Gazlay Family History
Esther Mehitable ‘Hetty’ Purdy
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Esther Mehitable ‘Hetty’ Purdy5 (Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Esther Mehitable ‘Hetty’ Purdy5 (Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Francis Purdy (ca. 1759 - 28 November 1842) |
| Mother | Anna Nancy Forman (February 1764 - 28 May 1833) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 14 November 2010; Last Edited: 13 April 2014 |
| Person ID | 1723 |
| Name | Esther Mehitable ‘Hetty’ Purdy |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 13 May 17961, 2 |
| Baptized | 29 January 1797 in Dutch Reformed Church, Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York1 |
| Married | to Stephen Duryea Van Wyck2 |
| Died | 7 November 18352, 3 |
| Buried | in Van Wyck Cemetery and Vault, Hopewell Junction, Dutchess County, New York3 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Stephen Duryea Van Wyck (son of Cornelius R. Van Wyck and Magdalena Montfort) |
| Born | 3 March 1795 in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York |
| Married | to Esther Mehitable ‘Hetty’ Purdy |
| Died | 3 June 1879 |
| Children | of Esther Mehitable ‘Hetty’ Purdy and Stephen Duryea Van Wyck: |
| +1. | Cornelius Stephen Van Wyck |
| Born | 9 March 1821 in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York |
| Married | 14 October 1846 to Phoebe Van Wyck |
| Married | 12 December 1883 in Benton, Yates County, New York to Helen Josephine Barden |
| Died | 18 June 1895 in Earl, Yates County, New York |
| 2. | Francis Purdy Van Wyck |
| Born | 15 June 1823 |
| Married | to Sarah ‘Susannah’ Sands |
| Died | 24 September 1880 in Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos |
| +3. | Jane Ann Van Wyck |
| Born | 5 May 1825 in Hopewell Junction, Dutchess County, New York |
| Married | 2 February 1853 to David G. Heacock |
| Died | 12 August 1898 in Caroga, Fulton County, New York |
| 4. | John Peter Van Wyck |
| Born | 12 June 1827 |
| Died | 4 July 1859 in Rockaway Beach, Long Island, Queens County, New York |
| 5. | Helen M. Van Wyck |
| Born | 18 March 1832 in New York |
| Died | 6 July 1883 |
| +6. | Tunis Brinkerhoff Van Wyck |
| Born | 9 August 1834 in Dutchess County, New York |
| Married | 1 June 1869 to Virginia A. Woodworth |
| Married | 1 September 1886 to Catherine Clemens |
| Died | 20 July 1916 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois |
Sources
- 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).
- Genealogy, Descendants of Wolphert Gerretse Van Kouwenhoven, compiled by David Kipp Conver. Website contains a large number of people, dates and events, but very few sources are cited except census records.
- Dutchess County, New York, Cemeteries, Vol. Five, #110, Hopewell Junction, Dutchess County, New York, Van Wyck Cemetery and Vault, 1791-1880. Page 18.