Gazlay Family History
John Gazlay
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
John Gazlay2 (John Gazlay1)
John Gazlay2 (John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | John Gazlay ( - ) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Sayrs ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 24 November 2009; Last Edited: 20 November 2021 |
| Person ID | 453 |
| Name | John Gazlay |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 9 July 1722 in Goshen, Orange County, New York1, 2 |
| Married | 30 October 1746 in Great Nine Partners, Dutchess County, New York to Anna Ward1, 2 |
| Died | 9 August 1811 in Greene County, New York2, 3 |
| Buried | in Burnt Hills Baptist Church (Hillside) Cemetery, Burnt Hills, Saratoga County, New York3 |
Biography
John served apprenticeship to the business of mill-wright, in Orange County, New York. He early removed to Great Nine Partners, in Dutchess County, New York, and purchased 500 acres of new land, married Anna Ward, by which he had 12 children, who attained maturity.1
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Anna Ward |
| Born | 9 November 1725 |
| Married | 30 October 1746 in Great Nine Partners, Dutchess County, New York to John Gazlay |
| Died | 5 October 1798 |
| Children | of John Gazlay and Anna Ward: |
| +1. | Mary ‘Polly’ Gazlay |
| Born | 4 October 1747 in New York |
| Married | to Dr. William Forman |
| Died | 6 June 1805 in Menands, Albany County, New York |
| +2. | John Gazlay |
| Born | 11 January 1750 in Columbus, Chenango County, New York |
| Married | ca. 1772 to Sarah Furman |
| Died | 26 February 1813 |
| 3. | Daniel Gazlay |
| Born | 22 March 1752 |
| Married | to Keturah Platt |
| Died | 1777 |
| +4. | Anna Gazlay |
| Born | 8 July 1754 |
| Married | 1 November 1773 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut to William Carter |
| Died | 17 August 1820 |
| +5. | Hannah Gazlay |
| Born | 18 April 1756 |
| Married | to William Wright |
| +6. | James Gazlay |
| Born | 23 January 1758 |
| Married | 20 October 1783 to Huldah Carter |
| Died | 6 August 1823 |
| +7. | Jonathan Gazlay |
| Born | 17 August 1760 |
| Married | to Karenda Carter |
| Died | 7 September 1835 in Willet, Cortland County, New York |
| +8. | Elizabeth Gazlay |
| Born | 9 February 1763 |
| Married | 1 January 1785 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York to Samuel Furman |
| Died | 1 June 1847 in Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, New York |
| +9. | Deidamia Gazlay |
| Born | 18 June 1765 in New York |
| Married | 1789 to Philip Heartt |
| Died | 11 December 1850 |
| 10. | Abigail Gazlay |
| Born | 27 April 1768 |
| Died | 1795 |
| +11. | Joseph Gazlay |
| Born | 24 November 1771 |
| Married | to Annie Marshall |
| Died | 29 June 1821 |
| +12. | Benjamin Gazlay |
| Born | 24 November 1771 |
| Married | to Ruth Bradford |
Sources
- Genealogy of the Gazlay Family, collated by Theodore Gazlay, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1890; unpublished. Transcription available at Gazlay Family History (website).
- The Gazlay Family in America, with sections titled “Ten Generations of American Gazlays” for several branches of the Gazlay family. Document is marked on one page, “From Gerard Gazlay, Jr. Jan. 1980.” Unpublished, nine unnumbered pages. Photocopy in possession of Lee Gazlay.
- Cemetery Inscriptions, Burnt Hills Baptist Church Cemetery (now called Hillside Cemetery), Saratoga NYGENWEB (website), Saratoga, New York.