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Floyd-Jones
Floyd-Jones is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * David R. Floyd-Jones (1813–1871), American lawyer and politician * DeLancey Floyd-Jones (1826–1902), American brevet brigadier general in the U.S. Civil War * Edward Floyd-Jones (1823–1901), American politician * Elbert Floyd-Jones (1817–1901), American politician * Henry Floyd-Jones (1792–1862), American politician, father of DeLancey Floyd-Jones and uncle of David Floyd-Jones See also * Floyd (surname) * Jones (surname) Jones is a surname of English and Welsh origin derived from the personal name ''Jone'' (a variant of '' John'') and the genitive ending -''s''. It is particularly common in Wales, where it represents an anglicization of the Welsh patronymic '' ... {{surname Compound surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elbert Floyd-Jones
Elbert Floyd-Jones (February 7, 1817 – February 17, 1901) was an American politician. Early life A descendant of an old Long Island family, he was born at the family mansion on the Fort Neck estate in South Oyster Bay, New York (then Queens, now Nassau County). He was the youngest son of Brig.-Gen. Thomas Floyd-Jones (1788–1851) and Cornelia Haring ( Jones) Floyd-Jones (1796–1839). Among his siblings were Lt.-Gov. of New York David R. Floyd-Jones, merchant William Floyd-Jones, and Sarah Maria Floyd-Jones (wife of Coleman Williams). His paternal grandparents were David Richard Floyd-Jones and Sarah ( Onderdonk) Floyd-Jones and his maternal grandfather was Maj. William Jones. Among his extended family was his uncle, New York State Senator Henry Floyd-Jones, and first cousin, Col. DeLancey Floyd-Jones. He was a descendant of William Floyd, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Maj. Thomas Jones who owned what is known today as Jones Beach. Floyd-Jones devoted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DeLancey Floyd-Jones
DeLancey Floyd-Jones (January 20, 1826 – January 19, 1902) was a career officer in the United States Army, serving in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War, as well as on frontier duty in the Old West. Early career DeLancey Floyd-Jones was born in South Oyster Bay, New York. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, 45th in the Class of 1846. With the outbreak of the Mexican–American War, he was assigned to Company D, 7th U.S. Infantry as second lieutenant. In November 1846, he was transferred to Company E, 4th U.S. Infantry. He participated in several major battles, including the Siege of Veracruz, the Battle of Molino del Rey, and the Battle for Mexico City. For gallant and meritorious conduct at Molino del Rey, he was brevetted to first lieutenant on September 8, 1847, receiving a promotion to the full rank in January 1848, when he was briefly assigned to duty in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Floyd-Jones was reassigned to a gar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Floyd-Jones
Edward Floyd-Jones (January 26, 1823 – January 23, 1901) was an American politician from New York. Life Edward was born on January 26, 1823, in Massapequa, then part of Queens County. His parents were Henry Floyd-Jones (1792-1862) and Helen (Watts) Floyd-Jones (1792-1872). His younger brother was Brigadier General DeLancey Floyd-Jones. He was educated at Union Hall Academy in Jamaica, Queens, and in 1849 moved to California during the California Gold Rush. He established the Jones & Hewlett firm in Stockton, but in 1862 he moved to Hempstead, Long Island for a few years. While there, he married Mary Smith Lloyd (1839-1874) on December 10, 1862, in Greenport. Mary was the daughter of Representative Frederick William Lord. Edward and Mary had three children: Helen Watts Floyd-Jones (1863-1917), Louise Ackerly Thorn (1867-1961), and Edward Henry Floyd-Jones (1869-1930). In 1869, Edward and his family went back to Stockton, but when Mary died in 1874 they returned to Long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Floyd-Jones
Henry Onderdonk Floyd-Jones (January 3, 1792 — December 20, 1862) was an American politician from New York. Life He was born at the family mansion on the Fort Neck estate in South Oyster Bay, New York (then Queens, now Nassau County) as the son of David Richard Floyd-Jones (1764–1826) and Sarah (Onderdonk) Floyd-Jones (1758–1844). He married Helen Watts (1792–1872), and they had several children, among them State Senator Edward Floyd-Jones (1823–1901) and Col. DeLancey Floyd-Jones (1826–1902). He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Queens Co.) in 1829 and 1830. He was a member of the New York State Senate (1st D.) from 1836 to 1839, sitting in the 59th, 60th, 61st and 62nd New York State Legislatures. Lt. Gov. David R. Floyd-Jones (1813–1871) was his nephew; Bishop William H. DeLancey (1797–1865) and Susan DeLancey, the wife of James Fenimore Cooper James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David R
David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the Kings of Israel and Judah, third king of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damascus in the late 9th/early 8th centuries BCE to commemorate a victory over two enemy kings, contains the phrase (), which is translated as "Davidic line, House of David" by most scholars. The Mesha Stele, erected by King Mesha of Moab in the 9th century BCE, may also refer to the "House of David", although this is disputed. According to Jewish works such as the ''Seder Olam Rabbah'', ''Seder Olam Zutta'', and ''Sefer ha-Qabbalah'' (all written over a thousand years later), David ascended the throne as the king of Judah in 885 BCE. Apart from this, all that is known of David comes from biblical literature, Historicity of the Bible, the historicit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floyd (surname)
Floyd is a surname of Welsh origin, deriving from Lloyd, which is ultimately an anglicized spelling of "Llwyd" (“gray, gray-haired”), and of Scottish origin deriving from Flood. Notable people with this surname include: Notable people * Alfred Ernest Floyd (1877–1974), Australian musician * Andress Small Floyd (1873–1933), founder of the Self-Master Colony * Benjamin Rush Floyd, American politician * Bobby Floyd (other), multiple people * Bubba Floyd (1917–2000), American baseball player *Carlisle Floyd (1926–2021), American opera composer * Charles Floyd (other), several people * Christiane Floyd (born 1943), Austrian computer scientist * Cliff Floyd (born 1972), retired American Major League Baseball player * Darrell Floyd (c. 1933 – 2000), American college basketball player * Davis Floyd (1776–1834), American politician convicted of conspiring with Aaron Burr *Eddie Floyd (born 1937), American R&B/soul singer-songwriter * Elson S. Floyd (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jones (surname)
Jones is a surname of English and Welsh origin derived from the personal name ''Jone'' (a variant of '' John'') and the genitive ending -''s''. It is particularly common in Wales, where it represents an anglicization of the Welsh patronymic ''ap Siôn''. The surname is one of the most common in the United States, and is consistently ranked in the top ten. It also one of the three most common surnames in Wales. History The surname Jones first appears on record as a surname in England in 1273 with the name "Matilda Jones". Others put the first known record of the surname ''Jones'' as 1279, in Huntingdonshire, England. Around the time of the Laws in Wales Acts in the 16th century, the traditional Welsh system of patronymics was increasingly replaced by the English system of surnames, since English was the official state language and all official documents needed to be in English. This led to patronymics such as ''ap Dafydd'', ''ap Gwilym'', and ''ap Siôn'' being anglicized a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
