Gazlay Family History
Henry Martin Gazlay
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Henry Martin Gazlay5 (Aaron Gazlay,4 John Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Henry Martin 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: 29 March 2014 |
| Person ID | 1660 |
| Name | Henry Martin Gazlay |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 29 February 1824 in New York1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Married | 4 September 1878 in Boston, Massachusetts to Angeline Elizabeth Gazlay (née Gleason) 4, 5 |
| Died | 2 June 18942, 6 |
| Buried | in Grove Street Cemetery, Putnam, Windham County, Connecticut2 |
Biography
Henry served as a corporal in the Mexican War in Company H, First Regiment, Kentucky. He enrolled on 19 May 1846 in Louisville, and was discharged on 9 June 1847 in New Orleans.7
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Angeline Elizabeth Gazlay (née Gleason) (daughter of Guy Gleason and Pamelia Combs) |
| Born | 9 March 1834 in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut |
| Married | to Addison Gazlay Warner |
| Married | 13 February 1868 in Webster, Worcester County, Massachusetts to David Montross Gazlay |
| Married | 4 September 1878 in Boston, Massachusetts to Henry Martin Gazlay |
| Died | 1 March 1908 in Nahant, Essex County, Massachusetts |
Sources
- Last Will and Testament, David M. Gazlay, will written September 8, 1876. Summary of will provided by Adine Wakefield in a posting at genforum.genealogy.com. The will names the following individuals: widow Angeline E. Gazlay; brother Henry M. Gazlay, Putnam CT; A. M. Gazlay, Louisville, KY; sister Sally Warner, Woodstock, NY; brother Charles M. Gazlay, Jefferson County, KY; brother Albert S. Gazlay; deceased brother Oroville Gazlay; Renu (sp?) C. Gazlay, daughter of Oroville Gazlay; Ellen A. Palmer (formerly Ellen A. Gazlay), daughter of Oroville Gazlay, lived in Ruttum (?) Vermont; Abbie (Abby) A. Miller (formerly Abbie A. Gazlay), daughter of Oroville Gazlay, lived in State of Florida, San Mateso. [Note: the family members in this Will match nearly exactly the composition of children of Aaron and Abigail Gazlay named in at least one other record, so this David M. Gazlay is strongly believed to be their eldest son.]
- Cemetery Inscriptions, Grove Street Cemetery, Putnam, Windham County, Connecticut; available at CTGenweb Project. Henry M. Gazlay, born Feb. 29, 1824, died June 2, 1894
- U.S. Federal Census, 1860, California, Plumas County, Rich Bar Township, Page No. 34, Henry M. Gazely [sic] (35, N.Y., miner).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Connecticut, Windham County, Putnam, Enumeration District 138, Page No. 45, family of Henry M. Gazlay (age 56) and wife Angeline E. Gazlay (age 46).
- Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, available at familyhistory.org. Marriage of Henry M. Gazley, age 54, and Angeline E. Gazley, age 44, on 4 Sep 1878 in Boston, Massachusetts. Record includes names of all parents.
- Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934, available at FamilySearch.org. Henry M. Gazlay, died 2 June 1894 in Putnam, Hartford, Connecticut. [Putnam is in Windham County; the including of Hartford as part of the place of death is not understood.]
- Mexican War Veterans, Report of the adjutant general of the state of Kentucky, Frankfort, Ky. Capital Office, J. D. Woods, public printer and binder, 1889. Page 74, Roll of Company H, First Regiment Kentucky; H. M. Gazlay, Corporal, enrolled 19 May 1846 in Louisville, Ky, for 1 year; mustered 9 June 1846; discharged 9 June 1847, New Orleans.