Gazlay Family History
David Forman
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
David Forman4 (Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
David 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: 13 November 2010; Last Edited: 6 March 2022 |
| Person ID | 1715 |
| Name | David Forman |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | ca. 1791 in Johnstown, Fulton County, New York1 |
| Married | 26 October 1811 to Cynthia Case2, 3 |
| Died | 15 August 1834 in Manhattan, New York City, New York1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Cynthia Case (daughter of Allen Case and Jane Mills) |
| Born | ca. 1792 in Johnstown, Fulton County, New York |
| Married | 26 October 1811 to David Forman |
| Died | 14 November 1829 in Manhattan, New York City, New York |
| Children | of David Forman and Cynthia Case: |
| 1. | Mary Jane Forman |
| Born | 1812 |
| Married | to Peter Keeth |
| Died | August 1903 |
| 2. | Winfield Scott Forman |
| Born | 1814 |
| Married | to Eliza Clapsaddle |
| 3. | Theodore Purdy Forman |
| Born | ca. 1818 |
| Married | to Sarah Ann Dickensen |
| Died | 1883 |
| 4. | Cornelia L. Forman |
| Born | 8 July 1827 |
| Married | to Joseph E. Corson |
Sources
- New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949, David Forman, died: 15 August 1834 in Manhattan, New York County, New York; age 43; born in Johnstown, N.Y.
- Descendants of Peter Mills of Windsor, Connecticut, formerly named Pieter Wouterse vander Muelen, by Helen Schatvet Ullmann, CG. Penobscot Press, April 1998. Also distributed by Newbury Street Press, Boston, Massachusetts. (Available at familysearch.org.) Page 59, family information for Cynthia Case, who married David Foreman.
- Dr. Erastus Ely Case Collection (unpublished manuscript). The Connecticut Historical Society, One Elizabeth Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06105Information provided to Sandra Skies Ludwig by Sierra Dixon, Florence S. Marcy Crofut Research Center Manager, in November 2021. Cynthia Case (Forman), No. A146381, Case family, Generation 6, A143221 to A15XI321, Box 1, Folder 7. Details of the family of Cynthia Case and husband David Foreman, including vital and biographical details and the names of four children and their spouses. (Available at the David Forman family tree at familysearch.org, managed by Sandra Skies Ludwig.)