A portrait of William Floyd, Long Islander

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Publication A portrait of William Floyd Topics Floyd, William, PublisherPages: Maxwell, William Quentin. Portrait of William Floyd, Long Islander. [Setauket, N.Y.], [Privately printed by the] Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, (OCoLC) Named Person: William Floyd; William Floyd: Material Type: Biography: Document Type: Book: All Authors / Contributors: William Quentin Maxwell.

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Ferris and Richard E. Morris, National Park Service Interpretive Publications, Inc. Flagstaff, Arizona The William Floyd House, the family home, is located in Mastic Beach, is part of Fire Island National Seashore and is open to visitors.

It consists of the home, grounds and a cemetery of the Floyd family. Over the course of years, eight generations of Floyds have managed the room mansion and acre property.

Prior A portrait of William Floyd the 20th century, the estate was much larger. William Floyd was the eldest child of a prosperous Long Island family of Welsh descent. His great grandfather, Richard Floyd had emigrated from Wales to Long Island in the 17th C.

William’s parents were Nicoll Floyd and Tabitha Smith. Larry Lowenthal Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, $ ($ members) The first full biography of William Floyd of Mastic, Long Island’s Founding Father and signer of the Declaration of Independence.

William Floyd book. Read 2 reviews from the world's largest community for readers/5(2). The place for William Floyd is in the history books with a full synopsis of what he did as a person.” Floyd's statue, which was placed at Montauk Highway and William Floyd Parkway inwas.

Maxwell, William Quentin. A Portrait of William Floyd, Long Islander. [Setauket, N.Y.: Privately printed by the] Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Present.

William Q. Maxwell, A Portrait of William Floyd, Long Islander, Soc. for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, Articles Links FLOYD, William, (Biographical Directory of the US Congress) William Floyd (: Signers of the Declaration of Independence) William Floyd.

A book signed by William Floyd, Long Island's only signer of the Declaration of Independence, is among the items the public can view at the estate in Mastic Beach.

The Land at Mastic This Floyd family originated in Brecknockshire, Wales. The founder of the family in America, Richard Floyd (ca. ), first appeared in American records in the late s as a leading landowner on the North Shore of Long Island, first in Huntington, then in Setauket. On page and of the Floyd Biographical Genealogies NJ Floyd tells how he came into possession of a book called "A Little Family History" by Mary Floyd Hamilton, a granddaughter of Charles Floyd who went to SC from Northampton Co.

and thence to GA. Capt. Floyd implies that the Ga. Floyds were known to be cousins. Benjamin Tallmadge (Febru – March 7, ) was an American military officer, spymaster, and politician. He is best known for his service as an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary acted as leader of the Culper Ring during the war, a celebrated network of spies in New York where major British forces were based.

Copies of the book, published by the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities (SPLIA) will be available for purchase at this event. The William Floyd Estate is located at Park Drive, in Mastic Beach, New York.

For more information please call About the National Park Service. ISBN: OCLC Number: Notes: Cover title. "William Floyd gained immortality when he signed the Declaration of Independence in The Linked Data Service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the Library of Congress.

This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. Datasets available include LCSH, BIBFRAME, LC Name Authorities, LC Classification, MARC codes, PREMIS vocabularies, ISO language codes, and more. FLOYD, William, (grandfather of John Gelston Floyd), a Delegate and a Representative from New York; born in Brookhaven, Long Island, N.Y., Decem ; pursued an academic course; served as major general in the State militia; Member of the Continental Congress and ; signed the Declaration of Independence; served in the State senate in and ; again served in the.

InFloyd became an official of Brookhaven, the Long Island town where his estate stood, and for the most part, he occupied himself with local politics. In the early s, as troubles with Great Britain became more heated, he spoke up strongly against the British taxes, and for this, he was elected to the Continental Congress in William Floyd William Floyd, who was the first delegate from New York that signed the Declaration of Independence, was born on Long Island, on the 17th of December, His father was Nicoll Floyd, an opulent and respectable landholder, whose ancestors came to America from Wales, about the yearand settled on Long Island.10 Whittemore, Henry, The Heroes of the American Revolution and their Descendants: Battle of Long Island, The Heroes of the Revolution Publishing Company (), 15, Google Books (Digital Library).

11 Wikipedia, "William Floyd", (accessed 02/27/).