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(I) Moses Cleaveland, a descendant of Thorkill De Cliveland, of York, England, and the ancestor of the American family, was born at Ipswich, Suffolk county, England, about 1624, died at Woburn, Massachusetts, January 9, 1701. He . one of the very wealthy men of the town.
landed at Boston or Plymouth in 1635, and spent his life in Woburn and vicin- ity. He married, in Woburn, September 26, 1648, Ann Winn, born in Wales about 1646, died May, 1682, daughter of Ed- ward and Joanna Winn. They had twelve children, including :
(II) Aaron Cleaveland, born in Wo- burn, Massachusetts, January 10, 1654, died there, December 14, 1716. He served in King Philip's War, as did his brothers, Moses and Samuel; was made a freeman in 1680; became a man of distinction, prominent in public affairs, and gave his children the best educational advantages of that day. He married, in Woburn, September 26, 1675, Dorcas Wilson, born January 29, 1657, died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 29, 1714, daughter of John and Hannah (James) Wilson. They had issue, including :
(III) Captain Aaron Cleaveland, born July 9, 1680, in Woburn, Massachusetts, died in that part of Cambridge called Mystic (now Medford), Massachusetts, or at Norwich, Connecticut, about De- cember 1, 1755. He was a large land- owner in Charlestown lived there from 1710 to 1713, and again in 1738, prior to his removal to East Haddam, Connecti- cat. He was admitted to the church at Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 7, 1711, by profession and baptism, later was a member of the church at Medford, Massachusetts, and on August 10, 1755, joined the church at East Haddam. He was a constable in Medford from March I, 1707, to 1708, was also a contractor and builder, rating high in business ability. He served as cornet, lieutenant and cap- tain of miilitia, and physically was of great stature and strength. On the rec- ords he is styled captain, and on the East Haddam tax list is named as Aaron Cleaveland, gentleman, his tax rating be- ing given as £3,000, which classes him as
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Captain Aaron Cleaveland married, in Woburn, Massachusetts, January 1, 1701, Abigail Waters, born November 29, 1683, in Woburn, died (probably in Norwich, Connecticut), January 6, 1761, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Hudson) Waters. Among their eight children was a son :
(IV) Moses Cleaveland, baptized July 19, 1719, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, died prior to 1761. He married at Wethersfield, Connecticut, Mary Clarke, born there, June 9, 1724, died at Hope- well, Ontario county, New York, after 1824, aged over one hundred years, daughter of Thomas and Dorothy (Hurl- burt) Clarke. She married a second hus- band, a Mr. Bliss. General Erastus Cleaveland was wont to boast of coming from a long lived race, saying his grand- mother Bliss "could dance a hornpipe at age ninety-five," and furthermore could "touch every note." They had issue, in- cluding a son :
(V) Moses Cleaveland, born May 23, 1745, at Wethersfield or Norwich, Con- necticut, died at Morrisville, Madison county, New York, 1817. He lived at Norwich and New London, Connecticut, prior to moving to Morrisville, New York. He held a lieutenant's commis- sion in a company of cavalry, was sta- tioned at Roxbury, Massachusetts, dur- ing the siege of Boston, and was one of General Washington's trusted and hard worked scouts. He married at Norwich. Connecticut, February 20, 1766, Phoebe Fargo, born February 14, 1747, in Nor- wich, daughter of Aaron and Sarah Fargo. They had issue, including :
(VI) General Erastus Cleaveland, born June 20, 1771, in Norwich, Connecticut, died in Madison, New York, January 27, 1857, aged eighty-five years. He settled in Madison in 1793, was elected to the New York Legislature in 1806 and in 1808; commissioned major in 1807, and was colonel in command of the regiment
at Sacketts Harbor, New York, War of IS12; commissioned lieutenant-colonel in 1812, colonel in 1814, and later was brigadier-general of militia. He was suc- cessful in his business pursuits of the grist mill he built in 1795, the first in Madison. Later he built two mills else- where, started a distillery and a brewery, a carding machine and a satinet cloth fac- tory, also dealt heavily in cattle for the New York and Philadelphia markets. He was remarkable for energy, business abil- ity, skill and perseverance. He married, in Southwick, Hampden county, Massa- chusetts, January 8, 1795, Rebecca Berry, of the town adjoining Norwich, Connec- ticut. Her brother, Samuel Berry, bought the land on which Madison Village, New York, is located from Seth Gibson, who at a cost of twenty-five dollars obtained possession of the land. They had :
(VII) Jeannette Cleaveland, born Jan- uary 26, 1817, at Madison, died July 31, 1884, at Middleboro, Massachusetts, on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Grant. She married at Madison, April 20, 1831, Hamilton Putnam, born in Madison, Sep- tember 5, 1807, died at Cortland, New York, December 15, 1892 (see Putnam XXIII). They had :
(VIII) Erastus Gaylord Putnam (see Putnam XXIV).
MARY NICOLL WOODWARD PUTNAM.
Were personal comfort and ease the object of her life, Mrs. Putnam might well retire from the many charities, philan- thropies and societies with which she is connected, and with the means at her command gratify every selfish impulse. But she realizes her responsibilities to the full, and since the death of her husband has devoted her life to good works, not with a perfunctory interest, but with all the enthusiasm of her strong, ardent na- ture. Of distinguished English, Dutch and American ancestry, she inherits the
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admirable traits of character which dis- tinguished her forbears, and in her is per- « petuated in gentle womanly form and grace their virtues. Years have brought out in strong relief the best traits of human character, and, as constant chisel- ing brings out the perfect statue, so the chastening influences of years and sorrow have revealed her as the woman of broadest, deepest sympathy, whose ear is quick to hear the cry of the needy, and whose hand is ever ready to extend suc- cor. While her private benefactions are many, she also works through the so- cieties that best represent her own prac- tical views of usefulness in charity, phi- lanthropy and patriotism. Her deepest interest and the causes in which her per- sonal efforts are directed, are church charities, missions, preservation of his- torical landmarks, the abolition of child labor, public playgrounds, and woman suffrage.
Mary Nicoll Woodward was born Oc- tober 1, 1834, at Ithaca, New York, daughter of William Amos and Frances Mary (Evertson) Woodward. She was educated at St. Ann's Hall, New York City, by the Rev. I. F. Schroeder, D. D., and was married at "Keewaydin," Orange county, New York, January 30, 1867, to Erastus Gaylord Putnam. She has con- tinued her residence at Elizabeth, New Jersey, since becoming a widow, her home the abode of hospitality and all the refine- ment of life.
She is a member of the Recreation As- sociation of America; Woman's Branch of the New Jersey Historical Society ; the Charity Organization Society ; the Visit- ing Nurses Association ; the Ladies' Aid Society of the General Hospital and Dis- pensary of Elizabeth; the Protestant Episcopal Church; the Daughters of the American Revolution, of which she founded the Boudinot Chapter, was re- gent ten years, was successively State
vice-regent, State regent, vice-president- general, and at the present time is honor- ary vice-president-general; Society of Colonial Dames; Order of the Crown; Huguenot Society of America; Daugh- ters of Holland Dames; Society of Amer- icans of Armorial Ancestry; Society of New England Women; life member of the New Jersey Historical Society, and the Monday Club of Elizabeth.
Mrs. Putnam traces to Johannes Beeck- man, 1660; to Right Honorable Oloff Stevense Van Cortlandt, 1566; to Cap- tain Henry Holland, 1661 ; to Jean Bou- dinot, 1669; to Jan Hendrickse Van Baal, 1636; to Admiral Johan Evertsen, 1600; to Wilhelmus Teller, 1620; Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, 1595.
(The Line of Royal Descent).
(I) Alfred the Great, King of England, 871-901 ; had by his wife, Lady Elswitha, daughter of Ethelran the Great, Earl of Mercia :
(II) Edward the Elder, King of Eng- land, 901-925, who had by his third wife, Queen Egdiva, daughter of the Saxon Earl Sigelline :
(III) Edmund I, King of England, 940-946, who married Elgiva, grand- daughter of Alfred the Great, and had :
(IV) Edgar the Peaceful, King of Eng- land, 958-975, who married Elfrida, daugh- ter of Ordgar, Earl of Devon, and had :
(V) Ethelred the Unready, King of England, 979-1016, who had by his wife Elgiva, daughter of Earl Thorad:
(VI) Edmund Ironsides, King of Eng- land, 1016, who had by his wife, Lady Algitha of Denmark :
(VII) Prince Edward the Exile of England, who married Lady Agatha of Germany, and had:
(VIII) Princess Margaret of England, who married Malcolm Canmore, King of Scotland, and had :
(IX) Princess Matilda of Scotland, who
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· married Henry I, King of England, 1100- 1135, and had :
(X) Empress Maud, widow of Henry V, Emperor of Germany, married, 1127, Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, and had :
(XI) Henry II, King of England, 1154- 1189, married Princess Eleanor, Countess of Poitou and Duchess of Aquitane, daughter and heir of William, Duke of Guienne and Earl of Poitou, and had :
(XII) John, King of England, 1199- 1216, who had by his second wife, Lady Isabel De Taillefer, daughter of Aymer, Count D'Angouleme :
(XIII) Henry III, King of England, 1216-1272, had by his wife, Lady Eleanor, daughter of Raymond De Berenger, Count of Provence :
(XIV) Edmund Plantagenet, Earl of Leicester, Lancaster and Chester, Lord High Steward, who had by his second wife, Lady Blanche, granddaughter of Louis VIII, King of France :
(XV) Henry Plantagenet, Earl of Lan- caster and Leicester, who married Lady Maud, daughter of Patrick De Chaworth, 1253-1282, and had :
(XVI) Lady Eleanor Plantagenet, who married (second), as his second wife, Sir Richard Fitz-Alan, K. G, Earl of Arundel and Surrey, and had :
(XVII) Lady Alice Fitz-Alan, who married Sir Thomas De Holland, K. G., second Earl of Kent, marshal of England, and had:
(XVIII). Lady Eleanor De Holland, who married (his first wife) Thomas De Montacute, last Earl of Salisbury, and had :
(XIX) Lady Alice De Montacute, who married Sir Richard de Neville, K. G., created Earl of Salisbury, May 4, 1442; lord great chamberlain of England, who was beheaded for siding with the York- ists in 1461, and whose head was fixed upon a gate of the city of York, and had :
(XX) Lady Alice de Neville (sister of Richard Neville, K. G., Earl of Salis- bury and Warwick, the renowned "King maker"), who married Henry, fifth Baron Fitzhugh of Ravensworth, steward of the honor of Richard and Lancaster, died 1472 and had :
(XXI) Lady Elizabeth Fitzhugh, who married Sir William Parr, K. G., constable of England, and had :
(XXII) William, Lord Parr of Hor- ton, Northampton, died in 1546, who was uncle of Katherine Parr, last wife of Henry VIII. of England. He was cham- berlain to her Majesty and was advanced to the peerage, December 23, 1543. He married Lady Mary, daughter of Sir Wil- liam Salisbury, and had :
(XXIII) Lady Elizabeth Parr (she who is also called Alice), who married (his second wife) Sir Nicholas Woodhull, Lord of Woodhull, county of Bedford, died 1532, (see the Northamptonshire Visitations, 1564 and 1618; the Yorkshire Visitations, 1584, and Dugdale Baronage).
Woodhull Arms-Or, three crescents gules.
Crest-Out of a ducal coronet or, two wings ad- dorsed gules.
(XXIV) Fulke Woodhull of Thenford Manor, Northamptonshire, second son and heir, and eldest son by Sir Nicholas Woodhull's second wife; married Alice, daughter of William Coles or Colles of Lye or Leigh, county of Worcester, and had :
(XXV) Lawrence Woodhull, younger - son (brother of Nicholas, eldest son and heir apparent in 1618, who had five sons then living, his apparent heir being son Gyles, born 1582, see Miscellanae Gene- alogy et Heraldica IV, 417), father of :
(XXVI) Mary Woodhull, who married (his second wife) William Nicolls, of Islippe, Northamptonshire, and had :
(XXVII) John Nicolls, who married
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Joane, daughter and heir of George Graf- ton, and had :
(XXVIII) Reverend Matthius Nicolls (Church of England), who married, in 1630, Martha Oakes, of Leicestershire, and had:
(XXIX) Captain Matthias Nicolls, born at Islippe, Northamptonshire, 1621, a graduate of Cambridge University, and a lawyer of the Inner Temple. He was appointed secretary of the commission "to visit the colonies and plantations known as New England," and commis- sioned captain of the military force by the Duke of York, before leaving England, 1664, to take Nieuw Amsterdam from the Dutch, calling it New York; was secre- tary of the province of New York, 1664- 1687; member of the King's Council, 1667-16So; speaker of the Provincial As- sembly, 1683-84: judge of the Court of Admiralty, 1686; mayor of New York, 1672, died December 22, 1687, and was buried at Cow Neck, Long Island. He married Abigail Johns, who administered on his estate July 22, 1693. The Nicolls arms are:
Arms-Argent, between two bendlets engrailed gules, three eaglets displayed with wings inverted sable. In chief, three crosses crosslet fitchee, with a crescent for a difference. In base, three crosses crosslet fitchee, all of the second.
Crest-An eagle rising sable, wings addorsed and inverted, holding in its dexter claw a cross crosslet fitchee gules.
Motto-Fide sed cui vide.
(XXX) Hon. William Nicoll, the emi- nent lawyer, commonly called "the Pat- entee," born 1657, at Islippe, Northamp- tonshire, England, son of Captain Mat- thias Nicolls. He was educated for the bar. He came with his father to America in 1664, and became a lawyer of great prominence in New York. Early in No- vember, 1695, he was appointed an agent of the Province of New Jersey to go be-
fore the King in Council to settle the title of lands received from the Indians and by grant from Governor Nicolls of New York, which was done to the satisfaction of the settlers. From this he was admit- ted an associate of Elizabethtown, with a third lot right (Hetfield's History, page 242). He was a member of the Gov- ernor's Council, New York, 1691-98; At- torney-General of the Province, 1687; member of the Provincial Assembly from 1701 to 1723. He purchased from Winne- quaheagh, Sachem of Connectquut, a tract of land on Long Island, embracing originally one hundred square miles, but, in consequence of sales made, the quan- tity later owned by the family did not exceed forty thousand acres, including the Nicoll Manor at Islip, Long Island. He also owned one-half of Shelter Island. He was a vestryman of Trinity Church, New York, 1698-1702, and died at Nicoll Manor, in May, 1723. He married, in 1693, Anne (Anneken), daughter of Jere- mias Van Rensselaer, and widow of her cousin, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer of Water- vliet, New York, patroon of the lordship and manor of Rensselaerwyck (called "the Great Patroon") and had :
(XXXI) Benjamin Nicoll, Esquire, born at Islip, Long Island, 1694, who inherited from his father the Islip Estate, known as Nicoll Manor, and devoted himself to its management until his death in 1724. He married, in 1714, his first cousin, Charity, daughter of Colonel Richard Floyd, 1665- 1728, of Suffolk county, New York, who married Margaret Nicoll, daughter of Hon. Matthias Nicoll. Charity (Floyd) Nicoll married (second) September 26, 1725, Rev. Samuel Johnson, first presi- dent of King's (afterwards Columbia) College, and their son, Dr. William Sam- uel Johnson, was the first president of Columbia College. Benjamin and Charity Nicoll had: William Nicoll, heir of Islip;
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Benjamin Nicoll, Jr., of whom further ; and Gloriana Margaretta, married George ( Maverick.
(XXXII) Benjamin Nicoll, Jr., second son of Benjamin and Charity Nicoll, born March 17, 1718, at Islip, Long Island, graduated from Yale College in 1734.
He was a lawyer, and successively incorporator, trustee and governor at King's College, New York, a founder and trustee of the Society Library, New York, 1754, and a vestryman of Trinity Church, New York, 1751-60. He died April 15, 1760. It was said of him that "never in the memory of man at New York was anyone so lamented. His death was the severest misfortune which had befallen the College. It filled its friends with con- sternation, for none was more able, wise and zealous than he." He married Mary Magdalen, daughter of Hon. Edward Hol- land, mayor of the City of New York (see Holland and Van Rensselaer) and had:
(XXXIII) Dr. Samuel Nicoll, born August 19, 1754, died February 2, 1796. He was a graduate of the University of Edinburg, Scotland, 1776, pursued and completed medical studies in Paris, France; was received at the Court of Louis XVI., returned to New York, and from 1792 until 1796 was professor of chemistry at Columbia College. He mar- ried (first) June 1, 1782, Anne, his second cousin, daughter of Captain Winter Far- gie, of the British army, and his wife, Eve Holland, daughter of Henry Holland, 1704-1782, and had: Benjamin Charles, died young ; Frances Mary, mentioned be- low; Eliza Ann, married Henry Oothout, of Schenectady, New York; William Henry, unmarried, surgeon in the United States army, died 1830, buried at Jeffer- son Barracks, Missouri.
(XXXIV) Frances Mary Nicoll, born December 17, 1785, at Stratford, Connec-
ticut. She married, April 13, 1809, (his second wife) George Bloom Evertson, 1773-1829, of Poughkeepsie, New York, and had :
(XXXV) Frances Mary Evertson, who married William Amos Woodward, 1801- 1883, born in New London, Connecticut, and had :
(XXXVI) Mary Nicol! Woodward, who was married by the Rev. Caleb S. Henry, January 30, 1867, to Erastus Gaylord Put- nam (q. v.).
(Descent from Killaen Van Rensselaer).
Arms -- Gules, a cross moline, or.
Crest -- A high basket, from which issue flames, all proper.
Motto -- Nimand zonder.
(1) Heer Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, 1580- 1646, first Patroon of the Manor of Rens- selaersijck, 1630, son of Hendrik (and his wife, Maria Pasraet), son of Kiliaen Jans- zoon (and his wife, Nelle van Wenckom), son of Jan Hendrickszoon (and his wife, Derykebia Van Luxoel), son of Hendrick Wolters, 1450 (and his wife, Swene Van Indijck) ; married (first) Hillegonde van Bijlaer, by whom he had Jehan, who mar- ried Elizabeth van Twiller, who had Kiliaen, the "Great Patroon." He mar- ried (second) Anna, daughter of Jan van Weely, administrator of the county of Van Buren under the Prince of Orange. The Van Weely arms :
Arms-Quarterly I and 4 gules, a lion rampant or ; 2, Argent, three roses gules; 3, Argent three acorns vert, slipped of their leaves, the stems on top.
Crest-A lion issuant or.
Heer Kiliaen Van Rensselaer had by his wife, Anna van Weely :
(II) Colonel Jeremias Van Rensselaer, 1629-1674, the third Patroon, member of the Colonial Assembly, and speaker in 1664. He married. July 12, 1662, Maria,
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daughter of Colonel Oloff Stevense Van Cortlandt, 1600-1684 (Jeremias Van Rens- selaer's letters, 1657-1659, are published in the van Rensselaer Bowier MSS. at Al- bany, New York, 1908), and had :
(III) Anne (Annetje) Van Rensselaer, sister of Kiliaen, the fourth Patroon, and first Lord of the Manor of Rensselaers- wyck, married her cousin, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, the "Great Patroon," who died February 22, 1687, without issue. She married (second) the eminent law- yer, William Nicoll, 1657-1723, patentee of Islip, Long Island (see Royal descent. of Mrs. Putnam, XXX), and had :
(IV) Benjamin Nicoll, 1694-1724, mar- ried his cousin, Charity Floyd, daughter of Colonel Richard Floyd, and had :
(V) Benjamin Nicoll. Jr., 1718-1760, married Magdalen Mary Holland, daugh- ter of Hon. Edward Holland, mayor of New York (see Holland and Boudinot), and had :
(VI) Dr. Samuel Nicoll, 1754-1796.
(VII) Frances Mary Nicoll, married Judge George Bloom Evertson.
(VIII) Frances Mary Evertson, mar- ried William Amos Woodward.
(IX) Mary Nicoll Woodward, married Erastus Gaylord Putnam.
(Van Cortlandt Ancestry).
Arms-Argent, the four wings of a windmill conjoined in saltire, sable, voided gules, between five estoiles in cross of the last.
Crest-A star gules between two wings dis- played, the dexter argent, the sinister sable.
Motto-Virtus sibi munus.
(I) The Right Honorable Steven Van Cortlandt (born in 1576) was immedi- ately descended from one of the most noble families in Holland, his ancestors having emigrated thither when deprived of the sovereignty of Courland. The an- cient Duchy of Courland formerly con- stituted a portion of Livonia, but was
conquered by the Teutonic Knights in 1561. It subsequently became a fief of Poland. After the fall of that power it remained for a short time independent under its own dukes, but in 1795 it was united to Russia. In the early part of the seventeenth century the Dukes of Cour- land engaged in the military service of the United Netherlands. The Dukes of Cour- land appear to have been represented in 1610 by the Right Honorable Steven Van Cortlandt in South Holland (Burke's Peerage). By his wife Catherine he had :
(II) The Right Honorable Oloff Stev- enson Van Cortlandt, born 1600, died 1683. Like his illustrious ancestors, he chose the military profession. As early as 1629 he was attached to the military service of the Dutch West India Com- pany and in 1637 came to this country. He became one of the prominent citizens of New Amsterdam and acquired a large property, including a plot on the west side of Broadway, New York City, two hun- dred and thirty-eight feet front extend- ing into the North river, and adjacent to the present Cortlandt street. Of him the historian of the New Netherlands says : "He had the character of being a worthy citizen and a man most liberal in his char- ities." Among the marriage notices pub- lished in the City of New York of those who occupied a prominent position in the history of those times, is the following : ."February 26, 1642, Oloff Stevenson Van Cortlandt, of Wyck te Deurstude, in Hol- land, to Anneken Lookermans." The bride was sister of Govert Lookermans, one of the leading merchants and magis- trates of that city. Colonel Van Cort- landt was a member of the Governor's Council of "The Eight Men" in 1645, and of "The Nine Men" in 1649-1652, of which he was president in 1650. In 1659 he was colonel of the burgher corps ; alderman of the City of New York, 1666, 1667, 1671;
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orphan master, 1657 to 1662, and the last burgomaster of New Amsterdam before the English conquest, 1655-1666 (New York Civil List, 1869, pp. 5, 6, 7). He was a prosperous merchant and one of the wealthiest men in New Amsterdam. The Lookermans arms:
Arms-Per fess, argent and or, in chief two bars embattled, counterbattled gules; in base, three roses of the last.
Oloff Stevenson Van Cortlandt had by his wife, Anneken Lookermans :
(III) Maria Van Cortlandt, born July 30, 1645, died January 29, 1689. She mar- ried, July 12, 1662, Jeremias Van Rens- selaer (see Van Rensselaer II), and had :
(IV) Anne Van Rensselaer, married William Nicoll, and had :
(V) Benjamin Nicoll, married Charity Floyd, and had :
(VI) Benjamin (2) Nicoll, married Magdalen Mary Holland. and had :
(VII) Dr. Samuel Nicoll, married Anne Fargie, and had :
(VII) Frances Mary Nicoll married George Bloom Evertson, and had:
(IX) Frances Mary Evertson, married William Amos Woodward, and had :
(X) Mary Nicoll Woodward, married Erastus Gaylord Putnam.
(Floyd Ancestry).
Arms-Argent, a cross sable.
Crest-A griffin segreant azure, holding in dex- ter claw a garland of laurel leaves, vert.
(I) Colonel Richard Floyd, the com- mon ancestor of the Floyds of Long Island, was a native of Wales, coming to America about the middle of the seven- teenth century, locating at Setauket in 1656. Nothing further is known of his wife other than her name was Susanna, and that she died in January, 1706, aged eighty years. Richard Floyd acquired a
considerable estate, partly by purchase and partly by the division of lands among the first settlers, he being one of the fifty- five original proprietors of Brookhaven. He is believed to have died about 1700, his lands in part yet being owned by de- scendants of the sixth generation. He had a son :
(II) Colonel Richard Floyd, born May 12, 1665, died in Connecticut, February 28, 1728. He inherited most of his father's estate, and was for many years a judge of Suffolk county, New York, and a colonel of militia. He was a man of high intelli- gence and sterling character, influential and highly respected. He married, Sep- tember 10, 1686, Margaret Nicoll, daugh- ter of Colonel Matthias Nicolls (see line of Royal Descent XXIX), and sister of Wil- liam Nicoll, patentee of the Islip estate. Margaret Nicoll was born May 30, 1662, died February 1, 1718. They had seven children : 1. Susanna, born May 25, 1688. 2. Margaret, May 25, 1688. 3. Charity, mentioned below. 4. Eunice. 5. Ruth. 6. Richard, born December 29, 1703, died April 1, 1771, inherited the paternal estate, was a highly useful, intelligent man, and, like his father, a judge and a colonel. He married Elizabeth Hutchinson, born March 28, 1709, died April 16, 1778, daugh- ter of Benjamin Hutchinson. They had : Richard, Elizabeth, John, Margaret, Ben- jamin, Gilbert, William, Samuel, Mary and Anne. 7. Nicoll, born August 27, 1705, died 1752, father of General Wil- liam Floyd, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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