Gazlay Family History
Joseph Gazlay
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Joseph Gazlay3 (John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Joseph Gazlay3 (John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | John Gazlay (9 July 1722 - 9 August 1811) |
| Mother | Anna Ward (9 November 1725 - 5 October 1798) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 24 November 2009; Last Edited: 20 November 2021 |
| Person ID | 464 |
| Name | Joseph Gazlay |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 24 November 1771: Twin.1, 2, 3 |
| Married | to Annie Marshall4 |
| Died | 29 June 18215 |
| Buried | in Marshall Ground, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York5 |
Biography
Joseph and Annie are said to have had eight children.4
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Annie Marshall |
| Born | 10 April 1772 |
| Married | to Joseph Gazlay |
| Died | 17 April 1841 |
| Children | of Joseph Gazlay and Annie Marshall: |
| +1. | Stephen Gazlay |
| Born | 19 April 1788 |
| Married | 20 January 1818 to Ann Harris |
| Died | 23 December 1837 |
| 2. | John Gazlay |
| Born | ca. June 1796 |
| Died | 2 April 1854 |
| 3. | Elizabeth Ann Gazlay |
| Born | ca. 1801 |
| Married | 21 January 1818 in New Hamburg, Dutchess County, New York to Frederick Ham, Jr. |
| +4. | George W. Gazley |
| Born | 1804 in New York |
| Married | to Harriet E. _____ |
| Died | 26 September 1861 in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California |
| +5. | Elnathan Gazley |
| Born | ca. 1808 in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York |
| Married | 25 December 1835 to Sarah B. Wilbur |
| Died | 30 October 1887 in Clinton, Dutchess County, New York |
| +6. | Mary Gazlay |
| Born | 1814 in Salt Point, Dutchess County, New York |
| Married | 1831 to Alonzo D. Griffin |
| Married | 21 November 1842 to Henry M. Griffen |
| Died | 16 November 1895 in Douglass, Butler County, Kansas |
Sources
- History of Duchess County New York 1683-1882, by James H. Smith; Published by D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, N.Y. 1882. Available at Internet Archive, www.archive.org. The back of the book provides a list of “Names of Citizens who assisted and contributed toward the publication of the History of Duchess County, with Personal Statistics.” This section includes, for the town of Clinton, “Gazley Elnathan, p o Pleasant Plains, farmer and drover, 112 acres, born in Pleasant Valley in 1808, settled in the town in 1835, has been supervisor; wife Sarah B. Wilbur of Hyde Park, married Dec. 25, 1835; children four - George Henry, Alonzo, Orlando and Emily; Father Joseph Gazley of this town.”
- 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.
- Gazlay Family Notes, undated and unpublished. This photocopy of five pages of hand-written notes start with what is believed to be the same 1852 interview of Sayrs Gazlay by his brother Theodore that is transcribed elsewhere. The remaining pages focus on the branch of the family that includes John Arvin Gazlay (1846-1911). Some dates in this photocopy differ from other sources. Transcription available at Gazlay Family History (website).
- Find a Grave (website). Marshall Ground, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York; Gazlay, Joseph; died 29 June 1821; age 50-9-25. His birth date calculated from his death date and age is 4 September 1770, significantly different from 24 November 1771 that is understood as his birth date from family records.