Delano family

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Delano
Franklin D. Roosevelt with his mother and her family
Earlier spellingsde Lannoy, de La Noye
Etymology"of Lannoy"
Place of originWalloon Flanders
FounderPhilip Delano
Connected familiesRoosevelts

In the United States, members of the Delano family include U.S. presidents

Pilgrim of Walloon descent, who arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in the early 1620s. His descendants also include Eustachius De Lannoy (who played an important role in Indian history), Frederic Adrian Delano, Robert Redfield, and Paul Delano. Delano family forebears include the Pilgrims who chartered the Mayflower, seven of its passengers, and three signers of the Mayflower Compact.[1]

De Lannoy family in Europe

Captain Warren Delano Sr.

Philippe de Lannoy was baptized in

de Lannoy may derive from the town of Lannoy (that results from the agglutination of the definite article le "the" and annoy "alder plantation", Picard variant form corresponding to Modern French aulnaie "alder plantation") also near Lille.[4][5]

There is evidence to suggest that the Delano family are descendants of the noble House of Lannoy.[6]

Migration to America

Arriving from England, Philippe de Lannoy's ancestors affiliated with the Leiden

Pilgrim congregation in Leiden is unknown but Philippe eventually joined the voyage Robinson organized to the American continent. The Leiden Pilgrims bought the Speedwell for the voyage. Although his name is not on the passenger list, Philippe is believed by Mayflower scholar Jeremy Bangs to have joined his maternal uncle Francis Cooke (husband of his mother's sister, Hester Mahieu) and young cousin John Cooke on the Speedwell voyage from Delfshaven to Southampton to meet the Mayflower. It is possible that Philippe went separately to England rather than aboard Speedwell. They gathered in England with other Pilgrims and hireling colonizers to stage the onward voyage with the two ships. The Speedwell proved unseaworthy and eleven of its passengers were able to join the Mayflower. It is unknown if the twenty (including Robert Cushman and Phillipe de Lannoy) who could not sail on the Mayflower returned to Leiden or remained in England. The Mayflower proceeded solo with a combined company of 103, leaving Plymouth on September 6, 1620, arriving Cape Cod Harbor on November 11, 1620. The Fortune eventually substituted for the Speedwell, sailing for Plymouth Colony in early July 1621, arriving on November 9, 1621, with Philippe among its passengers.[7][8]

FDR and his cousins in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, 1897

Life in America

Philippe de Lannoy joined and resided with his uncle

Duxborough.[11] In 1634, at Plymouth, Massachusetts, he married Hester Dewsbury. Their children: 1. Mary Delano, b. abt 1635; 2. Philip Delano, b. abt 1637; 3. Hester or Esther Delano, b. abt 1640; 4. Thomas Delano, b. 21 March 1642; 5. John Delano, b. 1644; 6. Jonathan Delano, b. 1647–1648, prob. Duxbury, Massachusetts. Delano prospered and was part of the group that organized the construction of highways and bridges around the village. Hester died after 1648. Before 1653 he married the widowed Mary Pontus Glass, b. abt 1625, by whom he had three children: 1. Jane Delano; 2. Rebecca Delano; 3. Samuel Delano.".[7][8]

He served in the

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 Boston Brahmins
(the "First Families of Boston").

Descendants

Amasa Delano's portrait. Frontispice from his A Narrative of Voyages, 1817.
Warren Delano Jr., a merchant who lived in China during the 1830s.

Philippe de Lannoy's sixth son Jonathan (about 1648–1720) married Mercy Warren, granddaughter of Mayflower passenger

Conrad Potter Aiken.[12]

Over time, family members migrated to other states, including Pennsylvania, Utah, Georgia, Michigan, Maine, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Virginia, Vermont and as far away as Chile, where today descendants of Captain Paul Delano are numerous and prominent.[13][14] From the New York clan, Sara Delano married James Roosevelt and their only child, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, became President of the United States.[15]

Delano Family Tomb in Riverside Cemetery in Fairhaven, Massachusetts
Delano family in America
  • Amasa Delano (1763–1823), master mariner, shipbuilder and author[16] Amasa Delano was a 19th-century American sea captain and trader who is best known for his role in several maritime adventures, including an encounter with a group of shipwrecked slaves that later became the basis for a famous novella. Amasa Delano was born on February 22, 1763, in Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA. He came from a seafaring family and grew up with a strong connection to the maritime world. Delano began his maritime career as a sailor, eventually rising through the ranks to become a ship captain.He engaged in various trading voyages and was involved in the lucrative sealing industry, which involved hunting seals for their valuable fur and oil in remote regions, including the South Pacific and South America. One of the most notable events in Delano's life occurred in 1805 when he encountered the Spanish schooner Tryal near the coast of Chile.Delano's ship, the Perseverance, came across the Tryal, which appeared to be in distress. Delano boarded the Spanish vessel to offer assistance. What he found was a grim scene. The Tryal was a slave ship, and the slaves on board had revolted against their captors. Delano and his crew were initially unaware of this fact. Delano and some of his crew were eventually taken captive by the rebelling slaves, but they managed to escape. Delano later returned with reinforcements and subdued the revolt. This incident and Delano's account of it became the basis for Herman Melville's novella "Benito Cereno", which was published in 1855. After his maritime adventures, Amasa Delano returned to the United States.He continued to be involved in the shipping and trading business. Amasa Delano passed away on May 13, 1823, in Fairhaven, Massachusetts.[17]
Delano family namesakes

Warren Delano Jr.'s career smuggling opium into China

Warren Delano Jr. made a large fortune trading opium in Canton (now Guangzhou), China.[19] Delano first went to China at age 24 to work for Russell & Company, which had pioneered trading with China. John Perkins Cushing – also a Russell & Company partner – had preceded Delano and initiated a close relationship with a Chinese official called Howqua. The two men had established an offshore base – an anchored floating warehouse – where Russell & Company ships would offload their opium contraband before continuing up the Pearl River Delta to Canton with their legal cargo.

By early 1843, Delano had spent a momentous decade in the China trade. He had achieved his financial competence and risen to become the head partner of the biggest American firm dealing with China. He had witnessed the destruction of the hated Canton system, the humiliation of the Chinese government, and the creation of New Chinas.[20][page needed]

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-4000-6121-1
  2. ^ Delano, Joel Andrew, ed. (1899). The Genealogy, History, and Alliances of the American House of Delano, 1621 to 1899. New York. p. 561.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Muriel Curtis Cushing, Philip Delano of the "Fortune" 1621 and his descendants of Four Generations, General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1999.
  5. ^ 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 (the Netherlands), 9 [1954]: 79–85.
  6. ISSN 0971-8257
    . Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  7. ^ a b A Genealogical Profile of Phillip Delano Archived 2012-11-01 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ a b Pilgrim Village Family Sketch Phillip Delano
  9. ^ George English, Ancestry and History of Philip Delano, Born Philippe de Lannoy, Mayflower Descendant, 56 [2007]: pp. 70–90, 163–184.
  10. ^ Albert de Lannoy, "Réponse à question 2301" [Answer to question 2301] in Le Parchemin (Belgium), No. 169 [1974]: 49–51.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Joel Andrew and Mortimer Delano, The genealogy, history, and alliances of the American house of Delano, 1621 to 1899, (New York, 1899).
  13. ^ The New England Historic And Genealogical Society Register, Volume 3 By New England Historic Genealogical Society.
  14. ^ The Moffett House museum in Berlin, New Hampshire.
  15. ^ Delano family papers from 1833 to 1919 at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
  16. ^ “Delano, Amasa and Samuel,” Drew Archival Library
  17. ^ https://www.diarioconcepcion.cl/opinion/2023/09/03/amasa-delano.html
  18. ISBN 9780300105155
    . Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  19. ^ Ghosh, Amitav. 2024. "The Blue-Blood Families That Made Fortunes in the Opium Trade," The Nation, https://www.thenation.com/article/society/american-old-money-opium-trade-fortunes/
  20. ^ Bradley, James (2016). The China Mirage.

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