Gazlay Family History
Francis Purdy Van Wyck
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Francis Purdy Van Wyck6 (Esther Purdy,5 Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Francis Purdy Van Wyck6 (Esther Purdy,5 Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Stephen Duryea Van Wyck (3 March 1795 - 3 June 1879) |
| Mother | Esther Mehitable ‘Hetty’ Purdy (13 May 1796 - 7 November 1835) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 26 December 2022; Last Edited: 27 December 2022 |
| Person ID | 12803 |
| Name | Francis Purdy Van Wyck |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 15 June 18231 |
| Married | to Sarah ‘Susannah’ Sands |
| Died | 24 September 1880 in Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos2, 3 |
| Buried | in Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois2 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Sarah ‘Susannah’ Sands |
| Born | 1820 in New York, New York |
| Married | to Francis Purdy Van Wyck |
| Married | 1892 to Judge Harvey B. Hurd |
| Died | 25 March 1896 in Evanston, Cook County, Illinois |
Sources
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.