Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyAbigail ‘Abbey’ Gazlay

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Abigail ‘Abbey’ Gazlay5 (Joshua Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherJoshua Gazlay (31 December 1785 - 5 June 1842)
MotherAbigail ‘Abby’ Jones (1794 - 22 February 1880)

Personal Information

Record Created: 11 December 2011; Last Edited: 2 December 2012 
Person ID3317
NameAbigail ‘Abbey’ Gazlay
GenderFemale
Born 10 March 1828 in New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Married 1845 in Smithville, Chenango County, New York to Henry Rogers Ryan8, 9
Died 27 February 1920 in Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin1
Buried in Walnut Hill Cemetery, Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin1

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyHenry Rogers Ryan (son of Roger Ryan and Mary Dyer)
Born 1 August 1818 in New Ipswich, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire
Married 1845 in Smithville, Chenango County, New York to Abigail ‘Abbey’ Gazlay
Died 20 November 1898 in Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin
  
Children of Abigail ‘Abbey’ Gazlay and Henry Rogers Ryan:
  
+1.FamilyGeorge Harry Ryan
Born 31 July 1848 in New York
Married 18 May 1875 in San Francisco, San Francisco County, California to Lucy Viola Wood
Married ca. 1908 to Dora Moore
Married 24 November 1928 in Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado to Anna G. Pearson
Died 23 November 1934 in Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado
  
+2.FamilyCharles Alexander Ryan
Born 26 August 1854 in Wisconsin
Married ca. 1878 to Ellen Elizabeth ‘Ella’ Warner
Died 24 December 1922
  
3.FamilySarah Ryan
Born ca. 1858 in New Hampshire
Adopted(child of unidentified parents, adopted by Henry Rogers Ryan and Abigail ‘Abbey’ Gazlay)
  
+4.FamilyAbbie May Ryan
Born 31 May 1865 in Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin
Married 5 November 1884 in Wisconsin to Jeremiah Wheaton Phillips
Married 25 April 1908 in Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois to Giles Leslie Stevens
Died 7 January 1945 in San Raphael, Marin County, California
  
+5.FamilyWillis F. Ryan
Born July 1867 in Wisconsin
Married 22 August 1888 to Bertie Eloise ‘Birdie’ Dockham
Died 9 February 1962 in Reedsburg, Sauk County, Wisconsin
  

Sources

  1. Find a Grave (website). Walnut Hill Cemetery, Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin; Abby G. Ryan, born 10 March 1828 in New York, died 27 February 1920 in Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin (from record); Abby G. Ryan / 1928 - 1920 (from headstone).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Chenango County, Town of Smithville, Page No. 490, family of Henry R. Ryan (32, NH, farming); Abby Ryan (22, NY); George M. D. S. Ryan (2, NY); George M. Chapman (21, NY, laborer); Sally M. Allen (14, NY); George Davis (24, NY, chair maker).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Wisconsin, Sauk County, Village of Baraboo, Page No. 247, family of H. R. Ryan (42, NH, cabinet maker); H. E. Ryan (32, NY); G. H. Ryan (12, NY); C. A. D. Ryan (6, Wis.); C. L. Ryan (25, NH, clerk); Adam Richards (19, Germany); J. H. Alexander (18, NY, student); S. H. Alexander (21, NY, student); Kate Borphenaren (16, Ireland, domestic).
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Wisconsin, Sauk County, Baraboo, Page No. 17, family of Henry Ryan (51, N.H. farmer); Abbie G. Ryan (42, New York); Charles Ryan (16, Wisconsin); Abbie Ryan (5, Wisconsin); Willie (3, Wisconsin); Janis Houghton (14, Wisconsin); Sarah Ryan (14, New Hampshire); plus four laborers/servants.
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Wisconsin, Sauk County, Baraboo, Enumeration District 245, Page No. 79A, family of Henry R. Ryan (62, NH, farmer); wife Abby Ryan (52, NY); daughter Abby (15, Wis.); son Wm. Ryan (12, Wis.); adopted daughter Sarah Ryan (22, NH); brother John Ryan (52, NH, widow, insane).
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Wisconsin, Sauk County, Baraboo, Enumeration District 128, Sheet No. 6B, family of Willis F. Ryan (32, Wisconsin, July 1867, farmer); wife of 11 years Bird E. Ryan (28, Wisconsin, Mar 1872, 3 children, 3 living); daughter Stella B. Ryan (10, Wisconsin, Mar 1880 [sic, undoubtedly should be 1890]; daughter Margie P. Ryan (4, Wisconsin, Apr 1896); son Howard R. Ryan (1, Wisconsin, Jun 1898); mother Abbie G. Ryan (72, New York, Mar 1828); servant Dora F. Kaufman (15, Wisconsin, Jun 1884).
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Wisconsin, Sauk County, Baraboo, Enumeration District 105, Sheet No. 1A, Abbie G. Ryan (82, New York, widow, 4 children, 3 living).
  8. History of Sauk County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company. 1880. Digitized copy available at Google Books. Page 703, biographical sketch of Henry R. Ryan. This document names his wife Abbie Gazlay’s parents: Joshua and Abigail Jones Gazlay. It is one of the few documents, or perhaps the only document, that provides their names.
  9. The Cortland Connection (website); post by Harlan Quardokus, 15 September 2010, indicating that Abigail Jones Gazlay, wife of Joshua Gazlay, bore nine children, of which four have been identified: Karenda (1812-1905), Abigail (1828-1920), David Ward (1830-1899), and Mary (1833-?). The post includes other details regarding the marriages of these children, remarriage of Abigail to Timothy Allen, and her burial next to her daughter Karenda.