Gazlay Family History
Sarah Elizabeth Churchill
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Sarah Elizabeth Churchill6 (Helen Mott,5 Sarah Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Sarah Elizabeth Churchill6 (Helen Mott,5 Sarah Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Henry Churchill (1 December 1794 - 4 December 1866) |
| Mother | Helen Mott (22 October 1798 - 9 March 1875) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 4 January 2023; Last Edited: 7 January 2023 |
| Person ID | 12867 |
| Name | Sarah Elizabeth Churchill |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 17 October 1822 in Mateawan (now Beacon), Dutchess County, New York1, 2, 3 |
| Married | to Henry F. Briggs |
| Died | 14 May 18561 |
| Buried | in Saint Luke’s Church Cemetery, Beacon, Dutchess County, New York1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Henry F. Briggs |
| Born | ca. 1814 in Connecticut |
| Married | to Sarah Elizabeth Churchill |
| Died | 11 April 1889 in Manhattan, New York City, New York |
| Children | of Sarah Elizabeth Churchill and Henry F. Briggs: |
| 1. | Henry C. Briggs |
| Born | ca. 1846 in New York |
| Died | 24 May 1859 in Manhattan, New York City, New York |
| 2. | Alice Briggs |
| Born | ca. 1852 in New York |
| Died | 24 April 1854 in Manhattan, New York City, New York |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Saint Luke’s Church Cemetery, Beacon, Dutchess County, New York, Sarah E. Churchill Briggs, born: unknown; died: 14 May 1856 (from record, which includes a note: w. of Henry F., a. 33 y. 6 m; and provides the name and link for her daughter).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie, Image 61 of 336, Henry S. Briggs, 37, Connecticut, physician; Sarah E. Briggs, 27, N.Y.; Elisa McDonald, 41, N.Y.; Henry E. Briggs, 4, N.Y.; Thomas Briggs, 17, Conn.
- Churchill Family in America, Gardner Asaph Churchill and Nathaniel Wiley Churchill, Compilers; Rev. George M. Bodge, Editor and Associate Compiler. Published by the family of George A. Churchill, Boston: 1904 (available at archive.org). Pages 567-8, 584, and 600, family of Henry Churchill (born 1794) his family and several descendants. The entries provide vital and some biographical details.