Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyElizabeth Gazlay

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Elizabeth Gazlay3 (John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherJohn Gazlay (9 July 1722 - 9 August 1811)
MotherAnna Ward (9 November 1725 - 5 October 1798)

Personal Information

Record Created: 24 November 2009; Last Edited: 13 April 2014 
Person ID461
NameElizabeth Gazlay
GenderFemale
Born 9 February 17631, 2
Married 1 January 1785 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York to Samuel Furman2, 3, 4
Died 1 June 1847 in Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, New York3, 5
Buried in Burnt Hills Baptist Church (Hillside) Cemetery, Burnt Hills, Saratoga County, New York5

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilySamuel Furman (son of John Furman and Elizabeth Albertus)
Born 2 March 1753 in Newtown, Long Island, New York
Married 1 January 1785 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York to Elizabeth Gazlay
Died 26 August 1830 in Burnt Hills, Saratoga County, New York
  
Children of Elizabeth Gazlay and Samuel Furman:
  
+1.FamilyNancy Ann Furman
Born 11 October 1784 in Newtown, Long Island, New York
Married 25 December 1808 to David Lamberson
Died 7 April 1845 in Hudson River near Athens, New York
  
2.FamilyElizabeth Furman
Born 17 April 1787 in Newtown, Long Island, New York
Died 17 September 1869 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York
  
+3.FamilySusanna Furman
Born 28 June 1789 in Newtown, Long Island, New York
Married 5 May 1813 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York to John Hatch Lathrop
Died 20 September 1850 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York
  
4.FamilyRobert Furman
Born 11 March 1793 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York
Died 10 March 1796
  
+5.FamilyJohn Gazlay Furman
Born 10 December 1794 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York
Married 16 October 1816 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York to Armenia Northrup
Married 28 February 1837 in Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, New York to Malvina Green
Died 6 September 1871 in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan
  
+6.FamilyRobert Furman
Born 30 April 1797 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York
Married 23 December 1820 to Melinda Wilkins
Married 1853 to Marie B. Angle
Died 5 May 1864 in New York, New York
  
+7.FamilyPhillip Heartt Furman
Born 13 February 1799 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York
Married 20 February 1823 in Ballston, Saratoga County, New York to Mary ‘Polly’ Cogswell
Died 3 September 1871 in Maspeth, Long Island, New York
  
+8.FamilyRev. Charles Edwin Furman
Born 13 December 1801 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York
Married 19 January 1831 to Harriet Emiline Johnson
Died 10 June 1880 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York
  
+9.FamilyMary Wright Furman
Born 6 September 1803 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York
Married 18 October 1828 to Prosper French
Died 13 February 1887
  
+10.FamilyAbigail Rhodes Furman
Born 4 September 1805 in Clifton Park, Saratoga County, New York
Married 14 November 1835 to Thomas Croly
Died 18 November 1857 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York
  

Sources

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1790, New York, Queens County, Township of Newtown, page 19, family of Samuel Furman showing 1 male over 16 years, 4 females, 1 other free person named Casar, and 1 slave.
  2. Genealogy of the Gazlay Family, collated by Theodore Gazlay, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1890; unpublished. Transcription available at Gazlay Family History (website).
  3. Baker Family History and Genealogy; The Descendants of Josias Furman, Generations 4, 5, and 6. Website.
  4. American Ancestry, Volume VII, ALbany, N.Y.: Jole Munsell’s Sons, Publishers, 1892. Available at Google Books. Page 184, Furman, Charles Edwin. The entry provides details of his ancestors and some of their spouses for several generations back to the 1600s. Some dates and places vary in this source from other sources.
  5. Cemetery Inscriptions, Burnt Hills Baptist Church Cemetery (now called Hillside Cemetery), Saratoga NYGENWEB (website), Saratoga, New York. Gazlay, Elizabeth. Her headstone shows that she died 1 June 1847 age 84 years, 3 months, 21 days. Other records show her date of death as 8 June 1847.