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Philippe de la Noye was born December 7, 1602 in Leiden, Holland, the son of Jean de la Noye (1570-1604) and Marie le Mahieu. The family were Huguenot refugees who had fled the Wars of Religion in France. Living in Wallonia, an area with its own unique French dialect, the family name was also spelled Lannoy.
A teenage Philippe Delano became a member of the Leiden French Huguenot 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 CookeFrancis Cooke one of the 102 passengers on the Mayflower was born c. 1583 in England. He died on April 7, 1663, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. This early settler is one of the 26 male Pilgrims known to have descendants. He is described in Dutch records datin, 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 DuxboroughDuxbury is a town located in Plymouth County, Massachusetts. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 14,248. For geographic and demographic information on specific parts of the town of Duxbury, please see the articles on Cedar Crest, Dux 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 WarThe Pequot War in 1637 saw the virtual elimination of the Pequot Indians as a tribe. The Massachusetts and Connecticut settlers from England and their allies captured or killed most of the Pequots. This article uses the term tribe to describe various band of 1637. In 1652 he joined with 35 other colonists to purchase what was then called Dartmouth TownshipTowns in Massachusetts Bristol County, Massachusetts Acushnet is a town located in Bristol County, Massachusetts. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 10,161. For geographic and demographic information on the village of Acushnet Cente from MassasoitMassasoit was the title, Great Sachem of Ousamequin leader of the Pokanoket and the Wampanoag tribes. He held the allegiance of seven lesser Wampanoag sachems. He visited Plymouth in 1622 and negotiated a treaty guaranteeing the settlers there security in, the leader of the WampanoagThe Wampanoag are a Native American people. In 1600 they lived in what is now south-eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, and had a population of about 12,000. Wampanoag leaders included Squanto, King Philip, a Indians. Philippe gave his portion of the acquistion, amounting to 800 acres, to his son Jonathan Delano who later fought in King Philip's WarKing Philip's War was a general Indian uprising in 1675- 1676 to resist continued expansion of the English colonies in New England. It was the bloodiest of the Indian wars in terms of relative casualties, and several tribes were virtually or totally elimi. Following the death of his wife, he married a second time to Mary Pontus.
Philippe Delano died on August 22August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. Events 1485 The Battle of Bosworth Field decisively ends the Wars of the Roses 1559 Bartholome de Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested fo, 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 part of a Massachusetts aristocracy, sometimes referred to as one of the Boston Brahmins or one the "First Families of Boston."
Over time, family members migrated to different States including Michigan, Maine, New York and as far away as Chile where the descendants of Captain Paul Delano can be found today. 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 imprinted across America with several places named in honor of a family member:
Some notable members of the Delano family in America:
External reference: The AMERICAN HOUSE OF DELANO at [1]