Gazlay Family History
Esther Gazlay
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Esther Gazlay5 (Daniel Gazlay,4 John Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Esther Gazlay5 (Daniel Gazlay,4 John Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Daniel Gazlay (8 May 1778 - 6 May 1847) |
| Mother | Susannah Leavenworth (21 September 1784 - 2 October 1841) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 6 November 2010; Last Edited: 13 July 2023 |
| Person ID | 1530 |
| Name | Esther Gazlay |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 4 April 1814 in New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Married | 14 September 1839 to William Whitmarsh4 |
| Married | 28 August 1858 to John Severence5 |
| Died | 18734 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  William Whitmarsh |
| Born | |
| Married | 14 September 1839 to Esther Gazlay |
| Died | 16 August 1846 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois |
| Children | of Esther Gazlay and William Whitmarsh: |
| +1. | Emma Ambrosia Whitmarsh |
| Born | 15 September 1840 in Cuyler, Cortland County, New York |
| Married | 14 January 1864 in Truxton, Courtland County, New York to Luzerne Mallory |
| Died | 8 September 1868 in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan |
| 2. | Melvin N. Whitmarsh |
| Born | 25 September 1842 in Cuyler, Cortland County, New York |
| Died | 14 August 1844 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois |
| 3. | Mary Louise Whitmarsh |
| Born | 4 April 1844 in Cuyler, Cortland County, New York |
| Spouse 2 | John Severence |
| Born | ca. 1792 in Massachusetts |
| Married | 28 August 1858 to Esther Gazlay |
| Died | 15 June 1869 in Truxton, Courtland County, New York |
Sources
- U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Cortland County, Truxton, family of Louisa Pope (56, Ct.); Esther Whitmarsh (36, N.Y.); Emma Whitmarsh (9, N.Y.); Mary Whitmarsh (6, N.Y.); Sarah Barnard (11, N.Y.); George Porter (26, N.Y., laborer).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Cortland County, Truxton, Page No. 86, family of John Severance (68, Mass.); Esther Severance (46, N.Y.); Octava Severance (27, N.Y.); Emma A. Whitmarsh (19, N.Y.); Mary L. Whitmarsh (16, N.Y.).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Cortland County, Cuyler, Page No. 14, family of Esther Severence (56, New York); Mary L. Severence (26, New York, teacher); Louisa Pope (77, Conn.); Nellie Mallary (5, New York).
- 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.
- 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).