Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyCornelius Stephen Van Wyck

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Cornelius Stephen Van Wyck6 (Esther Purdy,5 Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherStephen Duryea Van Wyck (3 March 1795 - 3 June 1879)
MotherEsther Mehitable ‘Hetty’ Purdy (13 May 1796 - 7 November 1835)

Personal Information

Record Created: 21 November 2022; Last Edited: 26 December 2022 
Person ID12744
NameCornelius Stephen Van Wyck
GenderMale
Born 9 March 1821 in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Married 14 October 1846 to Phoebe Van Wyck8
Married 12 December 1883 in Benton, Yates County, New York to Helen Josephine Barden8, 9
Died 18 June 1895 in Earl, Yates County, New York7, 8, 10

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyPhoebe Van Wyck (daughter of Richard C. Van Wyck and Elizabeth Thorne)
Born 9 March 1823 in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York
Married 14 October 1846 to Cornelius Stephen Van Wyck
Died 7 March 1880
  
Children of Cornelius Stephen Van Wyck and Phoebe Van Wyck:
  
1.FamilyRobert McMurray Van Wyck
Born 20 May 1848 in Fishkill Plains, Dutchess County, New York
Died 7 January 1902 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
  
+2.FamilyStephen C. Van Wyck
Born 22 June 1850 in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York
Married 23 October 1872 to Elizabeth ‘Libbie’ Underwood
Died 2 February 1923
  
3.FamilyJohn Adrian Van Wyck
Born 23 May 1852 in New York
Died 16 February 1859
  
4.FamilyFrancis ‘Frank’ Van Wyck
Born 24 October 1854 in Dutchess County, New York
Died 20 August 1929
  
Spouse 2FamilyHelen Josephine Barden (daughter of Dr. Henry Barden and Caroline Purdy)
Born ca. 1840
Married 12 December 1883 in Benton, Yates County, New York to Cornelius Stephen Van Wyck
Died 17 May 1915 in Earl, Yates County, New York
  

Sources

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Dutchess County, East Fishkill, Image 7 of 67, Corn S. Van Wyck, 29, NY, farmer; Phebe Van Wyck, 27, NY; Robt Van Wyck, 2, NY; Stephen Van Wyck, 3/12, NY.
  2. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie, Page 347, Charles [sic] S. Van Wyck, 39, N.Y.; Phebe Van Wyck, 37, N.Y.; Helen M. Van Wyck, 25, N.Y.; Robert M. Van Wyck, 12, N.Y.; Stephen C. Van Wyck, 10; Francis Van Wyck, 5, N.Y.
  3. New York State Census, 1865, Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie, Fourth Ward, Page 81, Cornelius S. Van Wyck, 44, Dutchess; wife Phebe Van Wyck, 42, Dutchess, 4 children; child Robert McM Van Wyck, 17, Dutchess; child Stephen C. Van Wyck, 15, Dutchess; child Frank Van Wyck, 10, Dutchess; servant Margaret Rankin, 25, Dutchess.
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie, Page No. 54, Cornelius Van Wyck, 49, New York, assessor; Phoebe Van Wyck, 47, New York; Frank Van Wyck, 15, New York; Margaret Rankin, 28, New York, domestic.
  5. New York State Census, 1875, Dutchess County, East Fishkill, Second Election District, Page 3, Cornelius S. Van Wyck, 54, Dutchess, farmer; wife Phebe Van Wyck, 52, Dutchess; child Frank Van Wyck, 21, Dutchess; child Stephen Van Wyck, 24, Dutchess; father Stephen Duryea Van Wyck, 80, Dutchess; plus two servants.
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, New York, Dutchess County, East Fishkill, E.D. 34, Page No. 31, Stephen Van Wyck, 29, New York, farmer; wife Libbie Van Wyck, 28, New York; son Charles Van Wyck, 6, New York; son Robert Van Wyck, 4; father Cornelius S. Van Wyck 59, New York, widow; brother Frank Van Wyck, 25, New York; plus two servants.
  7. Deaths, New York Herald, available at www.fultonhistory.com, 20 June 1895, VAN WYCK. -- Suddenly, at Earl, N. Y., June 18, 1895, Cornelius S. Van Wyck, aged 74 years 3 months, and 9 days [so constructed birth date is 9 March 1821]. Funeral from his late residence, at Earl’s, on Friday, June 21, at 10 A. M. Interment at Hopewell, N. Y. on Saturday, June 23.
  8. 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.
  9. New York, Yates County, Swann Vital Records Collection, 1723-2009, Cornelius S. Van Wyck and Helen J. Barden; married on 12 December 1883 in Benton, Yates County, New York. [A note on the record indicates she is the only daughter of the late Dr. Henry Barden.]
  10. New York, Yates County, Swann Vital Records Collection,1723-2009 (available at familysearch.org), Cornelius S. Van Wyck, died: 18 June 1895 in Benton, Yates County, New York; married 2nd: Helen Barden; married 1st: [wife not named on the data card].