Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyBetsey Plank

Parents

Father[unknown]
Mother[unknown]

Personal Information

Record Created: 14 October 2011; Last Edited: 13 April 2014 
Person ID3090
NameBetsey Plank
GenderFemale
Born 11 April 1802 in New York: Some records give Pennsylvania as her place of birth.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Married to Nicholas Phy
Married to William C. Gazlay
Died 11 September 1887 in Brady, Saginaw County, Michigan1, 2
Buried in Wildwood Cemetery, Chesaning, Saginaw County, Michigan1

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyNicholas Phy
Born
Married to Betsey Plank
  
Children of Betsey Plank and Nicholas Phy:
  
+1.FamilyNelson Phy
Born 18 May 1830 in New York
Married 25 December 1852 in Oakland County, Michigan to Caroline M. Newton
Died 3 June 1905 in Brady, Saginaw County, Michigan
  
Spouse 2FamilyWilliam C. Gazlay (son of Jonathan Gazlay and Karenda Carter)
Born ca. 1781 in New York
Married 13 September 1806 in New Hartford, Oneida County, New York to Patty Dickinson
Married to Betsey Phy (née Plank)
Died 27 September 1858 in Gaines, Genesee County, Michigan
  
Children of Betsey Plank and William C. Gazlay:
  
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. Find a Grave (website). Wildwood Cemetery, Chesaning, Saginaw County, Michigan; Monument with four inscriptions one on each side: Betsey / Gazlay / Apr. 11, 1802 / Sep. 11, 1887; Nelson Phy / May 18, 1830 / June 3, 1905; Caroline M. / Phy / May 4, 1834 / May 11, 1892; John Phy / Nov. 11, 1856 / Feb. 3, 1887.
  2. Michigan, Saginaw County, Return of Deaths for 1887; Betsey Gazlay, died 11 September 1887 in Brady, Saginaw County, Michigan; widow. Birthplace: Pennsylvania. Parents’ names: Plank, and Plank.
  3. 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).
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Michigan, Genesee County, Town of Gaines, Page No. 358, family of Ira Gazley (23, Mich, farmer); Betsey Gazley (54, NY).
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Michigan, Genesee County, Gaines, Page No. 3, family of Orrin Sprague (72, New York, farmer); Leonard Sprague (31, Mich., farmer); Maria Sprague (34, New York); Betsy Gazley (63, New York); Wallace Keeler (16, Mich., farm laborer); Arthur Steggol (21, England, blacksmith).
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Michigan, Saginaw County, Brady, Enumeration District 293, Page No. 23, family of Nelson Phy (50, NY, farmer); wife Caroline Phy (46, Mass.); son John N. Phy (23, Mich., farmer); son William S. Phy (19, Mich.); mother Betsey Gasley (77, NY, widow); servant Mariah DeForest (18, Mich., servant).