Henry Floyd-Jones


Henry Onderdonk Floyd-Jones 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 as the son of David Richard Floyd-Jones and Sarah Floyd-Jones. He married Helen Watts, and they had several children, among them State Senator Edward Floyd-Jones and Col. DeLancey Floyd-Jones.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1829 and 1830.
He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1836 to 1839, sitting in the 59th, 60th, 61st and 62nd New York State Legislatures.
Lt. Gov. David R. Floyd-Jones was his nephew; Bishop William H. DeLancey and Susan DeLancey, the wife of James Fenimore Cooper, were his first cousins.