Gazlay Family History
Maria Purdy
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Maria Purdy6 (Stephen Purdy,5 Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Maria Purdy6 (Stephen Purdy,5 Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Stephen Purdy (17 September 1787 - 4 January 1853) |
| Mother | Susan Haight (12 December 1791 - 30 March 1882) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 19 October 2022; Last Edited: 20 October 2022 |
| Person ID | 12528 |
| Name | Maria Purdy |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 25 November 18111 |
| Married | 2 November 1835 to Anson C. Loomis2, 3 |
| Died | 9 December 18831, 2 |
| Buried | in Bellona Cemetery, Bellona, Yates County, New York1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Anson C. Loomis (son of Jerome Loomis and Elizabeth Tippetts) |
| Born | 23 July 1807 in New York |
| Married | 2 November 1835 to Maria Purdy |
| Died | 21 May 1856 in Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin |
| Children | of Maria Purdy and Anson C. Loomis: |
| +1. | Henry B. Loomis |
| Born | 20 December 1834 |
| Married | 19 December 1861 to Sylvia Melvina Steward |
| 2. | Van Wyck Loomis |
| Born | 23 July 1836 in Geneva, Ontario County, New York |
| Died | 25 March 1923 in Evansville, Rock County, Wisconsin |
| 3. | William Henry Loomis |
| Born | 28 February 1841 |
| Died | 16 June 1908 in Border City, Seneca County, New York |
| +4. | Lafayette Loomis |
| Born | 24 November 1843 in Geneva, Ontario County, New York |
| Married | 1877 in Geneva, Ontario County, New York to Eliza Jane Cox |
| Died | 19 May 1883 in Union, Rock County, Wisconsin |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Bellona Cemetery, Bellona, Yates County, New York, Maria Purdy Loomis, born: 25 November 1811; died: 9 December 1883 (from record, which includes a note naming her parents).
- History of Yates County, New York, by Lewis Cass Aldrich. D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, New York, 1892. Pages 499-500, Biographical Sketch of Stephen Purdy.
- Descendants of Joseph Loomis in America and his Antecedents in the Old World, the original published by Elias Loomis LLD. 1875, Revised by Elisha S. Loomis Ph.D. 1908. Digitized copy available at Google Books. Family of 1518. Anson C. Loomis and Maria Purdy, married on 2 November 1835, and including the names and birth dates of their four children: Henry B., Van Wyck, William Henry, and Lafayette.