Philippe Delano

Philippe de la Noye was born December 7 , 1602 in Leiden , the Netherlands , the son of Jean de la Noye (1570-1604) and Marie le Mahieu. The family were Protestant refugees who had fled from persecution in the Spanish Netherlands. Living in Tourcoing in what was then known as French Flanders, the family name of 'de Lannoy' was derived from the small town of Lannoy, east of Lille.

A teenage Philippe Delano became a member of the Leiden Walloon church and joined the congregation established by the Pilgrims from Plymouth, England . Following the emigration to America of church members aboard the '' Mayflower '', the ''Fortune'' was the second ship to arrive at the Plymouth Colony with thirty-five new colonists to join the fifty survivors of the ''Mayflower''.

On his arrival, Philippe Delano lived with his uncle, Francis Cooke , and his cousin, John Cooke, who had arrived the previous year aboard the Mayflower. In 1623 Philippe Delano received a land grant in Plymouth but sold this property in 1627 and moved to Duxborough where in 1634 he married Hester Dewsbury (1613-1657). There, Delano prospered and was part of the group of men who organized the construction of highways and bridges around the village.

A volunteer, Philippe Delano served in the Pequot War of 1637. In 1652 he joined with 35 other colonists to purchase what was then called Dartmouth Township from Massasoit , the leader of the Wampanoag Indians. Philippe gave his portion of the acquisition, amounting to 800 acres (3.2 km²), to his son Jonathan Delano who later fought in King Philip's War . Following the death of his wife, he married a second time to Mary Pontus.

Philippe Delano died on August 22 , 1681 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts . A great many of his offspring would become prominent mariners, whalers, and shipbuilders. The family's success was such that they would become (speculation) part of a Massachusetts aristocracy, sometimes referred to as one of the Boston Brahmin s or one the "First Families of Boston."

Over time, family members migrated to other states including Michigan , Maine , New York , Ohio , and Vermont and as far away as Chile where the descendants of Captain Paul Delano can be found today holding important positions among the aristocracy of that nation. From the New York clan, Sara Delano married James Roosevelt and their only child, Franklin Delano Roosevelt became President Of The United States .

The Delano name is also found across America where several places have been named in honor of a family member: