Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - _____ Gazlay


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 _____ Gazlay and one of his descendants down to the second generation.


First and Second Generations
1. _____ Gazlay,1 born ____, the son of Jonathan Gazlay and Karenda Carter Mr. Gazlay married Elizabeth _____ (born ca. 1801 in Orange County, New York, parents not determined1, 2).

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 1852.3

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).


Child of _____ Gazlay and Elizabeth _____:

 2i. Jonathan Gazlay, born ca. 1824 in Orange County, New York.1, 2

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Genealogy of the Gazlay Family, collated by Theodore Gazlay, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1890; unpublished. Transcription available at Gazlay Family History (website).