Gazlay Family History
Stephen Purdy
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Stephen Purdy5 (Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Stephen Purdy5 (Anna Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | Francis Purdy (ca. 1759 - 28 November 1842) |
| Mother | Anna Nancy Forman (February 1764 - 28 May 1833) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 14 November 2010; Last Edited: 17 October 2022 |
| Person ID | 1719 |
| Name | Stephen Purdy |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 17 September 1787 in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York1, 2, 3 |
| Baptized | 27 January 1788 in Dutch Reformed Church, Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York1 |
| Married | 22 December 1810 to Susan Haight3 |
| Died | 4 January 1853 in Bellona, Yates County, New York2, 3 |
| Buried | in Bellona Cemetery, Bellona, Yates County, New York2 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Susan Haight (daughter of Stephen Haight and Abigail Lane) |
| Born | 12 December 1791 in Putnam County, New York |
| Married | 22 December 1810 to Stephen Purdy |
| Died | 30 March 1882 in Bellona, Yates County, New York |
| Children | of Stephen Purdy and Susan Haight: |
| +1. | Maria Purdy |
| Born | 25 November 1811 |
| Married | 2 November 1835 to Anson C. Loomis |
| Died | 9 December 1883 |
| +2. | James Haight Purdy |
| Born | 1816 in Benton, Yates County, New York |
| Married | to Harriet Pembroke |
| Married | to Mary A. Lewis |
| Died | 2 January 1899 in Geneva, Ontario County, New York |
| +3. | Caroline Purdy |
| Born | 7 October 1819 in Dutchess County, New York |
| Married | to Dr. Henry Barden |
| Died | 31 January 1908 in Bellona, Yates County, New York |
| 4. | Jane Augusta Purdy |
| Born | 20 May 1821 |
| Married | 15 September 1845 to Charles Van Voorhees |
| Died | 19 June 1866 in New York |
| 5. | Mary F. Purdy |
| Born | 25 November 1824 in New York |
| Married | to Justus B. Johnson |
| Died | 1 June 1911 in New York |
Sources
- Records of the Dutch Reformed Church of Fishkill, New York; typewritten transcript (date unknown). Available at ancestry.com. Pages 101, 108, 120, 124, 131, 137, 143, 145, 148: children of Francis Purdy and Nancy/Anna Furman (with several spellings).
- Find a Grave (website). Bellona Cemetery, Bellona, Yates County, New York, Stephen Purdy, born: 17 September 1787 in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York; died: 4 January 1853 in Bellona, Yates County, New York (from record, which provides the names and links for his wife and five children).
- History of Yates County, New York, by Lewis Cass Aldrich. D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, New York, 1892. Pages 499-500, Biographical Sketch of Stephen Purdy.