Gazlay Family History
John Gazlay
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
John Gazlay3 (John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
John Gazlay3 (John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | John Gazlay (9 July 1722 - 9 August 1811) |
| Mother | Anna Ward (9 November 1725 - 5 October 1798) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 23 November 2009; Last Edited: 20 November 2021 |
| Person ID | 245 |
| Name | John Gazlay |
| Gender | Male |
| 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.)1, 2, 3 |
| Married | ca. 1772 to Sarah Furman1, 4 |
| Died | 26 February 18132 |
| Buried | in Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York: His is the oldest stone in the Gazlay Cemetery.5 |
Biography
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.2
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Sarah Furman |
| Born | ca. 1754 |
| Married | ca. 1772 to John Gazlay |
| Died | 7 June 1821 |
| Children | of John Gazlay and Sarah Furman: |
| +1. | Aaron Gazlay |
| Born | 16 May 1773 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York |
| Married | 11 January 1797 in Yorktown, Westchester County, New York to Abigail Sutton |
| Died | 29 September 1830 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York |
| +2. | Anne Gazlay |
| Born | 27 January 1776 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York |
| Married | 11 January 1796 in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York to Henry Spencer |
| Died | 24 February 1813 |
| +3. | Daniel Gazlay |
| Born | 8 May 1778 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York |
| Married | 20 March 1802 in Deerfield, New York to Susannah Leavenworth |
| Died | 6 May 1847 in Town of Maine, Cook County, Illinois |
| +4. | Alexander Gazlay |
| Born | 29 September 1780 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York |
| Married | 8 September 1805 in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York to Susannah Sutton |
| Died | 5 August 1834 in New Berlin, Chenango County, New York |
| +5. | Elizabeth Gazlay |
| Born | 7 October 1783 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York |
| Married | to Royal Hubby |
| Died | 28 March 1869 |
| 6. | Denton Gazlay |
| Born | 4 April 1786 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York |
| Died | 21 February 1859 in South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York |
| +7. | John Furman Gazlay |
| Born | 23 February 1788 in Clinton, Dutchess County, New York |
| Married | 17 August 1811 in Glens Falls, Warren County, New York to Polly Haight |
| Died | 31 December 1875 in Evans, Erie County, New York |
| +8. | Joseph Gazlay |
| Born | 25 March 1790 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York |
| Married | ca. 1814 to Martha _____ |
| Died | 19 November 1870 |
| 9. | Benjamin Gazlay |
| Born | 23 November 1793 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York |
| Died | 4 November 1826 |
| +10. | Jacob Gazlay |
| Born | 25 March 1795 in Dutchess County, New York |
| Married | 20 March 1816 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York to Mary Champion |
| Died | 19 August 1869 in South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York |
| 11. | Henry ‘Harry’ Gazlay |
| Born | 22 July 1798 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York |
| Died | 22 December 1826 |
Sources
- Genealogy of the Gazlay Family, collated by Theodore Gazlay, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1890; unpublished. Transcription available at Gazlay Family History (website).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.