Gazlay Family History
John Harley Gazlay
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
John Harley Gazlay5 (Aaron Gazlay,4 John Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
John Harley Gazlay5 (Aaron Gazlay,4 John Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Aaron Gazlay (16 May 1773 - 29 September 1830) |
| Mother | Abigail Sutton (1 February 1780 - 29 May 1855) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 10 November 2010; Last Edited: 20 November 2021 |
| Person ID | 1659 |
| Name | John Harley Gazlay |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 4 February 1804 in New York1, 2, 3 |
| Died | 19 October 18691 |
| Buried | in Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, Otsego County, New York1 |
Biography
John was deaf and dumb. He was a pupil at the New York Institution, and later served as a deaf and dumb assistant to the teachers at the school.4
Sources
- Cemetery Inscriptions, The Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, New York. Copy of all inscriptions existing on 30 March 1902 copied by Charles H. Gazlay. List available on various web sites.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, Jno. H. Gazley (35, NY, teacher, deaf & dumb).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Otsego County, Edmeston, Page No. 146, family of Benjamin (age 55) and Sarah Warner (age 52), with Harley Gasley (age 60, listed as deaf and dumb).
- Annual report of the Directors of the New York Institution for the instruction of the Deaf and Dumb to the Legislature of the State of New York; for the year ending 31st Dec. 1827. New York: 1828, pages 2, 21, and 34.