Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyWilliam C. Gazlay

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
William C. Gazlay4 (Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherJonathan Gazlay (17 August 1760 - 7 September 1835)
MotherKarenda Carter ( - )

Personal Information

Record Created: 18 October 2011; Last Edited: 20 November 2021 
Person ID3036
NameWilliam C. Gazlay
GenderMale
Born ca. 1781 in New York1, 2
Married 13 September 1806 in New Hartford, Oneida County, New York to Patty Dickinson3
Married to Betsey Phy (née Plank)
Died 27 September 1858 in Gaines, Genesee County, Michigan4

Biography

William was listed among the original members of the Onondaga Hollow Religious Society (Presbyterian), Onondaga, New York, formed in 1809.5

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyPatty Dickinson
Born
Married 13 September 1806 in New Hartford, Oneida County, New York to William C. Gazlay
  
Children of William C. Gazlay and Patty Dickinson:
  
+1.FamilyMiles Gazlay
Born 20 October 1807 in Onondaga Hollow, Onondaga County, New York
Married 1829 in Manchester, Ontario County, New York to Elizabeth Maria ‘Betsey’ Harmon
Married 1 March 1858 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan to Ruth Conklin (née Pettengill)
Died 7 June 1862 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan
  
+2.FamilyLucy Ann Gazlay
Born 1810 in New York
Married to David Lindsley
Married 17 March 1842 in Genesee County, Michigan to Henry Merrow
Married 3 July 1874 in Thetford, Genesee County, Michigan to James M. Millard
  
+3.FamilyWard Gazlay
Born 24 December 1814 in Onondaga Hollow, Onondaga County, New York
Married 18 August 1840 in New York to Louisa B. Hood
Died 7 April 1886 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan
  
4.FamilyMartha Gazlay
Born
  
+5.FamilyDickinson Gazlay
Born 1817 in Onondaga County, New York
Married ca. 1850 in New York to Lydia D. Davis
Died 17 December 1897 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York
  
+6.FamilyMary Gazlay
Born ca. 1817 in New York
Married 18 November 1839 in Genesee County, Michigan to Thomas Delong
  
7.FamilyWilliam C. Gazley
Born 20 August 1821 in New York
Married 7 March 1850 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan to Mary Ann Branch
Died 16 January 1906
  
Spouse 2FamilyBetsey Phy (née Plank)
Born 11 April 1802 in New York
Married to Nicholas Phy
Married to William C. Gazlay
Died 11 September 1887 in Brady, Saginaw County, Michigan
  
Children of William C. Gazlay and Betsey Phy (née Plank) :
  
1.FamilyHelen Maria Gazlay
Born 16 February 1835 in New York
Married 2 January 1859 in Genesee County, Michigan to Leonard Sprague
Married 30 June 1904 in Genesee County, Michigan to William Leon Ellis
Died 13 January 1913 in Mundy, Genesee County, Michigan
  
+2.FamilyIra Dunning Gazlay
Born 6 January 1838 in Michigan
Married May 1870 to Hannah Elizabeth Wood
Died 21 May 1922 in Michigan
  

Sources

  1. 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).
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Magazine, Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, Volumes 44-46, 1980; death of William C. Gazlay, died 27 September 1858, in Gaines.
  5. Onondaga’s Centennial. Gleanings of a Century, edited by Dwight H. Bruce. The Boston History Company, Publishers, 1896. Page 852.