Abigail ‘Abby’ Jones

Person/Family

Spouse 1

Joshua Gazlay (son of Jonathan Gazlay and Karenda Carter)

+1.	Karinda Gazlay

+2.	Abigail ‘Abbey’ Gazlay

+3.	David Ward Gazlay

4.	Mary Gazlay

Spouse 2

Timothy Allen

Sources

1. Find a Grave (website). Anderson Cemetery, Decatur Township, Van Buren County, Michigan, Abby Jones Allen, born: 1794 in Shutesbury, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died: 22 February 1880 in Decatur, Van Buren County, Michigan (from record, which provides the names and links for two husbands and two children).
2. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, New York, Cortland County, Willet, family of Timothy Allen (52, NY, farmer); Abigail Allen (55, NY); Sully Allen (15, NY); Mary Gursley (17, NY). Sully is believed to be a daughter from Timothy’s previous marriage, and Mary is believed to be Mary Gazlay from Abigail’s previous marriage.
3. New York State Census, 1855, Cortland County, Willett, Image 12 of 12, Timothy Allen, 60, Otsego, farmer, 30 years lived in this city or town; wife Abigail Allen, 61, Mass., 45 years lived in this city or town; daughter Sally M. Allen, 20, Cortland, 20 years lived in this city or town.
4. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, New York, Cortland County, Willet, Page No. 24, family of Timothy Allen (63, New York, farmer); Abigail Allen (66, Mass.).
5. New York State Census, 1865, Cortland County, Willett, Page 17, Timothy Allen, 69, Otseg[o], 2 marriages; wife Abigail Allen, 71, Mass., 2 marriages, 9 children.
6. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, New York, Chenango County, McDonough, Page No. 15, family of Charles Blivin (46, New York, farmer); Sarah M. Blivin (35, New York); Abby Blivin (4, New York); Timothy Allen (74, New York); Abbie Allen (76, Massachusetts); Whesselhofft (24, Baden, farm laborer).
7. History of Sauk County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company. 1880. Digitized copy available at Google Books. Page 703, biographical sketch of Henry R. Ryan. This document names his wife Abbie Gazlay’s parents: Joshua and Abigail Jones Gazlay. It is one of the few documents, or perhaps the only document, that provides their names.
8. Letter, from Harlan Quardokus to Frederick Page, 6 April 2010, containing several pages of notes related to various Gazlay family members, including: notes of birth and death dates for early Gazlay generations, by Ruth G. Tuttle; biographical notes about David Ward Gazlay and his wife Mary Baker; four children of Joshua Gazlay and Abigail Jones; one page of a DAR application from 1928; a page showing the lineage of four Mayflower descendants from whom David Ward Gazlay was descended; and two pages of cemetery photographs annotated with burial and inscription details. Copies sent to Lee Gazlay in 2012.
9. The Cortland Connection (website); post by Harlan Quardokus, 15 September 2010, indicating that Abigail Jones Gazlay, wife of Joshua Gazlay, bore nine children, of which four have been identified: Karenda (1812-1905), Abigail (1828-1920), David Ward (1830-1899), and Mary (1833-?). The post includes other details regarding the marriages of these children, remarriage of Abigail to Timothy Allen, and her burial next to her daughter Karenda.
10. Message Boards, Ancestry.com; post by Carol Rose, a descendant of Karenda Gazlay Crippen, regarding various details of the Crippen, Gazlay and Allen family members, including tombstone inscription in Anderson Cemetery, Decatur, Michigan: Our Mother, Abby J. Allen, died Feb. 22, 1880, Age 86 years. She is buried beside Karinda Crippen in the Crippen plot.