Lynn births: FLOYD, John, s. John, 20: 12m: 1664. CTR (Feb. 20, 1665)
Marriage: Rachel Parker, bef. 1687. She was the dau. of Jacob and Sarah Parker of Chelmsford, b. Mar. 9, 1664/5.
Chelsea deaths: FLOYD, John, Lieut., Jan. 7, 1723.4, in his 58th y. G.R.1.
LIEUT. JOHN2 FLOYD (John1) was born at Lynn 20 Feb. 1664-5, and married RACHEL PARKER, daughter of Jacob and Sarah of Chelmsford, born 9 Mar. 1664-5. He was made a freeman, 22 Mar. 1689-90, while living at Malden, but removed soon after to Rumney Marsh, where he held various town offices and from which he was a representative on the Boston Board of Assessors for several years. He was one of the founders of the Rumney Marsh church in 1715, and seems to have taken an influential part in local affairs. An indignant neighbor in a letter (Boston Town Papers, vol. 2) calls him "Lord Ruler att Winisimit." John Floyd was at one time a lieutenant in the Malden military company, and is given that rank on his gravestone at Revere, He died 7 Jan. 1723-4, aged 58 (gravestone). In his will, probated in 1724, he mentions son John, who was sole executor, daughters Rachel Pratt, Abigail Tuttle, and Joanna Floyd, and grandsons James and John Nichols.
Children :
i. JOHN,3 b. at Malden 19 Aug. 1687.
ii. RACHEL, b. at Malden 25 Dec. 1690, d. 23 Sept. 1746; m. 27 Mar. 1711, EBENEZER PRATT.
iii. NOAH, b. at Rumney Marsh 24 May 1696 ; d. 2 Nov. 1706.
iv. JACOB, b. 11 Sept. 1703.
v. JOANNA, b. abt. 1706; m, 8 Feb. 1727, SAMUEL3 FLOYD (NO. 6).
vi. ABIGAIL, m. 3 Dec. 1713, SAMUEL TUTTLE.
vii. TABITHA, m. 9 July 1719, JAMES NICHOLS.
(Floyd, C. Harold. The Floyd Family of Rumney Marsh, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society,, 1909, 17 pgs.)
Marriage: Rachel Parker, bef. 1687. She was the dau. of Jacob and Sarah Parker of Chelmsford, b. Mar. 9, 1664/5.
Chelsea deaths: FLOYD, John, Lieut., Jan. 7, 1723.4, in his 58th y. G.R.1.
LIEUT. JOHN2 FLOYD (John1) was born at Lynn 20 Feb. 1664-5, and married RACHEL PARKER, daughter of Jacob and Sarah of Chelmsford, born 9 Mar. 1664-5. He was made a freeman, 22 Mar. 1689-90, while living at Malden, but removed soon after to Rumney Marsh, where he held various town offices and from which he was a representative on the Boston Board of Assessors for several years. He was one of the founders of the Rumney Marsh church in 1715, and seems to have taken an influential part in local affairs. An indignant neighbor in a letter (Boston Town Papers, vol. 2) calls him "Lord Ruler att Winisimit." John Floyd was at one time a lieutenant in the Malden military company, and is given that rank on his gravestone at Revere, He died 7 Jan. 1723-4, aged 58 (gravestone). In his will, probated in 1724, he mentions son John, who was sole executor, daughters Rachel Pratt, Abigail Tuttle, and Joanna Floyd, and grandsons James and John Nichols.
Children :
i. JOHN,3 b. at Malden 19 Aug. 1687.
ii. RACHEL, b. at Malden 25 Dec. 1690, d. 23 Sept. 1746; m. 27 Mar. 1711, EBENEZER PRATT.
iii. NOAH, b. at Rumney Marsh 24 May 1696 ; d. 2 Nov. 1706.
iv. JACOB, b. 11 Sept. 1703.
v. JOANNA, b. abt. 1706; m, 8 Feb. 1727, SAMUEL3 FLOYD (NO. 6).
vi. ABIGAIL, m. 3 Dec. 1713, SAMUEL TUTTLE.
vii. TABITHA, m. 9 July 1719, JAMES NICHOLS.
(Floyd, C. Harold. The Floyd Family of Rumney Marsh, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society,, 1909, 17 pgs.)
Lynn births: FLOYD, John, s. John, 20: 12m: 1664. CTR (Feb. 20, 1665)
Marriage: Rachel Parker, bef. 1687. She was the dau. of Jacob and Sarah Parker of Chelmsford, b. Mar. 9, 1664/5.
Chelsea deaths: FLOYD, John, Lieut., Jan. 7, 1723.4, in his 58th y. G.R.1.
LIEUT. JOHN2 FLOYD (John1) was born at Lynn 20 Feb. 1664-5, and married RACHEL PARKER, daughter of Jacob and Sarah of Chelmsford, born 9 Mar. 1664-5. He was made a freeman, 22 Mar. 1689-90, while living at Malden, but removed soon after to Rumney Marsh, where he held various town offices and from which he was a representative on the Boston Board of Assessors for several years. He was one of the founders of the Rumney Marsh church in 1715, and seems to have taken an influential part in local affairs. An indignant neighbor in a letter (Boston Town Papers, vol. 2) calls him "Lord Ruler att Winisimit." John Floyd was at one time a lieutenant in the Malden military company, and is given that rank on his gravestone at Revere, He died 7 Jan. 1723-4, aged 58 (gravestone). In his will, probated in 1724, he mentions son John, who was sole executor, daughters Rachel Pratt, Abigail Tuttle, and Joanna Floyd, and grandsons James and John Nichols.
Children :
i. JOHN,3 b. at Malden 19 Aug. 1687.
ii. RACHEL, b. at Malden 25 Dec. 1690, d. 23 Sept. 1746; m. 27 Mar. 1711, EBENEZER PRATT.
iii. NOAH, b. at Rumney Marsh 24 May 1696 ; d. 2 Nov. 1706.
iv. JACOB, b. 11 Sept. 1703.
v. JOANNA, b. abt. 1706; m, 8 Feb. 1727, SAMUEL3 FLOYD (NO. 6).
vi. ABIGAIL, m. 3 Dec. 1713, SAMUEL TUTTLE.
vii. TABITHA, m. 9 July 1719, JAMES NICHOLS.
(Floyd, C. Harold. The Floyd Family of Rumney Marsh, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society,, 1909, 17 pgs.)
Marriage: Rachel Parker, bef. 1687. She was the dau. of Jacob and Sarah Parker of Chelmsford, b. Mar. 9, 1664/5.
Chelsea deaths: FLOYD, John, Lieut., Jan. 7, 1723.4, in his 58th y. G.R.1.
LIEUT. JOHN2 FLOYD (John1) was born at Lynn 20 Feb. 1664-5, and married RACHEL PARKER, daughter of Jacob and Sarah of Chelmsford, born 9 Mar. 1664-5. He was made a freeman, 22 Mar. 1689-90, while living at Malden, but removed soon after to Rumney Marsh, where he held various town offices and from which he was a representative on the Boston Board of Assessors for several years. He was one of the founders of the Rumney Marsh church in 1715, and seems to have taken an influential part in local affairs. An indignant neighbor in a letter (Boston Town Papers, vol. 2) calls him "Lord Ruler att Winisimit." John Floyd was at one time a lieutenant in the Malden military company, and is given that rank on his gravestone at Revere, He died 7 Jan. 1723-4, aged 58 (gravestone). In his will, probated in 1724, he mentions son John, who was sole executor, daughters Rachel Pratt, Abigail Tuttle, and Joanna Floyd, and grandsons James and John Nichols.
Children :
i. JOHN,3 b. at Malden 19 Aug. 1687.
ii. RACHEL, b. at Malden 25 Dec. 1690, d. 23 Sept. 1746; m. 27 Mar. 1711, EBENEZER PRATT.
iii. NOAH, b. at Rumney Marsh 24 May 1696 ; d. 2 Nov. 1706.
iv. JACOB, b. 11 Sept. 1703.
v. JOANNA, b. abt. 1706; m, 8 Feb. 1727, SAMUEL3 FLOYD (NO. 6).
vi. ABIGAIL, m. 3 Dec. 1713, SAMUEL TUTTLE.
vii. TABITHA, m. 9 July 1719, JAMES NICHOLS.
(Floyd, C. Harold. The Floyd Family of Rumney Marsh, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society,, 1909, 17 pgs.)
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Here Lyes Buried
the Body of Lieut.
JOHN FLOYD
who Decd Janury
7 1723/4 in ye 58
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