Nicoll Floyd

Son of Richard and Margaret (Nicoll) Floyd, of Mastic, Long Island. Nicoll Floyd was a farmer and had extensive land holdings at Mastic. His sister, Susannah, married Edmund Smith (26).

References

• The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volumes 21-22 edited by Richard Henry Greene, Henry Reed Stiles, Melatiah Everett Dwight, George Austin Morrison, Hopper Striker Mott, John Reynolds Totten, Harold Minot Pitman, Charles Andrew Ditmas, Louis Effingham De Forest, Conklin Mann, Arthur S. Maynard < GoogleBooks > Col. Floyd, the first settler, was supposed to have died about 1700, and the number of his children is uncertain. His son Richard, designated as Richard 2d, married Margaret, daughter of Col. Matthias Nicolis, secretary of the colony of New York, and sister of William Nicoll the patentee of the great Islip estate. He was for many years judge and colonel of the county militia. His children were : Susanna, married Edmund Smith ; Margaret, married Judge John Thomas : Charity, married Benjamin Nicoll, and 2d, Dr. Samuel Johnson, President of King's (now Columbia) College ; Eunice, married William Stephens ; Ruth, married Walter Dongan ; and Richard and Nicoll.
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