The progenitor of the
Delano family in the Americas was
Philippe de Lannoy whose family name was anglicized to Delano. The 19-year-old
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of
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descent arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts on November 9, 1621 on the second Pilgrim ship,
Fortune. His descendants include Philip Delano Jr.,
Frederic Adrian DelanoFrederic Adrian Delano was an American railroad president born in Hong Kong, China of the Delano family. He was the uncle of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Frederic Adrian Delano was Chairman of the Committee on the Regional Plan for New York and Its Environs, which released the...
, Jonathan Delano and
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,
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,
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,
Laura Ingalls WilderLaura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder was an American author who wrote the Little House series of children's books based on her childhood in a pioneer family.-Early life and marriage:...
,
Robert RedfieldRobert Redfield was an American anthropologist and ethnolinguist. Redfield graduated from the University of Chicago, eventually with a JD from its law school and then a PhD in cultural anthropology, which he began to teach in 1927...
, Captain
Paul DelanoCaptain Paul Delano , born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, was a sea captain and a member of the prominent American Delano family. He moved to Chile in 1819 where he became an important part of that country's early Navy....
, and Alan B. Shepard. Delano family forebears include the Pilgrim who chartered the
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, seven of its passengers and three signers of the
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.
Philippe Delano (De Lannoy)
Philippe de Lannoy was born in
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on December 7, 1602 of religious refugee parents Jan Lano, born Jean de Lannoy in 1575 at
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, and Marie le Mahieu of
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both in the
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. His parents were betrothed in the Leiden
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on January 13, 1596. After his father died in 1604 at Leiden, his mother married Robert Mannoo of
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on February 18, 1605. Philippe's grandfather, Guilbert de Lannoy of Tourcoing, was an early Protestant who left the mainland with his family for England probably in the late 1570s and then, in 1591, moved to Leiden, a safe harbor for religious dissidents. The Mahieus arrived in Leiden from England around the same time. The family name de Lannoy probably derives from the town of
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(which originates from the Latin alnetum or French “l’aunaie” meaning “alder plantation”), near Lille. There is no evidence to support claims that Philippe's father descended from the noble de Lannoys.
Journey to America
Philippe de Lannoy's family was affiliated to the Leiden Walloon Church, indicating they were Francophones or speakers of a French dialect such as like
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. The timing and nature of their contact with the Pilgrim congregation in Leiden under the leadership of
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is unknown. Philippe eventually joined their voyage to the American continent.
The Leiden Pilgrims bought the
SpeedwellThe Speedwell was a 60-ton ship, the smaller of the two ships intended to carry the Pilgrim Fathers to North America...
. Though his name is not on the original passenger list, Philippe is believed by contemporary scholars to have joined his uncle
Francis CookeFrancis Cooke was one of the 102 passengers on the Mayflower. This early settler is one of the twenty-six male Pilgrims known to have descendants.-Early life and family:...
and young cousin
John CookeJohn Cooke may refer to:*John Cooke , Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University*John Cooke , English cricketer*John Cooke , American locomotive maker...
on the first stage of the voyage from Delftshaven to
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, England to meet the
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. They gathered in England with other Pilgrims and hireling colonists to launch the voyage. Barely into the Atlantic crossing, the Speedwell began to leak. This leakage forced the convoy to abort the voyage and return to England twice. After a second return also due to leakage, Speedwell was sold. Ten Speedwell passengers (among them Francis and John Cooke) joined the Mayflower. The remaining Speedwell passengers, including Philippe, if indeed he was on the Speedwell, remained behind until a replacement ship, the "Fortune", sailed for
Plymouth ColonyPlymouth Colony was an English colonial venture in North America from 1620 to 1691. The first settlement was at New Plymouth, a location previously surveyed and named by Captain John Smith. The settlement, which served as the capital of the colony, is today the modern town of Plymouth, Massachusetts...
in early July 1621, arriving at the Plymouth Colony on November 9. It is also possible that Philippe went separately to England to join the Fortune and did not travel to England on the Speedwell.
Life in America
Philippe de Lannoy joined and resided with his uncle Francis Cooke (husband of his mother's sister, Hester le Mahieu) and cousin Robert who had arrived the year before. In 1623, he received a land grant in Plymouth but sold this property in 1627 and moved to
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where in 1634 he married Hester Dewsbury (1613–1657). There, Delano prospered and was part of the group who organized the construction of highways and bridges around the village.
He served in the
Pequot WarThe Pequot War was an armed conflict in 1634-1638 between an alliance of Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies, with Native American allies , against the Pequot tribe...
of 1637 as a volunteer. In 1652 he joined with 35 other colonists to purchase with trading goods what was then called Dartmouth Township from
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, the leader of the
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who drew the boundaries. It was sold to the
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or Quakers, who wished to live outside the stringent religious laws of the Puritans. Philippe gave his portion of the acquisition, amounting to 800 acres (3.2 km²), to his son Jonathan Delano. Following the death of his wife, he married a second time to Mary Pontus. He died on August 22, 1681 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. A great many of his offspring would become prominent mariners, whalers, and shipbuilders. The later commercial success of some Delanos was such that they would become part of the Massachusetts aristocracy, sometimes referred to as one of the
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s (the "First Families of Boston").
Descendants
His son Jonathan married Mercy Warren, granddaughter of Mayflower passenger
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; among their direct descendants are the author
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, President
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, President
Calvin CoolidgeJohn Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state. His actions during the Boston Police Strike of 1919 thrust him into the...
anthropologist
Robert RedfieldRobert Redfield was an American anthropologist and ethnolinguist. Redfield graduated from the University of Chicago, eventually with a JD from its law school and then a PhD in cultural anthropology, which he began to teach in 1927...
, astronaut Alan B. Shepard, and the poet Conrad Potter Aiken.
Over time, family members migrated to other states including Michigan, Maine, New York, Ohio, and Vermont and as far away as Chile where today descendants of Captain
Paul DelanoCaptain Paul Delano , born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, was a sea captain and a member of the prominent American Delano family. He moved to Chile in 1819 where he became an important part of that country's early Navy....
are numerous and prominent. From the New York clan, Sara Delano married James Roosevelt and their only child, Franklin Delano Roosevelt became
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.
The Delano name is also found across America where several places have been named in honor of a family member:
- Delano, California
Delano is a small city in Kern County, California, United States. Delano is located north-northwest of Bakersfield at an elevation of 315 feet . The population was 38,824 at the 2000 census. As of 2009, Delano's population is estimated to be 53,972. It is Kern County's second largest city after...
named for Columbus DelanoColumbus Delano, was a lawyer and a statesman and a member of the prominent Delano family.At the age of eight, Columbus Delano's family moved to Mount Vernon in Knox County, Ohio, a place he would call home for the rest of his life. After completing his primary education, he studied law and was...
- Delano, Minnesota
Delano is a city in Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 3,837 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
named for Francis R. DelanoFrancis Ralph Delano was an American banker and a member of the prominent Delano family.- Early life and education :...
- Delano, Pennsylvania
Delano is a census-designated place in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 377 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Delano is located at ....
and Delano Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania named for Warren Delano II
Some notable members of the Delano family in America:
- Barbara Delano, wildlife conservationist
- Columbus Delano
Columbus Delano, was a lawyer and a statesman and a member of the prominent Delano family.At the age of eight, Columbus Delano's family moved to Mount Vernon in Knox County, Ohio, a place he would call home for the rest of his life. After completing his primary education, he studied law and was...
(1809–1896), statesman
- Diane Delano
Diane A. Delano is an American character actress, sometimes credited as Diana Delano. Her best known roles might be "Bobbi Glass" on the 1999 series Popular and the recurring character "Barbara Semanski" on Northern Exposure...
, (born 1957), actress
- Francis R. Delano
Francis Ralph Delano was an American banker and a member of the prominent Delano family.- Early life and education :...
, (1842–1892), banker, railroad executive
- Frederic Adrian Delano
Frederic Adrian Delano was an American railroad president born in Hong Kong, China of the Delano family. He was the uncle of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Frederic Adrian Delano was Chairman of the Committee on the Regional Plan for New York and Its Environs, which released the...
, (1863–1953), civil engineer, member of the Commercial Club of ChicagoThe Commercial Club of Chicago is a civic improvement club resulted from the 1907 merger of two predecessor Chicago clubs: the Merchants Club and the Commercial Club . Its most active members included George Pullman, Marshall Field, Cyrus McCormick, George Armour, Frederic Delano, Sewell Avery,...
- Jane Arminda Delano, (1862–1919) prominent nurse
- Joseph C. Delano, (1796–1886), ship's captain
- Gerard Delano, (1890–1972), painter
- Paul Delano
Captain Paul Delano , born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, was a sea captain and a member of the prominent American Delano family. He moved to Chile in 1819 where he became an important part of that country's early Navy....
, (1775–1842), Commander of the Chilean Department of the Navy
- Suzanne Upjohn DeLano, (born 1922), pioneer aviatrix
- Warren Delano II, (1809–1898), merchant of the clipper ship period
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, (1882–1945), President of the United States
- William Adams Delano
William Adams Delano was a prominent American architect, a partner with Chester Holmes Aldrich in the firm of Delano & Aldrich that worked in the Beaux-Arts tradition for elite clients in New York City and Long Island, building townhouses, country houses, clubs and banks, often in the neo-Georgian...
(1874–1960), architect
- William A. Delano (1924–2003), First General Counsel of the Peace Corps
- Mary Gray-Reeves
Mary Gray-Reeves became the first woman Episcopal diocesan bishop in California on November 10, 2007, when she was ordained and consecrated the third bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real at services in Saratoga...
(Daughter of Florence Delano Gray) (born 1962), First woman bishop in California in the Episcopal church
- Michael Delano Rowe (1958 - ), Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer, Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System.
Sources
- Muriel Curtis Cushing, Philip Delano of the "Fortune" 1621 and his descendants of Four Generations, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999
- George English, 'L'histoire et les ancêtres de la famille de Philip Delano (Philippe de Lannoy)', Le Parchemin 72 Annee Mars-Avril 2007 No. 368, pages 114–155.
- George English, Ancestry and History of Philip Delano, Born Philippe de Lannoy, Mayflower Descendant, 56 [2007]: pp. 70–90, 163–184.
- Albert de Lannoy, “Réponse à question 2301” [Answer to question 2301] in Le Parchemin (Belgium), No. 169 [1974]: 49–51.
- Joel Andrew and Mortimer Delano, The genealogy, history, and alliances of the American house of Delano, 1621 to 1899, (New York, 1899).
- Bouke N. Leverland, “Het Geslacht van Jan de Lannoy” [The Family of Jan de Lannoy] in Ons Voorgeslacht, Orgaan van de Zuidhollandse Vereniging voor Genealogie (Holland), 9 [1954]: 79–85.
- Jeremy Dupertuis Bangs, “The Pilgrim and Other English in Leiden Records: Some New Pilgrim Documents” in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 143 [1989]: 195–199.
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