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Delano family
Amasa Delano
Warren Delano Jr.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Earlier spellingsde Lannoy, de La Noye
Etymology"of Lannoy"
Place of originWalloon Flanders
FounderPhilip Delano
Connected familiesRoosevelts

In the United States, members of theDelano familyinclude U.S. presidentsFranklin Delano Roosevelt,Ulysses S. GrantandCalvin Coolidge,astronautAlan B. Shepard,and writerLaura Ingalls Wilder.Its progenitor isPhilippe de Lannoy(1602–1681), aPilgrimofWalloondescent, who arrived atPlymouth, Massachusetts,in the early 1620s. His descendants also includeEustachius De Lannoy(who played an important role in Indian history),Frederic Adrian Delano,Robert Redfield,andPaul Delano.Delano family forebears include thePilgrimswho chartered theMayflower,seven of its passengers, and three signers of theMayflower Compact.[1]

De Lannoy family in Europe

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Captain Warren Delano Sr.

Philippe de Lannoy was baptized inLeidenon December 7, 1602, of religious refugee parents Jan Lano, born Jean de Lannoy in 1575 atTourcoing,and Marie Mahieu ofLille,Spanish Netherlands,both now in northern France.[2]His parents were betrothed in the LeidenWalloon Churchon January 13, 1596.[3]His father died in 1604 at Leiden. Philippe's grandfather, Guilbert de Lannoy of Tourcoing, was born Roman Catholic but apparently became an earlyProtestant.He 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 Mahieu family arrived in Leiden around the same time, having earlier been atArmentières,near Lille. The family namede Lannoymay derive from the town ofLannoy(that results from the agglutination of the definite articlele"the" andannoy"alder plantation", Picard variant form corresponding to Modern Frenchaulnaie"alder plantation" ) also near Lille.[4][5]

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

Migration to America

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Arriving from England, Philippe de Lannoy's ancestors affiliated with the LeidenWalloon Church,which held services in French, indicating they probably spoke French orPicard.The timing and extent of his contact with theJohn RobinsonPilgrimcongregation in Leiden is unknown but Philippe eventually joined the voyage Robinson organized to the American continent. The Leiden Pilgrims bought theSpeedwellfor the voyage. Although his name is not on the passenger list, Philippe is believed byMayflowerscholar Jeremy Bangs to have joined his maternal uncleFrancis Cooke(husband of his mother's sister, Hester Mahieu) and young cousin John Cooke on theSpeedwellvoyage from Delfshaven to Southampton to meet theMayflower.It is possible that Philippe went separately to England rather than aboardSpeedwell.They gathered in England with other Pilgrims and hireling colonizers to stage the onward voyage with the two ships. TheSpeedwellproved unseaworthy and eleven of its passengers were able to join theMayflower.It is unknown if the twenty (including Robert Cushman and Phillipe de Lannoy) who could not sail on theMayflowerreturned to Leiden or remained in England. TheMayflowerproceeded solo with a combined company of 103, leaving Southampton on September 6, 1620, arriving Cape Cod Harbor on November 11, 1620. TheFortuneeventually substituted for theSpeedwell,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

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Philippe de Lannoy joined and resided with his uncleFrancis Cookeand cousin John, who had arrived on theMayflowerthe year before.[9][10]In 1623, he received a land grant in Plymouth but sold this property in 1627 and moved toDuxborough.[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 thePequot Warof 1637 as a volunteer. In 1652, he joined with 35 other colonists to purchase trading goods in what was then calledDartmouth TownshipfromMassasoit,the leader of theWampanoag,who drew the boundaries. It was sold to theReligious Society of Friendsor Quakers, who wished to live outside the stringent religious laws of thePuritans.Philippe gave his portion of the acquisition, amounting to 800 acres (3.2 km2), to his son Jonathan Delano. He died on August 22, 1681, inBridgewater, 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 theBoston Brahmins(the "First Families of Boston" ).

Descendants

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Philippe de Lannoy's sixth son Jonathan (about 1648–1720) married Mercy Warren, granddaughter ofMayflowerpassengerRichard Warren;among their direct descendants are the authorLaura Ingalls Wilder,PresidentUlysses S. Grant,PresidentCalvin Coolidge,anthropologistRobert Redfield,astronautAlan B. Shepard,journalistHunter S. Thompson,entertainerMartina McBrideand the poetConrad 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 CaptainPaul Delanoare numerous and prominent.[13][14]From the New York clan,Sara Delanomarried James Roosevelt and their only child, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, becamePresident of the United States.[15]

Delano Family Tomb inRiverside CemeteryinFairhaven, 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]
  • Paul Delano(1775–1842), Commander of the Chilean Department of the Navy
  • Columbus Delano(1809–1896), a statesman, lawyer, rancher, banker, U.S. Congressman from Ohio, Whig/Republican Party member. Advocated for federal African-Americans rights and protection under federal government occupation of the south. U.S. Secretary of the Interior in the Grant administration. In 1874 demanded Yellowstone be federally protected. In 1875 under a cloud of corruption during his tenure. President U.S. Grant, a cousin, demanded his resignation. He returned to Ohio as a farmer and lawyer; later a town in California was named for him.
  • Warren Delano Jr.(1809–1898), a grandfather of PresidentFranklin D. Rooseveltand Chief of Operations ofRussell & Company,whose business included theopium tradeinCanton.
  • Franklin Hughes Delano(1813–1893), a merchant and diplomat (husband of Laura Astor, favorite granddaughter ofJohn Jacob Astor)[18]
  • Francis Ralph Delano,(1842–1892), banker, railroad executive
  • Warren Delano IV(1852–1920), a coal magnate and horseman
  • Sara Ann Delano(1854–1941), mother ofFranklin Delano Roosevelt
  • Jane Arminda Delano(1862–1919), an RN. Nurse, Founder of the American Red Cross Nurses Service, died in Lilles France, 1919 from influenza. She died in service to stop the swine flu pandemic.
  • Frederic Adrian Delano II,(1863–1953), civil engineer, member of theCommercial Club of Chicago,brother ofSara
  • William Adams Delano(1874–1960), an architect
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt,(1882–1945), 32nd President of the United States
  • Warren Delano Robbins(1885–1935), a diplomat
  • Preston Delano(1886–1961), U.S. Comptroller 1938 to 1953
  • David Delano Clark(1924–1997), a nuclear physicist
  • Diane Delano(born 1957), an actress
  • James Whitlow Delano(born 1960), a photographer
  • Mary Gray-Reeves(daughter of Florence Delano Gray) (born 1962), first woman to be anEpiscopalbishop in California.
Delano family namesakes

Warren Delano Jr.'s career smuggling opium into China

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Warren Delano Jr.made a large fortune tradingopiumin Canton (now Guangzhou), China.[19]Delano first went to China at age 24 to work forRussell & 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 calledHowqua.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

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  1. ^Smith, Jean EdwardFDR,p. 10, Random House, 2007ISBN978-1-4000-6121-1
  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. ^Ananth, M K (2018-07-19)."When an enemy became leader of Travancore army".The Times of India.ISSN0971-8257.Retrieved2023-10-21.
  7. ^abA Genealogical Profile of Phillip DelanoArchived2012-11-01 at theWayback Machine
  8. ^abPilgrim 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 andMortimer 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 3ByNew England Historic Genealogical Society.
  14. ^The Moffett House museum inBerlin, 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:// diarioconcepcion.cl/opinion/2023/09/03/amasa-delano.html[bare URL]
  18. ^Homberger, Eric (2004).Mrs. Astor's New York: Money and Social Power in a Gilded Age.Yale University Press.p. 105.ISBN9780300105155.Retrieved26 February2019.
  19. ^Ghosh, Amitav. 2024. "The Blue-Blood Families That Made Fortunes in the Opium Trade,"The Nation,https:// thenation /article/society/american-old-money-opium-trade-fortunes/
  20. ^Bradley, James (2016).The China Mirage.
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