Birth: Philip Delano was baptized in the Walloon church of
Leiden on November 6, 1603, so he was born shortly before that date.
Death: He died in Duxbury between August 22, 1681, and
March 4, 1681/2.
Ship: Fortune, 1621
Life in Holland: Philip’s parents were Walloons,
Protestants from what was Walloon Flanders, now part of northern France.
Jan de Lano of Tourcoing and Mary Mahieu of Lille were betrothed on
January 13, 1596, in the Walloon church of Leiden. Philip was baptized
in the church on November 6, 1603. His father died within a year or two,
and his mother was betrothed to Robert Mannoo, a woolcomber from Namur
on February 18,1605. Philip grew up in Leiden, but further details are
unknown.
Life in New England: Philip Delano came to Plymouth as a
single man in November 1621. He most likely lived at first with his aunt
and uncle, Francis and Hester (Mahieu) Cooke. He served on a number of
juries,was appointed surveyor for several years, and volunteered to
serve in the Pequot War in 1637.He lived in Duxbury by 1639.
Family: It is not clear how many children Philip Delano
had, their birth years or which of his two wives bore them.The following
is the current estimation. Philip married (1) Hester Dewsbery on
December 19, 1634, in Plymouth. She died between 1648 and 1653. Philip
married (2) Mary (Pontus) Glass by January 17, 1653/4.
Children attributed to Philip and Hester Delano:
- Mary was born about 1635. She married Jonathan Dunham on November
29, 1955, and died childless.
- Philip was born about 1637. He married Elizabeth Sampson about 1670
and had five children. He died in Duxbury in December 1708.
- Thomas was born about 1639. He married Rebecca Alden by 1667, and
had nine children. He died in Duxbury on April 13, 1723.
- Esther was born about 1641. She was not mentioned by name in her
father’s estate and may have been dead by then.
- John was born about 1644. He married Mary Weston by about 1679 and
had six children. He died in Duxbury after September 5, 1721.
- Jonathan was born about 1648. He married Mercy Warren on February
28, 1677/8, and had thirteen children. He died in Dartmouth on December
28, 1720.
- Children attributed to Philip and Mary Delano:
- Jane was born about 1655. She was living at the settlement of her
father’s estate in 1682.There is no further information.
- Rebecca was born about 1657. She married in Plymouth John Churchill
on December 28, 1686, and had five children. She died in Plymouth on
April 7, 1709.
- Samuel was born about 1659. He married Elizabeth Standish by 1679
and had nine children. He died in Duxbury before August 9, 1728.
- A daughter was born about 1661. Nothing further is known and her
birth is based on the wording of various bequests in Philip’s will.