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David Crosby

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David Crosby

Singer and Songwriter


    William Floyd

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    • 4th Great-grandfather of David Crosby — 7th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 70 
    • Birth Date:
    • 17 Dec 1734 
    • Birth Location:
    • Mastic, Suffolk, New York 
    • Christening Date:
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    • Christening Location:
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    • Death Date:
    • 4 Aug 1821 
    • Death Location:
    • Westernville, Oneida, New York 
    • Burial Date:
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    • Burial Location:
    • Westernville Cemetery, Westernville, Oneida, New York 
    • Marriage Date:
    • 20 or 23 APR 1760 
    • Marriage Location:
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    • Notes: 
    • Signer of the Declaration of Independence

  • Additional marriages for William Floyd


    • Spouse:
    • Joanna Strong
    • Marriage Date:
    • 16 May 1784

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  • Sources for William Floyd

    • 3 New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1904, Vol. 35, p. 67, Obituary for great-grandson John Gelston Floyd.
    • 5 American Society of Genealogists, The Genealogist, Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1981, Vol. 2, No. 2, p. 214.
    • 6 Barthelmas, Della Gray, The Signers of the Declaration of Independence: A Biographical and Genealogical Reference, Jefferson, N.C. and London: McFarland and Company, Inc., Publishers (1997), 61-64.
    • 8 Reynolds, Cuyler, ed., Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley, Vol. 3, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1914), 1072.
    • 9 Thompson, Benjamin F., The History of Long Island; from Its Discovery and Settlement, to the Present Time, Vol. 2, New York: Gould, Banks and Co. (1843), 454.
    • 10 Whittemore, Henry, The Heroes of the American Revolution and their Descendants: Battle of Long Island, The Heroes of the Revolution Publishing Company (1897), 15.

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