| Ed is descended from Captain John Flood who, according to family tradition,
retired from the British Navy and moved his family from England, to the state Virginia, in America. He was born to 1694, and was 60 years old, before his first child was born. His first
wife was a Ms. Davis from Glouschester Co., Virginia. She bore him
five children. Among them were twins William and Mary, named for the King
and Queen of England. William died in the Revolutionary War and Mary
also died.
John's first wife was dead by 1762, when he was married for the second time, to
his housekeeper, Agnes Payne. He was age of 68 at the time of his second
marriage. He had nine children by his second marriage, including another
set of twins. This set of twins was also named William and
Mary. William is Ed's direct ancestor. He married Mary Jones,
a member of the Virginia Lee family which included General Robert E. Lee
and President Zachary Taylor,
and moved to Shelby County, Kentucky. His twin sister, Mary Payne
Flood, married Robert Moseley and moved to Logan County, Kentucky.The
Flood also includes as a member, Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957), the pioneer
aviator and polar explorer.
John and one of his wives were buried on the grounds of the Buckingham
Baptist Church, Buckingham County, Virginia. On the north wall of
the church at Gold Hill, a few miles north of Dillwyn, Virginia, is a
bronze plaque. It refers to an adjoining room which was a later
addition to the church. The plaque reads:
THIS ROOM WAS CONSTRUCTED
OVER THE GRAVES OF
CAPTAIN AND MRS.
JOHN FLOOD, SR., ROYAL NAVY
1694 - 177_
COLONIAL ANCESTORS OF A
DISTINGUISHED VIRGINIA FAMILY
LINE INCLUDING
THE HONORABLE HENRY DE LA WARR FLOOD
MEMBER U.S. CONGRESS 1900-1921
MRS. RICHARD EVELYN BYRD
JUDGE JOEL WEST FLOOD
FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF VIRGINIA
1940-1964
THIS MEMORIAL ERECTED BY
ELEANOR FLOOD SCHOELLKOPF
BOLLING BYRD FLOOD |
William Flood
was the son of Captain John Flood and his second wife, Agnes
Payne. William's twin sister, Mary Payne Flood, married
Robert Moseley and moved to Logan Co., KY. William and
his wife, Mary Jones Flood, are buried in a small family
cemetery near Cropper, Kentucky in Shelby County. From
Cropper, drive south on the Flood Road for 7/10 mile. At
exactly 7/10ths a mile from Cropper there is an old
abandoned L&N Railroad bed on the left. It looks like a farm
road, but you can tell it is a railroad bed by the coal in
the path. Take the railroad bed back 4/10ths mile. You can
drive 2/10ths. At 2/10ths the railroad bed (at the time I
visited) is blocked off by a fence. You can follow the field
for another 2/10ths mile to a small grove of trees. The
cemetery is fenced in. Emaline Ogden Flood, daughter-in-law of William and Mary and there son,
Joseph Lee Flood’s second wife, is also buried there. |
