What is William Floyd?
[[Image:William floyd.jpg|200px|right|thumb|William Floyd in a 1792 portrait]] [[Image:William Floyd signature.png|thumb|right|138px|Floyd's signature]] '''William Floyd''' (December 17, 1734–August 4, 1821), was a signer of the [[United States]] [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]] as a representative of [[New York (state)|New York]]. ==In honor== There are several places and institutions named after William Floyd, they include: *the [[William Floyd School District]] in present-day [[Brookhaven, New York|Brookhaven Town]], which includes William Floyd Elementary, William Floyd Middle School and William Floyd High School. *[[County Route 46 (Suffolk County, New York)|William Floyd Parkway]] in the Town of Brookhaven. *The town of [[Floyd, New York|Floyd]] in [[Oneida County, New York|Oneida County]]. General Floyd moved into the present day hamlet of Westernville, Oneida County before his death. His final resting place in the Westernville cemetery is marked with a simple stone plaque. *the General William Floyd Elementary School in the [[Holland Patent High School|Holland Patent School District]], Onieda County. <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hpschools.org/education/school/school.php?sectionid=2 |title=General William Floyd Elementary School - GWF Home |access-date=2008-11-22 |archive-date=2008-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415214621/http://www.hpschools.org/education/school/school.php?sectionid=2 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Among his descendants are cinematographer [[Floyd Crosby]] and rock singer [[David Crosby]]. A second cousin twice removed was [[Abraham Lincoln]]. == References == {{reflist}} {{USDecOfIndSig}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Floyd, William}} [[Category:1734 births]] [[Category:1821 deaths]] [[Category:Signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence]] [[Category:Politicians from New York (state)]]