Gazlay Family History
Anna Nancy Forman
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Anna Nancy Forman4 (Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Anna Nancy Forman4 (Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Dr. William Forman (17 March 1739 - 4 July 1816) |
| Mother | Mary ‘Polly’ Gazlay (4 October 1747 - 6 June 1805) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 14 November 2010; Last Edited: 2 April 2016 |
| Person ID | 1712 |
| Name | Anna Nancy Forman |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | February 17641 |
| Married | to Francis Purdy2 |
| Died | 28 May 18331 |
| Buried | in Dutch Churchyard, Fishkill Landing, Dutchess County, New York1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Francis Purdy |
| Born | ca. 1759 |
| Married | to Anna Nancy Forman |
| Died | 28 November 1842 |
| Children | of Anna Nancy Forman and Francis Purdy: |
| +1. | Stephen Purdy |
| Born | 17 September 1787 in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York |
| Married | 22 December 1810 to Susan Haight |
| Died | 4 January 1853 in Bellona, Yates County, New York |
| 2. | Maria Purdy |
| Born | 2 June 1790 |
| +3. | John Purdy |
| Born | 21 July 1792 in Fishkill Landing, Dutchess County, New York |
| Married | 14 June 1815 in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York to Maria T. Flagler |
| Married | to Pamilia Lockwood |
| Married | 6 November 1845 in Walworth County, Wisconsin to Mary Beeden |
| Died | 13 September 1861 |
| 4. | William Purdy |
| Born | 28 July 1794 |
| Died | 20 November 1855 |
| +5. | Esther Mehitable ‘Hetty’ Purdy |
| Born | 13 May 1796 |
| Married | to Stephen Duryea Van Wyck |
| Died | 7 November 1835 |
| 6. | Elizabeth Purdy |
| Born | 13 February 1799 |
| +7. | Theodorus Purdy |
| Born | 4 July 1801 in New York |
| Married | to Margaret M. Case |
| 8. | Sally Ann Purdy |
| Born | 5 September 1804 |
| 9. | Jane Purdy |
| Born | January 1807 |
| 10. | Abraham Purdy |
| Born | 5 August 1810 |
| Married | 10 January 1828 in Farmers Mills, Putnam County, New York to Julia Ann Sniffin |
| Died | 24 March 1848 |
Sources
- Interments in the Dutch Churchyard, Fishkill Landing; “Old Gravestones of Dutchess County, New York” by J. W. Poucher published in 1924, pages 92-97.
- Genealogy of the Gazlay Family, collated by Theodore Gazlay, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1890; unpublished. Transcription available at Gazlay Family History (website).