Gazlay Family History
Karinda Gazlay
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Karinda Gazlay5 (Joshua Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Karinda Gazlay5 (Joshua Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Joshua Gazlay (31 December 1785 - 5 June 1842) |
| Mother | Abigail ‘Abby’ Jones (1794 - 22 February 1880) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 11 December 2011; Last Edited: 5 February 2023 |
| Person ID | 3346 |
| Name | Karinda Gazlay |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 10 November 1812 in Cortland County, New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| Married | 1830 to Sterling A. Crippen7 |
| Died | 25 June 1905 in Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan1 |
| Buried | in Anderson Cemetery, Decatur, Van Buren County, Michigan1, 7, 8 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Sterling A. Crippen (son of Thomas Hill Crippin and Johanna Eaton) |
| Born | 12 July 1812 in Cortland County, New York |
| Married | 1830 to Karinda Gazlay |
| Died | 13 December 1862 in Decatur, Van Buren County, Michigan |
| Children | of Karinda Gazlay and Sterling A. Crippen: |
| +1. | Thomas Crippen |
| Born | 26 August 1833 in New York |
| Married | 14 May 1856 in Berrien County, Michigan to Margaret Loftus |
| Died | 6 August 1886 in Lawrence, Van Buren County, Michigan |
| 2. | Abby Crippen |
| Born | ca. 1835 in New York |
| Married | 15 December 1854 in Berrien County, Michigan to Lewis Dine |
| Died | 6 August 1855 |
| +3. | Nelson W. Crippen |
| Born | 10 February 1840 in New York |
| Married | 24 December 1860 in Berrien County, Michigan to Eleanor Swift |
| Married | 20 August 1885 in Deerfield Township, Isabella County, Michigan to Luella Courter |
| Died | 27 February 1900 in Mount Pleasant, Isabella County, Michigan |
| +4. | Charles Joshua Crippen |
| Born | April 1840 in New York |
| Married | 22 January 1865 in Niles, Berrien County, Michigan to Libbie A. Weaver |
| Died | 8 February 1908 in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana |
| +5. | Miles Crippin |
| Born | 1 April 1843 in Michigan |
| Married | 2 April 1864 in Dayton, Berrien County, Michigan to Mary Alice Fisk |
| Died | 26 October 1910 |
| 6. | David G. Crippen |
| Born | ca. 1847 in Michigan |
| Died | 17 May 1913 in Delaware Township, Leavenworth County, Kansas |
| +7. | George H. Crippen |
| Born | 23 May 1850 in Michigan |
| Married | 21 November 1876 in Hartford, Van Buren County, Michigan to Josephine M. Taylor (born Josephine M. Hall) |
| Died | 11 November 1916 in Decatur, Van Buren County, Michigan |
| 8. | Emma Crippen |
| Born | ca. 1851 |
| 9. | Samuel G. Crippin |
| Born | ca. 1852 |
| Died | 7 August 1855 |
| +10. | Alice Mary Crippen |
| Born | 20 November 1859 in Decatur, Van Buren County, Michigan |
| Married | 15 March 1880 in Decatur, Van Buren County, Michigan to George Cornelius Fuller |
| Died | 11 December 1921 in Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Anderson Cemetery, Decatur Township, Van Buren County, Michigan, Karenda Gazlay Crippin, born: 10 November 1812 in Cortland County, New York; died: 25 June 1905 in Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan (from record, which provides the names and links for her parents, husband, one sibling, and four children).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Michigan, Cass County, Volinia Township, Page 368, family of Stirling A. Crippin (39, New York, farmer); Clarinda Crippin (38, New York); Thos Crippin (17, New York, farming); Abby Crippin (15, New York); Nelson Crippin (11, New York); Chas Crippin (8, New York); Mills Crippin (7, Michigan); Dana Crippin (3, Michigan); George Crippen (1/12, Michigan).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Michigan, Van Buren County, Township of Decatur, Pages 157-158, family of Sterling Crippen (48, N York, farmer); Coralinda A. Crippen (46, N York); David Crippen (13, Mich); George Crippen (11, Mich); Mary Crippen (9/12, Mich); Emma Crippen (9, Unknown).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Michigan, Van Buren County, Decatur Township, Page No. 25, family of Karenda Crippin (57, New York); Alice Crippin (10, Mich.).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Michigan, Van Buren County, Decatur, Enumeration District 211, Page No. 6, family of Clarinda [sic] Crippen (66, New York, housekeeper); son George Crippen (30, Mich., farmer); wife Josephine H. Crippen (27, Mich., housekeeper); daughter Allice Crippen (20, Mich., housekeeper); daughter Abby A. Crippen (3, Mich.); son Freeman Crippen (2/12, Mich. [so April]) [latter two children are of George and Josephine].
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Michigan, Berrien County, Buchanan Township, Enumeration District 61, Sheet No. 5A, family of George C. Fuller (42, Michigan, March 1858, farmer); wife of 20 years Alice M. Fuller (40, Michigan, Nov 1859, 2 children, 1 living); son Clyde Fuller (17, Michigan, Nov 1883); m in law Karinda Crippen (87, New York, Nov 1812, 1 child, 1 living [undoubtedly referring only to the daughter she is living with]); border George Wallace (22, Michigan, Oct 1877, farm laborer).
- The Cortland Connection (website); post by Harlan Quardokus, 15 September 2010, indicating that Abigail Jones Gazlay, wife of Joshua Gazlay, bore nine children, of which four have been identified: Karenda (1812-1905), Abigail (1828-1920), David Ward (1830-1899), and Mary (1833-?). The post includes other details regarding the marriages of these children, remarriage of Abigail to Timothy Allen, and her burial next to her daughter Karenda.
- Message Boards, Ancestry.com; post by Carol Rose, a descendant of Karenda Gazlay Crippen, regarding various details of the Crippen, Gazlay and Allen family members, including tombstone inscription in Anderson Cemetery, Decatur, Michigan: Our Mother, Abby J. Allen, died Feb. 22, 1880, Age 86 years. She is buried beside Karinda Crippen in the Crippen plot.