Gazlay Family History
Miles Gazlay
DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Miles Gazlay5 (William Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Miles Gazlay5 (William Gazlay,4 Jonathan Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)
Parents
| Father | William C. Gazlay (ca. 1781 - 27 September 1858) |
| Mother | Patty Dickinson ( - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 18 October 2011; Last Edited: 7 March 2024 |
| Person ID | 3110 |
| Name | Miles Gazlay |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 20 October 1807 in Onondaga Hollow, Onondaga County, New York1, 2, 3 |
| Baptized | 12 December 1816 in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York4 |
| Married | 1829 in Manchester, Ontario County, New York to Elizabeth Maria ‘Betsey’ Harmon3 |
| Married | 1 March 1858 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan to Ruth Conklin (née Pettengill) 5, 6 |
| Died | 7 June 1862 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan3, 7 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Elizabeth Maria ‘Betsey’ Harmon (daughter of Carlos Harmon and Arsenath Spear) |
| Born | 29 January 1807 in Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut |
| Married | 1829 in Manchester, Ontario County, New York to Miles Gazlay |
| Died | 21 March 1853 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan |
| Children | of Miles Gazlay and Elizabeth Maria ‘Betsey’ Harmon: |
| 1. | Miles Gazley, Jr. |
| Born | ca. 1832 in New York |
| +2. | Carlos Gazley |
| Born | ca. 1836 in Ontario County, New York |
| Married | 25 December 1869 in Manhattan, New York City, New York to Mary Augusta Lawrence |
| Died | 6 March 1893 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York |
| 3. | Charles Gazley |
| Born | ca. 1838 in Michigan |
| Spouse 2 | Ruth Conklin (née Pettengill) (daughter of Samuel Pettengill and Sarah ‘Sally’ Baldwin) |
| Born | 15 October 1822 in Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts |
| Married | 5 August 1840 in Flushing, Genesee County, Michigan to Gilbert Conklin |
| Married | 1 March 1858 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan to Miles Gazlay |
| Children | of Miles Gazlay and Ruth Conklin (née Pettengill) : |
| +1. | Emily A. ‘Emma’ Gazlay |
| Born | 27 February 1860 in Michigan |
| Married | 8 June 1881 in Genesee County, Michigan to Lewis Taylor Kline |
| Died | 24 January 1895 in Alpena, Alpena County, Michigan |
Sources
- U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Michigan, Genesee County, Flint, Page 208-209, family of Miles Gazley (43, NY, sadler); Elizabeth Gazley (40, NY); Miles Gazley Jr. (18, NY, clerk); Carlos Gazley (14, NY); Charles Gazley (12, Mich); Margaret Lindsley (16, Mich).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Michigan, Genesee County, Flint, Page No. 57, family of Miles Gazlay (52, NY, harness maker); Ruth Gazlay (37, Mass.); Miles Gazlay (26, NY, carpenter); Charles Gazlay (20, Mich., harness maker); Harriet Gazlay (16, Mich.); Emily Gazlay (4/12, Mich.).
- The Harmon Genealogy, Comprising All Branches in New England, Compiled and Edited by Artemas Canfield Harmon. Printed by Gibson Bros., Inc., Washington, D.C., 1920. Pages 178, 251. Digitized copy available at Google Books.
- Early Records of the Valley Presbyterian Church, Syracuse, New York. Records from 1810. Submitted by Barbara Hatch. Copied by Minnie L. C. Coleman, Syracuse, New York, 1930. Available at Rootsweb. Infant Baptisms, Liber I, include, on page 8, children of William C. and Patty Gazlay, baptized on 12 December 1816: Miles, Ward, Martha, and Lucy Ann (her record between that of Miles and Ward). On Page 11, children of William C. and Patty Gazelay, baptized in February 1821: Dickinson, and Mary.
- Marriage Records, Genesee County, Michigan, from Flint Genealogical Society, available at rootsweb.com; Gazlay, Miles, and Conklin, Ruth, married 1 March 1858.
- Michigan, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1822-1940 (available at ancestry.com), Miles Gazlay and Ruth Conklin, married on 1 March 1858 in Flint, Genesee [County], Michigan.
- Magazine, Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, Volumes 44-46, 1980; death of Miles Gazlay, died 7 June 1862, age 54, of consumption.