazlay married Elizabeth _____ (born ca. 1801 in Orange County, New York, parents not determined197, 198).

This person is believed to be a son of Jonathan Gazley, based on circumstantial evidence. Jonathan was believed to have had 14 children, of which four were living in 1852.2

Elizabeth is identified as this Gazlay’s wife based on Elizabeth appearing in the 1855 New York Census with her son Jonathan, possibly named for his grandfather Jonathan Gazlay (see).


 209i. Jonathan Gazlay, born ca. 1824 in Orange County, New York.197, 198

57. George Gazley3 (Jonathan,2 John1), born ____, the son of Jonathan Gazlay and Karenda Carter;164 died 20 December 1843 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.199 George married Mary McGee204 (born ca. 1822 in New York, parents not determined;200, 201, 202 Mary died 25 February 1891 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas203).

George is believed to be a son of Jonathan Gazley, based on circumstantial evidence. He is identified as an early settler of Texas along with his brother Thomas, who is a known child of Jonathan (the same source also names a brother William but this brother was not known to have settled in Texas).164

George was a prominent merchant in Houston, Texas, trading with J. M. Robinson as Gazley & Robinson. Their company’s advertisements frequently appeared in Houston newspapers between 1839 and 1843.205

He was among the founding members of the Houston Chamber of Commerce, the second oldest Chamber in the country behind that of Boston. He is listed as George Gazely among those who attended the first meeting on 4 April 1840. Membership at the time was mainly restricted to licensed wholesale merchants of Houston and Harris County.206

George was an Alderman in Houston, and was appointed with other Alderman to form the Board of Health.207

He apparently owed $2.65 in property taxes for the year 1842 on his Houston properties, Block 47 lots 6, 7, & 12, valued at $530.208

Mary’s brief death notice is shown below.203

Death of Mrs. Caldwell

News was received her this evening from San Antonio of the death of Mrs. Mary Caldwell, which occurred there this morning. She formerly lived in this city where she had a large number of friends. She was the mother of Mr. George Gazley, who was a Houston boy for many years and also has many friends here.


Children of George Gazley and Mary McGee:

+210i. George Washington Gazley, born 10 December 1843 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; died 20 January 1922 in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas. Married Mary ‘Maie’ Arnold.
 211ii. John F. Gazley, born ca. 1844 in Houston, Harris County, Texas;200, 202, 209, 210, 211 died 19 September 1911 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.209, 210 John is buried in City Cemetery #3, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.209, 210

58. Abraham Gazlay3 (Jonathan,2 John1), born ca. 1794;212 died 1 October 1839 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.212 Abraham married, 24 February 1828 in New Jersey, Mary McCully214 (born ca. 1797, parents not determined; Mary died 10 March 1831 in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey213). Mary is buried in First Baptist Church Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey.213

Although Abraham is believed to be a son of Jonathan Gazley, only indirect evidence has been found to support this relationship: the notice of Curator’s Sale for disposal of his property after his death names Thomas J. Gazley and Geo[rge] Gazley, who are believed to be Abraham’s brothers. Thomas is known to be a son of Jonathan.215

He is believed to be the Abraham Gazlay who married Mary McCully in New Jersey in 1828.214

It is supposed that Abraham and Mary had a son Joseph, who was left motherless at age two. Abraham may have raised Joseph until 1837 when Abraham apparently left for Texas, according to the following public notice:216

“If Joseph Gazlay, who lived in New York City about the year 1837, or any descendant of Abraham Gazlay, who left New York City for Texas some time about the year 1837, will call on or address, by letter, J. Anderson, No. 9 Nassau street, New York, they will hear of property in which they are interested.”

Abraham was a printer. He owned a town lot in Houston and a certificate for his head right of land, 1,280 acres, at the time of his death.212, 215

The 1840 tax rolls for Houston list Abraham (subsequent to his death), indicating George as the administrator of Abraham’s estate.217


 212i. Joseph M. Gazlay, born 23 June 1829 in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey;218, 219, 220 died 6 October 1854 in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey.218, 219 Joseph is buried in Mercer Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey.218

59. Dr. Thomas Jefferson Gazley3 (Jonathan,2 John1), born 13 August 1798 in New York;2, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225 died 31 October 1853 in Smithville, Bastrop County, Texas.225 Thomas married, 21 March 1819 in Hamilton County, Ohio, Elizabeth Boyce231 (born ca. 1799 in Delaware, parents not determined;223, 226, 227, 228 Elizabeth died ca. July 1886 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas229, 230). Thomas is buried in Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Travis County, Texas.225

See separate biography: Thomas Jefferson Gazley

Various biographical sketches recount Dr. Thomas Jefferson Gazley’s well documented role as an early settler of the Texas territory and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, as well as his profession as a physician and his activity as a freemason.225

One particular source, the website The Gazley Bridge, adds interesting details about Dr. Gazley and his life in Texas and elsewhere.232

The following is a collection of other lesser known details of this American pioneer.

Some sources suggest that Dr. Gazley was born in New York State in 1801 (including his headstone in the Texas State Cemetery in Austin), while other sources indicate it was as early as 1798, this earlier date being more likely correct. Smithville, Texas, recognizes Dr. Thomas Jefferson Gazley as their founder and first settler, and considers his birthday as 13 August 1798, although it is unclear what their basis is for that date. Perhaps the strongest support for his birth in 1798 is his letter of application dated 16 January 1815, Newburg, New York, to attend the Military Academy at West Point. A letter of recommendation bearing the same date and place, and six signatures, recommends “Thomas J. Gazlay from Cortland County of this state, and now of this village, of the age of sixteen, as a young man of promising abilities, good moral character, and respectable connexions…”224, 233

Alas, he apparently was not accepted to West Point, as his name does not appear in any list of attendees or graduates.

It is interesting to note that these two letters, one of which Thomas likely wrote and signed in his own hand, and the Ohio record of his marriage in 1819 to Elizabeth Boyce, all spell his last name as Gazlay, the most prominent spelling among his ancestors to that time. Virtually all subsequent records spell his last name as Gazley, which is the spelling that all of his descendants used.

Census records indicate that Dr. Gazley lived in St. Clair and Clinton Counties, Illinois, in the early and mid-1820s, during the early years of his medical profession. He is almost certainly the Dr. T. J. Gazley of Lebanon, St. Clair County, Illinois, who invented an “Electerizing Machine,” costing $7, which was supposed to be of use in reviving persons apparently dead from drowning. Although no other details have been found regarding the design of his machine, it was most likely based on the voltaic pile (i.e., storage battery), discovered in 1800, and in common use among doctors up to the early 1830s for treating a wide variety of ailments, albeit of questionable efficacy.234

Dr. Gazley’s arrival in Texas closely followed the initial settlement of the territory. Stephen F. Austin, widely considered the “Father of Texas,” was perhaps the most famous Texas empresario (i.e, a person who was granted the right by the Mexican government to establish settlements on Mexican land). Austin established five colonies in Texas, the first known as the “Old Three Hundred,” referring to 297 grantees who purchased 307 parcels of land during 1824-25 in what is now Brazoria County, Texas. His third colony, called the “Little Colony,” was established starting in the summer of 1827, and granted Austin authority for a settlement of 100 families around Bastrop County.235

An article in the Bastrop Advertiser in the 1920s included a list of 70 of the 100 families that were part of Austin’s Little Colony. Among the entries is: “Thomas J. Gazeley [sic], [date arrived] 1828 [from] Ohio, [occupation] physician, [notes] Eliza and two sons.” Other sources say he arrived in 1827 and from Louisiana. He and his family may have arrived separately, which could account for the two different locations.236

It is said that Dr. Gazley brought the first slaves into the area. The 1860 Slave Census for Texas shows that Dr. Gazley’s widow, Eliza Gazley, still owned 9 slaves with ages ranging from 2 to 39.237, 238

Dr. Gazley was granted a provisional license to practice as a physician on April 13, 1830, by the Ayuntamiento of Austin (i.e., the Mexican government town council in Austin). He “presented two certificates from scientific bodies (corporaciones scientificos) in the States of the North accrediting his knowledge and skill in the practice of medicine.” On July 5, 1830, it was ordered that he be admitted to the “practice of Medicine, Surgery and Midwifery within this jurisdiction.”239

Settlers in these Texas colonies generally were granted a league of land, a Texas-Spanish land measure equaling 4,428.4 acres. Dr. Gazley was granted one league of land on 1 March 1831, listed in Texas land title abstracts as Patent# 194 in Bastrop County. It is described as Block 11, Section 11, Abstract 33, and is sometimes referred to as the Gazley Survey.240, 241

A surviving receipt for part payment of this land reads as follows:

“Received of Gail Borden Jr. for Collector of Public Dues for the Department of Brazos, four dollars twenty cents, in part payment to the Government for the second instalments [sic] on one league of land granted me on the 1st day of March 1831 said payment being endorsed on a treasury order, dated 12th Sept 1836 No 604 lettered D drawn in favor of myself for Seventy Six dollars — cents. Sept 14th 1836. Thos. J. Gazley”242

The village of Old Smithville, Bastrop County, Texas, was established on 640 acres of land that was originally granted to Dr. Gazley and also to a man named Lewis Lomas. As one of the early settlers, Dr. Gazley established and operated a store, the first in the area, which formed the center of Smithville’s business life.238, 243

Dr. Gazley was a surgeon in Captain Michael R. Goheen’s company in the Battle of Gonzales, 2 Oct 1835. The battle was later known as “Come and Take It” and is considered the start of the Texas Revolution. On the day before, Dr. Gazley was one of seven physicians in the army who formed themselves into a medical board. Rev. Dr. William P. Smith was elected president, and Dr. Thomas J. Gazeley [sic] was elected Secretary.244, 245

Thomas J. Gazley was one of the three representatives from the Town of Mina (located within Austin’s Little Colony, and later renamed Bastrop) when he signed the Texas Declaration of Independence, which was adopted on 2 March 1836 and formally signed the following day. It was on March 3rd that Dr. Gazlay made a motion to form a committee to create a flag for the newly formed Republic of Texas. Dr. Gazley was appointed to the committee, along with William B. Scates, Lorenzo D. Zavala, Sterling C. Robinson, Thomas Barnett, and President Richard Ellis. The flag designed by Lorenzo D. Zavala was accepted by the committee on March 11th, although no description exists for the original Zavala flag. The next day, William Scates proposed the addition of several details to the flag, with only scant details recorded, and this amended flag was also accepted by the committee. However, historians believe that neither the original Zavala flag nor the Scates amended flag were ever actually made. So instead of Dr. Gazley playing a central role in the creation of the first flag of the Republic of Texas, his name is simply associated with an historical near-miss.246

Dr. Gazley was one of nine signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence who also fought in the Battle of San Jacinto on 21 April 1836, the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. He was a private in Company C, First Regiment of Texas Volunteers.247

Dr. Gazley formed a law partnership in Harrisburg (later renamed Houston) with John Birdsall, who had arrived in Texas around 1837 from New York. A notice announcing the partnership reads:248

“Law Notice. Thomas J. Gazley and John Birdsall have formed a co-partnership in the practice of Law in this city. They propose to connect with their professional business a Land Agency, for the purchase, location, and sale of land, and the investigation of titles, for persons in the United States and elsewhere. Houston, May 2nd, 1837.”

In September of the same year, Dr. Gazley was elected to the second the Representative of Texas, representing Harrisburg (later renamed Houston).247

Dr. Gazley, his wife, and their four children, moved back to Bastrop County, probably after his term as Representative from Harrisburg. They were still living in Bastrop County at the time of the 1850 census.223

In 1852, the site of the Bastrop County Courthouse in Bastrop, Texas, block 7 east of Main Street, was purchased for $700 from Thomas J. Gazley. A wooden courthouse was built by Mr. Fitzgerald on the present site.249

Dr. Gazley was truly one of the early Texas pioneers. He fought in the initial and final battles of the Texas Revolution, lived to see Texas achieve statehood on 29 Dec 1845 and to see Texas have her borders set to their present-day boundaries by the Compromise of 1850. He died on 31 October 1853 and was buried initially in the Gazley Cemetery in Smithville. In 1936-37 his body was exhumed and re-interred in the Texas State Cemetery, Austin.225

Several landmarks in and around Smithville, Texas, are vestiges of Dr. Gazley’s prominence among the first settlers in the area. These include Gazley Creek, Gazley Bridge (on 4th Avenue, crossing Gazley Creek), Gazley Street (Rt. 95 in Smithville), and Gazley Cemetery (at the end of North Avenue).

A drawing of a bearded Dr. Thomas Jefferson Gazley is displayed in the Star of the Republic Museum, Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, and at the museum’s website. The same likeness of Dr. Gazley, in mirror image, is also included in the museum’s centerpiece mural, “Reading of the Texas Declaration of Independence,” painted by Charles and Fanny Normann in 1936. An inquiry to the museum in the late 1980s confirmed that this drawing of Dr. Gazley was created from a description of him based only on family tradition; no actual images of Dr. Gazley exist.


 213i. Thomas Jefferson Gazley, Jr., born October 1825 in Illinois;223, 226, 227, 228, 250 died 6 November 1901.251 An article in The Galveston News tells of an incident in 1866 that, while handling a rail, Thomas Gazley, of Bastrop County, was bitten on the fingers by a moccasin snake. He sucked so much of the poison out that his hand did not swell, although he suffered severely for over a day.252 Thomas lived in Waco, Texas, with his brother Alfred in the mid-1890s.253 Thomas is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, McLennan County, Texas.251
+214ii. William H. Gazley, born ca. 1831 in Texas; died 1876 in Smithville, Bastrop County, Texas. Married Margaretta Ann Shepherd.
+215iii. Dr. Edwin Theodore Gazley, born August 1834 in Texas; died 10 January 1918 in Austin, Travis County, Texas. Married Anna Cecilia Hadsell.
+216iv. Augustus Frank ‘Alfred’ Gazley, born 15 October 1842 in Bastrop County, Texas; died 3 December 1911 in Austin, Travis County, Texas. Married Nannie E. Donovan.

60. Nancy Ann Furman3 (Elizabeth,2 John1), born 11 October 1784 in Newtown, Long Island, New York;2, 254, 255, 256 died 7 April 1845 in Hudson River near Athens, New York.255, 256, 257 Nancy married, 25 December 1808, David Lamberson2, 256 (born 6 January 1778 in Jamaica, Queens County, New York, parents not determined;258, 259, 260 David died 2 May 1842 in Jamaica, Long Island, New York258, 260, 261). Nancy and David are buried in Prospect Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens County, New York.257, 258, 261

Nancy died aboard the steamboat Swallow which was wrecked in the Hudson River, opposite Athens, New York.256

The sinking of the steamboat Swallow is documented in Old Steamboat Days on the Hudson River, an excerpt of which is given below:262

The steamboat Swallow, one of the most popular and speedy boats of her time, on her way down the river, in a snow squall, from Albany, on Monday evening, April 7, 1845, met with disaster. She was under command of Captain Squires and was known as a night boat. She left Albany in the evening and reached New York the next morning. When near Athens, which is nearly opposite from the city of Hudson, she struck a rock, took fire, broke in two and rapidly sank. There is little doubt but that she was racing with the Express and Rochester. The reporter of the Hudson Rural Repository who, with characteristic enterprise, was on the spot, in his account of the disaster says:

“On Monday evening, April 7th, the steamboat Swallow, Captain A. H. Squires, was on her passage from Albany to New York, and when opposite this city, in the Athens channel, ran upon a little, rocky island, broke in two, and in a few minutes sank. The alarm was immediately spread in Athens, and a large number of citizens soon rallied to the scene of disaster, and happily succeeded in rescuing many lives. Soon after the steamboats Express and Rochester came down and promptly rendered what assistance was in their power, taking many passengers with them to New York. The Swallow had on board a large number of passengers, but the exact loss of life is at present unknown [the number lost proved to be about fifteen]. The night was exceedingly dark, with a heavy gale, snow and rain, and very cold. Our citizens are yet busy about the wreck.”

The rocks on which the Swallow was wrecked made a little island formerly known as Noah’s Brig, especially among the lumbermen, who ran rafts of logs and lumber down the river. It derived that name, according to the “History of Columbia County”, from the following incident: “One night a large number of rafts were coming down the west channel, one of them being under the command of a man who was known among his comrades by his Christian name, ‘Noah.’ As the rafts neared this point Noah espied in the dim light a dark object riding upon the waters, which he at once decided to be a brig under sail, and as soon as he had approached near enough he hailed it, ‘Brig ahoy!’ No response. Again, in stentorian tone, his hail rang out upon the night air, but still no attention was paid, and the mysterious craft kept unswervingly to its course. This exasperated Noah, and his third hail was ‘Brig ahoy! answer, or Ill run you down!’ and, as no reply was given, true to his word he did run down the island; two trees standing widely apart having deceived him as to its character. Probably neither Noah’s brig nor his raft sustained serious injury, but the poor Swallow met a more cruel fate. A large portion of the island has been taken away, and the rock material was used in constructing the embankments of the canal through the middle ground.”

The place since the eventful wreck has always been called the Swallow Rocks.

The author’s father, Ira Buckman, purchased the old wreck of the Swallow, hauled the material seven miles inland and from it built a fine two-story house at Valatia, N. Y. It is on the old Albany Post Road, is yet standing in a good state of preservation and is still known as the “Swallow House.”


+217i. Rev. Samuel Lewis Lamberson, born 14 September 1809 in Jamaica, Queens County, New York; died 17 July 1875 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Married Delia Buell.
 218ii. David Waters Lamberson, born 12 April 1811 in Jamaica, Queens County, New York;263, 264 died 2 May 1812 in Jamaica, Queens County, New York.263, 264 David is buried in Prospect Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens County, New York.263
 219iii. George Faitoute Lamberson, born 17 February 1813 in Jamaica, Queens County, New York;263, 265 died 17 August 1814 in Jamaica, Queens County, New York.263, 265 George is buried in Prospect Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens County, New York.263
 220iv. David Burks Lamberson, born April 1815 in Jamaica, Queens County, New York;266 died 6 March 1862 in St. Louis, Missouri.266, 267 David is buried in Prospect Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens County, New York.266, 267
+221v. John G. Lamberson, born ca. 1817 in New York; died 9 April 1878 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Married (1) Mariette Carman Married (2) Osie Doty Metcalfe.
+222vi. Jane Elizabeth Lamberson, born ca. 1820 in New York; died 20 January 1863 in Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey. Married Rev. James Manning Sherwood.
 223vii. Cornelia A. Lamberson, born ca. 1821 in New York;268, 269, 270, 271, 272 died 13 February 1892 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.273, 274 Cornelia is buried in Prospect Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens County, New York.273, 274
 224viii. Mary Henrietta Lamberson, born 20 March 1823 in Jamaica, Long Island, New York;268, 270, 271, 272, 275, 276 died 12 February 1909 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois.275, 277 Mary is buried in Prospect Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens County, New York.277
 225ix. Sarah Lamberson, born ____, the daughter of David Lamberson and Nancy Ann Furman;263 died ____.263 Sarah is buried in Prospect Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens County, New York.263
 226x. Helen Lamberson, born 22 January 1829 in Jamaica, Queens County, New York;263, 278 died ca. 1829.259, 263 Helen is buried in Prospect Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens County, New York.263

62. Susanna Furman3 (Elizabeth,2 John1), born 28 June 1789 in Newtown, Long Island, New York;2, 254, 256, 279, 280, 281 died 20 September 1850 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York.256, 279 Susanna married, 5 May 1813 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, John Hatch Lathrop256, 281, 283 (born 14 November 1789 in Saratoga County, New York, the son of Ebenezer Lathrop and Ruth Bettis;280, 281, 282 John died 15 September 1856281, 283). Susanna and John are buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onandaga County, New York.279, 283

+227i. Mary Wright Lathrop, born 25 May 1815 in Petersburg, Rensselaer County, New York; died 13 July 1860 in Beloit, Rock County, Wisconsin. Married John Gordon Kendall.
 228ii. Charles Lathrop, born 4 September 1820;281, 284 died 25 February 1823.281, 284 Charles is buried in Old Peterboro Cemetery, Peterboro, Madison County, New York.284
+229iii. Eliza Lathrop, born 10 May 1821 in Peterboro, Madison County, New York; died 16 September 1865 in Ilion, Herkimer County, New York. Married Dr. Oliver W. May.
 230iv. David L. Lathrop, born 17 December 1822.281
+231v. Caroline A. Lathrop, born 8 February 1825 in New York; died 14 April 1906. Married Philo Remington.
+232vi. Ebenezer Lathrop, born 1 February 1828 in New York. Married Charlotte B. Wallace.
 233vii. Susan Lathrop, born 12 April 1830;281 died September 1831.281
 234viii. John Lathrop, born 28 February 1832 in New York.280, 281

64. John Gazlay Furman3 (Elizabeth,2 John1), born 10 December 1794 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York;2, 256, 285 died 6 September 1871 in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan.256, 286 John married, first, 16 October 1816 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York, Armenia Northrup256 (born 16 March 1800, parents not determined;256 Armenia died 27 February 1836256, 287). John married, second, 28 February 1837 in Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, New York, Malvina Green256 (born ____, parents not determined). John is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan.286 Armenia is buried in Burnt Hills Baptist Church (Hillside) Cemetery, Burnt Hills, Saratoga County, New York.287

+235i. Ashley B. Furman, born 1818 in New York; died 1872. Married Harriet Clark.
 236ii. John Furman, born ca. 1819 in Dutchess County, New York.288
 237iii. Melinda Marjory Furman, born 9 December 1820 in Peterboro, Madison County, New York;289, 290 died 21 July 1904 in New York, New York.289 Melinda is buried in Peterboro Cemetery, Peterboro, Madison County, New York.289
 238iv. Sylvester Furman, born ca. 1821 in Peterboro, Madison County, New York.291
 239v. Elizabeth Furman, born ca. 1824 in Peterboro, Madison County, New York.292
+240vi. Martha Cornelia Furman, born 31 March 1828 in Oneida County, New York; died 23 March 1899 in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan. Married Justus C. Hubbard.

65. Robert Furman3 (Elizabeth,2 John1), born 30 April 1797 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York;256, 293, 294, 295 died 5 May 1864 in New York, New York.256, 293, 296 Robert married, first, 23 December 1820, Melinda Wilkins256, 298 (born July 1800 in New York, parents not determined;256, 294, 297 Melinda died 1 March 1851256, 297). Robert married, second, 1853, Marie B. Angle256 (born ca. 1819 in New York, parents not determined;295, 299, 300 Marie died 3 May 1885 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York256, 301, 302). Robert is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onandaga County, New York.293 Melinda is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onandaga County, New York.297 Marie is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onandaga County, New York.301

Robert served as an early trustee of the Syracuse Village and as one of the alderman of the newly incorporated city. He was wealthy and was a deeply religious man.256

The following article regarding the contested will case of Maria B. Furman provides interesting details about the will and various family members:302

Yesterday the surrogate pled his decision in the contested will case of Maria B. Furman, late of Danforth, admitting the will to probate. Mrs. Furman was the second wife of Deacon Robert Furman, to whom she was married in 1853. At the time of their marriage Mr. Furman transferred to her property in the amount of about $30,000. Furman had two daughters by his first wife, who were Jane E. Adams and Ann E. Furman, who afterward married Dr. John P. Mann. In 1864 Mr. Furman died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Adams, in New York city. Their only son, Robert, who was born in 1858, who was unmarried, died in 1883, and the remainder of Deacon Furman’s estate, which was inherited by his son, came into the possession of Mrs. Furman. The testatrix died May 2 last, aged about 70, leaving no children. Her only heirs and next of kin were Ann Baker, a sister, and the children of Rebecca Emerson and Elizabeth B. Williams, deceased sisters, who contested her will, which was dated November 8, 1882, on the grounds of incompetency on the part of the testator to make a will and on account of undue influence. The will left to Robert Furman Adams of Chicago, a grandson of her husband, $1,000, and left the remainder of the estate, which was worth about $30,000, to her two stepdaughters in equal proportions.


+241i. Ann Rebecca Furman, born 24 February 1822 in Saratoga County, New York; died 24 December 1892 in New York, New York. Married Dr. John Preston Mann.
+242ii. Jane Elizabeth Furman, born 6 June 1829 in New York; died 6 April 1905. Married Charles Edward Adams.
 243iii. Charles Furman, born ca. 1837.294
 244i. Robert M. Furman, born 4 March 1858 in New York;295, 299, 300, 303 died 23 August 1882 in Albany, Albany County, New York.303, 304, 305 Robert is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onandaga County, New York.303, 305

66. Phillip Heartt Furman3 (Elizabeth,2 John1), born 13 February 1799 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York;256, 306, 307, 308 died 3 September 1871 in Maspeth, Long Island, New York.256, 308 Phillip married, 20 February 1823 in Ballston, Saratoga County, New York, Mary ‘Polly’ Cogswell256, 308, 310 (born 1798 in Massachusetts, parents not determined;256, 306, 307 Polly died 20 May 1878256, 309).

Phillip was engaged in commercial pursuits and was active in the abolition movement.308


+245i. Samuel H. Furman, born September 1824 in New York. Married Elizabeth Antionette Hebbard.
+246ii. Benjamin Mather Furman, born 31 October 1827 in Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York; died 6 January 1918 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Married Hetty Morrell Smith.
 247iii. Charles E. Furman, born 22 January 1832 in Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York;306, 307, 308 died 28 May 1879 in Manhattan, New York City, New York.311
+248iv. Robert C. Furman, born May 1839 in New York; died 8 December 1919 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Married Mary J. ‘Agnes’ Rowan.
+249v. Howard Cogswell Furman, born ca. 1842 in New York; died 7 June 1926 in New York, New York. Married (1) Catherine Ella Remington Married (2) Eleanor Van Allen.

67. Rev. Charles Edwin Furman3 (Elizabeth,2 John1), born 13 December 1801 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York;2, 256, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316 died 10 June 1880 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York.256, 316, 317 Charles married, 19 January 1831, Harriet Emiline Johnson256, 316 (born 1811, the daughter of Joseph Johnson and Abigail Stone;256, 312 Harriet died 1 December 1860256, 316). Charles is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe County, New York.316

The excellent biography of Rev. Furman in the History of the First Presbyterian Church of Victor, N.Y. is repeated below:316

Rev. Charles Edwin Furman, D. D., was born in Clinton, Dutchess County, N. Y., December 13, 1801. His father came from Newton, L. I., and his mother was a daughter of John Gazlay, of “Nine Partners,” N. Y. About 1805 he removed with his father to Saratoga County, near Ballston Centre, which church he joined in 1821. There his parents lived and died. He graduated from Union College in 1826; studied two years at Auburn Theological Seminary, entering the middle class, and graduating in 1828. Was licensed June 1828. Was an agent of the American Tract Society in Ohio, from 1828 - 1829. He then went to Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he spent a year organizing a Presbyterian Church, being the first minister who preached there. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Cayuga at Skaneateles, June 17, 1830, and settled at Clarkson, N. Y., July 1, 1830, where he remained 5 years. January 19, 1831, he married Miss Harriet Emeline Johnson, of Rochester, N. Y.; Rev. Charles G. Finney, officiating. The Clarkson church was much blessed by his ministry. From Clarkson he was urged to go to Hamilton, Canada, where he remained two years. In 1837, the insurrection in Canada, known as the Patriot War, caused him to move his family to Rochester, where he remained during the following winter, supply in the Brick church. The first Sabbath in March, 1838, he began his ministry in Victor, where he remained until April, 1846. His labors here were greatly blessed, and 151 members were added to the roll during his ministry.

From Victor he went to Medina, 1846-54. In 1852, his health failing through Bronchial and other troubles, he held on until May, 1854, when he resigned and went to Rochester to live. While here he was employed by the American Bible Society for five years.

Afterwards he supplied the pulpit of the church at Chili for two years and subsequently the church at Brighton for one year. December 1, 1860, his wife was summoned to Heaven, and on account of feeble health, he spent some time in traveling with his youngest daughter.

He lived a year with his eldest daughter, in Buffalo, and in May, 1866, upon the marriage of his youngest daughter, now Mrs. Martin Briggs, he went to live with her at Rochester, until on June 10, 1880, God took him.

His first year in this new home of his daughter, was one of sickness, during which his Bible was his constant companion. He would pore over it, expressing his delight with its beautiful and precious truth. Recovering from this illness he again entered the pulpit. This time the Gates church was benefited by his ripened ministrations for more than two years. Then he returned to his former charge at Clarkson, where he remained for more than two years, until May, 1872. So long as his health endured, he was in the field, at work for the master, preaching as opportunity offered. Early in his ministry he served as clerk, was temporary clerk of the Synod of Geneva for two years, and for more than twenty-five years was its permanent clerk. Was stated clerk of Niagara Presbytery for ten years, and about as many years of the Rochester Presbytery. In the “Half Century of the Presbytery of Rochester,” (memorial services in the Brick church, 1869) is a poem by him, written for the occasion, and entitled “The Pastor.”

He received D. D. from Hamilton College in 1878. During the last years of his life he was a great and patient sufferer, and yet found time to publish two books entitled respectively “Home Scenes” (1874), and “Valley of the Genesee” (1879) and several occasional poems. Shortly before his death, he wrote of his several charges, “Among them all I have been familiar since leaving, and from them have received universal expressions of affection: have often been called to participate in their joys and sympathize with them in sorrows ; and since I am old, have been treated as a father as well as a brother. I feel unworthy of their esteem, because of the too feeble efforts in services for my master, and the few returns I will be able to make when called to render an account of my stewardship. If anything I have done has been approved and blessed of God, it has been because of the gracious presence of His Spirit, attending so humble a means, blessing so feeble an instrumentality, and counteracting the influence of so many faults and imperfections.” His tomb is in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N. Y. He had five children: three daughters and two sons.

March 22, 1843, the duties of the committee of advice and pastoral assistance were made to include the visitation of each family in their respective districts at least twice each year. This is part of the Sessional oversight under the present church government, and upon its faithful performance largely depends the spiritual prosperity of the church. The minister has his own peculiar, pastoral work to perform, but there is a sphere of such work for the eldership, which the minister cannot reach.

This church planted itself squarely against slavery, by the action it took in December, 1843, declaring that “Slavery as it exists in this country, is a moral, social, and political evil. An evil that results in oppression, ignorance, licentiousness, and heathenism; and hence in the ruin of immortal souls; and therefore ought to be abolished immediately.”

It took strong ground against Christians abetting this evil, and appealed to the church to use its prayers and influence for the suppression of the traffic.

The March communion season, 1846, was the end of Mr. Furman’s pastorate.


+250i. Abby E. Furman, born 15 December 1831 in Monroe County, New York; died 26 May 1891. Married Edward F. French.
+251ii. Harriet Furman, born ca. 1833 in New York; died 14 January 1882 in Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa. Married Samuel Root.
+252iii. Sarah E. Furman, born ca. 1835 in New York; died February 1893 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York. Married Martin Briggs.
+253iv. Charles Edwin Furman, born 1 June 1838 in Victor, Ontario County, New York; died 30 May 1912 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York. Married Helen F. Potter.
+254v. Robert H. Furman, born ca. 1840 in New York. Married Helen C. _____.

68. Mary Wright Furman3 (Elizabeth,2 John1), born 6 September 1803 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York;256, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322 died 13 February 1887.318 Mary married, 18 October 1828, Prosper French256 (born ca. 1798 in New York, parents not determined;319 Prosper died 24 November 1856 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York256, 323). Mary is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California.318

+255i. Edward F. French, born 15 January 1832 in Schenectady County, New York; died 3 July 1889. Married Abby E. Furman.
 256ii. Mary H. French, born ca. 1835 in New York.319
 257iii. George French, born ca. 1838 in New York.319
+258iv. Phillip Henry French, born ca. 1848 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York; died 24 June 1899 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Married Katie Mildred Gray.

69. Abigail Rhodes Furman3 (Elizabeth,2 John1), born 4 September 1805 in Clifton Park, Saratoga County, New York;2, 256, 324, 325 died 18 November 1857 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York.256, 324 Abigail married, 14 November 1835, Thomas Croly256 (born 22 December 1807 in Ireland, parents not determined;256, 324, 325, 326 Thomas died 15 August 1869256, 324). Abigail and Thomas are buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onandaga County, New York.324

 259i. Emeline Croly, born 4 December 1836 in New York;325, 327 died 27 October 1914 in DeWitt, Onandaga County, New York.327 Emeline is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onandaga County, New York.327
 260ii. Mary S. Croly, born ca. 1839 in New York.325
 261iii. Elizabeth Gelston Croly, born 21 June 1841 in New York;325, 326, 328 died 18 September 1872.328 Elizabeth is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onandaga County, New York.328
 262iv. Robert Furman Croly, born 27 July 1843 in New York;325, 326, 328 died 4 November 1866.328 Robert is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onandaga County, New York.328
+263v. Augusta Y. Croly, born 1 April 1845 in New York; died 31 May 1899. Married Stephen Wilson.
 264vi. Abigail ‘Abby’ Croly, born 10 September 1847 in New York;325, 326, 329 died 9 May 1932 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York.329 Abby is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onandaga County, New York.329
+265vii. Thomas S. Croly, born 4 February 1849 in Saratoga County, New York; died 2 May 1913 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York. Married Lucy Ball.

71. Jonas Coe Heartt3 (Deidamia,2 John1), born 12 August 1793 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York;2, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336 baptized 1 December 1793 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York;330 died 30 April 1874 in New York, New York.331, 335, 336 Jonas married, 30 August 1814, Catherine Lamberson336 (born 8 August 1793 in Jamaica, Queens County, New York, parents not determined;332, 333, 334, 337, 338 Catherine died 28 December 1869 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York337, 339). Jonas and Catherine are buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.331, 337

Jonas’ obituary provides a brief biography:335

OBITUARY.

Hon. JONAS C. HEARTT.

Hon. Jonas C. Heartt, an old and highly respected citizen of Troy, N.Y., died of general debility, in this City, Thursday at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. Edward Schell, No. 53 Clinton place, aged eighty-one years. Mr. Heartt was born in Troy, in 1793, and in early life went into the hardware business with his brother, under the firm name of Jonas C. Heartt & Bro. In 1847 he retired with a competency, and the business was continued by his son, Charles F. Heartt, who died on the 4th of March last. Mr. Heartt previous to the year 1836 was several times elected to the Common Council of his native city, and in that year was elected Mayor, which office he held until 1842. In 1854 he was elected to the Assembly, and was chosen Speaker. He was always closely identified with the interests of the City of Troy, and was very energetic in his exertions to forward its steam-boat and railroad enterprises. He was one of the Trustees of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at the time of his death, and had occupied the same position for fifty years. He was characterized by amiability and kindliness, and was highly respected by his fellow citizens. Mr. Heartt leaves three children, a son and two daughters. His remains will be taken to Troy to-day, for interment on Monday.

Additional details are provided in a Biographical Record of the Officers and Graduates of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1824-1886:336

Hon. Jonas Coe Heartt, son of Phillip Heartt, was born in Troy, N.Y., August 12th, 1793. He was a member of the class of 1811 in Union College. His life was closely interwoven with the interest of Troy; he grew up with it, and helped to make it what it is. He was not a seeker of public positions, but was sought for as one peculiarly fitted to represent the city both at home and in the Legislature, where he was made speaker by a flattering vote. His connection with city affairs began in 1822, when he was elected assistant alderman for the second ward. He was also a supervisor of this ward for 1833, 1835, and 1836, and in 1838 he was elected mayor, and re-elected each following year until 1843, when he declined the nomination.

It was through the united efforts of Mr. Heartt and Jonathan Edwards that Troy was made the terminus instead of a branch of the Hudson River Railroad. Mr. Heart was instrumental in having a direct line of steamboats from Troy to New York, and for twelve years was a director in the River Steamboat Association. He was a director of the Troy & Boston Railroad from the time of its construction until his decease. He was the first president of the board of trustees of the fire department, and for many years was a member of the board of fire commissioners. After the death of Mr. Marshall, Mr. Heartt was made president of the board of governors of the Marshall Infirmary, and through his efforts a debt of eighteen thousand dollars against the institution was paid off in one year. Upon the formation of the Mutual Bank he was a director, which office he held, in connection with presidency of the Mutual Savings Bank, until his death. He was interested in the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, of which for years he was a trustee, and also of the Troy Female Seminary, of which he long was the honored president. With all these interests so beneficial to the city, he was for more than forty years was actively engaged in the hardware business, which was founded by his father in 1798. Mr. Heartt was chosen a member of the vestry of St. Paul’s Church on Easter Monday, 1831, and constantly until 1861, when he was chosen church warden. He was a member of that church for nearly fifty years, and aided it with wise counsel, active exertion and liberal contributions. He was a good friend, remarkably strong in his attachments and strictly honorable in all his business relations.

He was married August 30th, 1814, to Catherine Lamberson. Nine children. He died April 30th, 1874, aged 81 years. Trustee of the Institute, ex officio — being mayor of Troy — from 1842 to 1843, and was elected trustee in 1864, holding the position until the time of his death.

A third biography gives more details to his life:340

JONAS C. HEARTT, son of Philip Heartt, was born in Troy, Aug. 12, 1793, and at the time of his death, April 30, 1874, was the oldest native-born inhabitant of the city. He was the first child baptized by the first pastor of the Troy First Presbyterian church, and for this reason he was given the name of the pastor, Jonas Coe. His life was closely interwoven with the interests of Troy; he grew up with it, and helped to make it what it is. To his intelligent counsel can be attributed many of the successful enterprises, both moral and educational, that are now the pride of the city. He was not a seeker of public position, but he was sought for as on peculiarly fitted to represent the city, both at home and in the Legislature, where he was made Speaker by a flattering vote. His connection with city affairs began in 1822, when he was elected assistant alderman for the Second Ward. He was also supervisor of this ward for 1833, ’35, and ’36, and in 1838 he was elected mayor and re-elected each following year until 1843, when he declined the nomination. During these years many advantages were gained to Troy which were due to his prudence and quick-sightedness. He saw the necessity of opening direct communication with the West, and during his mayoralty measures were adopted for building the Troy and Schenectady Railroad. It was through the united efforts of Mr. Heartt and Jonathan Edwards that Troy was made the terminus instead of a branch of the Hudson River Railroad. Mr. Heartt was instrumental in having a direct line of steamboats from Troy to New York, and for twelve years was a director in the River Steamboat Association. He was a director of the Troy and Boston Railroad from the time of its construction until his decease. He was the first president of the board of trustees of the fire department, and for many years was a member of the board of fire commissioners. After the death of Mr. Marshall, Mr. Heartt, was made president of the board of governors of the Marshall Infirmary, and through his efforts a debt of eighteen thousand dollars against the institution was paid off in one year. Upon the formation of the Mutual Bank he was made a director, which office he held in connection with the presidency of the Mutual Savings Bank until the time of his decease. He was always ready to afford assistance to educational interests. He was interested in the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, of which for years he was a trustee, and also of the Troy Female Seminary, of which he long was the honored president.

With all these interests, so beneficial to the city, he for more than forty years was actively engaged in the hardware business, which was founded by his father in 1798. Mr. Heartt was chosen a member of the vestry of St. Paul’s Church on Easter Monday, 1831, and constantly until 1861, when he was chosen church-warden, as successor to Hon. David Buel, Jr.; and he was a member of that church for nearly fifty years, and aided it with wise counsel, active exertion, and liberal contributions. He was a good friend, remarkably strong in his attachments, and strictly honorable in his business relations. He was genial and entertaining, and rarely can a man be found so free from deceit. At the time of his death meetings were held, resolutions passed, and fitting addresses made by the members of the following institutions, in honor of him whom all had learned to respect as a good man: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; the directors of the Mutual National Bank; the Troy Club, of which he was president; board of trustees of Troy Female Seminary; Troy and Boston Railroad; Governors of Marshall Infirmary; Troy Gas-Light Company. Mr. Heartt was married Aug. 30, 1814, to Catherine Lamberson, a lady of rare womanly qualities, and who was born at Jamaica, L. I., Aug. 8, 1793. Of their nine children only three are living, - Jonas S. Heartt, of Troy, Mrs. Edward Schell, and Mary W. Heartt, of New York City.


 266i. Mary Wright Heartt, born 12 September 1815 in Rensselaer County, New York;332, 333, 334, 341, 342, 343 baptized 23 January 1821 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York;341 died 12 March 1894 in New York, New York.342, 344 Mary is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.342
 267ii. Charles Henry Heartt, born 3 March 1818;345 died 27 September 1819.345 Charles is buried in Prospect Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens County, New York.345
 268iii. Sarah Lamberson Heartt, born 14 August 1819;346, 347 baptized 23 January 1821 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York;346 died 28 September 1822.347 Sarah is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.347
+269iv. Charles S. Heartt, born 8 October 1821 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York; died 4 March 1874 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. Married Louisa Pamelia Westcott.
 270v. Philip Henry Heartt, born 26 October 1824;348 died 26 January 1838.348 Philip is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.348
+271vi. Jane Lamberson Heartt, born 1825 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York; died 18 April 1880 in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Married Edward Schell.
 272vii. Sarah Deidaima Heartt, born 28 September 1827;349 died 16 October 1829.349 Sarah is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.349
 273viii. Catharine Mary Heartt, born 8 March 1830;350 died 10 October 1830.350 Catharine is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.350
+274ix. Jonas Scholfield Heartt, born 31 December 1830 in Rensselaer County, New York; died 3 January 1890 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. Married (1) Marcia Augusta Hand Married (2) Frances Helen ‘Fannie’ Hall.

72. Christopher Heartt3 (Deidamia,2 John1), born 24 October 1795;2, 351, 352 baptized 27 March 1796 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York;351 died 14 July 1855 in Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama.352 Christopher married Cornelia Lyle355 (born ca. 1798, parents not determined;353 Cornelia died 2 December 1870 in New York, New York353, 354, 355). Christopher is buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama.352 Cornelia is buried in Saint Johns Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery, Upper Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York.354

+275i. Julia Maria Heartt, born ca. 1826 in Alabama; died 12 February 1898 in Summit, Union County, New Jersey. Married Thomas Pott.
 276ii. Fannie E. Heartt, born ____, the daughter of Christopher Heartt and Cornelia Lyle; died 26 February 1913.356

73. Ann Eliza Heartt3 (Deidamia,2 John1), born 26 December 1797 in New York;2, 357, 358, 359 baptized 9 May 1798 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York;357 died December 1855.359 Ann married, 1815, James Van Brakle359, 360 (born ca. 1792, parents not determined;360 James died 3 March 1839360). James is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.360

 277i. James Van Brakle, born 12 July 1819;360 died 27 July 1819.360 James is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.360
 278ii. Adelaid Van Brakle, born 16 July 1820;360 died 12 May 1821.360 Adelaid is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.360
 279iii. Mary Ann Van Brakle, born 14 November 1821;360 died 3 July 1822.360 Mary is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.360
 280iv. James Henry Van Brakle, born ca. 1823;360 died ca. 1823.360 James is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.360
+281v. Charles H. Van Brakle, born 6 April 1835 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York; died 1 April 1891 in Watertown, Jefferson County, New York. Married Georgiana Flushing.

74. Albert Pawling Heartt3 (Deidamia,2 John1), born ____, the son of Philip Heartt and Deidamia Gazlay;2 baptized 17 May 1801 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York;361 died before 25 April 1849 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.362 Albert married, first, Susan C. Bayeux363, 364 (born ca. 1802, parents not determined;363 Susan died 29 November 1825363). Albert married, second, Emily Fitch (born 28 November 1807 in New York, the daughter of Richard H. Fitch and Theodosia Conklin;365, 366 Emily died 31 May 1874365, 367). Albert is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.368 Susan is buried in Old Mount Ida Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.363 Emily is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.365

 282i. Emily Fitch Heartt, born ca. 1829 in New York;366 died 17 June 1852.367, 369 Emily is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York.369

76. Philip Titus Heartt3 (Deidamia,2 John1), born 20 March 1806;2, 370, 371, 372, 373 baptized 2 August 1806 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York;370 died 13 October 1887 in Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey.371, 374 Philip married, December 1839, Sarah Jerusha Pierson375 (born 12 December 1816 in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York, the daughter of Job Pierson and Clarissa Taintor Bulkley;371, 372, 373, 375 Sarah died 21 January 1866 in Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey371, 375, 376). Philip and Sarah are buried in Bloomfield Cemetery, Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey.371

Philip’s obituary provides brief biographical details:374


Obituary

A dispatch from Bloomfield, N.J., announces the death in that place Thursday night of Philip Titus Heartt, a former Trojan, aged eighty years. Mr. Heartt was born in Troy, and was a son of the late Philip Heartt. He was a member of the hardware firm of Jonas C. Heartt & Brothers. His wife, who died several years ago, was daughter of Job Pierson and a sister of the late John B. Pierson of this city. Mr. Heartt was United States consul at Glasgow under President Pierce’s administration, and after his return from abroad he resided for a time at Staten Island and then removed to New Jersey. He is survived by two sons and four daughters. He was an active fireman in Troy in the days of the old hand engine system. Mr. Heartt was once a candidate for mayor of Troy.


 283i. Mary P. Heartt, born October 1840 in New York;372, 373, 377, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382 died 1924.377
 284ii. Philip Henry Heartt, born ca. July 1842;383 died 22 March 1849.383
+285iii. Job Pierson Heartt, born ca. June 1844 in New York. Married Mary Augusta Waterman.
+286iv. Maria Louise Heartt, born June 1848 in New York; died 1930. Married John Scott Jarvie.
 287v. Clara Heartt, born 13 April 1853 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York; twin.373
+288vi. Sarah Deidamia Heartt, born 13 April 1853 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York; twin; died 6 January 1932 in Catania, Sicily, Italy. Married Carl Christian ‘Carlo’ Sarauw.
 289vii. Oscar Winship Heartt, born ca. 1856 in Scotland;373, 378, 379 died 27 August 1902 in Glen Ridge, Essex County, New Jersey.384 Oscar’s obituary provides brief biographical details:386 Oscar Winship Heartt, second son of the late Philip Heartt, died in the home of his sister, Mrs. John Scott Jarvie, at 176 Linden Avenue, Glen Ridge, N.J., yesterday, in the forty-third year of his age. For twelve years he was connected with the Manhattan Savings Institution, at Bleecker Street and Broadway, and was Secretary of the institution at the time of his death. Oscar is buried in Bloomfield Cemetery, Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey.385
 290viii. John Pierson Heartt, born ca. 1859 in Württemberg, Germany;373 died 4 September 1861.387

78. Stephen Gazlay3 (Joseph,2 John1), born 19 April 1788;388 died 23 December 1837.388, 389 Stephen married, 20 January 1818, Ann Harris389, 394 (born 8 January 1798 in Clinton County, New York, parents not determined;389, 390, 391, 392, 393 Ann died 30 September 1876 in Pultneyville, Wayne County, New York390). Stephen is buried in Marshall Ground, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York.388 Ann is buried in Lake View Cemetery, Pultneyville, Wayne County, New York.390

Children of Stephen Gazlay and Ann Harris:

+291i. Mary Jane Gazley, born 19 October 1818 in New York; died 13 March 1891 in New York. Married Richard H. Wilbor.
+292ii. William H. Gazlay, born 1820 in New York; died 1896. Married Alice Alcock.
+293iii. Joseph Gazlay, born 21 December 1823 in Schoharie County, New York; died 26 October 1896 in Pultneyville, Wayne County, New York. Married Phebe Ann Wilbor.
+294iv. Ann Elizabeth Gazlay, born 19 July 1828 in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York; died 29 January 1895 in Owosso Township, Shiawassee County, Michigan. Married Richard Ellison Wilbor.

80. Elizabeth Ann Gazlay3 (Joseph,2 John1), born ca. 1801.395 Elizabeth married, 21 January 1818 in New Hamburg, Dutchess County, New York, Frederick Ham, Jr.395, 396 (born ca. 1799, parents not determined395).

81. George W. Gazley3 (Joseph,2 John1), born 1804 in New York;397, 398, 399, 400 died 26 September 1861 in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California.397, 401 George married Harriet E. _____ (born ca. 1812 in New York, parents not determined398, 400, 402). George is buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California.397

Identification of George as a son of Joseph and Ann Gazlay is tentative, subject to further evidence. His name has not been associated with any other Gazlay/Gazley families. Joseph and Ann Gazlay’s family composition, based on analysis of the 1810 and 1820 US Censuses for Clinton, Dutchess County, New York, suggests they had son born around the birth year associated with George W. Gazlay.

The first mention of George W. Gazely is as a founding member of the Palmyra, NY, fire company, 23 May 1827.403

He moved with his family to California probably between 1850 and 1852, shortly after the discovery of gold in 1848 by John Sutter, in Colona, California. Gold was also discovered in nearby Placer County, where George settled.

Within a few years, he was the owner of a popular hotel in Auburn, CA, as shown in the below advertisement:404

COTILLION PARTY.

THE undersigned, proprietor of the “American Hotel and Golden Gate Saloon,” at Yankee Jim, will give a Cotillion Party on the evening of the 23rd inst. His hall is large and commodious, and no pains will be spared to make the party the best of the season.

GEO. W. GAZLEY.

George was later the proprietor of other hotels in the Auburn area, including the Grizzly Bear House and the Junction House.405


+295i. George Henry Gazley, born 1828 in New York; died 12 October 1865 in Rio Vista, Solano County, California. Married Henrietta Lucretia Papineau.

82. Elnathan Gazley3 (Joseph,2 John1), born ca. 1808 in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York;406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411 died 30 October 1887 in Clinton, Dutchess County, New York.412, 413 Elnathan married, 25 December 1835, Sarah B. Wilbur411, 415 (born 22 March 1813 in Dutchess County, New York, the daughter of Abner Wilbor and Margaret Doty;406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 414, 415 Sarah died 16 July 1892 in Clinton, Dutchess County, New York412, 416). Elnathan and Sarah are buried in Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Pleasant Plains, Dutchess County, New York.412

+296i. George Henry Gazley, born 22 May 1834 in Dutchess County, New York; died 17 January 1901 in Clinton Hollow, Dutchess County, New York. Married Mary Jane Crouse.
+297ii. Alonzo D. Gazley, born 26 April 1836 in Clinton, Dutchess County, New York; died 13 April 1908 in Fairport, Monroe County, New York. Married Elizabeth A. Hull.
+298iii. Orlando E. Gazley, born 14 January 1844 in Dutchess County, New York; died 14 August 1918 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. Married Phoebe Elizabeth Holmes.
+299iv. Emily Augustus ‘Emma’ Gazley, born 18 November 1852 in Pleasant Plains, Dutchess County, New York; died 22 September 1930. Married Sextus Edom Landon.

83. Mary Gazlay3 (Joseph,2 John1), born 1814 in Salt Point, Dutchess County, New York;417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425 died 16 November 1895 in Douglass, Butler County, Kansas.418, 425 Mary married, first, 1831, Alonzo D. Griffin425 (born 9 November 1809, parents not determined;426 Alonzo died 13 October 1841 in Marshall Ground, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York426). Mary married, second, 21 November 1842, Henry M. Griffen425 (born February 1818 in New York, parents not determined;419, 420, 421, 422, 424, 427, 428 Henry died 3 September 1901427, 429). Mary is buried in Douglass Cemetery, Douglass, Butler County, Kansas.418 Alonzo is buried in Marshall Ground, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York.426 Henry is buried in Douglass Cemetery, Douglass, Butler County, Kansas.427

Identification of Mary as a daughter of Joseph and Ann Gazlay is tentative, based on the listing of “Mary Griffen” as an executor of Ann Gazlay’s estate; and listing of Emma Griffin, “Dau. of Alonzo D., & Mary” buried in the same cemetery as Joseph and Ann Gazlay. Alonzo is also buried there, but Mary is buried with her second husband in Kansas.417

Mary’s obituary provides a summary of her life and character:

Obituary of Mrs. H. M. Griffin.

Mary Gazlay was born at Salt Point, Dutchess County, New York. Was married in 1831 to Alonzo D. Griffin, who passed away in 1841. There were two children by this marriage. Ruth Emma and Catherine. Ruth passed away at the age of 9, Catherine at the age of 35.

In 1942 [sic, 1842] she married Henry M. Griffin, and had she lived until Nov. 21st, they would have been married 53 years.

About five years after her second marriage she moved to Puetneyville [sic, Pultneyville], Wayne County, N. Y., where she resided until she came to Kansas in 1883, with her daughter, Mrs. E. B. Snell.

She had been in feeble health for the last five years, but her last illness was short being of only a week in duration. She was born into the spirit world at 8:40 a.m., Saturday morning, November 16, 1895, at the age of 82 years.

She was a spiritualist in belief, and passed away as she lived, rejoicing and happy in her faith, and in the thought that she was so soon to be with her loved ones who had passed to the other side. She was conscious to the last, and knew and talked to her children, almost to the moment of her translation.

She leaves a husband, daughter and two grand children, here, and two east, to keep her memory, “Not as dead, but as at rest.” To those who knew her, no words can add to, nor detract from the beauty of a life of 82 years of loving service, devotion, and self sacrifice to husband and children, and charity to those in whom she came in contact.

The book is closed, her life work is finished, but the influence of her life remains with us, written in characters that will never grow dim with age; written in kindly deeds and kindly words, that more than carried out the devine [sic] command.

“Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”

She was laid to rest Sunday afternoon. A large number of friends paid their last tribute of respect, as all that was mortal was returned from whence it came, “when the mists of time have rolled away,” may we all be united in the higher and better life upon which she has just entered.

[The obituary concludes with the lengthy poem, “I Still Live,” by Lizzie Doten.]


+300i. Catharine M. Griffin, born 19 November 1832 in New York; died 1 December 1867. Married John M. Reynolds.
 301ii. Ruth Emma Griffin, born 13 May 1836;430 died 20 July 1845.430 Ruth is buried in Marshall Ground, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York.430
+302i. Henrietta B. ‘Etta’ Griffen, born 21 July 1844 in New York; died 4 November 1918 in Los Angeles County, California. Married (1) William Craggs Munroe Dr. Married (2) Robert Henry Snell.

  1. Interments in the Dutch Churchyard, Fishkill Landing; “Old Gravestones of Dutchess County, New York” by J. W. Poucher published in 1924, pages 92-97.
  2. Genealogy of the Gazlay Family, collated by Theodore Gazlay, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1890; unpublished. Transcription available at Gazlay Family History (website).
  3. Records of the Dutch Reformed Church of Fishkill, New York; typewritten transcript (date unknown). Available at ancestry.com. Pages 101, 108, 120, 124, 131, 137, 143, 145, 148: children of Francis Purdy and Nancy/Anna Furman (with several spellings).
  4. Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, NY, 1683-1809, Excerpted from Year Books of the Holland Society of New York. Available at the Pane-Joyce Genealogy website, aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/albany/part8.html.
  5. New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962, William Forman Mott, born: 12 February 1801; Christened at Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Chaughnawaga, Fonda, Montgomery, New York; father: Jesse Mott; mother: Sarah Forman.
  6. Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Caughnawaga : now the Reformed Church of Fonda, in the village of Fonda, Montgomery County, New York. Available at Ancestry.com.
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Kings County, Brooklyn, Page 111, family of Benoni B. Forman (75, N.Y.); Margaret Forman (45, N.Y.); Mary E. Forman (24, N.Y., tailoress); Caroline Forman (18, N.Y.); Cornelia H. Forman (12, N.Y.).
  8. New York State Census, 1865, Kings County, Brooklyn, Ward 14, Page 37, family of Benj. [sic] B. Forman (81, Albany); wife Margaret Forman (48, Albany, 5 children); child Emely O. Forman (28, Albany, 1 child, plain sewing); child Caroline Whitney (24, Albany, 1 child); child Ann H. Forman (16, Troy); child [sic, probably grandchild] Willard F. Forman (3 6/12, Kings).
  9. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, King County, Brooklyn, Page 110, family of Wenoni [sic] Forman (87, New York, silversmith); wife Margaret Forman (57, New York); Mary Forman (33, New York, tailoress); Caroline [sic, probably is actually Cornelia] Forman (22, New York, tailoress). Living next door is their married daughter Caroline and her family: George Whitney (32, New York, silversmith); Caroline Whitney (28, New York, tailoress); Willard Whitney (7, New York); Ida O Mearah (12, New York).
  10. New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940, George Lamprey Orpen, age 32, born in New York City, father: Wm. Orpen; mother: Jemima; Cornelia Hellen Forman, age 25, born in New York City, father: Ben... B. Forman; mother: Margaret Gaisley. Married on 28 September 1876 in Brooklyn, Kings [County], New York.
  11. Cemetery Record, Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, Livingston County, New York (website). Abraham Forman, born: 14 February 1789; died: 22 August 1854; Notes indicate place of birth: Pleasant Valley [most likely the one in Dutchess County, NY], and place of death: Geneseo. The record is accompanied by a photo of his gravestone.
  12. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Livingston County, Town of Geneseo, Page 360, family of Abraham Forman (61, N.Y., O. S. P. Clergyman); Nancy Forman (60, Conn.); Abram W. Forman (17, N.Y. mechanic).
  13. Cemetery Record, Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, Livingston County, New York (website). Nancy Barnes Forman, died: 15 December 1873, aged 82 years; record is accompanied by a photo of the gravestone, with the inscription: Wife of Abraham Forman.
  14. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Livingston County, Village of Geneseo, Page 72, family of Abram Foreman (37, N.Y., engine driver); wife Harriett Foreman (36 [although it appears as 26], N.Y.); son George Foreman (11, N.Y.); daughter Emily Foreman (13, N.Y.); daughter Fannie Foreman (4, N.Y.); daughter Nancy E. Forman (6/12, N.Y., Dec.). Living next door is Nancy Foreman (79, Conn., widow); sister Julia Backus (66, Conn.)
  15. GenWeb, Monroe County, N.Y.; Marriages and Deaths from Rochester Newspapers, Jan. 1, 1829 - Dec. 31, 1829. Rochester Daily Advertiser and Telegraph, 28 November 1829, Married, in Geneseo, Rev. Abraham Forman and Nancy Barnes (date of marriage not given).
  16. New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949, David Forman, died: 15 August 1834 in Manhattan, New York County, New York; age 43; born in Johnstown, N.Y.
  17. Dr. Erastus Ely Case Collection (unpublished manuscript). The Connecticut Historical Society, One Elizabeth Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06105Information provided to Sandra Skies Ludwig by Sierra Dixon, Florence S. Marcy Crofut Research Center Manager, in November 2021. Cynthia Case (Forman), No. A146381, Case family, Generation 6, A143221 to A15XI321, Box 1, Folder 7. Details of the family of Cynthia Case and husband David Foreman, including vital and biographical details and the names of four children and their spouses. (Available at the David Forman family tree at familysearch.org, managed by Sandra Skies Ludwig.)
  18. New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949, Cynthia Forman, died: 14 November 1829 in Manhattan, New York County, New York; age 39; born in New York.
  19. Descendants of Peter Mills of Windsor, Connecticut, formerly named Pieter Wouterse vander Muelen, by Helen Schatvet Ullmann, CG. Penobscot Press, April 1998. Also distributed by Newbury Street Press, Boston, Massachusetts. (Available at familysearch.org.) Page 59, family information for Cynthia Case, who married David Foreman.
  20. Cemetery Inscriptions, The Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, New York. Copy of all inscriptions existing on 30 March 1902 copied by Charles H. Gazlay. List available on various web sites.
  21. Gazlay History, compiled by Margaret Howe in 1955-1956 (copy available at Gazlay Family History - Sources). Margaret Howe indicated that the document is “based on material my mother Inez L. Gazlay collected, but never lived to edit. Her material has just been copied and explains the more extensive material on generation V and VI. Other information has been added which I found from numerous sources.” Unpublished, 29 pages. Several differences in dates have been found between this document and others, especially A Genealogy of the Leavenworth Family; the latter is considered the more accurate source.
  22. The Gazlay Family in America, with sections titled “Ten Generations of American Gazlays” for several branches of the Gazlay family. Document is marked on one page, “From Gerard Gazlay, Jr. Jan. 1980.” Unpublished, nine unnumbered pages. Photocopy in possession of Lee Gazlay.
  23. Gazlay Family Tree, Henry Willis Gazlay 1854-1934 Ancestors & Descendants, by Francis P. Gazlay, Northville, Mich., 1978
  24. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Chenango County, Town of New Berlin, page 150, family of Abigail Gazlay, 68 NY; Charles Gazlay, 35, NY, pedlar; David M. Gazlay, 13, NY; Mary C. Gazlay, 8, NY. Relationships are not indicated but Charles is probably the son of Abigail (who is probably the widow of Aaron Gazlay).
  25. Journal of the Reverend Silas Constant, Edited by Emily Warren Roebling. Printed for Private Circulation by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1903. Republished in 1976 and 1984 by the Somers Historical Society, Somers, New York. Pages 233-234, in a footnote related to the marriage of Katharen Sutton and Griffin Budd at the home of Andrew Sutton on 23 January 1794, indicating “Andrew and Elizabeth (Montross) Sutton, had beside Katharine above, John, Jacob, Edward, Mary, Abby, and Andrew.”
  26. Deaths, Madison Observer, Morrisville, New York (available at fultonhistory.com), [exact date uncertain, probably around 24 June] 1855, In New-Berlin, 28th ult. [i.e., 28 May], Mrs. Abigail Gazlay, relict of Aaron Gazlay, in the 76th year of her age. [Her death date in a compiled family history document is given as 29 May 1855, which is also the date shown on her gravestone.]
  27. Journal of the Reverend Silas Constant, Edited by Emily Warren Roebling. Printed for Private Circulation by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1903. Republished in 1976 and 1984 by the Somers Historical Society, Somers, New York. Pages 291 and 378, marriage of Aaron Gazely [sic] and Abigail Sutton on 11 January 1797 at the widow Sutton’s home.
  28. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Jno. H. Gazley (35, NY, teacher, deaf & dumb).
  29. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Otsego County, Edmeston, Page No. 146, family of Benjamin (age 55) and Sarah Warner (age 52), with Harley Gasley (age 60, listed as deaf and dumb).
  30. Annual report of the Directors of the New York Institution for the instruction of the Deaf and Dumb to the Legislature of the State of New York; for the year ending 31st Dec. 1827. New York: 1828, pages 2, 21, and 34.
  31. Boards at Ancestry.com; Posts by Linda Matteson and John Austin, 5-9 November 1999, regarding Spencer family members, primarily spouses and children of Henry Spencer (1774-1853). The posts include various birth, marriage and death dates and places, plus a few notes pointing out differences between between their respective data. One post provides information on Ambrose Spencer’s children from Spencer family bible pages.
  32. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Warren County, Glens Falls Village, Page No. 52, family of Henry Spencer (76, New York); Judith W. Spencer (59, New York); Mary Fuller (14, New York).
  33. Genealogy, Rootsweb (website), Chesebro’ Genealogy. Some sources are cited.
  34. New York Marriages 1686-1980, available at familysearch.org. Henry Spencer and Mary Gazeley, married 11 January 1796 in Presbyterian Church, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess [County], New York. She is also identified as Anne Gazlay in other records for the same marriage date, place, and husband.
  35. A Genealogy of the Leavenworth Family in the United States, by Elias Warner Leavenworth, L.L.D. Syracuse, New York, S. G. Hitchcock and Company, 1873. Digitized copy available at Google Books. Pages 88, 89, and 131, entries for Amos Leavenworth, his wife Esther Warner, and their children, especially Susanna who married Daniel Gazly (Gazlay).
  36. Find a Grave (website). Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York; Susanah Leavenworth Gazlay, born: 1794; died: 2 October 1841 (from record, which includes the inscription on her gravestone, and provides the names and links for her parents, siblings, and four children).
  37. Obituary, Brookfield Courier, Brookfield, Madison County, New York. Available at www.fultonhistory.com. George Gazlay, 29 February 1888. Died in the village of New Berlin Sunday morning 26 February, in his 80th year. This obituary provides a key family link, indicating that a sister, Mrs. John Town, and a brother Mr. Wm. Gazlay, of Utica, are the only surviving children of the once large family of Alexander Gazlay. It also names two daughters, Mrs. George Matteson and Mrs. T. B. Wheeler, and indicates that their mother, his wife, is still living.
  38. Deaths, Otsego Herald & Western Advertiser, and Freeman’s Journal; 11 August 1834, Alex. Gazley, 3 August, New Berlin, 54.
  39. Deaths, Otsego Herald & Western Advertiser, and Freeman’s Journal; 16 June 1834, Mrs. Susannah Gazly, wife of Mr. Alexander Gazly, 5 June, New Berlin, age 44.
  40. New York Marriages 1686-1980, available at familysearch.org. Alexander Gaseby [sic] and Susan Sutton, 1 September 1804 in Presbyterian Church, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York. [The date shown in this source is in doubt; the newspaper announcement documented in another source is considered more accurate.]
  41. Notices of Marriages and Deaths, About 4000 in Number, Published in Newspapers. Printed at Poughkeepsie, New York. 1778-1825. Compiled and Edited by Helen Wilkinson Reynolds. Collections of The Dutchess County Historical Society, Volume IV. Page 46, P. B. [Political Barometer newspaper], Tues. Sep. 17, 1805. On the 8th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Clark, Mr. Alexander Gazlay to Miss Susanna Suttin [sic], both of Clinton.
  42. Find a Grave (website). Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York; Abby Jane Gazlay, born: 1808; died: 16 April 1827 (from record, which provides the names and links for her parents and five siblings).
  43. Find a Grave (website). Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York; Elizabeth Hubby, wife of Royal Hubby, died March 28, 1869, aged 85 yrs 5 mos 21 days
  44. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Otsego County, Edmeston, page 81, family of Royal Hubby (62, MA, farmer), Elizabeth Hubby (66, NY), Milton Hubby (35, NY), Harriet Hubby (25, NY), Delia Maynard (14, NY), Denton Gazeley (66, NY).
  45. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Otsego County, Edmeston, page 143, family of Milton Hubby (45, NY, farmer), Royal Hubby (72, MA), Elizabeth Hubby (76, NY), Caroline Fox (43, NY), George Sinton (11, NY).
  46. Find a Grave (website). Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York; Royal Hubby, died 5 May 1868, aged 80 years, 8 months, 27 days.
  47. Find a Grave (website). Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York; Rev. Milton Hubby, born July 9, 1815, died May 28, 1882, in the 67th year of his age.
  48. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Otsego County, Edmeston, Enumeration District 97, Page No. 6, family of Milton Hubby (64, NY, farmer), sister Caroline Fox (63, NY, widow).
  49. Find a Grave (website). North Collins Quaker Meeting House Cemetery, North Collins, Erie County, New York. John F. Gazley, born Feb. 23, 1788; died Dec. 31, 1875.
  50. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Erie County, Brant, page 672, family of John F. Gazlay (62, NY, farmer), Polly Gazlay (61, NY), Jane A. Gazlay (30, NY), John Gazlay (29, NY, physician), and Phebe Gazlay (25, NY).
  51. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Erie County, Evans, Page 31, family of John F. Gazley (62, NY, farmer), Polly Gazley (60, NY), J. A. Gazley (41, NY).
  52. New York State Census, 1865, Erie County, Evans, Page 31, family of John F. Gazley (77, Dutchess County, widowed, farmer), child Jane A. Spaulding (47, Schoharie County, married), Henry D. Gazley (40, Warren County, farmer), wife Emily M. Gazley (37, Erie County, 3 children), child Mary I Gazley (12, Erie County).
  53. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Erie County, Evans, Page 53, family of Ham Spaulding (50, NY, farmer), Jane Spaulding (50, NY), John F. Gazley (82, NY), Sarah S. Boise (70, NY)
  54. Obituary, Buffalo Evening Republic, Buffalo, New York. Available at www.fultonhistory.com. John F. Gazlay, 28 February, 1876. Died 31 December 1875. The article is both an obituary and a tribute to the memory of the late worthy Bro. John F. Gazlay by the Evans Lodge No. 281, F. & A. M., Angola, New York.
  55. Find a Grave (website). North Collins Quaker Meeting House Cemetery, North Collins, Erie County, New York. Polly Gazley, born Jul. 25, 1788; died Aug. 26, 1862; wife of John F. Gazley.
  56. Obituary, Buffalo Evening Courier & Republic, Buffalo, New York. Available at www.fultonhistory.com. Polly Gazley, 20 August 1862. Died 16 August 1862 in Evans, New York. Her obituary incorrectly states her age as 54 years.
  57. U.S. Federal Census, 1840, New York, Chenango County, Columbus, page 387, entry for Joseph Gazley: 2 males under 5, 1 male 50-60, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 20-30, 1 female 50-60.
  58. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Chenango County, Columbus, Page 557, family of Joseph Gazlay (60, NY), Martha Gazlay (62, Conn), Elizabeth Gazlay (35, NY), Catherine Gazlay (25, NY), Alonzo D. Paige (12, NY), Francis F. Paige (8, NY).
  59. New York State Census, 1855, Chenango County, Columbus, Page 22, family of Joseph Gazlay (65, Duchess, Farmer); wife Martha Gazlay (67, Con.); daughter Elizabeth Gazlay (40, Otsego); daughter Emily H. Page (37, Otsego); daughter Mary C. Gazlay (30, Otesego); g.son Alonzo D. Page (17, Otsego); g.son Francis F. Page (13, Chenango).
  60. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Chenango County, Columbus, Page No. 16, family of Joseph Gazeley (70, NY, sadler); Martha Gazeley (71, Conn.); Catherine Gazeley (30, NY); and Emily Page (44, NY).
  61. New York State Census, 1865, Otsego County, Edmeston, Deaths during the year ending 1 June 1865; Martha Gazlay, age 76, died 2 Sept 1864.
  62. Email from Frederick L. Page to Lee Gazlay, October 2012. The email and an attachment provides details of his Page, Pasco, and Gazley ancestors.
  63. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Otsego County, Edmeston, Page 82, family of Jacob and Mary Gazeley, with daughter Maria, son Miles and his wife Isabel and their son John.
  64. New York State Census, 1865, Chenango County, Edmeston, Page 51, family of Miles M. Gazley (40, Otsego, farmer); wife Julia Gazley (29, Otsego, 2 children); daughter Mary E. Gazley (13, Otsego); son [sic, step-son] Wm Carpenter (9, Chenango); son [sic, step-son] Clark Carpenter (7, Otsego). Living next door: Jacob Gazley (70, Dutchess, farmer); wife Mary Gazley (70, Ct., 5 children); daughter Maria S. Gazley (44, Otsego).
  65. Genealogy, The Champion Genealogy: A History of the Descendants of Henry Champion, by Francis Bacon Trowbridge, New Haven, 1891. Library of Congress Local History and Genealogy Reading Room.
  66. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Otsego County, Edmeston, Mortality Schedule, Page 424, Jacob Gasley [sic, Jacob Gazlay], age 75, born in N.Y., stone mason, died in August 1869 of consumption; Sarah W. Gasley [sic, Sarah M. Gazlay], age 50, born in N.Y., invalid, died in December 1869 of consumption.
  67. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Otsego County, Edmeston, Page No. 27, family of Miles and Julia Gasly and children Ella, Charles, mother Mary, and step children William and Clark Carpenter.
  68. Cemetery Record, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio (website); Gazlay, James W., card no. 26104; born 23 July, 1874 in N.Y. City; died June 8, 1874 in Cincinnati, Ohio; parents: Jas. & Huldah; Sec 54 Lot 92.
  69. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Ohio, Hamilton County, Green Township, family of James W. Gazley (65, N.Y., farmer); Allen W. Gazley (20, Ohio, farmer); Susan Gazley (20, Ohio); Ann Gazley (50, N.Y.); Emma Kizar (9, Ohio); Sarah Simmons (13, England); Henry Kuntz (30, Germany, laborer); John Hanyon (35, Germany, laborer).
  70. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Page No. 115, family of Allen W. Gazley (41, Ohio, real estate speculator); Susan Gazley (35, Ohio); Jas. W. Gazley (86, New York, w[idow]); Emma Kezir [sic, Kizer] (32, Ohio); Nellie Chamberlain (14, Ohio); Elijah Ruffin (22, Virginia, domestic servant); Mary Walch (31, Ireland, domestic servant); Jane Ray (20, Ohio, domestic servant); Susan Bush (23, Indiana, domestic servant).
  71. Gazlay History, written by Spencer G. Kuhn, a grandchild of Theodore Gazlay; undated. This is a typewritten re-compilation of the earlier Genealogy of the Gazlay Family, compiled by Theodore Gazlay in 1890, including the 1852 statement of the family history by Reverend Sayers Gazlay, an elder brother of Theodore. This document re-formats the information in the 1890 work. For example, facts originally shown in list form, such as birth and death dates, are incorporated in the narrative of this later work. Two post-1890 sections are unique to this document: one with additional details about Theodore Gazlay’s family, with dates as late as 1951; and another on the Donaldson family, featuring Jean Gazlay Donaldson and her six marriages, with several dates in 1965.
  72. Cemetery Record, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio (website); Gazley, Mrs. Martha, card no. 14754; died 24 Dec.1817; age 27; Sec. 54 Lot 92; removed from Family Methodist Grounds.
  73. The Early History of Chenango County, from The History of Chenango County, by James H. Smith, 1880. Available at chenangony.net (website). Under the history of Norwich is the family of John Randall, who arrived in Norwich in 1800 from Stonington, Connecticut, and was among the first settlers of Norwich. The book provides biographical and personal details of John, his wife, and 13 children, including his eighth child, Martha (Patty) Randall, who married James W. Gazley.
  74. Cemetery Inscriptions, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; Lot #92, Section #54, monument with the following inscriptions: Hulda, wife of James Gazlay, died September 21, 1844, age 77 years / Rebecca W., wife of James W. Gazlay, died February 15, 1834, age 29 years 7 months / William E. Gazlay, their first son, died May 11, 1843, age 19 years 11 months / James, their second son, died October 5, 1828, age 2 years / Clare, their fourth son, died June 11, 1833, age 1 1/2 years.
  75. Cemetery Record, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio (website); Gazley, Rebecca M., card no. 5753; died 15 Feb. 1834; born in Cincinnati, Ohio; parents: Elmore & ____ Williams; Sec. 54 Lot 92; removed from Family Burial Grounds, Green Township, O.
  76. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Biography of James William Gazlay.
  77. Citations of these works (but not digitized copies or reviews) are available by searching Google Books (website).
  78. Cincinnati: Queen City of the West, 1819-1839, by Daniel Aaron, Ohio State University Press, 1992. Available at Google Books.
  79. Races of Mankind, with Travels in Grubland, by Cephas Broadluck [pseudonym for Allen W. Gazlay, son of James W. Gazlay].
  80. The New York Times, 16 December 1870: Lochy Ostrom’s Estate—Some Errors Corrected by “An Old Citizen” of Cincinnati.
  81. Obituary, The New York Times, 13 June 1874, James W. Gazlay
  82. Cemetery Record, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio (website); Gazley, Wm. E., card no. 5754; died 11 May 1843; born in Cincinnati, Ohio; parents: James W. & Rebecca Gazley; Sec. 54 Lot 92; removed from Family Burial Grounds, Green Township, O.
  83. Cemetery Record, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio (website); Gazley, James, card no. 5751; place of birth: Cincinnati, Ohio; died Oct. 5, 1828; parents: Jas. W. & Rebecca Gazley; Sec 54 Lot 92.
  84. Cemetery Record, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio (website); Gazley, Clare, card no. 5752; died 11 June 1833; parents: Jas. W. & Rebecca Gazley; Sec. 54 Lot 92; removed from Family Burial Grounds, Green Township, O.
  85. Cemetery Record, Williamsburg Cemetery, Clermont County, Ohio; Clermont County Genealogical Society (website: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohclecgs/); Headstone inscription (supplemented by a list of Inscriptions): Rev. S. Gazlay / Born / Jan. 1 1787 / Died / May 24 1874. [The birth date here differs from the date of 12 July 1787 shown in the History of the Gazlay Family by Sayrs’ brother Theodore.]
  86. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Ohio, Clermont County, Williamsburg Township, Page 72, family of Sayrs Gazlay (63, NY, OSP Clergyman); Susan Gazlay (54, NY).
  87. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Ohio, Clermont County, Williamsburg Township, Page No. 45, family of Sayrs Gazlay (73, New York, OS Pres. Clergyman); Susan Gazlay (64, New York).
  88. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Kentucky, Campbell County, City of Newport, Page No. 507, family of S. Gasley (84, New York, minister); O. D. Gasley (76, New York); T. Chamberlain (21, Kentucky, express clk). This is believed to be Sayrs Gazlay; the identity of the female O. D. Gasley has not been determined but may a second wife (his first wife died in 1861).
  89. Cemetery Record, Williamsburg Cemetery, Clermont County, Ohio; Clermont County Genealogical Society (website: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohclecgs/); Headstone inscription (supplemented by a list of Inscriptions): Susan / Consort of / Rev. Sayrs / Gazlay / Died / Feb. 12, 1861 / Aged / 64 Y. & 10 M. [Close examination shows her death date as 17, not 12, February.]
  90. History of Clermont County, Ohio, by Lewis H. Everts. Press of J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia. 1880. Available at HeritageQuest Online.
  91. David Swing, Poet-Preacher, by Joseph Fort Newton. Chicago: The Unity Publishing Co., Abraham Lincoln Centre. 1909. Digitized copy available at Google Books.
  92. Index of Presbyterian Ministers: containing the names of all the ministers of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, with references to the pages on which those names are found in its records and minutes, from A.D. 1706-1881. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1888. Available at Internet Archives (website: archive.org).
  93. Rootsweb, Greene County, New York, History and Genealogy (website).
  94. The Missionary Reporter, of the Board of Missions, of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, in the United States. Various entries in the editions for 1829-1833. Philadelphia: Printed by Wm. F. Geddes. Available at Internet Archives (website: archive.org).
  95. Notices of Fossil Wood in Ohio; in a letter from Rev. Sayrs Gazlay to Prof. Stillman, 30 April 1833, Cincinnati. Published in the American Journal of Science and Arts, Volume XXV, January 1834. New Haven: Published by Hezekiah Howe & Co.
  96. The American Quarterly Register, conducted by B. B. Edwards, Volume VI. Boston: Perkins, Marvin, & Co., 114 Washington Street. 1834.
  97. Trial and Acquittal of Lyman Beecher, D. D., before the Presbytery of Cincinnati on Charges Preferred by Joshua L. Wilson, D. D. Cincinnati: Published by Eli Taylor, 1835.
  98. The Hopewell Journey: 350 Years from Immigrant Religion to Hoosier Faith, by Kathleen Van Nuys. Author House, 2006. Page 100.
  99. Report of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Ohio, Volume 3, by R. G. Warden and J. H. Smith. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1874. Digitized copy available at Google Books.
  100. Original Sermons; by Presbyterian Ministers, in The Mississippi Valley, Cincinnati: published by M’Millian & Clopper, 1833.
  101. Comments on Select Passages of The Holy Scriptures, by Sayrs Gazlay. Cincinnati: Elm Street Printing Company, 1870. Digitized copy available at Internet Archive (website: //archive.org)
  102. Cemetery Record, Williamsburg Cemetery, Clermont County, Ohio; Clermont County Genealogical Society (website: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohclecgs/); Headstone inscription: Verna Silens Nata / Apr. 3 1836 / Obernus / Born / Sept. 9 1837 / Died / July 14 1838 / Child of / S. Gazlay. The inscription documented in the separate list of Additional Inscriptions suggests that the two children are “Obernus” and “Verna Silens Nata”. We agree that Obernus is the name of one child, with the associated birth and death dates. However, we interpret the other inscription as the name Verna followed by the Latin “Silens Nata”, meaning “Verna, born in silence”, i.e., stillborn, on 3 April 1836. The “S. Gazlay” is believed to be Sayrs Gazlay based on the proximity of this headstone with the headstones of Sayrs and his wife Susan.
  103. Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, by Timothy Hopkins, Volume I, Sunset Press and Photo Engraving Co., San Francisco, California, 1903.
  104. Cemetery Record, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio (website); Kellogg, Charles F., card no. 14991, died 7 January 1865, section 47, lot 91.
  105. Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1997, Hamilton County, Page 467, Charles F. Kel[sic, last name is incomplete but is known from other sources as Kellogg] and Elizabeth Gazlay, married 21 June 1821 in Hamilton County, Ohio.
  106. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, family of C. Chamberlin (55, New York); William G. Chamberlin (28, Indiana, printer); Frederick D. Chamberlin (21, Indiana, Moulder); James H. Chamberlin (15, O[hio], bookbinder); Mary Sacks (17, Germany).
  107. Cemetery Record, Maineville Cemetery, Hamilton Township, Warren County, Ohio (searchable index available at Warren County GenWeb Project, Rootsweb). Cornelia Chamberlain, died Aug. 13, 1873, aged 79 [from gravestone photo and record].
  108. Cincinnati Fire Department History, Line of Duty Deaths.
  109. New York Marriages 1686-1980, available at familysearch.org. James S. Chamberlain and Cornelia Gazlay, married 7 May 1818 in Presbyterian Church, Greenville, Greene [County], New York.
  110. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Indiana, Switzerland County, Posey Township, family of Aribert Gazlay (52, NY, merchant); Elizabeth Gazley (46, NY); Carter Gazley (22, Id, student); Annabelle Boyle (13, Id); Jane Buck Boyle (4, Id); John P. B. Boyle (35, Id, clerk). [The latter four people may be relatives of Elizabeth in her Buck family.]
  111. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Indiana, Switzerland County, Patriot, Page No. 47, family of Aribert Gazlay (61, N.Y., merchant); Elizabeth Gazlay (56, N.Y.); Jane E. Gazlay (13, Ind.) [The identify of Jane has not been determined.]
  112. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Enumeration District 167, Page No. 39, family of Aribert Gazlay (82, N.Y.); wife Elizabeth Gazlay (76, N.Y.); son Carter Gazlay (52, Indiana, lawyer, widow); grd. son Aribert Gazlay, Jr. (25, Indiana, clerk, steamboat); grd. daughter Lydia Gazlay (24, Ohio) [actually the elder Aribert’s daughter-in-law]; grt. grd. daughter Adella Gazlay (4, Ohio); grt. grd. son Arthur Gazlay (2, Ohio); grd. daughter Blanche Gazlay (21, Indiana).
  113. Origin, History, and Genealogy of the Buck Family, by Cornelius B. Harvey, Esq. 1889: J. J. Griffiths, Steam Book and Job Printer, Jersey City, N.J. Digitized copy available at archive.org.
  114. Cincinnati Birth and Death Records 1900-1903; available at University of Cincinnati, Digital Resource Commons (website: drc.libraries.uc.edu). Gazlay, Arbert Sr., died 22 May 1885 in Cincinnati, 87 yrs.
  115. Cemetery Record, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio (website); Gazley, Aribert, card no. 41415, age 87 yrs.; born in Dches Co. N.Y.; died May 22, 1885; parents: James & Hulda Gazley; Sec 39 Lot 68.
  116. Cemetery Record, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio (website); Gazlay, Elizth, card no. 67297, born Oct. 14 1803, Trumansburgh, N.Y.; died Feb 11, 1902, Pratt, Kansas; parents: Wm. S. Buck & Lucretia York; Sec 39 Lot 68.
  117. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Page No. 128, family of Carter Gazlay (38, Indiana, atty at law); Elizabeth Gazlay (67, New York) [This is Carter’s mother]; Harrie Gazlay (15, Indiana) [This is probably son Aribert, possibly called Arrie but heard as Harrie]; Blanch Gazlay (13, Indiana); Mary Evert (23, Tennessee, domestic servant); Jane Irwin (24, Tennessee, domestic servant).
  118. Kansas State Census, 1895, Pratt County, Pratt, Page No. 35, family of C. H. Apt (34, O[hio]); Blanche Apt (33, Ind.); Fred G. Apt (5, Kansas); Elis. Apt (3, Kansas); Carter Gazlay (66, Ind.); Elis. Gazlay (92, NY).
  119. Obituary, The Pratt Daily Union, Pratt, Kansas (available at: https://kansashistoricalopencontent.newspapers.com/), 16 February 1899, Elizabeth Gazlay, died: 11 February 1899; born: 14 October 1803 near Trumansburg, N.Y. The article provides vital and biographical details and the names of her husband, son, and granddaughter.
  120. Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1997, Hamilton County, Page 141, Albert [sic, this is actually Aribert] Gazlay and Elizabeth Buck, married on 15 April 1827.
  121. Cemetery Record, Williamsburg Cemetery, Clermont County, Ohio; Clermont County Genealogical Society (website: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohclecgs/); Headstone inscription (supplemented by a list of Inscriptions): Hageman Monument; Side 1: J. Gazlay Hageman / Born / July 22, 1836 / Died / Jan. 7, 1913 / Lydia E. / Wife of / James G. Hageman / Born Dec. 16, 1841 / Died Nov. 26, 1916; Side 2: James Hageman / Born / May 20, 1807 / Died Feb. 25, 1888; Side 3: Karenda / Wife of / James Hageman / Born / Apr. 22, 1800 / Died / Jan. 26, 1890; Rosa / Dau. of / J. G. & L. E. Hageman / Died Nov. 5, 1890 / Aged 20Y 1M 21D / Anna Belle / Dau. of / J. G. & L. E. Hageman / Sep. 26, 1887 / Aged 9Y 8M 2D.
  122. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Ohio, Clermont County, Williamsburg Township, Page No. 64, family of James Hageman (46, Ohio, farmer); Karinda Hageman (48, N.Y.); William Hageman (18, Ohio, farmer); James G. Hageman (13, Ohio); George Hageman (12, Ohio); Julia Hageman (11, Ohio); Simon A. Hageman (8, Ohio); Ann Colder (18, Ohio).
  123. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Ohio, Clermont County, Williamsburg Township, Page Nos. 20-21, family of James Hagemann (53, Ohio, farmer); Clarinda Hagemann (57, N.York); Wm. L. Hagemann (28, Ohio, farmer); James G. Hagemann (24, Ohio, farmer); George Hagemann (22, Ohio, farmer); S. A. Hagemann (18, Ohio, farmer); Elizabeth Holten (14, Ohio).
  124. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Ohio, Clermont County, Williamsburg Township, Page No. 34, family of James Hagerman (64, Ohio, farmer); Kirendia Hagerman (66, New York); Elizabeth J. Fox (14, Ohio, domestic servant). They are living next door to their son James G. Hageman [spelled Hagerman in the census].
  125. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Ohio, Clermont County, Williamsburg Township, Enumeration District 53, Page No. 26, family of James Hageman (73, Ohio, retired farmer); wife Karinda Hageman (80, N. York); servant Ellen Wilson (22, Ohio).
  126. National Society Sons of the American Revolution, Ohio Society, Application for Membership for William Bowlett Young, being a descendant of Samuel Swing; National No. 91041; State No. 5476; approved 18 March 1964. The application provides the names, birth and death dates of his ancestors and their spouses back to Samuel Swing, along with the family of William and his wife Thyra, their son and grandchildren.
  127. History of Chicago, From the earliest period to the present time, by Alfred Theodore Andreas. Volume 2. Chicago, the A.T. Andreas Company, Publisher, 1885. Available at ebooksread.com
  128. Cemetery Record, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio (website); Van Ausdol, Julia, card no. 6411, born 1805, died 15 May 1858, parents Jas. & Hulda Gazlay, Sec. 54 Lot 92.
  129. Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1997, Hamilton County, Page 253, Garret Van Ausdol and Julia Ann Gasley; bride is more than eighteen years of age; married 5 August 1847 in Hamilton County, Ohio.
  130. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Wisconsin, Racine County, Town of Racine, Page No. 88, family of Albert G. Knight (42, VT, farmer); Delia G. Knight (36, NY); Sayrs G. Knight (16, VT); Jane Knight (14, NY); Mary H. Knight (6, Wis.); Timothy Knight (69, VT); Dolly Knight (60, VT).
  131. The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin, Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879, page 596, biographical sketch of Albert G. Knight. Digitized by Google and available at Google Books.
  132. History of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Racine, Wisconsin, by Eugene Walter Leach. Western Printing & Lithographing Company, Racine, Wisconsin, 1912. Digitized copy available at Google Books.
  133. Wisconsin Deaths and Burials, 1835-1968; Albert G. Knight; died 5 Jan. 1886 in Racine, Wis.; born 28 May 1808 in Vt.; spouse: Anna Knight; father: Timothy Knight; occupation: real estate agent.
  134. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Wisconsin, Racine County, City of Racine, Page No. 198, family of Albert G. Knight (52, Vermont, conveyaurio [?]); Sayrs. G. Knight (26, Vermont, lawyer); Mary H. Knight (16, Wis.); John Knight (9, Wis.); James Knight (6, Wis.); Delia Knight (2, Wis.); Simon Whiteley (29, England, printer); Jane K. Whiteley (24, NY).
  135. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Wisconsin, Racine County, City of Racine, Page No. 376, family of Albert Knight (62, Vermont, land agent); Anna Knight (24, Denmark); James Knight (16, Wis.); Mary Albino (20, Wis., domestic servant).
  136. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Wisconsin, Racine County, Racine, Enumeration District 162, Page No. 8, family of Albert G. Knight (72, Vermont, abstract office); wife Anna Knight (34, Denmark); son John Knight (29, Wisconsin, fire insurance agent); daughter Delia Knight (22, Wisconsin); servant Marg Cowick (20, Wisconsin, servant).
  137. Marriage Records, Hamilton County, Ohio, Cincinnati, Ohio: Cincinnati Chapter, D.A.R., 1941. Knigh [sic], Albert G., and Gazley [sic], Delia, married on 12 November 1832.
  138. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Wisconsin, Racine County, City of Racine, Page No. 25, family of Simon Whiteley (39, England, insurance agent); Jane Whiteley (34, N.Y.); Elizabeth Whiteley (2, Wis.); Albert Whiteley (8/12, Wis., Oct.); Delia Knight (12, Wis.); Barbery Servery (12, Wis., Dom. Servt.); Minney Lawson (20, Denmark, Dom. Servt.).
  139. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, New York, Orange County, Middletown, Enumeration District 119, Sheet No. 15A, Delia G. Knight (61, Wisconsin, father from Vermont, mother from New York; patient).
  140. Annual Catalog, Wisconsin State University (Oshkosh) School Year 1902-1903, Castle-Pierce Press, Oshkosh, 1903. Digitized copy available at Google Books.
  141. The Normal Eyte, The Normal School, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Vol. 7, No. 35, 11 June 1898. Digitized copy available online, University of Northern Iowa, Rod Library-Special Collections.
  142. Annual Report to the Trustees of the City Hospital, Boston. Issues 36-38, Pg 212. Digitized copy available at Google Books.
  143. 1907 American School of Osteopathy Graduation Program; image of program front cover and list of graduates available at Museum of Osteopathic Medicine (website).
  144. Journal of the New York City Society of the American Osteopathic Association, Volume 7, September 1907. Digitized copy available at Google Books.
  145. The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, Volume 13, December 1913. Digitized copy available at Google Books.
  146. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Indiana, Dearborn County, Lawrenceburg, Page 266, family of Theodore Gazlay (35, New York, attorney); Jane E. Gazlay (24, Ind.); William C. Gazlay (3, Ind.); Hannah Gazlay (2, Ind.); Margaret Gazlay (24, Germany) [the identity of Margaret has not been ascertained; she could be a servant who assumed the Gazlay surname, or the surname could be an enumerator error].
  147. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Indiana, Dearborn County, Lawrenceburg, family of Theodore Gazlay (46, N York, attorney); Jane E. Gazlay (33, Inda.); Wm. H. Gazlay (13, Inda.); Hannah Gazlay (12, Inda.); Allen W. Gazlay (9, Inda.); Huldah Gazlay (6, Inda.); Emma J. Gazlay (4, Inda.); Julia D. Gazlay (2, Inda.); Kate Murphy (22, Ireland, domestic).
  148. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Page 100, family of Theodore Gazlay (55, New York, lawyer); Jane Gazlay (40, Indiana); William H. Gazlay (23, Indiana, R.R. clerk); Hannah Gazlay (21, Indiana); Allen W. Gazlay (18, Indiana); Huldah Gazlay (16, Indiana); Emma Gazlay (13, Indiana); Julia D. Gazlay (12, Indiana); Clara Gazlay (8, Indiana); Sallie Sullivan (23, Indiana, domestic servant).
  149. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Enumeration District 175, Page No. 39, family of Theodore Gazlay (65, N.Y., lawyer); wife Jane Gazlay (45, Indiana); son H. William Gazlay (32, Indiana, bookkeeper); daughter Hannah Gazlay (29, Indiana); daughter Emma Gazlay (25, Indiana); daughter Julia Gazlay (20, Indiana); daughter Clara Gazlay (16, Indiana); servant Mary Jones (21, Ohio); plus several borders.
  150. The Mayflower Descendant, Volume 40, No. 2, July 1990, Page 179, File# 1519, information from a family bible in a typed affidavit by Hannah F. Gazlay notarized at Hamilton Co., Ohio, on 27 November 1899.
  151. History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio, Their Past and Present, Cincinnati, Ohio: S. B. Nelson and Co., publishers; S. B. Nelson and J. M. Runk. 1894, pages 550-551.
  152. Cemetery Record, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio (website); Gazley, Theo., card no. 62880, age 88 yrs. 5 mos., died 19 Jan. 1899, parents James & Hulda Gazley, Sec. 88 Lot 103.
  153. Find a Grave (website). Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, Jane E. Fitch Gazlay, born: 1826 in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana; died: 2 September 1896 in New York County (Manhattan), New York [from record, which includes a note Wife of Theodore; daughter of Harris and Hannah Fitch; provides the names and links for her spouse and child].
  154. Cemetery Record, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio (website); Gazley, Jane E., card no. 59669, age 68 yrs about, died 2 Sep. 1896, parents: Harris & Hannah Fitch, Sec. 88 Lot 103.
  155. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Enumeration District 23, Sheet No. 9A, family of William H. Gasley (50, Indiana, Nov 1849, clerk]; sister Hannah Gasley (48, Indiana, July 1852); niece Merle Miller (14, Ohio, Aug 1886). [Birth months/years William and Hannah are believed inaccurate compared with other records.]
  156. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Enumeration District 42, Sheet No. 14A, family of William H. Gazlay (63, Indiana); sister Fitch H. Gazlay (60, Indiana); niece Merle G. Miller (24, Ohio).
  157. Cemetery Record, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio (website); Gazlay, Wm. H., card no. 81379, age 65 yrs, died 17 Nov 1911, parents: Theo. & Jane Gazlay, Sec 88 Lot 103.
  158. U.S. Passport Applications 1795-1925, available at ancestry.com and familysearch.org; Application No. 10003; Gazlay, Hanna F.; born 12 February 1848 in Lawrenceburg, Indiana; father: Theodore Gazlay, born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. [sic], deceased; currently living in Cincinnati, Ohio; desires passport to visit England, France, Switzerland, Spain, and Italy; passport issued 26 March 1925, Washington. She is identified in the application by Oscar W. Kuhn, attorney at law, and her brother-in-law. The application includes an Affidavit for a Relative, completed by her sister, Clara G. Kuhn, indicating “she is a sister of the said Hanna F. Gazlay.”
  159. Cemetery Record, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio (website); Gazlay, Hannah Fitch, card no. 107596, born 12 Feb 1848, died 1 Jan 1930, parents: Theodore & Eliza J. Fitch Gazlay, Sec 88 Lot 103.
  160. Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953, Hannah Fitch Gazlay, died 1 January 1930 in Cincinnati, Hamilton [County], Ohio; born 12 February 1848 in Lawrenceburg,Indiana; father: Theodore Gazlay, born in New York; mother: Eliza Fitch, born in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
  161. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Enumeration District 62, Sheet No. 2B, Hannah F. Gazlay (69, Indiana); niece Merl G. Miller (28, Ohio).
  162. Cemetery Record, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio (website); Gazlay, Allen W., card no. 60366, age 24, born Cinti. O. [sic, apparently born in Indiana, and age is probably low by several years], died 1 August 1879, parents: Theo. & Jane E. Gazlay, Sec. 88, Lot 103.
  163. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Michigan, Genesee County, Gaines Township, page 249, family of William Gazley (69, N.York, farmer); Betsey Gazley (47, N.York); Mariah Gazley (15, N.York); Ira Gazley (13, Mich).
  164. The Men Who Made Texas Free, by Sam Houston Dixon, Texas Historical Publishing Company, 1924. The book indicates that “Dr. Gazley was accompanied to Texas by two brothers, William and George Gazley. Both of these brothers became prominent in the affairs of Texas as a Mexican state and Texas as a Republic.” George has indeed been found in several Texas records, but no evidence has been found that William was ever in Texas, let alone being a prominent figure.
  165. Magazine, Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, Volumes 44-46, 1980; death of William C. Gazlay, died 27 September 1858, in Gaines.
  166. Genealogy Board (website); post by Larry Kline. The post indicates that William C. Gazlay married Patty Dickenson on 13 September 1806 at the Presbyterian Church of New Hartford, Oneida County, New York, and that their first son was Miles.
  167. Find a Grave (website). Wildwood Cemetery, Chesaning, Saginaw County, Michigan; Monument with four inscriptions one on each side: Betsey / Gazlay / Apr. 11, 1802 / Sep. 11, 1887; Nelson Phy / May 18, 1830 / June 3, 1905; Caroline M. / Phy / May 4, 1834 / May 11, 1892; John Phy / Nov. 11, 1856 / Feb. 3, 1887.
  168. Michigan, Saginaw County, Return of Deaths for 1887; Betsey Gazlay, died 11 September 1887 in Brady, Saginaw County, Michigan; widow. Birthplace: Pennsylvania. Parents’ names: Plank, and Plank.
  169. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Michigan, Genesee County, Town of Gaines, Page No. 358, family of Ira Gazley (23, Mich, farmer); Betsey Gazley (54, NY).
  170. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Michigan, Genesee County, Gaines, Page No. 3, family of Orrin Sprague (72, New York, farmer); Leonard Sprague (31, Mich., farmer); Maria Sprague (34, New York); Betsy Gazley (63, New York); Wallace Keeler (16, Mich., farm laborer); Arthur Steggol (21, England, blacksmith).
  171. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Michigan, Saginaw County, Brady, Enumeration District 293, Page No. 23, family of Nelson Phy (50, NY, farmer); wife Caroline Phy (46, Mass.); son John N. Phy (23, Mich., farmer); son William S. Phy (19, Mich.); mother Betsey Gasley (77, NY, widow); servant Mariah DeForest (18, Mich., servant).
  172. Onondaga’s Centennial. Gleanings of a Century, edited by Dwight H. Bruce. The Boston History Company, Publishers, 1896. Page 852.
  173. Early Records of the Valley Presbyterian Church, Syracuse, New York. Records from 1810. Submitted by Barbara Hatch. Copied by Minnie L. C. Coleman, Syracuse, New York, 1930. Available at Rootsweb. Infant Baptisms, Liber I, include, on page 8, children of William C. and Patty Gazlay, baptized on 12 December 1816: Miles, Ward, Martha, and Lucy Ann (her record between that of Miles and Ward). On Page 11, children of William C. and Patty Gazelay, baptized in February 1821: Dickinson, and Mary.
  174. A Record of the Inscriptions in the Old Town Burying Ground of Newburgh, N.Y., Published by the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands, Newburgh, New York, 1898. Digitized copy available on various websites. Ward M. Gazlay, died 18 April 1836, age 74 [other records report his date of death as 20 April].
  175. History of the Town of Newburgh, by Edward Manning Ruttenber. Newburgh: E. M. Ruttenber & Co., Printers. 1859. Pages 316-317. Digitized copy available at Google Books.
  176. New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949, Eliza C. Gazley, died: 25 February 1864 in Manhattan, New York, New York; age 68; birthplace: N.Y.; cemetery: Greenwood [this is believed to be Greenwood Cemetery in New Berlin, NY, not Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY].
  177. Obituary, The New York Times, Elizabeth Carter Gazlay, 27 February 1864, died 25 February 1864 in New York.
  178. Marriage Announcement, The Catskill Recorder, as transcribed and available at Rootsweb (website), Marriages from the Catskill Recorder; 26 June, 1822: Ward M. Gazlay, Esq., editor of the Index, to Miss Elizabeth Carter, on 13 June 1822 in Newburgh.
  179. Catalog of Manuscripts and Relics in Washington’s Headquarters, Newburgh, N.Y. with Historical Sketch, by Edward Manning Ruttenbur. Newburgh, N.Y., E. M. Ruttenbur & Sons, Printers. 1874. Page 54, Item 333, Political Index, Newburgh, May 7th, 1811. From Ward M. Gazlay, son of the editor, Ward M. Gazlay.
  180. A Record of the Inscriptions in the Old Town Burying Ground of Newburgh, N.Y., Published by the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands, Newburgh, New York, 1898. Digitized copy available on various websites. James Henry Gazlay, died 31 July 1827, age 1 year, 2 months, 2 days; son of Ward M. and Elizabeth Gazlay [constructed birth date: 29 May 1826].
  181. Find a Grave (website). James F. Gazley Family Cemetery, Gazley, Douglas County, Oregon; Gazley, Samuel, born: 1785 in Dutchess County, New York; died 25 July 1858 in Gazley, Douglas County, Oregon [from record, which indicates he is the son of Martha E. and James Franklin Gazley, which is incorrect: he was the son of Jonathan Gazlay and Karenda Carter, known from other records].
  182. Mernitz Family Tree, Ancestry (website). Although no sources are cited in this family tree, much of the information agrees with other sources. A few individuals in this family tree have duplicate entries with slightly different vital statistics for each.
  183. Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims, Vol. III, 1962, page 40. Available at Ancestry.com. Claim #602, Gazley, Samuel, heirs of, Douglas County, Oregon. Indicates that Samuel was born 1785 in Dutchess County, New York, and died 25 July 1857. He arrived in Oregon on 10 September 1853 and secured his land claim on 28 June 1854. The record, given by Samuel’s son James F. Gazley, indicates Samuel was only married once, widowed, and had two children living as of 15 May 1863: James, and Sarah Jane, age 24, widow of Wm. S. Ramsey (Rumsey).
  184. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Pennsylvania, Bradford County, Ulster Township, Page 20, family of Uriah Shaw (44, PA, carpenter); Patricia Shaw (44, PA); Franklin Shaw (17, PA, farmer); Ralph Shaw (15, PA); Henry Shaw (13, PA); Samuel Shaw (11, PA); Ann Shaw (6, PA); Cynthia Shaw (4, PA); Hiram C. Shaw (1, PA); Sarah Gazlay (45, NY).
  185. Cemetery Record, West High Street Cemetery, Painted Post, Steuben County, NY; available at NY Gen Web, Steuben County, NY. West High Street Cemetery, Compiled from the readings of Mrs. Lee Kinner in 1963, and Mrs. Evaline Stickler & Mrs. Susannah Whitcomb 26 Apr 1970. Retyped by Annette Campbell. Sally Gazlay, died 2 June 1852, age 43. Wife of Samuel D. Gazlay. Interred with Dr. William S. Rumsey family.
  186. Find a Grave (website). Willet Cemetery, Willet, Cortland County, New York; Gazlay, Joshua: Joshua Gazlay / died / June 5, 1842 / aged 56 years / 5 months & / 5 days (from headstone) [constructed birth date: 31 December 1785].
  187. The Cortland Connection (website); post by Harlan Quardokus, 15 September 2010, indicating that Abigail Jones Gazlay, wife of Joshua Gazlay, bore nine children, of which four have been identified: Karenda (1812-1905), Abigail (1828-1920), David Ward (1830-1899), and Mary (1833-?). The post includes other details regarding the marriages of these children, remarriage of Abigail to Timothy Allen, and her burial next to her daughter Karenda.
  188. Find a Grave (website). Anderson Cemetery, Decatur Township, Van Buren County, Michigan, Abby Jones Allen, born: 1794 in Shutesbury, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died: 22 February 1880 in Decatur, Van Buren County, Michigan (from record, which provides the names and links for two husbands and two children).
  189. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Cortland County, Willet, family of Timothy Allen (52, NY, farmer); Abigail Allen (55, NY); Sully Allen (15, NY); Mary Gursley (17, NY). Sully is believed to be a daughter from Timothy’s previous marriage, and Mary is believed to be Mary Gazlay from Abigail’s previous marriage.
  190. New York State Census, 1855, Cortland County, Willett, Image 12 of 12, Timothy Allen, 60, Otsego, farmer, 30 years lived in this city or town; wife Abigail Allen, 61, Mass., 45 years lived in this city or town; daughter Sally M. Allen, 20, Cortland, 20 years lived in this city or town.
  191. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Cortland County, Willet, Page No. 24, family of Timothy Allen (63, New York, farmer); Abigail Allen (66, Mass.).
  192. New York State Census, 1865, Cortland County, Willett, Page 17, Timothy Allen, 69, Otseg[o], 2 marriages; wife Abigail Allen, 71, Mass., 2 marriages, 9 children.
  193. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Chenango County, McDonough, Page No. 15, family of Charles Blivin (46, New York, farmer); Sarah M. Blivin (35, New York); Abby Blivin (4, New York); Timothy Allen (74, New York); Abbie Allen (76, Massachusetts); Whesselhofft (24, Baden, farm laborer).
  194. Message Boards, Ancestry.com; post by Carol Rose, a descendant of Karenda Gazlay Crippen, regarding various details of the Crippen, Gazlay and Allen family members, including tombstone inscription in Anderson Cemetery, Decatur, Michigan: Our Mother, Abby J. Allen, died Feb. 22, 1880, Age 86 years. She is buried beside Karinda Crippen in the Crippen plot.
  195. History of Sauk County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company. 1880. Digitized copy available at Google Books. Page 703, biographical sketch of Henry R. Ryan. This document names his wife Abbie Gazlay’s parents: Joshua and Abigail Jones Gazlay. It is one of the few documents, or perhaps the only document, that provides their names.
  196. Letter, from Harlan Quardokus to Frederick Page, 6 April 2010, containing several pages of notes related to various Gazlay family members, including: notes of birth and death dates for early Gazlay generations, by Ruth G. Tuttle; biographical notes about David Ward Gazlay and his wife Mary Baker; four children of Joshua Gazlay and Abigail Jones; one page of a DAR application from 1928; a page showing the lineage of four Mayflower descendants from whom David Ward Gazlay was descended; and two pages of cemetery photographs annotated with burial and inscription details. Copies sent to Lee Gazlay in 2012.
  197. New York State Census, 1855, New York County, New York City, 4th ED, Third Ward, Jonathan Gazlay, 31, Orange (County), hotel keeper; mother Elizabeth Gazlay, 54, Orange (County); both residents of this city for four years; servant Phoebe Sutton, 43, New Jersey, black, cook; border William W. Weaver, 40, Dutchess (County), barkeeper; border William H. Sharpstein, 30, Dutchess (County), merchant.
  198. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, New York County, New York City, Third Ward, page 60, family of John Gazlay, 35, New York, saloon; Elizabeth Lowrey, 58, New York; Catherine Ming, 35, Ireland, servant.
  199. Obituary, New York Evening Post, New York, New York, George G. Gazley, 20 January 1844, died 20 December 1843 in Houston, Texas. Formerly of New York.
  200. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Texas, Harris County, Houston, Page No. 116, family of Mary Colwell (35, New York); John (20, Texas, clerk); George (18, Texas, clerk).
  201. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Texas, Harris County, Houston, Page No. 59, family of George W. Gazley (23, Texas, clerk in store); Mary Caldwell (35, New York); George Washington (14, Texas, domestic servant).
  202. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Texas, Harris County, Houston, Enumeration District 75, Page No. 82, family of Mary Colwell (58, New York, widow, seamstress); son John Gazley (33, Texas, bookkeeper); son George Gazley (31, Texas, R.R. Clerk).
  203. Deaths, The Galveston Daily News, Gelveston, Texas, available at The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu. 25 February 1891, Death of Mrs. Caldwell.
  204. Texas Deaths, 1890-1976; Gazley, G. W., born 10 December 1843, Houston, Texas; died 20 January 1922, Galveston, Texas; father: William Gazley, born in New York [this is apparently an error; his father is believed to be George Gazley]; mother: Mary McGee, born in New York. Occupation: retired manager, RR office.
  205. Power of Attorney, granted by George Gazley and J. M. Robinson, merchants trading in Houston under the name and firm of Gazley & Robinson. Scanned copy of handwritten document dated 14 September 1839 and executed in Houston, Texas.
  206. Houston, A History and Guide, sponsored by the Harris County Historical Society, Inc. The Anson Jones Press, Houston, Texas, 1942. Page 271. Available at The Portal to Texas (website).
  207. The Musquito, Houston, Texas, 14 February 1841, listing George Gazley as an Alderman in Houston and who was appointed with other Alderman to form the Board of Health.
  208. Telegraph and Texas Register, Houston, Texas, 24 May 1843, list of Houston city properties upon which taxes have not been paid for the year 1842: Gazley, George, Block 47, lots 6, 7 & 12, $530, $2.65.
  209. Find a Grave (website). City Cemetery#3, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, Gazley, John, died 19 Sept 1911 in San Antonio, Texas, age 67. Record includes an obituary from the San Antonio Light, 20 September 1911.
  210. Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982 (available at ancestry.com), John Gazley, died: 19 September 1911 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, age 67 [so born: 1844]; born in Houston, Texas; single; occupation: bookkeeper, merchandising; father: George G. Gazley, born in NY; mother: Mary McGee, born in NY; residence: in city 25 years; burial: City Cem. #3.
  211. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Texas, Bexar County, San Antonio City, Enumeration District 34, Sheet No. 9A; lodger [among 9 others] John Gazeley (61, Texas, accountant).
  212. Obituary, Houston Morning Star, Houston, Texas, Abraham Gazley, 2 October 1839, died 1 October 1839 in Houston. The article indicates he was 45, a printer, and was formerly from New York. Another article on 3 October 1839 gives notice that members of the Texas Topographical Association should wear the usual badge of mourning for 30 days for their deceased associate A. Gazley.
  213. Find a Grave (website). First Baptist Church Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, Mary McCully Gazlay, died 10 March 1831, age 34 years, wife of Abraham Gazlay (from record; headstone is apparently in the east wall of the Sunday School).
  214. New Jersey Marriages, 1868-1985, Abraham Gazlay and Mary McCully, 24 February 1828.
  215. The Morning Star, Houston, Texas, 8 July 1840, Ctrator’s [sic, Curator’s] Sale, directed by the Probate Court, for all property of the Abraham Gazley, deceased, consisting of one town lot in the City of Houston, and a certificate for 1280 acres of land, his head right, held by Thomas J. Gazley. The Curator is listed as Geo. Gazley. Although not stated here, it is believed that Abraham, Thomas, and George are brothers.
  216. New York Herald, New York City, New York, 19 July 1856, available at fultonhistory.com; personal notice seeking Joseph Gazlay or descendants of Abraham Gazlay regarding property left at 9 Nassau St., New York.
  217. Stireps, Texas State Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volume 4, Number 1, March 1964: Texas Tax Rolls of 1840, by Gifford White. Listed are: Gazley, George; Gazley, Abraham--Geo. G. Admr [Administrator]; Gazley, Mary; Gazley, Thos. J., D.W. C. Harris, Agt.
  218. Find a Grave (website). Mercer Cemetery, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, Joseph M. Gazlay, born: 23 June 1829; died: 6 October 1851 [from record; the death year differs from New Jersey death records that say 1854].
  219. New Jersey, Deaths and Burials Index, 1798-1971, Gazlay, Joseph M., born about 1828, Trenton, New Jersey; died October 1854, Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey; age 26; occupation: telegraph operator; single; father: Abraham; mother: Mary.
  220. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New Jersey, Mercer County, Trenton, Page 181, Joseph Gazley (21, New Jersey), apparently a border in a household headed by landlords Joshua and Mary English that includes several other people.
  221. U.S. Federal Census, 1820, Illinois, St. Clair County, Chambers Township, page 125, family of Thomas J. Gazley, 1 male 16-26, 1 female 16-18.
  222. Illinois State Census, 1825, Clinton County, Carlyle, Thomas J. Gazley (Head of Household).
  223. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Texas, Bastrop County, family of Thomas J. Gazely (50, NY, farmer); Eliza Gazely (50, Del.); Thomas J. Gazely (24, Ill., farm hand); William Gazely (19, Texas, farm hand); Edwin Gazely (14, Texas); Augustus F. Gazely (8, Texas).
  224. The Bastrop Advisor available at The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu, 8 August 2013, Celebrate Smithville’s History on Aug. 13. The celebration will honor Smithville founder Dr. Thomas Jefferson Gazley’s 215th birthday.
  225. Gazley, Dr. Thomas J.; biographical sketch; The Grand Lodge of Texas, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (website).
  226. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Texas, Bastrop County, Precinct N8, Page No. 72, family of Eliza Gasley (60, Delaware, farmer); Thomas Gasley (36, Ill., stock raiser); Frank Gasley (18, Texas); John Wilson (38, Pa., stock raiser).
  227. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Texas, Bastrop County, Page No. 295, family of Thomas J. Gasley (45, Illinois, farmer); Elisab. Gasley (68, Delaware); Frank Gasley (27, Texas).
  228. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Texas, Hill County, Precinct No. 4, Enumeration District 74, Page No. 28, family of Eliza Gazley (81, Delaware, widowed, farmer); son Thos. J. Gazley (53, Ill., farm work); son A. F. Gazley (36, Tex., farm work); gr. son Henry Gazley (7, Texas).
  229. Obituary, Galveston Daily News, 15 July 1886, Mrs. Eliza Gazley, who, with her husband, Dr. T. J. Gazley, moved to Texas in 1823. She died in Waco in her 86th year. [The article does not give the exact date of death.]
  230. The Southwestern Reporter, Volume 17. St. Paul: West Publishing Company, 1892. Digitized copy available at Google Books. Pages 17-19. Gazley et. ux. v. Herring et. al. (Supreme Court of Texas, June 16, 1891.) The case summary includes a reference to A. F. Gazley’s mother, who died before the institution of this law suit.
  231. Marriage Records, State of Ohio, Hamilton County, Page 193, No. 385; Thomas J. Gazlay and Elizabeth Boyce, 21 March 1819, by J. W. Langdon, Minister of the Gospel.
  232. The Gazley Bridge. This website provides rich details about Dr. Thomas Jefferson Gazley, although no sources are cited for any of the information.
  233. Two letters, available at the National Archives, Washington, D.C., both dated 16 January 1815: (1) from Thomas Jefferson Gazlay to The Honorable James Monroe, Secretary of War, expressing Gazlay’s desire to enter the service [as a cadet at West Point]; (2) from six individuals, to the Honorable James Monroe, Secretary of War, recommending Thomas J. Gazlay as a cadet [at West Point].
  234. The Midwest Pioneer, His Ills, Cures & Doctors, by Madge E. Pickard and R. Carlyle Buley. Henry Schuman: New York, 1946. Page 88. Available at Digitized Books from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Open Content Alliance (website).
  235. Stephen F. Austin: Empresario of Texas, by Gregg Cantrell. R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co., Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1999.
  236. Texas Gen Web (website), Bastrop County, Little Colony.
  237. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Texas, Bastrop County, Slave Census, Eliza Gazley, slave owner; 3 slave houses; slaves: six males, ages 39, 22, 12, 7, 4, and 2; three females, ages 38, 29, and 17.
  238. 1927 Smithville Times: History of Their Home City; Compiled jointly by Mrs. Arnold E. Adamcik and Mrs. E. Clay Williams. Available at Texas Gen Web.
  239. Medicine Men in Texas, by George Plunkett Red (Mrs. S.C. Red), 1930. Standard Printing & Lithographing Co., Houston, Texas. Page 32.
  240. Texas Land Title Abstracts, available at Ancestry.com.
  241. US Gen Web Archives (website), Bastrop County, Texas, land abstracts.
  242. “Courtesy of Ernst W. Bertner, MD Papers at the McGovern Research Center, HAM-TMC Library, 1133 John Freeman Blvd, Houston, Texas 77030, 713-799-7141, mcgovern@library.tmc.edu.” Rice University, Digital Scholarship Archive (website).
  243. Bastrop County BEST - Bastrop*Elgin*Smithville*Texas (website), Smithville Early History.
  244. Texas History Page (website).
  245. San Jacinto Museum (website).
  246. Official Flags of the Republic of Texas, by L. W. Kemp. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly,Vol. 59, No. 4 (Apr., 1956), Page 487. Published by: Texas State Historical Association.
  247. History of Texas: from 1685 to 1892, by John Henry Brown. L. E. Daniel, Publisher. Printed by Becktold & Co., St. Louis, 1893. Volume 2, Page 34 and 38. Digitized copy available at Google Books.
  248. Cruger & Moore, editor. Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 27, Ed. 1, Saturday, July 22, 1837, Newspaper, July 22, 1837; digital images, (//texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth47940 : accessed July 06, 2011), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, //texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, Austin, Texas.
  249. Bastrop County Courthouse History (website), TXGenWeb Project.
  250. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Texas, McLennan County, Waco City, Enumeration District 74, Sheet No. 17B, family of Thomas Gazley (74, Illinois, Oct 1825, day laborer); brother Alford F. Gazley (58, Texas, May 1842, widow, carpenter); niece Ida L. Bragdon (20, New York, Mch 1880, married 6 years 1 child, 1 living). Neither Ida’s husband nor child are shown here.
  251. Fall & Puckett Funeral Home Records (G-H), available at Texas Gen Web; Gazley, T. J., 76 years old; died 6 November 1901; interred at Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas.
  252. The Galveston News, Galveston, Texas, 20 May 1866.
  253. Morrison & Fourmy’s Waco City Directory 1894-95, Waco, Texas; entries for Gazley, Alfred F., carp., r. 121 S. 7th.; Gazley, Nannie E. (Mrs. A. F.), r. 121 S. 7th cor Franklin.; Gazley, Thomas J., r. 121 S. 7th.
  254. U.S. Federal Census, 1790, New York, Queens County, Township of Newtown, page 19, family of Samuel Furman showing 1 male over 16 years, 4 females, 1 other free person named Casar, and 1 slave.
  255. Obituary, Brooklyn Eagle, 18 April 1845, Mrs. Ann Lamberson, who perished on board the steamboat Swallow, on the evening of 7 April 1845. The article indicates she was born 11 October 1784 in Dutchess County, in the vicinity of Poughkeepsie, and that she had ten children, six of whom survived her. [Her place of birth stated in the article is thought to be incorrect; her two next-youngest siblings were born in Newtown, Long Island, and Ann is believed to have been born there too. However, all but one of her later siblings were born in Dutchess County.]
  256. Baker Family History and Genealogy; The Descendants of Josias Furman, Generations 4, 5, and 6. Website.
  257. Cemetery Inscriptions, Prospect Cemetery at Jamaica, Long Island, New York, Copied by Josephine C. Frost (Mrs. Samuel K. Frost) Sept. 1910 [available at Google Books]; Lamberson, Ann, wife of David Lamberson, died April 7, 1845, Age 60 years.
  258. Find a Grave (website). Prospect Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens County, New York; David Lamberson, born 6 January 1778, Jamaica, Queens County, New York; died 2 May 1842, Jamaica, Queens County, New York [from record, which also links in findagrave to his wife and ten children].
  259. U.S. Federal Census, 1830, New York, Queens County, Jamaica, David Lambertson. Family consists of: Males: 2 (10-15) [David; John]; 1 (20-30) [Samuel]; 1 (50-60) [father David]; Females: 2 (5-10) [Cornelia; Mary]; 1 (10-15) [Jane]; 1 (15-20) [unidentified]; 1 (40-50) [mother Nancy]. [Since daughter Helen was apparently born in 1829 and is not accounted for in this census, she probably died in 1829. A family grave marker indicates she was an infant child.]
  260. Obituary, New York Tribune, 4 May 1842, David Lamberson, Esq., died on 2 May 1842, at Jamaica, Long Island, in the 64th year of his age.
  261. Cemetery Inscriptions, Prospect Cemetery at Jamaica, Long Island, New York, Copied by Josephine C. Frost (Mrs. Samuel K. Frost) Sept. 1910 [available at Google Books]; Lamberson, David, died May 2, 1842, age 64 yrs.
  262. Old Steamboat Days on the Hudson River, by David Lear Buckman, The Grafton Press, 1907. Chapter 9 Disasters of River Travel. Available at www.ulster.net.
  263. Cemetery Inscriptions, Prospect Cemetery at Jamaica, Long Island, New York, Copied by Josephine C. Frost (Mrs. Samuel K. Frost) Sept. 1910 [available at Google Books]; Lamberson, David Waters, George Faitoute, Sarah and Helen, infant children of David and Ann Lamberson. (No dates).
  264. Find a Grave (website). Prospect Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens County, New York; David Waters Lamberson, born: 12 April 1811, Jamaica, Queens County, New York; died: 2 May 1812, Jamaica, Queens County, New York [from record].
  265. Find a Grave (website). Prospect Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens County, New York; George Faitoute Lamberson, born: 17 February 1813, Jamaica, Queens County, New York; died 17 August 1814, Jamaica, Queens County, New York [from record].
  266. Find a Grave (website). Prospect Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens County, New York; David B. Lamberson, born: Apr. 1815, Jamaica, Queens County, New York; died: 6 March 1862, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri [from record].
  267. Cemetery Inscriptions, Prospect Cemetery at Jamaica, Long Island, New York, Copied by Josephine C. Frost (Mrs. Samuel K. Frost) Sept. 1910 [available at Google Books]; Lamberson, David B., died at St. Louis, March 6, 1862. Age 46 years.
  268. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Massachusetts, Berkshire County, Pittsfield, Page 477, family of Samuel Lamberson (40, New York, clergyman); Delia B. Lamberson (35, New York); Ruel [sic, Buell] Lamberson (9, Illinois); Mary H. Lamberson (20, New York); Cornelia A. Lamberson (22, New York) [the ages of Mary and Cornelia are low by several years compared to other records].
  269. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Queens County, Town of Jamaica, Page No. 159, family of John G. Lamberson (43, NY, lawyer); Mary F. [?] Lamberson (36, NY); Cornelia A. Lamberson (38, NY); Eliza Rispan (36, Ireland, housekeeper); John Rispan (56, Ireland, gardener).
  270. Massachusetts State Census, 1865, Berkshire County, Pittsfield, family of S. L. Lamberson (55, N.Y., merchant); Delia Lamberson (43, N.Y.); Buel Lamberson (23, Illinois, tinner [?]); Cornelia Lamberson (35, N.Y.); Henrietta Lamberson (35, N.Y.); Mary Lamberson (9, Mass.); Louis Lamberson (8, Mass.); Cornelia Lamberson (3, Mass.); Catharine Callan (19, Ireland, servant).
  271. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Massachusetts, Berkshire County, Pittsfield, Page No. 178, family of Cornelia A. Lamberson (32, New York); Mary H. Lamberson (30, New York) [both of their ages are low here by several years, compared to other records].
  272. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Massachusetts, Berkshire County, Pittsfield, Enumeration District 59, Page No. 25A; family of Cornelia Lamberson (50, New York); sister Mary H. Lamberson (48, New York). [Both of their ages are low by several years, compared to other records].
  273. Cemetery Inscriptions, Prospect Cemetery at Jamaica, Long Island, New York, Copied by Josephine C. Frost (Mrs. Samuel K. Frost) Sept. 1910 [available at Google Books]; Lamberson, Cornelia A., died at Pittsfield, Mass. Feb. 13, 1892, Age 71 years.
  274. Find a Grave (website). Prospect Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens County, New York; Cornelia A. Lamberson, born: 1821, Jamaica, Queens County, New York; died: Feb. 13, 1892, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts [from record].
  275. Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1922; Certificate of Death, No. 1964, Mary H. Lamberson; died: 12 February 1909, Evanston; age: 85 years 10 months 23 days [calculated birth date: 20 March 1823]; born in Jamaica, Long Island, New York.
  276. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Massachusetts, Berkshire County, City of Pittsfield, Enumeration District 70, Sheet No. 11B; family of Orsin Lowden (52, New York, July 1847, gardener); wife of 27 years Mary J. Lowden (48, Massachusetts, Feb 1852, 1 child, 1 living); daughter Alice M. Lowden (22, Massachusetts, Sept. 1872); border Mary H. Lamberson (78, New York, Dec, 1821).
  277. Cemetery Inscriptions, Prospect Cemetery at Jamaica, Long Island, New York, Copied by Josephine C. Frost (Mrs. Samuel K. Frost) Sept. 1910 [available at Google Books]; Lamberson, Mary Henrietta, died at Evanston, Ill. Feb. 12, 1909. Age 85 years 11 months and 23 days [sic, certification of death says 10 months].
  278. Find a Grave (website). Prospect Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens County, New York; Helen Lamberson, born: 22 January 1829, Jamaica, Queens County, New York; died: unknown [from record].
  279. Find a Grave (website). Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onandaga County, New York, Susan Furman Lathrop, born: 30 April 1789 in Newtown, Suffolk County, New York; died: 20 September 1850 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York [from record, which provides the names and links for her parents, spouse, siblings, and five children].
  280. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Onondaga County, City of Syracuse, Page 289, family of John H. Lathrop (61, NY, farmer); Susan Lathrop (61, NY); John Lathrop (18, NY); Ebenezer Lathrop (22, NY); Henry Brashale (9); Mary Irish (25); Patrick Ryan (50).
  281. A Genealogical Memoir of the Lo-Lathrop Family in this Country, Embracing the Descendants, as far as known, of The Rev. John Lothropp, of Scituate and Barnstable, Mass., and Mark Lothrop, of Salem and Bridgewater, Mass., and the First Generation of Descendants of Other Names, by Rev. E. B. Huntington, A. M. Published at Ridgefield, Conn., by Mrs. Julia M. Huntington, 1884. Pages 132-133, 202-203, 272. A few of the vital dates (births, etc.) differ from other sources.
  282. New York State Census, 1855, Onandaga County, Syracuse, 4th Ward, Image 97, John H. Lathrop, 65, Saratoga, farmer; wife Lucretia, 45, Onondaga; cousin Hellen Sabin, 28, Onondaga.
  283. Find a Grave (website). Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onandaga County, New York, John H. Lathrop, born: unknown; died: 15 September 1856 [from record, which provides the names and links to his wife and five children].
  284. Find a Grave (website). Old Peterboro Cemetery, Peterboro, Madison County, New York, Charles Edwin Lathrop, born: September 1820; died: 25 February 1823 [from record, which provides the names and links for his parents and five siblings].
  285. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Michigan, Muskegon County, Muskegon, Page No. 1, family of Charles Leonard (40, New York, physician); Harriet Leonard (32, New York); Bell Leonard (11, Michigan); John Furman (75, New York, retired); Melinda Furman (64, New York).
  286. Find a Grave (website). Oakwood Cemetery, Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan; Furman, John G.; died: 6 September 1871 [from record, which includes a photo of his gravestone which is difficult to read, but appears to be inscribed as John G. Furman / [unreadable] 1871 / Aged / [?] Yrs. 8 Mos. / 19 Ds ]
  287. Cemetery Inscriptions, Burnt Hills Baptist Church Cemetery (now called Hillside Cemetery), Saratoga NYGENWEB (website), Saratoga, New York.
  288. International Genealogical Index (IGI), New York, Dutchess County, John Furman, born: 1819; father: John Gazlay Furman; mother: Armenia Northrop.
  289. Find a Grave (website). Peterboro Cemetery, Peterboro, Madison County, New York; Furman, Melinda Margory: Melinda M. / Furman / Born / Dec. 9, 1820 / Died / July 21, 1904 [from gravestone]; the record provides an excerpt of her obituary which includes brief biographical details and indicates she was born in Peterboro and died in New York City.
  290. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Michigan, Muskegon County, Muskegon City, Enumeration District 73, Sheet No. 9A; family of Armenia Smith (52, New York, June 1847, widow, 3 children, 2 living); daughter Marjory Smith (16, Muskegon, May 1884); sister [sic, sister-in-law] Elizabeth Smith (63, Canada, Dec. 1836); aunt Melinda Furman (79, New York, Dec 1879 [sic, 1820; likely an enumerator error].
  291. International Genealogical Index (IGI), New York, Madison County, Peterboro, Sylvester Furman, born 1821; father: John Gazlay Furman; mother: Armenia Northrop.
  292. International Genealogical Index (IGI), New York, Madison County, Peterboro, Elizabeth Furman, born 1824; father: John Gazlay Furman; mother: Armenia Northrop.
  293. Find a Grave (website). Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onandaga County, New York, Furman, Robert: Robert Furman / Born / In Pleasant Valley / Dutchess Co. N.Y. / APril 30, 1797, / Came to Syracuse, / 1823, / Died May 5, 1864. [from Furman gravestone]; the record repeats these dates and provides the names of his two spouses and three children. The record also avers he died in Syracuse, but he actually died in New York City at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Jane and Charles Adams, as indicated in several other records.
  294. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Onondaga County, City of Syracuse, Page 521, family of Robert Furman (53, NY, P??); Masenda [?] Furman (50, NY); Ann Furman (28); Charles Furman (13); Moses Dickson (24, black); Chas. C. Adams (28, Massachu., teacher); Jane Adams (21); Robert Adams (2); Bartheen [?] Carners [?] (25, Canada).
  295. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Onondaga County, City of Syracuse, Page 48, family of Robert (age 63) and Marie B. Furman (age 41), with Robert M. Furman (age 2), Catherine Angle (age 45), and Margaret Connolly (age 19), servant.
  296. Obituary, New York Tribune, 6 May 1864, Robert Furman, age 67, died 5 May 1864 at the residence of his sons-in-law, Dr. J. P. Mann and Mr. C. E. Adams.
  297. Find a Grave (website). Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onandaga County, New York, Furman, Melinda B. Williams [sic, another source says Wilkins]: Melinda / Wife of / Robert Furman / Died / March 1, 1851 / Aged 50 Yrs [from gravestone]; Born: July 1800; Died 14 March 1851 [from record, which indicates her parents as J. & R. William].
  298. Email from Enid Mastrianni to Lee Gazlay, various dates in January, September, and December 2011, providing details primarily about Furman and Mann descendants.
  299. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Onondaga County, Onondaga, page no. 114, family of Maria B. Furman (age 54) with Robert M. Furman (age 12) and Ellen Dailey (age 16), domestic servant.
  300. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Onondaga County, Onondaga, Enumeration District 189, Page No. 3; family of Maria B. Furman (62, N.Y., widow); son Robert E. Furman (22, N.Y.).
  301. Find a Grave (website). Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onandaga County, New York, Furman, Maria B.Augh [sic, her last name was Angle]: Maria B. / Wife of / Robert Furman / Died / May 3, 1885 / Aged 65 Yrs. [from gravestone]. Born: 1818, Saratoga, Saratoga County, New York; Died: 3 May 1885, Syracuse, Onandago County, New York [from record, which also indicates that her parents were N & K Augh, actually Angle].
  302. Utica Morning Herald, Utica, New York. Available at fultonhistory.com. 23 October 1885, article regarding the surrogate’s decision on the contested will case of Maria B. Furman, second wife of Deacon Robert Furman. The article summarizes the elements of the will and transfers of property, and includes vital details of various family members.
  303. Find a Grave (website). Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onandaga County, New York, Furman, Robert: Robert / Son of / Robert & Maria B. / Furman / Died Aug. 23, 1882 / Aged 24 Yrs. [from gravestone]. Born: 4 March 1858; Died 23 August 1882 [from record].
  304. Deaths, The New York Daily Standard, Syracuse, New York, available at fultonhistory.com; 24 August 1882, death of Robert Furman on 23 August 1882 in Albany, New York. The article provides a detailed account of how Robert shot his mistress and then himself; his mistress was only wounded but he died of his injuries.
  305. Deaths, Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, New York, available at fultonhistory.com; 28 August 1882, article on the death of Robert Furman the previous week. The article provides a detailed account of his shooting his mistress and then himself, and indicates he was interred in Oakwood Cemetery [Syracuse, New York].
  306. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, New York County, New York, Third Ward, Page 8; family of Philip H. Furman (49, New York, merchant); Mary Furman (48, Massachusetts); Samuel H. Furman (25, New York, merchant); Charles E. Furman (18, New York, merchant); Howard C. Furman (8, New York); Johannah Donnavan (20, Ireland); Mary E. Nichols (21, Massachusetts); Elizabeth Cogswell (75, Massachusetts).
  307. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, New York County, New York City, 5th Ward, Page 183, family of Philip Furman (60, N York, manfr shirts); Mary Furman (60, N York); S. H. Furman [first initial uncertain] (33, N York); H. M. Norris [last name uncertain] (32, N York, clerk); C. E. Furman (27, N York); R. C. Furman (21, N York); H. C. Furman (19, N York); M. E. Nichols (25, Mass.); E. A. Furman (25, N York); E. A. Furman (5, N York); M. J. Furman (3, N York); Jacob Manus (35, N Jersey, clerk).
  308. American Ancestry, Volume VII, ALbany, N.Y.: Jole Munsell’s Sons, Publishers, 1892. Available at Google Books. Page 184, Furman, Charles Edwin. The entry provides details of his ancestors and some of their spouses for several generations back to the 1600s. Some dates and places vary in this source from other sources.
  309. Obituary, New York Herald, New York, 21 May 1878, Mary, widow of the late Philip H. Fuman died 20 May 1878, in the 80th year of her age.
  310. New York Marriages 1686-1980, available at familysearch.org. Philip Furman and Polly Cogswell, married on 20 February 1823 in First Presbyterian Church at Ballston, Ballston Center, Saratoga [County], New York.
  311. Italian Genealogical Group, New York Death Index, Furman, Charles E., 28 May 1879, Manhattan, age 49 years, Cert# 320046.
  312. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Orleans County, Town of Ridgeway, page 229, family of Charles E. Furman (49, clergyman); Harriette Furman (40); Abba C. Furman (18, NY); Harriette Furman (17, NY); Sarah E. Furman (15, NY); Charles Furman (11, NY); Robert (10, NY); Jane Crysler (9, Canada).
  313. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Monroe County, Rochester, Page No. 86, family of Martin Briggs (63, New York, safe maker); Sarah Briggs (35, New York); Marian A. Briggs (36, New York); Hamlet S. Briggs (20, New York, safe maker); Hamlet D. Scranton (65, New York, retired merchant); Charles E. Furman (68, New York, clergyman); Julia Bradley (30, Ireland, domestic servant); Mary Briggs (24, New York); Charles M. Briggs (2, New York); Martha Fredenberg (55, New York); Sarah Heal 23, England, domestic servant); Irma Sorantine [?] (45, New York).
  314. New York State Census, 1875, Monroe County, City of Rochester, Page No. 61, family of Martin Briggs (67, Otsego Co., NY, iron manu.); wife Sarah E. F. Briggs (40, Monroe Co., NY); daut Mareon A. Briggs (39, Monroe Co. NY); gd father [sic, father-in-law] Charles E. Furman (72, Saratoga Co., NY, widow, clergyman, Presby.); Mary Christ (25, Monroe Co., Ky, servant).
  315. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Monroe County, City of Rochester, Enumeration District 74, Page No. 27; family of Martin Briggs (72, New York, safe & railing man.); wife Sarah E. Briggs (45, New York); daughter Marion Briggs (44, New York); daughter Sarah F. Briggs (4, New York); father-in-law Charles E. Furman (78, New York, clergyman, has dropsy); servant Rhoda Ruffles (23, England); servant Hannah Shick (16, New York).
  316. History of the First Presbyterian Church of Victor, N.Y., 1888, pages 45-47, biographical sketch of Rev. Charles E. Furman, with details about various members of his family. Digitized copy available at Google books (website).
  317. Obituary, Utica Morning Herald and Daily Gazette, Utica, New York; available at www.fultonhistory.com; 12 June 1880, Rev. Charles E. Furman, D.D., died 10 June 1880 in Rochester. He has published two volumes of poetry.
  318. Find a Grave (website). Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California. Mary Wright French, born: 6 September 1803; died: 13 February 1887 [from record].
  319. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Erie County, Buffalo City, Page 219, family of Prosper French (52, New York, auctioneer); Mary French (47, New York); Edward French (19, New York, clerk); Mary H French (15, New York); Geo. French (12, New York); Phillip H. French (2, New York).
  320. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Erie County, Buffalo City, Page No. 113, family of E. J. French (28, New York, merchant); Abba E. F. French (28, New York); Edward French (2, New York); Harriet M. French (10/12, New York); Mary W. French (56, New York); Philip H. French (11, New York).
  321. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Erie County, Lancaster, Page No. 14, Edward J. French (38, New York, produce merch.); Abby E. French (38, New York); Abby Edwardine French (12, New York, female); Mary Harriet French (10, New York); Mary W. French (60, New York).
  322. New York State Census, 1875, Erie County, Lancaster, Page 3, family of E. F. French (43, Schenectady County); wife Abby E. French (43, Monroe County); daughter Daisie French (17, Erie County); daughter Hattie French (15, Erie County); mother Mary W. French (71, Duchess County); servant Carrie Sudell (18, Erie); brother Phillip French (27, Niagara County).
  323. Deaths, The Buffalo Courier, Buffalo, New York; 25 November 1856, Prosper French, died 24 November 1856 in Buffalo.
  324. Find a Grave (website). Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onandaga County, New York, Croly, Thomas; and Abigail Furman: Thomas Croly / Born / Dec. 22, 1807 / Died / Aug. 15, 1869 / Abigail Furman / Wife of / Thomas Croly / Born / Sep. 4, 1805 / Died Nov. 18, 1857 / Buried at Burnt Hills, NY [from gravestone]; the record provides the names of six of their children.
  325. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Saratoga County, Clifton Park, Page No. 518, family of Thomas Croly (45, Ireland, farmer); Abby Croly (45, New York); Emeline Croly (13, New York); Mary S. Croly (11, New York); Josephine E. Croly (9, New York); Robert T. Croly (7, New York); Augusta Croly (5, New York); Abby Croly (3, New York); Thomas S. Croly (1, New York); Henry Proter (56, New York); Eliza Firman (63, New York); Mary Rhyne (25, Ireland); John Wandell (60, New York, carpenter).
  326. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Saratoga County, Clifton Park, Page No. 42, family of Thomas Croly (55, Ireland); Elizabeth Croly (17, New York); Robert Croly (16, New York, work on farm); Augusta Croly (14, New York); Abby Croly (12, New York); Thomas Croly (11, New York); Eliza Furman (73, New York, boarding); Henry Porter (66, New York, boarding).
  327. Find a Grave (website). Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onandaga County, New York, Whalen, Emeline Croly: Emeline Croly / Whalen / 1836 - 1914 [from gravestone]; born: 4 December 1836, New York; died: 27 October 1914, DeWitt, Onandaga County, New York [from record].
  328. Find a Grave (website). Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onandaga County, New York, Croly, Robert F., and Elizabeth Gelston Croly: Robert F. Croly / son of / T. & A. F. Croly / Born / July 27, 1843 / Died / Nov. 4, 1866 / Elizabeth G. Croly / Daughter of / T. & A. F. Croly / Born June 21, 1841 / Died Sep. 18, 1872 [from gravestone];
  329. Find a Grave (website). Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onandaga County, New York, Croly, Abigail: Abigail Croly / 1847 - 1932 [from gravestone]; born: 10 September 1849, Massachusetts [sic, different year from the gravestone; birthplace is shown as New York in other records]; born: 9 May 1932, Syracuse, Onandaga County, New York [from record].
  330. New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962, Jonas Coe Heart [sic], born 12 August 1793; Christened 1 December 1793 in First Presbyterian Church, Troy, Rensselaer [County], New York; father: Philip Heart; mother: Diadama.
  331. Find a Grave (website). Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, Jonas C. Heartt, born: 17 August 1793 [sic, he was born on the 12th] in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York; died: 30 April 1874 in Manhattan, New York County, New York [from record, which provides brief biographical details and a link to his daughter Jane Lamberson Heartt Schell].
  332. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Rensselaer County, Troy, family of Jonas C. Heartt (57, NY, merchant); Catherine Heartt (57, NY); Charles S. Heartt (28, NY, merchant); Jonas S. Heartt (19, NY); Mary W. Heartt (30, NY); Hellen Berdick (19, NY); Ellen Fitzgerald (23, Ireland); Eliza Farrell (19, Ireland); Louisa Heartt (21, NY).
  333. New York State Census, 1855, Rensselaer County, Troy, Page 81, family of Jonas C. Heart (61, Ren. Co., merchant); wife Catherine Heart (61, Queen Co.); daughter Mary W. Heart (39, Ren. Co.); son Chas S. Heart (32, Ren. Co., widow, merchant); son Jonas H. Heart (23, Ren. Co.); father Philip Heart (86, Conn., widow); granddaughter Louisa P. Heart (3, Ren. Co.); plus five servants, all from Ireland).
  334. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Rensselaer County, Troy, Page No. 115 and 116, family of Jonas C. Heartt (64, New York, hard ware clerk); Catherine Heartt (64, New York); Charles Heartt (38, New York, hard ware clerk); Mary Heartt (40, New York); Louisa Heartt (8, New York), Mary Collins (36, Ireland, servant); Ann Redden (37, Ireland, servant); Margaret Curren (22, Ireland); Kate Daley (17, Ireland); Jane Dickson (26, Ireland); Jonas S. Heartt (28, New York); Edward H. Shell (11, New York).
  335. Obituary, The New York Times, 2 May 1874, Hon. Jonas C. Heartt, died 30 April 1874 in New York City. The article provides a brief biography, and also mentions his son Charles died 4 March.
  336. Biographical Record of the Officers and Graduates of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1824-1886. Edited by Henry B. Nason. Troy, N.Y., William H. Young, 1887. Available at Google Books. Biographical Sketch of Hon. Jonas Coe Heartt.
  337. Cemetery Record, Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. Available at Rootsweb. Catharine Heartt, died 28 December 1869 in Troy, N.Y., age 76y 4mo 20d [calculated birth date: 8 August 1793]; father: David Lamberson; mother: Sarah Lamberson.
  338. Manley and Manly of Devon and Somerset & Associated trees, Rootsweb; page for Jonas Coe Heartt, providing vital details and a biography.
  339. Deaths, The World, New York, available at www.fultonhistory.com, Heartt--At Troy, N.Y., on the morning of Tuesday, 28th December, Catherine Lamberson, wife of Jonas C. Heartt, in the 77th year of her age.
  340. History of Rensselaer County, New York, by Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester. 1880. Biographical sketch of Jonas Coe Heartt.
  341. New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962, Mary Wright Heartt, born: 12 September 1815; Christened: 23 January 1821 in First Presbyterian Church, Troy, Rensselaer [County], New York; father: Jonas C. Heart; mother: Catherine.
  342. Find a Grave (website). Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, Mary Heartt Wright [sic, her name is Mary Wright Heartt], born: 12 September 1815; died: 12 March 1894 (from record, which provides the names and links for her parents and seven siblings).
  343. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, New York County, New York City, Enumeration District 772, Page No. 20, family of Edward Schell (60, NY, bank pres.); son Edward H. Schell (30, NY, law); daughter Mary E. Schell (22, NY); sist. in law Mary Hart (59, NY); servant Jane Curran (36, Ireland, waitress); servant Mary Grey (23, Ireland, cook); servant Annie Delany (22, Ireland, semptress [i.e., seamstress]).
  344. Obituary, New York Herald, New York, 13 March 1894, Mary W. Heartt, died 12 March 1894, in New York City, at the residence of her nephew, Edward Heartt Schell, in her 79th year. Daughter of the late Jonas C. Heartt of Troy, N.Y.
  345. Find a Grave (website). Prospect Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens County, New York; Charles Henry Heartt: Charles Henry / son of / Jonas and Catherine / Heartt / died September 27, 1819 / age 1 year 6 months / 24 days [from gravestone].
  346. New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962, Sarah Lamberson Heartt, born: 14 August 1819; Christened: 23 January 1821 in First Presbyterian Church, Troy, Rensselaer [County], New York father: Jonas C. Heartt; mother: Catherine.
  347. Find a Grave (website). Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, Sarah Lamberson Heartt, born: 14 August 1819; died: 28 September 1822 (from record, which provides the names and links for her parents and seven siblings).
  348. Find a Grave (website). Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, Philip Henry Heartt, born: 26 October 1824; died: 26 January 1838 (from record, which provides the names and links for his parents and seven siblings).
  349. Find a Grave (website). Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, Sarah Deidaima Heartt, born: 28 September 1827; died: 16 October 1829 (from record, which provides the names and links for her parents and seven siblings).
  350. Find a Grave (website). Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, Catharine Mary Heartt, born: 8 March 1830; died: 10 October 1830 (from record, which provides the names and links for her parents and seven siblings).
  351. New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962, Christopher Heartt, born: 24 October 1795; Christened: 27 March 1796 in First Presbyterian Church, Troy, Rensselaer [County], New York; father: Philip Heartt; mother: Diadama.
  352. Find a Grave (website). Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama, Christopher Heartt: In / Memory Of / Christopher Heartt / born in New York / in 1795. and died in / Mobile July 14, 1855, / age 60. [from gravestone].
  353. New York Deaths and Burials, 1795-1952; Cornelia Heartt, died: 2 December 1870 in New York (City), New York; age: 72; burial place: Tarrytown, N.Y.
  354. Find a Grave (website). Saint Johns Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery, Upper Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York, Cornelia Lyle Heartt, died: 2 December 1870 [from record, which incorrectly states she is the son of Christopher; he was actually her husband].
  355. Deaths, New York Herald, available at www.fultonhistory.com, 4 December 1870: Heartt--In this city, on Friday, December 2, Cornelia, relict of Christopher Heartt and daughter of the late Henry Lyle, of Dutchess County, N.Y.
  356. Deaths, Brooklyn Daily Eagle (available at fultonhistory.com); 28 February 1913, Entered into rest on Wednesday, February 26, 1913, Fannie E., daughter of the late Christopher and Cornelia Heartt, of Red Hook, Dutchess County, N.Y. Interment in Red Hook.
  357. New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962, Ann Eliza Heartt, born: 26 December 1979; Christened: 9 May 1798 in First Presbyterian Church, Troy, Rensselaer [County], New York; father: Philip Heartt; mother: Diadama.
  358. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Rensselaer County, Troy, family of Philip Heartt (81, N.Y.); Diadama Heartt (85, N.Y.); Ann E. Van Brackle (52, N.Y.); Mary Bishop (48, N.Y.); Bridget Gorven (21, Ireland); Rose Conaly (18, Ireland); Charles H. Van Brackle (13, N.Y.).
  359. A History of the Moravian Seminary for Young Ladies, at Bethlehem, PA, with a Catalogue of Pupils, 1785-1870, by William C. Reichel and Wm. H. Bigler. Fourth Edition, Bethlehem, PA. Published for the Seminary, 1901. Page 372, Pupils in 1810. Available at Google Books. Heartt, Ann Eliza, d. of Philip Heartt, b. Dec. 24, 1797, Troy, N.Y., m. 1815, James Vanbrakle. d. Dec. 1855.
  360. Connors Genealogy. Troy, Rensselaer County, Cemetery Inscriptions, Oakwood Cemetery, James Van Brakle of St Croix, West Indies / d. Mar 3, 1839 in 46th yr of his age; on back: James d. July 27, 1819 aged ... yrs ... mos 15 days / Adelaid d. May 12, 1821 aged 9 mos 26 days / Mary Ann d. July 3, 1822 aged 7 mos 18 days / James Henry d. July 25 (no year) aged 2 mos 21 days / Infant children of James & Ann Eliza Van Brakle.
  361. New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962, Albert Heartt, Christened: 17 May 1801 in First Presbyterian Church, Troy, Rensselaer [County], New York; father: Philip Heartt; mother: Diadama.
  362. Abstract of Wills, Rensselaer County, New York, Volume III, transcribed by Coralynn Brown. Available at dunhamwilcox.net. Albert P. Heartt, Troy. Wife: Emily; daughter: Emile Fitch Heartt. Dates: 25 April 1849 [probably the filing date, not the death date], Probate 12 May 1849. Volume 37, Page 556.
  363. Cemetery Record, Old Mount Ida Cemetery (also known as the Old Troy Burying Ground), Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. Available at USGenWebProject. Heartt, Susan C., wife of Albert P. Heartt; died: 29 November 1825, age 23 years.
  364. Landmarks of Rensselaer County, New York, by George Baker Anderson. Syracuse, N.Y., D. Mason & Company, Publishers. 1897. Available at Google Books. Biographical sketch of Gerrit Shaick Quackenbush, who married Hanna A. Bayeux, and mentions Hanna’s sister Susan Bayeux as the first wife of Albert Heartt, brother of Jonas C. Heartt. Also indicates that Susan died at age twenty-five.
  365. Find a Grave (website). Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, Emily Fitch Heartt: Emily Fitch Heartt, / wife of / Albert P. Heartt / born / November 28, 1807 / died / May 31, 1874 [from gravestone].
  366. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Rensselaer County, Troy, family of Richard H. Fitch (79, Conn.); Theodosia Fitch (74, NY); Emily Heartt (42, NY); Emily F. Heartt (21, NY); Joanna English (20, Ireland); Margaret Dillon (17, Ireland); RIchard Thompson (13, NY).
  367. Norwalk, by Rev. Charles M. Selleck, A.M. Norwalk, Conn.: Published by the Author, 1896. Available at Google Books. Page 141, footnote 3, providing vital and biographical details of Capt. Richard Hall Fitch, his wife and children, including their second daughter Emily, who married as his second wife Albert F. Heartt. The entry also mentions that Albert and Emily had one daughter who died unmarried at age twenty-three.
  368. Find a Grave (website). Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, Albert P. Heartt, born: 1801; died: 27 April 1849 (from record, which provides the names and links for his two wives).
  369. Find a Grave (website). Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, Emily Fitch Heartt, born: unknown; died: 17 June 1852 (from record, which indicates the inscription Daughter of Albert P. and Emma F. Heartt, aged 23 years).
  370. New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962, Philip Titus Heartt, born: 20 March 1806; Christened 2 August 1806 in First Presbyterian Church, Troy, Rensselaer [County], New York; father: Philip Heartt; mother: Diadama.
  371. Find a Grave (website). Bloomfield Cemetery, Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey, Philip T. Heartt and Sarah J. Heartt: Philip T. Heartt / born March 20, 1807 / died Oct. 13, 1887 / Sarah J. Heartt / born Dec. 12, 1816 / died Jan. 21, 1866 [from gravestone, which include this inscription: The souls of the faithful are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them.] [The birth year for Philip is a year later than that shown in the NY birth records, which are considered more accurate.]
  372. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Rensselaer County, Troy, page 339, family of Philip T. Heartt (43, NY, merchant); Sarah Heartt (33, NY); Mary P. Heartt (10, NY); Job P. Heartt (5, NY); Maria L. Heartt (2, NY); Maria B. Heartt (47, NY); Ellen Hewett (55, Ireland); Margaret Mortel (26, Ireland); Margaret Clarkin (22, Ireland).
  373. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Richmond County, Town of Smithfield, Page 84, family of Philip Heartt (50, NY, importer); Sarah Heartt (43, NY); Mary Heartt (20, NY); Pierson Heartt (15, NY); Louise Heartt (12, NY); Clara Heartt (7, NY); Diaden Heartt (7, NY); Oscar Heartt (4, Scotland); John Heartt (1, Wirtemberg); Maria Heartt (52, NY); Auralie Spaan (21, France, governess); Elizabeth Carroll (30, Ireland, cook); Mary Smith (22, Ireland, servant).
  374. Obituary, Troy Daily Times, Troy, New York. Available at www.fultonhistory.com. 15 October 1887, Philip Titus Heartt. The article provides brief biographical details.
  375. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, compiled under the editorial supervision of William Richard Cutter, A. M., Volume III. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1914. Available at Google Books. Page 1208, family record of Job Pierson and his wife Clarissa Taintor Bulkley, providing vital and biographical details for them and their descendants.
  376. Deaths, The New York Times, available at www.fultonhistory.com, 23 January 1866, At Bloomfield, N.J., on Sunday, Jan. 21, Sarah J., wife of Philip T. Heartt, and the daughter of the late Hon. Job Pierson, of Troy, N.Y.
  377. Find a Grave (website). Bloomfield Cemetery, Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey, Mary P. Heartt: Mary P. Heartt / 1840 - 1934 [from gravestone, which is associated with that of her parents, Philip T. and Sarah J. Heartt].
  378. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New Jersey, Essex County, Bloomfield, Enumeration District 92, Page No. 9A, family of John S. Jarvie (32, England, stock _ treasury broker); wife Louise Jarvie (28, N. York); son John S. Jarvie, Jr. (6, N. Jersey); sister-in-law Mary Heartt (33, New York); brother-in-law Oscar W. Heartt (22, Scotland, bank clerk); servant Hannah Kennedy (30, Ireland, servant).
  379. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New Jersey, Essex County, Glen Ridge Borough, Enumeration District 213, Sheet No. 8A, family of John S. Jarvie (53, England, Sept 1846); wife of 27 years Marie L. Jarvie (47, New York, June 1852, 2 children, 2 living); son John S. Jarvie Jr. (25, June 1874, clerk, banking); son Albert L. Jarvie (18, New Jersey, Jan 1882, clerk, life ins. co.); b-in-law Oscar W. Heartt (37, New York, May 1863, clerk, banking); s-in-law Mary T. Heartt (50, New York, Apr 1850). [Most of these birth years are off by several years compared to other records. For example, Marie L. (Heartt) Jarvie appears in the 1850 census, age 2.]
  380. New Jersey State Census, 1905, Essex County, Glen Ridge, Sheet No. 5A, John S. Jarvie [indexed as Jarvis], 57, England, Sept. 1847, clerk; Marie L. Jarvie, 56, New York, June 1848; John S. Jarvie, Jr., 30, New Jersey, June 1874, clerk; Mary P. Heartt, 59, New York, Oct. 1845.
  381. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, New Jersey, Essex County, Glen Ridge, Enumeration District 180, Sheet No. 16A, family of John S. Jarvie (60, England); wife of 32 years Luisa L. Jarvie (57, New York, 2 children, 2 living); son John S. Jarvie, Jr. (30, New Jersey, artist, sign painter); son Albert L. Jarvie (28, New Jersey, salesman, milk route); sister-in-law Mary P. Heartt (62, New Jersey).
  382. New Jersey State Census, 1915, Essex County, Glen Ridge, 3rd Enumeration District, Sheet No. 5A, Mary L. Jarvie, 66, New York, June 1848, widow, retired; John S. Jarvie, 38, New Jersey, June 1876, single, retired; Mary P. Heartt, 74, New York, Oct. 1840, single, retired.
  383. Deaths, Daily Whig, Troy, New York. Available at www.fultonhistory.com. On Thursday, the 22d inst., Philip Henry, son of Philip T. Heartt, age 6 years 8 months. Funeral tomorrow at 3 P.M., from No. 8 Washington Place.
  384. Deaths, The New York Times, available at www.fultonhistory.com, 30 August 1902: Heart - Entered into rest at Glen Ridge, N.J., Aug. 27, Oscar W. Heartt, son of the late Philip T. Heartt.
  385. Find a Grave (website). Bloomfield Cemetery, Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey, Oscar W. Heartt: Oscar W. Heart / 1856 - 1902 [from gravestone].
  386. Obituary, The New York Times, Oscar Winship Heartt, died 29 August 1902 [sic, he died on the 27th according to other records]. The article provides brief biographical details.
  387. Deaths, Troy Irish Genealogy Society (website: tigs.kamdesigns.com), Troy Newspaper Project, The Troy Daily Whig, Death Records, 1859-1868, 7 September 1861, John B. P. Heartt, child, died 4 September 1861.
  388. Find a Grave (website). Marshall Ground, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York; Gazlay, Stephen; died 23 Dec. 1837, age 48-8-4. His birth date calculated from his death date and age is 19 Apr. 1788.
  389. The Past and Present of Shiawassee County, Michigan. The Michigan Historical Publishing Association, Lansing, Michigan. 1906? Available at University of Michigan Library online (quod.lib.umich.edu). Page 540-542, biographical sketch of Ellison T. Wilbur. The sketch includes vital and biographical details, and the names of various relatives, including his parents, Richard E. Wilbur and Ann Elizabeth Gazley.
  390. Find a Grave (website). Lake View Cemetery, Pultneyville, Wayne County, New York, Ann Harris Gazlay, born: 8 January 1798 in Clinton County, New York; died: 30 September 1876 in Pultneyville, Wayne County, New York (from record, which includes a note naming her children with their birth and death dates, and provides the names and links for her husband and one child).
  391. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Livingston County, Town of Avon, Page No. 56, family of Richard H. Wilber (30, N.Y., fisherman); Mary J. Wilber (30, N.Y.); Mary C. Wilber (6, N.Y.); Ann E. Wilber (4, N.Y.); Eugenia Wilber (2, N.Y.); Ann Gazley (50, N.Y.).
  392. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Wayne County, Ontario, Page No. 24, family of Richard E. Wilber (33, New York, farmer); Ann E. Wilber (30, New York); Elison Wilber (8, New York); Ann Gasley (63, New York); Fredrick Chapman (42, New York, farm laborer).
  393. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Wayne County, Williamson, Page No. 27, family of Ann Gazlay (72, New York); Armine Gazlay (16, New York, sailor); Ann E. Gazlay (14, New York); Ellen Gazlay (13, New York).
  394. Notices of Marriages and Deaths, About 4000 in Number, Published in Newspapers. Printed at Poughkeepsie, New York. 1778-1825. Compiled and Edited by Helen Wilkinson Reynolds. Collections of The Dutchess County Historical Society, Volume IV. Page 46: P. J. [Poughkeepsie Journal], Wed. Jan. 21, 1818. On January 20th, Mr. Stephen Gazlay and Miss Ann Harris, both of Clinton.
  395. New York Marriages 1686-1980, available at familysearch.org. Frederic Ham, age 19; Eliza Gazely, age 17; married on 21 January 1818 in New Hamburg, Dutchess County, New York.
  396. 10,000 Vital Records of Eastern New York, 1777-1834, by Fred Q. Bowman, 1989. Page 110 No. 3828, Ham, Frederick, Jr., married on 21 January 1818 to Eliza Ann Gazlay, daughter of Joseph, all of Clinton [New York].
  397. Find a Grave (website). Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, George W. Gazley, born: 1804; died: 1861 (from record, which indicates his burial plot is with George H. Gazley).
  398. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Wayne County, Williamson, Page 274, George W. Gazelly, 45, New York, shoemaker; Hariet Gazelly, 38, New York; George Gazelly, 22, New York, shoemaker; Charles Pepper, 19, New York, shoemaker; Frederick Thurstin, 54, New York, shoemaker; Margaret Combern, 20, Michigan.
  399. California State Census, 1852, Placer County, Image 130 of 886, G. W. Gasley, 47, NY; G. H. [or N.] Gazley, 25, NY.
  400. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, California, Placer County, City of Auburn, Page No. 6, George H. Gasley, 32, N.Y., hotell keeper; Henrietta Gasley, 24, N.Y.; George W. Gasley, 55, N.Y., hotell keeper; Hariet E. Gasley, 47, N.Y.; plus several dozen hotel employees, shop keepers, etc.
  401. Daughters of the American Revolution, California State Society, La Puerta de Oro Chapter, San Francisco, California, Vital records from the Daily Evening Bulletin, San Francisco, California, Page 288, 3 October 1861, Deaths: In San Jose, Sept. 26, 1861, George W. Gazley.
  402. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Oregon, Clackamas County, Oregon City, Page No. 9, Harriett Gazaly, 60, New York.
  403. Landmarks of Wayne County, New York, Edited by Hon. George W. Cowles of Clyde, N.Y. Syracuse, N.Y. D. Mason & Co., Publishers. 1895. (Available at archive.org). Page 184.
  404. The Placer Herald, Auburn, Placer County, California, available at Chronicling America (chroniclingamerica.loc.com), 6 September 1856, advertisement for a Cotillion Party at the American Hotel and Golden Gate Saloon, Geo. W. Gazley, proprietor.
  405. The Placer Herald, Auburn, Placer County, California, available at Chronicling America (chroniclingamerica.loc.com), 11 September 1858. Ball at the Junction House, Mr. G. W. Gazley, proprietor.
  406. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Dutchess County, Clinton, Page No. 289, family of Ellathan Gaysley [sic] (42, NY, farmer); Sara Gaysley (38, NY); George H. Gaysley (16, NY, farmer); Alonzo Gaysly (13, NY); Orlando Gaysley (6, NY); John Ward (30, Ireland, farmer); Jane Carpenter (19, NY); Joanna Handley (19, NY).
  407. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Dutchess County, Clinton, Page No. 951, family of Ellnathan Gazely (52, New York, farmer); S. B. Gazely (48, New York); A. Gazely (24, New York, farmer); O. Gazely (16, New York); E. A. Gazely (7, New York).
  408. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Dutchess County, Clinton, Page No. 2, family of Elifert [sic] Gazeley (61, NY, farmer); Sarah Gazeley (57, NY); Emma Gazeley (17, NY); William Still (21, NY laborer); Etta Ryan (19, domestic).
  409. New York State Census, 1875, Dutchess County, Clinton, First Election District, page 5, family of Elathan [sic] Gazley (66, Dutchess [County], farmer); wife Sarah B. Gazley (63, Dutchess); son Orlando Gazley (31, Dutchess, farmer); wife Phebe Gazley (30, Dutchess); son Elathan [sic] Gazley (10, Dutchess); son George Gazley (6, Dutchess); sister [of Orlando] Emily Gazley (22, Dutchess); hired [hand] John Dixon (21, Sulivan [sic, Sullivan] farm laborer).
  410. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Dutchess County, Clinton, Enumeration District 31, Page No. 33, family of Ellnathan Gasley (71, New York, farmer); wife Sarah Gasley (68, New York); daughter Emily Gasley (27, New York); grandson Ella Gasley (15, New York) [he is believed to be Elnathan, the son of Orlando and Phebe Gazley]; servant Luis Germand (24, New York, farm laborer); servant Fannie Butler (22, New York, servant); servant Mary Esomber (19, New York, servant).
  411. History of Duchess County New York 1683-1882, by James H. Smith; Published by D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, N.Y. 1882. Available at Internet Archive, www.archive.org. The back of the book provides a list of “Names of Citizens who assisted and contributed toward the publication of the History of Duchess County, with Personal Statistics.” This section includes, for the town of Clinton, “Gazley Elnathan, p o Pleasant Plains, farmer and drover, 112 acres, born in Pleasant Valley in 1808, settled in the town in 1835, has been supervisor; wife Sarah B. Wilbur of Hyde Park, married Dec. 25, 1835; children four - George Henry, Alonzo, Orlando and Emily; Father Joseph Gazley of this town.”
  412. Find a Grave (website). Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Dutchess County, New York, Gazley, Elnathan; Elnathan Gazley / Died Oct. 30, 1887 / Aged 73 Yrs. 8 Mos. / Sarah B. Wilbur / His Wife / Died July 16, 1892 / Aged 80 Yrs. 3 Mos. [from headstone].
  413. New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956, available at familysearch.org. 1887, Elnathan M. Gazley, died 30 October 1887 in Clinton, New York.
  414. New York State Census, 1892, Dutchess County, Clinton, Page 2, Emily A. Gazlay (40, United States, farmer); Charles Laque (22, United States); Sarah B. Gazlay (80, United States); Sextus E. Landon (35, United States, Farmer). Family groupings are not evident in this census; these names are shown consecutively in the census but may not live in the same household.
  415. The Wildbores in America: A Family Tree, by John Reid Wilbor. Baltimore, Md., Press of G. W. King Print Co. 1933. Available at Heritage Quest (website).
  416. Obituary, Poughkeepsie News-Press, Poughkeepsie, New York, 22 July 1892, Sarah Wilber Gazely, widow of Elnathan Gazely, died on 17 July 1892 in Clinton, New York. The article provides brief biographical details and the names of four of her children.
  417. Notice of Probate, Albany, NY, Evening Journal, available at fultonhistory.com; c. April 1842, Ann Gazlay, deceased. The notice, first and foremost, is directed “especially to John Gazlay, of Pennsylvania, heir &c to Ann Gazlay, deceased...late of the town of Pleasant Valley, in the county of Dutchess.” Executors named are Ellathan [sic, Elnathan] Gazlay and Mary Griffen.
  418. Find a Grave (website). Douglass Cemetery, Douglass, Butler County, Kansas, Mary Griffen, born: 1814; died: 1895 (from record, which provides the name and link for her [second] husband). She shares her gravestone with her husband Henry M. Griffen, and her son-in-law, Dr. William Craggs Munroe (husband of Mary’s daughter Henrietta B. Griffen).
  419. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Wayne County, Williamson, Pages 303-304, family of Henry M. Griffin (32, NY, farmer); Mary Griffin (36, NY); Catharine M. Griffin (18, NY); Henrietta Griffin (6, NY); Wm. Gazelly (29, NY, farmer).
  420. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Wayne County, Town of Williamson, Page No. 31, Henry M. Griffin, 42, N.Y., tin smith; Mary Griffin, 46, N.Y.; Henrietta Griffin, 16, N.Y. Living next door is Henry and Mary’s daughter Catharine, her husband and child, living with their in-laws: John Reynolds, 56, N.Y., merchant; Mary P. Reynolds, 54, Conn.; John N. Reynolds, 31, N.Y., merchant; Catharine M. Reynolds, 27, N.Y.; Chas. H. Reynolds, 2, N.Y.
  421. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Wayne County, Williamson, Page No. 25, Henry Griffin, 52, New York, hardware merchant; Mary Griffin, 56, New York; Henrietta Griffin, 25, New York; William Munrow, 29, England, physician; Maggie Salter, 20, Holland, domestic servant. Living next door is Mary’s (deceased) daughter Catharine’s in-laws and her son Charles: John Reynolds, 66, New York, drygoods mcht; Mary Reynolds, 63, Connecticut; Maria Dunning, 17, New York, domestic servant; Mary Farwell, 50, New York, retired; Charles H. Reynolds, 12, New York.
  422. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Wayne County, Pultneyville, E.D. 193, Page No. 3C, Henry M. Griffin, 62, New York, hardware merchant; wife Mary Griffin, 66, New York; border David Lacy, 57, New York, tinsmith; servant Maggie Salter, 28, Holland, domestic servant; grand-son Franke Reynolds, 13, New York.
  423. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Monroe County, City of Rochester, E.D. 10, Page No. 17A, Wm. C. Munroe, 39, England, physician, surgeon; wife Henrietta B. Munroe, 35, N.Y.; son W H C G Munroe, 8, N.Y.; son Glen H. Munroe, 3, N.Y.; mother-in-law Mary Griffin, 66, N.Y.; plus 3 borders.
  424. Kansas State Census, 1895, Butler County, Douglass Township, Page No. 11, H. M. Griffin, 77, New York, farmer; wife Mary Griffin, 81, New York; Monroe Glenn [sic, Glenn Monroe], 18, New York.
  425. Obituary, Douglass Tribune, Douglass, Kansas (available at: kansashistoricalopencontent.newspapers.com), 22 November 1895, Mrs. H. M. Griffin (Mary Gazlay), died: 16 November 1895. The article provides vital and biographical details, including the names of her two husbands and three daughters.
  426. Find a Grave (website). Marshall Ground, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York; Griffin, Alonzo D., d. 1841, Oct. 13, a. 31-11-4. Birth date estimated from death date and age is 9 November 1809.
  427. Find a Grave (website). Douglass Cemetery, Douglass, Butler County, Kansas, Henry M. Griffen, born: 1818; died: 1901 (from record, which provides the name and link for his wife). Henry shares his gravestone with his wife and son-in-law (husband of his daughter Henrietta).
  428. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Kansas, Butler County, Douglass, E.D. 8, Sheet No. 9A, Henry M. Griffin, 82, New York, Feb. 1818, widow, farmer; daughter Henrietta B. Snell, 55, New York, July 1844, 2 children, 2 living, Divorced, music teacher; step son [sic] Glen C. Monroe, 23, New York, May 1877, farm laborer; d-in-law and wife of 2 years Frances R. Monroe, 20, Kansas, June 1879, no children.
  429. genealogytrails.com, Kansas Trails, Butler County, Wills, 1869-1901, for Surnames Starting with “G”, Griffen, Harold M., died: 3 September 1901; will dated: 13 February 1890; wife: Mary Griffen; daughter: Henrietta B. Snell; others: William H. Munroe, G. C. Munroe, and Glen Harold Munroe.
  430. Find a Grave (website). Marshall Ground, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York; Griffin, Emma, dau. of Alonzo D. & Mary, d. 1845, July 20, a. 9-2-7. Birth date calculated from death date and age is 13 May 1836.