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style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">William Floyd</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:William_floyd.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/William_floyd.jpg/220px-William_floyd.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="307" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/William_floyd.jpg/330px-William_floyd.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/William_floyd.jpg/440px-William_floyd.jpg 2x" data-file-width="843" data-file-height="1176" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>'s <a href="/wiki/New_York%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="New York's 1st congressional district">1st</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>New district</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Tredwell" title="Thomas Tredwell">Thomas Tredwell</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1734-12-17</span>)</span>December 17, 1734<br /><a href="/wiki/Brookhaven,_New_York" title="Brookhaven, New York">Brookhaven</a>, <a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_York" title="Province of New York">Province of New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_America" title="British America">British America</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">August 4, 1821<span style="display:none">(1821-08-04)</span> (aged 86)<br /><a href="/wiki/Westernville,_New_York" title="Westernville, New York">Westernville, New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party" title="Democratic-Republican Party">Democratic-Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Hannah Jones<br /></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1760; died 1781)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712" /></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Joanna Strong<br /></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(before 1821)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Floyd_House" title="William Floyd House">William Floyd House</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Floyd_signature.png" class="mw-file-description" title="William Floyd's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/William_Floyd_signature.png/128px-William_Floyd_signature.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/William_Floyd_signature.png/192px-William_Floyd_signature.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/William_Floyd_signature.png 2x" data-file-width="229" data-file-height="142" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Floyd</b> (December 17, 1734 – August 4, 1821) was an American <a href="/wiki/Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States" title="Founding Fathers of the United States">Founding Father</a>, wealthy farmer, and political leader from <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bernstein2001_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bernstein2001-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Floyd served as a delegate to the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Congress" title="Continental Congress">Continental Congress</a> and was a signer of the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Association" title="Continental Association">Continental Association</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 1776, a few weeks after the Declaration was signed, British forces defeated an American army at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Island" title="Battle of Long Island">battle of Long Island</a> and confiscated <a href="/wiki/William_Floyd_House" title="William Floyd House">Floyd's house and estate</a>, using the property as a base for their cavalry units over the next seven years.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Floyd remained active in politics throughout the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">Revolutionary Era</a>, served as a major general in the New York State militia, and was elected to the first <a href="/wiki/U.S._Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Congress">U.S. Congress</a> in 1789.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Floyd&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Floyd was born on December 17, 1734, in <a href="/wiki/Brookhaven,_New_York" title="Brookhaven, New York">Brookhaven</a>, <a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_York" title="Province of New York">Province of New York</a>, on <a href="/wiki/Long_Island" title="Long Island">Long Island</a> into a family of English and Welsh origins. He was the son of Tabitha (<a href="/wiki/N%C3%A9e" class="mw-redirect" title="Née">née</a> Smith) Floyd and Nicoll Floyd (1705–1755).<sup id="cite_ref-Greene1899_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greene1899-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among his siblings was sister Ruth Floyd, who married Brigadier General <a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Woodhull" title="Nathaniel Woodhull">Nathaniel Woodhull</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> sister Charity Floyd, who married Continental Congressmen <a href="/wiki/Ezra_L%27Hommedieu" title="Ezra L'Hommedieu">Ezra L'Hommedieu</a>; and brother Charles Floyd, who married Margaret Thomas in 1761.<sup id="cite_ref-al1968_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-al1968-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>William's great-grandfather was Richard Floyd, who was born in <a href="/wiki/Brecknockshire" title="Brecknockshire">Brecknockshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>, in about 1620 and was the last of his brothers to leave England, first visiting <a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia" title="Jamestown, Virginia">Jamestown, Virginia</a>, before settling in the Province of New York around 1640 where he practiced law. Around 1688, his grandfather purchased 4,400 acres from <a href="/wiki/William_%22Tangier%22_Smith" title="William "Tangier" Smith">Tangier Smith</a>'s family in the <a href="/wiki/Mastic,_New_York" title="Mastic, New York">Mastic Neck</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Brookhaven,_New_York" title="Brookhaven, New York">Town of Brookhaven</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Fradin2002_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fradin2002-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> William's father Nicoll built a house there in 1723 where William was born.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Floyd&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After his father's death in 1755, William took over the family farm. He became a member of the <a href="/wiki/Suffolk_County,_New_York" title="Suffolk County, New York">Suffolk County</a> Militia in the early stages of the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>, becoming <a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">Major General</a>. He was a delegate from New York to the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Congress" title="Continental Congress">Continental Congress</a> from 1774 to 1776. He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Senate" title="New York State Senate">New York State Senate</a> (Southern District) from 1777 to 1788.<sup id="cite_ref-Hough1863_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hough1863-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 4, 1787, he was elected an honorary member of the New York <a href="/wiki/Society_of_the_Cincinnati" title="Society of the Cincinnati">Society of the Cincinnati</a>. In <a href="/wiki/1789_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_New_York" title="1789 United States House of Representatives elections in New York">March 1789</a>, he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/1st_United_States_Congress" title="1st United States Congress">1st United States Congress</a> under the new <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States" title="Constitution of the United States">Constitution</a> as an <a href="/wiki/Anti-Administration_party" title="Anti-Administration party">Anti-Administration</a> candidate and served until March 3, 1791. Floyd was a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College" title="United States Electoral College">presidential elector</a> in <a href="/wiki/1792_United_States_presidential_election" title="1792 United States presidential election">1792</a>, voting for <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Clinton_(vice_president)" title="George Clinton (vice president)">George Clinton</a>. Floyd, for whom the town of <a href="/wiki/Floyd,_New_York" title="Floyd, New York">Floyd, New York</a>, is named, became a resident of <a href="/wiki/Oneida_County,_New_York" title="Oneida County, New York">Oneida County</a> in 1794. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1795_New_York_gubernatorial_election" title="1795 New York gubernatorial election">1795</a>, Floyd ran for <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_New_York" title="Lieutenant Governor of New York">Lieutenant Governor of New York</a> with <a href="/wiki/Robert_Yates_(politician)" title="Robert Yates (politician)">Robert Yates</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republican_Party" title="Democratic-Republican Party">Democratic-Republican</a> ticket, but they were defeated by <a href="/wiki/Federalist_Party" title="Federalist Party">Federalists</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Jay" title="John Jay">John Jay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Van_Rensselaer" title="Stephen Van Rensselaer">Stephen Van Rensselaer</a>. Floyd was again a presidential elector in <a href="/wiki/1800_United_States_presidential_election" title="1800 United States presidential election">1800</a>, voting for <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Burr" title="Aaron Burr">Aaron Burr</a>; and in <a href="/wiki/1804_United_States_presidential_election" title="1804 United States presidential election">1804</a>, voting for Jefferson and <a href="/wiki/George_Clinton_(vice_president)" title="George Clinton (vice president)">George Clinton</a>. Floyd was a member of the state senate (Western District) in <a href="/wiki/31st_New_York_State_Legislature" title="31st New York State Legislature">1808</a>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_presidential_election" title="1820 United States presidential election">1820</a>, Floyd was chosen a presidential elector but did not attend the meeting of the electoral college, and <a href="/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren" title="Martin Van Buren">Martin Van Buren</a> was appointed to fill the vacancy. In the 1820 Census, when Floyd was 86, he had 6 slaves and 2 free black residents lived in his household<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at the <a href="/wiki/Gen._William_Floyd_House" title="Gen. William Floyd House">General William Floyd House</a> in <a href="/wiki/Westernville,_New_York" title="Westernville, New York">Westernville, New York</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Floyd&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Family">Family</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Floyd&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1760, Floyd was married to Hannah Jones (1740–1781), who was born in <a href="/wiki/Southampton,_New_York" title="Southampton, New York">Southampton, New York</a>, and was the daughter of William Jones. Together, they were the parents of:<sup id="cite_ref-Greene1899_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greene1899-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Nicoll Floyd (1762–1852), who married Phoebe Gelston (1770–1836), daughter of <a href="/wiki/David_Gelston" title="David Gelston">David Gelston</a> (<a href="/wiki/Collector_of_the_Port_of_New_York" title="Collector of the Port of New York">collector of the Port of New York</a>), in 1789.</li> <li>Mary Floyd (1764–1805), who married Colonel <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Tallmadge" title="Benjamin Tallmadge">Benjamin Tallmadge</a>, who was in charge of President <a href="/wiki/Culper_Ring" title="Culper Ring">George Washington's spy ring</a>.</li> <li>Catherine Floyd (1767–1832), who married Reverend William Clarkson (1763–1812).<sup id="cite_ref-DAR1915_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAR1915-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>After the death of his first wife in 1781, Floyd remarried to Joanna Strong (1747–1826), who was born in <a href="/wiki/Setauket,_New_York" title="Setauket, New York">Setauket, New York</a>, and was the daughter of Benajah Strong and Martha (née Mills) Strong. Together, they were the parents of:<sup id="cite_ref-Greene1899_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greene1899-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Ann Floyd (1785–1857), who married George Washington Clinton (1771–1809), son of <a href="/wiki/George_Clinton_(vice_president)" title="George Clinton (vice president)">George Clinton</a>, the first <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_York" title="Governor of New York">Governor of New York</a> and the fourth <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">Vice President of the United States</a>.</li> <li>Elizabeth Floyd (1789–1820), who married James Platt (1788–1870), youngest son of Continental Congressmen <a href="/wiki/Zephaniah_Platt" title="Zephaniah Platt">Zephaniah Platt</a>.</li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mrs_Benjamin_Tallmadge_and_son_Henry_Floyd_and_daughter_Maria_Jones_1790.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Portrait of Mrs. Benjamin Tallmadge with son Henry Floyd and daughter Maria Jones 1790"><img alt="Portrait of Mrs. Benjamin Tallmadge with son Henry Floyd and daughter Maria Jones 1790" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Mrs_Benjamin_Tallmadge_and_son_Henry_Floyd_and_daughter_Maria_Jones_1790.jpeg/82px-Mrs_Benjamin_Tallmadge_and_son_Henry_Floyd_and_daughter_Maria_Jones_1790.jpeg" decoding="async" width="82" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Mrs_Benjamin_Tallmadge_and_son_Henry_Floyd_and_daughter_Maria_Jones_1790.jpeg/124px-Mrs_Benjamin_Tallmadge_and_son_Henry_Floyd_and_daughter_Maria_Jones_1790.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Mrs_Benjamin_Tallmadge_and_son_Henry_Floyd_and_daughter_Maria_Jones_1790.jpeg/165px-Mrs_Benjamin_Tallmadge_and_son_Henry_Floyd_and_daughter_Maria_Jones_1790.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="725" data-file-height="1053" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Portrait of Mrs. Benjamin Tallmadge with son Henry Floyd and daughter Maria Jones 1790</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Benjamin_Tallmadge_by_Ralph_Earl.jpeg" class="mw-file-description" title="Portrait of Benjamin Tallmadge with son William 1790"><img alt="Portrait of Benjamin Tallmadge with son William 1790" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Benjamin_Tallmadge_by_Ralph_Earl.jpeg/97px-Benjamin_Tallmadge_by_Ralph_Earl.jpeg" decoding="async" width="97" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Benjamin_Tallmadge_by_Ralph_Earl.jpeg/145px-Benjamin_Tallmadge_by_Ralph_Earl.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Benjamin_Tallmadge_by_Ralph_Earl.jpeg/194px-Benjamin_Tallmadge_by_Ralph_Earl.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="731" data-file-height="904" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Portrait of Benjamin Tallmadge with son William 1790</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Residence_and_estate">Residence and estate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Floyd&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Residence and estate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Floyd_House.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/William_Floyd_House.JPG/220px-William_Floyd_House.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/William_Floyd_House.JPG/330px-William_Floyd_House.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/William_Floyd_House.JPG/440px-William_Floyd_House.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4546" data-file-height="2229" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/William_Floyd_Estate" class="mw-redirect" title="William Floyd Estate">William Floyd Estate</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/William_Floyd_House" title="William Floyd House">William Floyd House</a>, the family home, is located in <a href="/wiki/Mastic_Beach,_New_York" title="Mastic Beach, New York">Mastic Beach</a>, is part of <a href="/wiki/Fire_Island_National_Seashore" title="Fire Island National Seashore">Fire Island National Seashore</a> and is open to visitors.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It consists of the home, grounds and a cemetery of the Floyd family. Over the course of 200 years, eight generations of Floyds have managed the 25-room mansion and 613-acre property.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to the 20th century, the estate was much larger.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Descendants">Descendants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Floyd&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Through his son Nicoll, he was a grandfather of U.S. Representative <a href="/wiki/John_G._Floyd" title="John G. Floyd">John Gelston Floyd</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-JGFbioguide_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JGFbioguide-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Mary Floyd, who married John Lawrence Ireland (grandson of New York State Senator <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Lawrence" title="Jonathan Lawrence">Jonathan Lawrence</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Lawrence1858_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawrence1858-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through his daughter Catherine, he was the grandfather of Harriet Ashton (née Clarkson) Crosby (1786–1859),<sup id="cite_ref-DAR1915_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DAR1915-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and great-grandfather of New York State Senator <a href="/wiki/Clarkson_F._Crosby" title="Clarkson F. Crosby">Clarkson Floyd Crosby</a>, who married Angelica Schuyler, daughter of John <a href="/wiki/Schuyler_family" title="Schuyler family">Schuyler</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-York_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-York-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_legacy">Death and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Floyd&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Death and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Floyd died on August 4, 1821, and is buried at the Westernville Cemetery in Oneida County. His widow died in 1826.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are several places named after William Floyd, including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Floyd_School_District" title="William Floyd School District">William Floyd School District</a> in present-day <a href="/wiki/Brookhaven,_New_York" title="Brookhaven, New York">Brookhaven Town</a>, which includes William Floyd Elementary, William Floyd middle school, and William Floyd High School.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Route_46_(Suffolk_County,_New_York)" title="County Route 46 (Suffolk County, New York)">William Floyd Parkway</a> in the Town of Brookhaven.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd,_New_York" title="Floyd, New York">Town of Floyd</a> in <a href="/wiki/Oneida_County,_New_York" title="Oneida County, New York">Oneida County</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>General William Floyd Elementary School in the <a href="/wiki/Holland_Patent_High_School" title="Holland Patent High School">Holland Patent School District</a> in Oneida County</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Floyd&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Memorial_to_the_56_Signers_of_the_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence">Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Floyd&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Brig. Gen. <a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Woodhull" title="Nathaniel Woodhull">Nathaniel Woodhull</a> was the uncle of <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Woodhull" title="Abraham Woodhull">Abraham Cooper Woodhull</a>, also known in the spy ring as "spy 722 or Samuel Culper Sr".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Richard Floyd, who is buried at the Presbyterian Church in Setauket, New York, was the grandfather of Charity Floyd Johnson, the mother of <a href="/wiki/William_Samuel_Johnson" title="William Samuel Johnson">William Samuel Johnson</a>, a signer of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Constitution">U.S. Constitution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The husband of William's great-granddaughter Katherine "Kitty" Floyd, William Buck Dana, carved out a settlement between the five children of Floyd's grandson, <a href="/wiki/John_G._Floyd" title="John G. Floyd">John Gelston Floyd</a> (i.e. Katherine, Sarah, August, John Jr. and Nichol). Sarah and Kitty were each given about 200 acres initially. John Jr. got the 600+-acre piece that is what remains today of the <a href="/wiki/William_Floyd_Estate" class="mw-redirect" title="William Floyd Estate">William Floyd Estate</a> and is now in control of the <a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a>. August got a large piece just north of that and also the Woodhull estate that became the original section one of Mastic Beach. Nichol's land was just north of Gus'. Kitty was also given a separate deed in 1880 for 20 prime acres that fronted on both the south shore of the <a href="/wiki/Poospatuck_Reservation" title="Poospatuck Reservation">Poospatuck Creek</a> and 1,500 feet on the western bank of <a href="/wiki/Forge_River_(New_York)" title="Forge River (New York)">Forge River</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Floyd&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Bernstein2001-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Bernstein2001_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBernstein2011" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Richard_B._Bernstein" title="Richard B. 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