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Welcome to the website of the award-winning William Floyd School District located on the south shore of Long Island, approximately 60 miles east of New York City, with an enrollment of more than 9,400 students attending 10 K-12 schools.
William Floyd (December 17, 1734 – August 4, 1821) was an American Founding Father, wealthy farmer, and political leader from New York. Floyd served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and was a signer of the Continental Association and Declaration of Independence.
Feb 18, 2020 · William Floyd was a New York delegate to the Continental Congress and among the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence. Like George Washington, he served faithfully, in spite of his desire to return to his beloved farm.
May 2, 2012 · William Floyd (December 17, 1734 - August 4, 1821) was a delegate from New York to the Second Continental Congress and eventual signer of the Declaration of Independence.
William Floyd. Soldier; Member of Continental Congress of 1774-76; Member of Congress, 1789-91; State Senator, New York, 1808. William Floyd was born on Long Island on December 17, 1734. His family had emigrated to America in 1654 and by the time of his birth were well established and wealthy.
Nov 25, 2019 · William Floyd was one of the brave American politicians whose efforts helped give birth to the United States of America. Representing the state of New York in the First and Second Continental Congress, Floyd was part of the team of 56 US politicians who signed the Independence document in 1776 .
Aug 3, 2011 · William Floyd was the only man from New York's Suffolk County to sign the Declaration of Independence. Of the four New Yorkers who signed the document, his is the only house still standing and open to the public.
William Floyd (December 17, 1734 – August 4, 1821) was an American Founding Father, wealthy farmer, and political leader from New York. Floyd served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and was a signer of the Continental Association and Declaration of Independence.
Jul 4, 2004 · William Floyd, a wealthy landowner-farmer, belongs to the category of signers who played only a peripheral part in the Revolution. Nevertheless, he suffered anguish when British troops and Loyalists ravaged his estate during the war and drove his family into a 7-year exile in Connecticut.
A fun fact to start: The first and second sessions of the 1st US Congress were held in Federal Hall in New York City. From December 1790 through May 1800, Congress met in Congress Hall, adjacent to Independence Hall (then known as the State House), where the Declaration of Independence was signed.
