Alexander Gazlay

Person/Family

Spouse 1

Susannah Sutton (daughter of Andrew Sutton and Elizabeth Montross)

1.	Abbey Jane Gazlay

+2.	George C. Gazlay

+3.	Betsy Ann Gazlay

4.	William Gazlay

+5.	William Gazlay

6.	Harriet A. Gazlay

+7.	Cordelia A. Gazlay

8.	Ambrose Gazlay

Sources

1. Obituary, Brookfield Courier, Brookfield, Madison County, New York. Available at www.fultonhistory.com. George Gazlay, 29 February 1888. Died in the village of New Berlin Sunday morning 26 February, in his 80th year. This obituary provides a key family link, indicating that a sister, Mrs. John Town, and a brother Mr. Wm. Gazlay, of Utica, are the only surviving children of the once large family of Alexander Gazlay. It also names two daughters, Mrs. George Matteson and Mrs. T. B. Wheeler, and indicates that their mother, his wife, is still living.
2. Deaths, Otsego Herald & Western Advertiser, and Freeman’s Journal; 11 August 1834, Alex. Gazley, 3 August, New Berlin, 54.
3. Genealogy of the Gazlay Family, collated by Theodore Gazlay, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1890; unpublished. Transcription available at Gazlay Family History (website).
4. Gazlay History, compiled by Margaret Howe in 1955-1956 (copy available at Gazlay Family History - Sources). Margaret Howe indicated that the document is “based on material my mother Inez L. Gazlay collected, but never lived to edit. Her material has just been copied and explains the more extensive material on generation V and VI. Other information has been added which I found from numerous sources.” Unpublished, 29 pages. Several differences in dates have been found between this document and others, especially A Genealogy of the Leavenworth Family; the latter is considered the more accurate source.
5. The Gazlay Family in America, with sections titled “Ten Generations of American Gazlays” for several branches of the Gazlay family. Document is marked on one page, “From Gerard Gazlay, Jr. Jan. 1980.” Unpublished, nine unnumbered pages. Photocopy in possession of Lee Gazlay.
6. Gazlay Family Tree, Henry Willis Gazlay 1854-1934 Ancestors & Descendants, by Francis P. Gazlay, Northville, Mich., 1978
7. Cemetery Inscriptions, The Gazlay Cemetery, South Edmeston, New York. Copy of all inscriptions existing on 30 March 1902 copied by Charles H. Gazlay. List available on various web sites.
8. New York Marriages 1686-1980, available at familysearch.org. Alexander Gaseby [sic] and Susan Sutton, 1 September 1804 in Presbyterian Church, Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, New York. [The date shown in this source is in doubt; the newspaper announcement documented in another source is considered more accurate.]
9. Notices of Marriages and Deaths, About 4000 in Number, Published in Newspapers. Printed at Poughkeepsie, New York. 1778-1825. Compiled and Edited by Helen Wilkinson Reynolds. Collections of The Dutchess County Historical Society, Volume IV. Page 46, P. B. [Political Barometer newspaper], Tues. Sep. 17, 1805. On the 8th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Clark, Mr. Alexander Gazlay to Miss Susanna Suttin [sic], both of Clinton.