John nichols author biography

        Grandpa married Cornelia Floyd, a direct descendant of William Floyd, who signed the Declaration of Independence for New York State.

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My father, David G. Nichols, was born in 1916 at the old William Floyd estate (in Mastic on the south shore of Long Island 60 miles east of New York City) which my family eventually donated to the National Park Service as an historical museum and wildlife refuge.

You can look up the William Floyd Estate on the Internet.

        My dad's sister, Mollie Weld, was the mother of my first cousin, William Weld, who became the governor of Massachusetts. So my American family likes to brag about William Floyd and William Weld.

John nichols author biography

And who can blame them?

        After I was born in Berkeley, we moved around a lot. My dad got married and divorced a few more times. I have lived in Miami, Florida; Montpelier, Vermont; Westbury (Long Island), New York; Berkeley again; Wilton, Connecticut; Herndon, Virginia; Washington, D.C.; Windso