Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyElnathan Gazley

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Elnathan Gazley4 (Joseph Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherJoseph Gazlay (24 November 1771 - 29 June 1821)
MotherAnnie Marshall (10 April 1772 - 17 April 1841)

Personal Information

Record Created: 1 October 2012; Last Edited: 18 August 2020 
Person ID4246
NameElnathan Gazley
GenderMale
Born ca. 1808 in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Married 25 December 1835 to Sarah B. Wilbur6, 7
Died 30 October 1887 in Clinton, Dutchess County, New York8, 9
Buried in Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Pleasant Plains, Dutchess County, New York8

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilySarah B. Wilbur (daughter of Abner Wilbor and Margaret Doty)
Born 22 March 1813 in Dutchess County, New York
Married to John C. Holmes
Married 25 December 1835 to Elnathan Gazley
Died 16 July 1892 in Clinton, Dutchess County, New York
  
Children of Elnathan Gazley and Sarah B. Wilbur:
  
+1.FamilyGeorge Henry Gazley
Born 22 May 1834 in Dutchess County, New York
Married to Mary Jane Crouse
Died 17 January 1901 in Clinton Hollow, Dutchess County, New York
  
+2.FamilyAlonzo D. Gazley
Born 26 April 1836 in Clinton, Dutchess County, New York
Married 22 May 1861 to Elizabeth A. Hull
Died 13 April 1908 in Fairport, Monroe County, New York
  
+3.FamilyOrlando E. Gazley
Born 14 January 1844 in Dutchess County, New York
Married 16 December 1864 to Phoebe Elizabeth Holmes
Died 14 August 1918 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York
  
4.FamilyEmily Augustus ‘Emma’ Gazley
Born 18 November 1852 in Pleasant Plains, Dutchess County, New York
Married 5 October 1899 in Manhattan, New York City, New York to Sextus Edom Landon
Died 22 September 1930
  

Sources

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Dutchess County, Clinton, Page No. 289, family of Ellathan Gaysley [sic] (42, NY, farmer); Sara Gaysley (38, NY); George H. Gaysley (16, NY, farmer); Alonzo Gaysly (13, NY); Orlando Gaysley (6, NY); John Ward (30, Ireland, farmer); Jane Carpenter (19, NY); Joanna Handley (19, NY).
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Dutchess County, Clinton, Page No. 951, family of Ellnathan Gazely (52, New York, farmer); S. B. Gazely (48, New York); A. Gazely (24, New York, farmer); O. Gazely (16, New York); E. A. Gazely (7, New York).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Dutchess County, Clinton, Page No. 2, family of Elifert [sic] Gazeley (61, NY, farmer); Sarah Gazeley (57, NY); Emma Gazeley (17, NY); William Still (21, NY laborer); Etta Ryan (19, domestic).
  4. New York State Census, 1875, Dutchess County, Clinton, First Election District, page 5, family of Elathan [sic] Gazley (66, Dutchess [County], farmer); wife Sarah B. Gazley (63, Dutchess); son Orlando Gazley (31, Dutchess, farmer); wife Phebe Gazley (30, Dutchess); son Elathan [sic] Gazley (10, Dutchess); son George Gazley (6, Dutchess); sister [of Orlando] Emily Gazley (22, Dutchess); hired [hand] John Dixon (21, Sulivan [sic, Sullivan] farm laborer).
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Dutchess County, Clinton, Enumeration District 31, Page No. 33, family of Ellnathan Gasley (71, New York, farmer); wife Sarah Gasley (68, New York); daughter Emily Gasley (27, New York); grandson Ella Gasley (15, New York) [he is believed to be Elnathan, the son of Orlando and Phebe Gazley]; servant Luis Germand (24, New York, farm laborer); servant Fannie Butler (22, New York, servant); servant Mary Esomber (19, New York, servant).
  6. History of Duchess County New York 1683-1882, by James H. Smith; Published by D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, N.Y. 1882. Available at Internet Archive, www.archive.org. The back of the book provides a list of “Names of Citizens who assisted and contributed toward the publication of the History of Duchess County, with Personal Statistics.” This section includes, for the town of Clinton, “Gazley Elnathan, p o Pleasant Plains, farmer and drover, 112 acres, born in Pleasant Valley in 1808, settled in the town in 1835, has been supervisor; wife Sarah B. Wilbur of Hyde Park, married Dec. 25, 1835; children four - George Henry, Alonzo, Orlando and Emily; Father Joseph Gazley of this town.”
  7. The Wildbores in America: A Family Tree, by John Reid Wilbor. Baltimore, Md., Press of G. W. King Print Co. 1933. Available at Heritage Quest (website).
  8. Find a Grave (website). Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Dutchess County, New York, Gazley, Elnathan; Elnathan Gazley / Died Oct. 30, 1887 / Aged 73 Yrs. 8 Mos. / Sarah B. Wilbur / His Wife / Died July 16, 1892 / Aged 80 Yrs. 3 Mos. [from headstone].
  9. New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956, available at familysearch.org. 1887, Elnathan M. Gazley, died 30 October 1887 in Clinton, New York.