Gazlay Family History
Francis Purdy
Parents
| Father | [unknown] |
| Mother | [unknown] |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 14 November 2010; Last Edited: 14 November 2010 |
| Person ID | 1717 |
| Name | Francis Purdy |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | ca. 17591 |
| Married | to Anna Nancy Forman2 |
| Died | 28 November 18421 |
| Buried | in Dutch Churchyard, Fishkill Landing, Dutchess County, New York1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Anna Nancy Forman (daughter of Dr. William Forman and Mary ‘Polly’ Gazlay) |
| Born | February 1764 |
| Married | to Francis Purdy |
| Died | 28 May 1833 |
| Children | of Francis Purdy and Anna Nancy Forman: |
| +1. | Stephen Purdy |
| Born | 17 September 1787 in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York |
| Married | 22 December 1810 to Susan Haight |
| Died | 4 January 1853 in Bellona, Yates County, New York |
| 2. | Maria Purdy |
| Born | 2 June 1790 |
| +3. | John Purdy |
| Born | 21 July 1792 in Fishkill Landing, Dutchess County, New York |
| Married | 14 June 1815 in Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York to Maria T. Flagler |
| Married | to Pamilia Lockwood |
| Married | 6 November 1845 in Walworth County, Wisconsin to Mary Beeden |
| Died | 13 September 1861 |
| 4. | William Purdy |
| Born | 28 July 1794 |
| Died | 20 November 1855 |
| +5. | Esther Mehitable ‘Hetty’ Purdy |
| Born | 13 May 1796 |
| Married | to Stephen Duryea Van Wyck |
| Died | 7 November 1835 |
| 6. | Elizabeth Purdy |
| Born | 13 February 1799 |
| +7. | Theodorus Purdy |
| Born | 4 July 1801 in New York |
| Married | to Margaret M. Case |
| 8. | Sally Ann Purdy |
| Born | 5 September 1804 |
| 9. | Jane Purdy |
| Born | January 1807 |
| 10. | Abraham Purdy |
| Born | 5 August 1810 |
| Married | 10 January 1828 in Farmers Mills, Putnam County, New York to Julia Ann Sniffin |
| Died | 24 March 1848 |
Sources
- Interments in the Dutch Churchyard, Fishkill Landing; “Old Gravestones of Dutchess County, New York” by J. W. Poucher published in 1924, pages 92-97.
- Genealogy of the Gazlay Family, collated by Theodore Gazlay, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1890; unpublished. Transcription available at Gazlay Family History (website).