Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyWilliam Carter

Parents

FatherWilliam Carter ( - )
MotherAnna Yale ( - )

Personal Information

Record Created: 14 November 2010; Last Edited: 21 July 2024 
Person ID1731
NameWilliam Carter
GenderMale
Born 12 November 1741 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut1, 2
Married 8 June 1762 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut to Martha Ward3
Married 1 November 1773 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut to Anna Gazlay4, 5, 6
Died 8 March 18262
Buried in Shaker Cemetery, Colonie, Albany County, New York2

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyMartha Ward (daughter of John Ward and Elisabeth Abernathy)
Born 17 July 1744 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut
Married 8 June 1762 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut to William Carter
  
Children of William Carter and Martha Ward:
  
+1.FamilyHuldah Carter
Born 11 February 1767
Married 20 October 1783 to James Gazlay
Died 21 September 1844 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
  
2.FamilyPhilana Carter
Born 21 May 1769 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut
Died 2 March 1803
  
Spouse 2FamilyAnna Gazlay (daughter of John Gazlay and Anna Ward)
Born 8 July 1754
Married 1 November 1773 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut to William Carter
Died 17 August 1820
  
Children of William Carter and Anna Gazlay:
  
1.FamilyJohn Gazlay Carter
Born 10 October 1774
Died 16 December 1801
  
2.FamilyAnna ‘Nancy’ Carter
Born 3 September 1780
Died 19 January 1839
  
3.FamilyBetsey Carter
Born 15 June 1783
Died 17 January 1838
  
4.FamilyRebecca ‘Patty’ Carter
Born 20 September 1788
Died 9 June 1866
  
5.FamilySamuel Carter
Born 5 October 1790 in Albany, Albany County, New York
  
6.FamilyWard Carter
Born 18 May 1797 in Albany, Albany County, New York
  

Sources

  1. Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, William Carter, born: 12 November 1741 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut; father: William Carter; mother: Anna.
  2. Find a Grave (website). Shaker Cemetery, Colonie, Albany County, New York, William Carter, born: 12 November 1741; died: 8 March 1826 (from record, which includes biographical notes, the names of six children; and provides the names and links for his wife and four children).
  3. Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850, William Carter and Martha Ward, married on 8 June 1762 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut.
  4. Find a Grave (website). Shaker Cemetery, Colonie, Albany County, New York, Anna Gazlay Carter, born: 8 July 1754; died: 17 August 1820 (from record, which includes details on her marriage and other biographical notes, and provides the names and links for her father, five siblings, husband, and four children).
  5. Vital Records from Barbour 1670-1850, Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, transcribed by Coralynn Brown, available at durhamwilcox.net. Marriage of William Carter and Mrs. Anne Gazlay, 1 November 1773.
  6. Genealogy of the Gazlay Family, collated by Theodore Gazlay, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1890; unpublished. Transcription available at Gazlay Family History (website).