Gazlay Family History
 

Family HistoryFamily History - Francis Purdy Van Wyck


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Francis Purdy Van Wyck and his immediate family.



First Generation
1. Francis Purdy Van Wyck,1 born 15 June 1823, the son of Stephen Duryea Van Wyck and Esther Mehitable ‘Hetty’ Purdy;1 died 24 September 1880 in Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos.2, 3 Francis married Sarah ‘Susannah’ Sands (born 1820 in New York, New York, parents not determined;4 Susannah died 25 March 1896 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois4). Francis and Susannah are buried in Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.2, 4

  1. Descendants of Cornelius Barentse Van Wyck and Anna Polhemus, by Anne Van Wyck. New York, Tobias A. Wright, Printer and Publisher, 1912. Pages 209,228-9, 303-4, and 361, Stephen Duryea Van Wyck and several descendants, showing detailed vital and biographical information.
  2. Find a Grave (website). Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Francis P. Van Wyck born: unknown; died: 24 September 1880 (from record, which provides the name and link for his wife).
  3. Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Dutchess and Putnam, New York. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1897. Pages 528-529, biographical sketch of Stephen C. Van Wyck and family, including vital and biographical details of his ancestors back to his great-grandfather.
  4. Find a Grave (website). Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Sarah “Susannah” Hurd, born: 1820, New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York; died: 25 March 1896 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois (from record, which includes a brief biographical sketch, possibly from her obituary; and provides the names and links for her two husbands).