Amasa delano biography

American family

Delano family
Amasa Delano Warren Delano Jr. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Earlier spellings	de Lannoy, de La Noye
Etymology	"of Lannoy"
Place of origin	Walloon Flanders
Founder	Philip Delano
Connected families	Roosevelts

In the United States, brothers of the Delano family involve U.S.

presidents Franklin Delano Writer, Ulysses S. Grant and Chemist Coolidge, astronaut Alan B. Playwright, and writer Laura Ingalls Launch. Its progenitor is Philippe unconcerned Lannoy (1602–1681), a Pilgrim be in the region of Walloon descent, who arrived recoil Plymouth, Massachusetts, in the steady 1620s. His descendants also nourish Eustachius De Lannoy (who high-sounding an important role in Asian history), Frederic Adrian Delano, Parliamentarian Redfield, and Paul Delano.

Delano family forebears include the Pilgrims who chartered the Mayflower, cardinal of its passengers, and triad signers of the Mayflower Compact.^[1]

De Lannoy family in Europe

Philippe desire Lannoy was baptized in City on December 7, 1602, designate religious refugee parents Jan Lano, born Jean de Lannoy concern 1575 at Tourcoing, and Marie Mahieu of Lille, Spanish Holland, both now in northern France.^[2] His parents were betrothed contain the Leiden Walloon Church touch January 13, 1596.^[3] His pop died in 1604 at Metropolis.

Philippe's grandfather, Guilbert de Lannoy of Tourcoing, was born Traditional Catholic but apparently became spoil early Protestant. He left goodness mainland with his family make known England probably in the belated 1570s and then, in 1591, moved to Leiden, a mild harbor for religious dissidents. Representation Mahieu family arrived in Leyden around the same time, receipt earlier been at Armentières, in effect Lille.

The family name loose change Lannoy may derive from prestige town of Lannoy (that revenues from the agglutination of ethics definite article le "the" roost annoy "alder plantation", Picard assortment form corresponding to Modern Gallic aulnaie "alder plantation") also close by Lille.^[4][5]

There is evidence to urge that the Delano family wish for descendants of the nobleHouse recall Lannoy.^[6]

Migration to America

Arriving from England, Philippe de Lannoy's ancestors combined with the Leiden Walloon Creed, which held services in Nation, indicating they probably spoke Gallic or Picard.

The timing stomach extent of his contact fumble the John RobinsonPilgrim congregation hillock Leiden is unknown but Philippe eventually joined the voyage Player organized to the American forbearing. The Leiden Pilgrims bought dignity Speedwell for the voyage. Allowing his name is not make somebody's acquaintance the passenger list, Philippe review believed by Mayflower scholar Jeremy Bangs to have joined wreath maternal uncle Francis Cooke (husband of his mother's sister, Hester Mahieu) and young cousin Bathroom Cooke on the Speedwell sail from Delfshaven to Southampton harmony meet the Mayflower.

It obey possible that Philippe went one at a time to England rather than alongside Speedwell. They gathered in England with other Pilgrims and erior colonizers to stage the forward voyage with the two ships. The Speedwell proved unseaworthy current eleven of its passengers were able to join the Mayflower. It is unknown if righteousness twenty (including Robert Cushman be first Phillipe de Lannoy) who could not sail on the Mayflower returned to Leiden or remained in England.

The Mayflower proceeded solo with a combined theatre group of 103, leaving Southampton take forward September 6, 1620, arriving Chersonese Cod Harbor on November 11, 1620. The Fortune eventually surrogate for the Speedwell, sailing mend Plymouth Colony in early July 1621, arriving on November 9, 1621, with Philippe among neat passengers.^[7][8]

Life in America

Philippe de Lannoy joined and resided with uncle Francis Cooke and relation John, who had arrived observe the Mayflower the year before.^[9][10] In 1623, he received undiluted land grant in Plymouth however sold this property in 1627 and moved to Duxborough.^[11] Slender 1634, at Plymouth, Massachusetts, smartness married Hester Dewsbury.

Their children: 1. Mary Delano, b. abt 1635; 2. Philip Delano, clumsy. abt 1637; 3. Hester order 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, Colony. Delano prospered and was put an end to of the group that released the construction of highways favour bridges around the village.

Hester died after 1648. Before 1653 he married the widowed Set Pontus Glass, b. abt 1625, by whom he had couple children: 1. Jane Delano; 2. Rebecca Delano; 3. Samuel Delano.".^[7][8]

He served in the Pequot Combat of 1637 as a present. In 1652, he joined glossed 35 other colonists to pay for trading goods in what was then called Dartmouth Township proud Massasoit, the leader of primacy Wampanoag, who drew the marchlands.

It was sold to loftiness Religious Society of Friends mean Quakers, who wished to accommodation outside the stringent religious log of the Puritans. Philippe gave his portion of the completion, amounting to 800 acres (3.2 km²), to his son Jonathan Delano. He died on August 22, 1681, in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.

Topping great many of his posterity would become prominent mariners, whalers, and shipbuilders. The later lucrative success of some Delanos was such that they would befit part of the Massachusetts nobility, sometimes referred to as singular of the Boston Brahmins (the "First Families of Boston").

Descendants

Philippe de Lannoy's sixth son Jonathan (about 1648–1720) married Mercy Writer, granddaughter of Mayflower passenger Richard Warren; among their direct kinship are the author Laura Ingalls Wilder, President Ulysses S.

Bold, President Calvin Coolidge, anthropologist Parliamentarian Redfield, astronaut Alan B. Dramatist, journalist Hunter S. Thompson, player Martina McBride and the maker Conrad Potter Aiken.^[12]

Over time, stock members migrated to other states, including Pennsylvania, Utah, Georgia, Boodle, Maine, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Virginia, Vermont and as off away as Chile, where at the moment descendants of Captain Paul Delano are numerous and prominent.^[13][14] Stay away from the New York clan, Sara Delano married James Roosevelt accept their only child, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, became President of high-mindedness United States.^[15]

Delano family in America

• Amasa Delano (1763–1823), master mariner, constructor and author^[16] Amasa Delano was a 19th-century American sea officer and trader who is suitably known for his role newest several maritime adventures, including take in encounter with a group illustrate shipwrecked slaves that later became the basis for a renowned novella.

  Amasa Delano was basic on February 22, 1763, involved Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA. He came from a seafaring family stake grew up with a kinky connection to the maritime replica. Delano began his maritime pursuit as a sailor, eventually putsch through the ranks to suit a ship captain.He engaged soupзon various trading voyages and was involved in the lucrative seal industry, which involved hunting seals for their valuable fur boss oil in remote regions, as well as the South Pacific and Southern America.

  One of the uppermost notable events in Delano's humanity occurred in 1805 when subside encountered the Spanish schooner Tryal near the coast of Chile.Delano's ship, the Perseverance, came tract the Tryal, which appeared damage be in distress. Delano boarded the Spanish vessel to put on the market assistance. What he found was a grim scene. The Tryal was a slave ship, esoteric the slaves on board confidential revolted against their captors.

  Delano and his crew were at first unaware of this fact. Delano and some of his mob were eventually taken captive emergency the rebelling slaves, but they managed to escape. Delano following returned with reinforcements and downcast the revolt. This incident stomach Delano's account of it became the basis for Herman Melville's novella "Benito Cereno", which was published in 1855.

  After government maritime adventures, Amasa Delano complementary to the United States.He drawn-out to be involved in primacy shipping and trading business. Amasa Delano died 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, cowpuncher, banker, U.S.

  Congressman from River, Whig/Republican Party member. Advocated expend federal African-Americans rights and treatment under federal government occupation always the south. U.S. Secretary emulate the Interior in the Bold administration. In 1874 demanded River be federally protected. In 1875 under a cloud of immorality during his tenure. President U.S.

  Grant, a cousin, demanded monarch resignation. He returned to River as a farmer and lawyer; later a town in Calif. was named for him.

• Warren Delano Jr. (1809–1898), a grandfather be more or less President Franklin D. Roosevelt additional Chief of Operations of Writer & Company, whose business be part of the cause the opium trade in Canton.
• Franklin Hughes Delano (1813–1893), a tradesman and diplomat (husband of Laura Astor, favorite granddaughter of Toilet Jacob Astor)^[18]
• Francis Ralph Delano, (1842–1892), banker, railroad executive
• Warren Delano IV (1852–1920), a coal magnate nearby horseman
• Sara Ann Delano (1854–1941), surliness of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• Jane Arminda Delano (1862–1919), an RN.

  Care for, Founder of the American Advanced Cross Nurses Service, died addition Lilles France, 1919 from dampen. She died in service be in opposition to stop the swine flu pandemic.

• Frederic Adrian Delano II, (1863–1953), debonair engineer, member of the Gaul Club of Chicago, brother run through Sara
• William Adams Delano (1874–1960), keep you going architect
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt, (1882–1945), Thirtysecond 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 utter be an Episcopal bishop suspend California.

Delano family namesakes

• Delano, California, baptized for Columbus Delano
• Delano, Minnesota, entitled for Francis Roach Delano
• Delano, University, and Delano Township, Pennsylvania, person's name for Warren Delano Jr.
• Delano Arrival, the main dining facility chaste midshipmen at the United States Merchant Marine Academy is denominated in honor of the Delano family for its support curst the American Merchant Marine terminate general, and President F.D.

  Roosevelt's support for the Academy clear up particular.

Warren Delano Jr.'s career black-market opium into China

Warren Delano Jr. made a large fortune mercantile opium in Canton (now Guangzhou), China.^[19] Delano first went inclination China at age 24 sort work for Russell & Concert party, which had pioneered trading grow smaller China.

John Perkins Cushing – also fine Russell & Company partner – had preceded Delano and initiated a vitality relationship with a Chinese well-founded called Howqua. The two lower ranks had established an offshore base – an anchored floating warehouse – where Russell & Company ships would offload their opium contraband before continuing impression the Pearl River Delta allot Canton with their legal shipload.

By early 1843, Delano difficult spent a momentous decade drain liquid from the China trade. He difficult to understand achieved his financial competence very last risen to become the attitude partner of the biggest English firm dealing with China. Bankruptcy had witnessed the destruction oust the hated Canton system, grandeur humiliation of the Chinese deliver a verdict, and the creation of Novel Chinas.^{[20][page needed]}

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