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Family HistoryFamily History - Joshua W. Chase


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 Joshua W. Chase and one of his descendants down to the second generation.


First and Second Generations
1. Joshua W. Chase,1 born 16 February 1817 in New York (parents not determined);1, 2 died 25 January 1886.1 Joshua married, 1 May 1877 in Utica, Oneida County, New York, Celia Olivia Gazlay8, 11 (born 30 October 1844 in South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York, the daughter of Ralph Leavenworth Gazlay and Harriet Elizabeth Hart;2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Celia died 28 October 1892 in New York, New York8, 10). Joshua and Celia are buried in Bridgewater Universalist Cemetery, Bridgewater, Oneida County, New York.1, 8, 10

Celia and Joshua lived in Bridgewater and Morris, New York. Judah Gazlay wrote that his sister Celia, “taught school, was a fine reader and impersonator, traveled in this and other states.” Celia died of an operation in New York City, age 48, and was buried in Morris [New York].8


Child of Joshua W. Chase and Celia Olivia Gazlay:

 2i. Lynn Joshua Chase, born 28 October 1878 in New York.2, 7, 8, 12, 13

  1. Cemetery Record, Bridgewater Universalist Cemetery, Bridgewater, Oneida County, New York. Available at USGenWeb (website), New York. Chase, Joshua W., died 25 January 1886, age 68 years, 11 months, 9 days [so calculated birth date is 16 February 1817].
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Oneida County, Bridgewater, Enumeration District 86, Page No. 25A; family of Joshua Chase (62, New York, farmer); wife Celia Chase (35, New York); son Lyn J. Chase (1, New York).
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Otsego County, Edmeston, Page 81, family of Ralph Gazeley (42, NY, shoemaker), Maryette Gazeley (33, CT), Susanna Gazeley (12, Ohio), Judah Gazeley (9, NY), Celia (6, NY)
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Otsego County, New Lisbon, Page 5, family of Walter Rundell (66, CT, farmer), R. L. Gazeley (52, NY, shoemaker), Harriett Gazeley (41, NY), Suzannah Gazeley (22, NY), Celia O. Gazeley (18, NY), Esther F. Gazeley (16, NY).
  5. New York State Census, 1865, Otsego County, New Lisbon, Page 46, Ralf L. Gazley, 57, Chenango, shoemaker, 5 children; wife Harriet E. Gazley, Conn., 5 children; D[aughter] Susannah Gazley, 27, Ohio; son Judah H. Gazley, 23, Otsego, cheesemaker in Madison; D[aughter] Celia A. Gazley, 20, Otsego, dressmaker; D[aughter] Esther Fazley [sic, probably an enumerator error], 11, Otsego.
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Chenango County, New Berlin, Page 57, Celia Gazly, 25, New York, cheese maker.
  7. New York State Census, 1892, Otsego County, Morris, Page 10, family of Celia Chase (47); Lynn Chase (13).
  8. 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.
  9. 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).
  10. Cemetery Record, Bridgewater Universalist Cemetery, Bridgewater, Oneida County, New York. Available at USGenWeb (website), New York. Chase, Celia Gazlay, wife of Joshua W. Chase; born: 30 October 1844; died: 28 October 1892.
  11. Marriage Announcement, Daily Observer, Utica, New York; Available at fultonhistory.com. 2 May 1877, Chase--Gazlay. In this city, May 1st, 1877, by Rev. N. R. Everts, J. W. Chase, Esq., of Bridgewater, to Miss Celia Gazlay, of the same place.
  12. Draft Registration Card, World War I, Chase, Lynn Joshua; born: 28 October 1878; address: US Govt Depot, East Columbus, Ohio; laborer; nearest relative: Mr. Etta Parker, New Berlin, Chenango, New York.
  13. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New York, Otsego County, Morris Village, Enumeration District 125, Sheet No. 1B; family of Fran Stanboro (31, New York, Nov 1868, teacher); wife of 4 years Effie Stanboro (25, New York, Oct 1874); border Lynn J. Chase (21, New York, Oct 1878, capitalist).