Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - John Severence


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



First Generation
1. John Severence,1 born ca. 1792 in Massachusetts (parents not determined);1 died 15 June 1869 in Truxton, Courtland County, New York.2 John married, 28 August 1858, Esther Gazlay2 (born 4 April 1814 in New York, the daughter of Daniel Gazlay and Susannah Leavenworth;1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Esther died 18735).

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Cortland County, Truxton, Page No. 86, family of John Severance (68, Mass.); Esther Severance (46, N.Y.); Octava Severance (27, N.Y.); Emma A. Whitmarsh (19, N.Y.); Mary L. Whitmarsh (16, N.Y.).
  2. 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).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Cortland County, Truxton, family of Louisa Pope (56, Ct.); Esther Whitmarsh (36, N.Y.); Emma Whitmarsh (9, N.Y.); Mary Whitmarsh (6, N.Y.); Sarah Barnard (11, N.Y.); George Porter (26, N.Y., laborer).
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Cortland County, Cuyler, Page No. 14, family of Esther Severence (56, New York); Mary L. Severence (26, New York, teacher); Louisa Pope (77, Conn.); Nellie Mallary (5, New York).
  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 Unpublished, 29 pages.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.