Philip Delano

Philip Delano (c. 1603 – c. 1681–82) was a passenger on the Fortune and an early citizen of Plymouth Colony. He is best known as the progenitor of the Delano family in the Americas.

Life Early years Philippe de Lannoy, later Philip Delano, was baptized in the Vrouwekerk, the Protestant Walloon church of Leiden, Holland on December 7, 1603. His parents, Jan (Jean) de Lannoy of Tourcoing and Marie Mahieu of Lille (Rijsel) in Flanders, at that time in the Spanish Netherlands, were betrothed on January 13, 1596, in the same church. The Walloons were the French-speaking natives of the ancient region of Wallonia, now in today's Belgium,

Sketch from 1720 of the Vrouwekerk in Leiden, where Delano was baptized. Philip's father died in 1604, and Philip's mother married Robert Mannoo, a woolcomber from the city of Namur, on March 6, 1605. Philip grew up in Leiden, but further details are unknown.

In New England In November 1621, Philip Delano arrived in Plymouth Colony as a single man on the ship Fortune. Based on his baptism date, Philip's age was about 18. It is also said that he travelled on the Speedwell from Leiden with his uncle Francis Cooke and his cousin John Cooke only to be left behind in London after the Speedwell foundered and there was no room for him on the Mayflower. Philip may have been the servant of another passenger. Delano was appointed surveyor, but was deposed in 1641. it is likely that Philip was buried in the Myles Standish Burial Ground in Duxbury, where many of Philip's descendants are buried. His sons Thomas and Samuel agreed to distribute Philip's estate; the other children who shared the estate were John, Jane, Rebecca and Philip. He married:

1. Hester Dewsbery (or Dewsbury) on December 19, 1634, in Plymouth. She died between 1648 and 1653. Her burial place is unknown. Children attributed to Philip and Hester Delano: Mary (b. ca. 1635). She married Jonathan Dunham on November 29, 1655. Died childless. Philip (ca. 1637 – 1708). He married Elizabeth Sampson and had five children. Thomas (ca. 1639 – April 13, 1723). He married a daughter of Mayflower passenger John Alden, likely Rebecca. With her, Thomas had nine children. The couple were buried in Myles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Mass. Children attributed to Philip and Mary Delano: Jane (b. ca. 1655). She was living at the settlement of her father's estate in 1682. There is no further information. Rebecca (b. ca. 1657 – April 7, 1709). She married John Churchill on December 28, 1686, and had five children. She was buried at Burial Hill, Plymouth, Mass. Samuel (b. ca. 1659 – bef. August 9, 1728). He married Elizabeth Standish and had nine children. Elizabeth was a granddaughter of Mayflower passenger Myles Standish. Samuel and his wife Elizabeth were both buried in Myles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Mass. (a daughter) was born ca. 1661, based on the wording of various bequests in Philip's will. There is no further information.