Edward Floyd DeLancey

Edward Floyd DeLancey (October 23, 1821 – April 8, 1905) the first Bishop of Western New York and sixth Provost of the University of Pennsylvania. Among his siblings was Peter Munro DeLancey and William Heathcote DeLancey Jr.

His maternal grandfather was Peter Jay Munro. His paternal grandparents were Elizabeth (née Floyd) DeLancey and John Peter DeLancey, a son of Governor James De Lancey. His grandfather was a brother to James De Lancey and a grandson of Stephen Delancey, a French Huguenot who became a successful New York merchant and married Anne Van Cortlandt, the third child of Gertrude Schuyler and Stephanus van Cortlandt, the Chief Justice of the Province of New York. Through his great-grandmother, Anne (née Heathcote) DeLancey, he was also a direct descendant of Caleb Heathcote, the 31st Mayor of New York City. His paternal aunt, Susan Augusta DeLancey, was married to the prominent author James Fenimore Cooper.

As a youth, he traveled on an extensive European tour for fourteen months with his father. DeLancey received his early education from the Rev. John Eustace and Samuel Wylie Crawford of Philadelphia. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania but transferred to Hobart College in Geneva, New York, upon his father's elevation to Bishop in 1839. He graduated from Hobart College with the class of 1843. DeLancey studied in Albany and later became graduated from Harvard Law School in 1845. DeLancey was considered the head of DeLancey family as "all the other branches having become extinct in the male line."

Personal life In November 1848, DeLancey was married to Josephine Matilda DeZeng (1823–1865). Josephine was the eldest daughter of Caroline and William Steuben DeZeng. Together, they lived in New York City and were the parents of six children, including: Josephine DeZeng DeLancey (1863–1921).

DeLancey died on April 8, 1905, in Ossining, New York. After a funeral at Trinity Episcopal Church in Ossining, he was buried in the family burial ground at Mamaroneck by the side of his father and grandfather.