Gazlay Family History
Daniel Gazlay
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Daniel Gazlay4 (John Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Daniel Gazlay4 (John Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | John Gazlay (11 January 1750 - 26 February 1813) |
| Mother | Sarah Furman (ca. 1754 - 7 June 1821) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 16 March 2010; Last Edited: 3 February 2022 |
| Person ID | 443 |
| Name | Daniel Gazlay |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 8 May 1778 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Married | 20 March 1802 in Deerfield, New York to Susannah Leavenworth2, 5 |
| Died | 6 May 1847 in Town of Maine, Cook County, Illinois: Although Gazlay History and the Leavenworth Family Genealogy list his place of death as Mainville, it is almost certainly the Town of Maine.2, 5 |
Biography
Daniel lived in South Edmeston and Illinois. Of Daniel and Susannah, Judah Gazlay wrote, “Daniel Gazlay was reported to me to be rather indolent, let things go their own way. His wife, Susannah Leavenworth was the reverse. She wore herself out looking after her large family, and went where the weary are at rest long before old age.” Also, he wrote, “they owned most of the East side of North Street in South Edmeston, gave Ralph the lot he build a house on, where I lived 14 years with the rest of the family.”2
The Gazlay History indicates that Daniel’s daughter Ann and her husband Nicholas are buried in Town of Maine Cemetery, Park Ridge, Illinois, lot 35. There are unmarked graves on that lot, and one might be the grave of Daniel Gazlay.2
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Susannah Leavenworth (daughter of Amos Leavenworth and Esther Warner) |
| Born | 21 September 1784 in Woodbury, Connecticut |
| Married | 20 March 1802 in Deerfield, New York to Daniel Gazlay |
| Died | 2 October 1841 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York |
| Children | of Daniel Gazlay and Susannah Leavenworth: |
| +1. | Ann Elizabeth Gazlay |
| Born | 9 October 1806 in New York |
| Married | 13 March 1837 to Nicholas Sherman |
| Died | 3 July 1847 in Illinois |
| +2. | Ralph Leavenworth Gazlay |
| Born | 14 May 1808 in Chenango County, New York |
| Married | 18 March 1837 in Ohio to Harriet Elizabeth Hart |
| Died | 27 January 1884 in Utica, Oneida County, New York |
| 3. | Mary Louise Gazlay |
| Born | 31 March 1810 in New York |
| Married | 26 June 1856 in Cook County, Illinois to James Townsend |
| Married | 28 August 1883 in West Union, Fayette County, Iowa to Jonas Baker |
| Died | 11 December 1897 in Waucoma, Fayette County, Iowa |
| 4. | Erasmus Darwin Gazlay |
| Born | 17 April 1812 in New York |
| Married | 13 July 1845 in DuPage County, Illinois to Sophronia M. Brown |
| Died | 25 March 1887 in Waucoma, Fayette County, Iowa |
| +5. | Esther Gazlay |
| Born | 4 April 1814 in New York |
| Married | 14 September 1839 to William Whitmarsh |
| Married | 28 August 1858 to John Severence |
| Died | 1873 |
| +6. | John Gazlay |
| Born | 24 April 1817 in New York |
| Married | 2 March 1854 in Cook County, Illinois to Tryphena L. Goodhue |
| Married | 3 May 1876 in Jefferson County, Wisconsin to Harriet Drusilla ‘Hattie’ Roe |
| Died | 18 May 1909 |
| +7. | Cornelia Gazlay |
| Born | 15 October 1819 in New York |
| Married | 26 June 1856 in Cook County, Illinois to James Johnson Baker |
| Died | 22 June 1888 in Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota |
| 8. | Amos Gazlay |
| Born | 7 August 1822 |
| Died | 2 September 1825 |
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.
- Gazlay Family Tree, Henry Willis Gazlay 1854-1934 Ancestors & Descendants, by Francis P. Gazlay, Northville, Mich., 1978
- A Genealogy of the Leavenworth Family in the United States, by Elias Warner Leavenworth, L.L.D. Syracuse, New York, S. G. Hitchcock and Company, 1873. Digitized copy available at Google Books. Pages 88, 89, and 131, entries for Amos Leavenworth, his wife Esther Warner, and their children, especially Susanna who married Daniel Gazly (Gazlay).