Individual Details
Dr Thomas DELANO
(By 1639 - 13 Apr 1723)
Thomas married Rebecca Alden in 1667. They seem to have gotten a head start, though, because the town records reveal: "Thomas Delanoy, and his now wife, for committing carnal copulation before marriage, fined" at October Court, 1667" [PCR 8:122].
Some researchers have claimed that Thomas Delano married Mary Alden and question the existence of Rebecca. A lengthy explanation of why that is incorrect appears in Mayflower Descendants, Alden, pp 48-51.
Thomas and Rebecca had 9 children until Rebecca’s death, sometime before Sep 1688. He died sometime between the date of his will and its inventory, October 1722 through April 1723. He is buried at the Myles Standish Burying Ground in Duxbury.
Events
| Birth | By 1639 | Duxbury, Plymouth, British America |  | ||
| Birth | 21 Mar 1642 | Duxbury, Plymouth, British America |  | | |
| Marriage | Bet Jan 1667 and 30 Oct 1667 | Duxbury, Plymouth, British America - Rebecca ALDEN | | | |
| Will | 5 Oct 1722 | Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Death | 13 Apr 1723 | Duxbury, Plymouth, British America | | | |
| Burial | Aft 13 Apr 1723 | Myles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Plymouth, British America | | ||
| Probate | 6 May 1723 | Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, British America | | ||
| Occupation | physician, tailor, surveyor and constable | | |
Families
| Spouse | Rebecca ALDEN (1643 - 1688) |
| Child | Benoni DELANO (1667 - 1738) |
| Child | Thomas DELANO 2nd (1669 - 1724) |
| Child | Deborah DELANO (1672 - 1715) |
| Child | Jonathan DELANO Sr (1675 - 1765) |
| Child | David DELANO (1677 - ) |
| Child | Mary DELANO (1679 - ) |
| Child | Sarah DELANO (1681 - ) |
| Child | Ruth DELANO (1683 - ) |
| Child | Joseph DELANO (1685 - ) |
| Father | Philip DE LANNOY (1603 - 1681) |
| Mother | Hester DEWSBERRY (1613 - 1648) |
| Sibling | Mary DELANO (1635 - 1660) |
| Sibling | Philip DELANO Jr (1637 - 1708) |
| Sibling | Esther DELANO (1641 - 1735) |
| Sibling | John DELANO (1644 - 1697) |
| Sibling | Jonathan DELANO (1648 - 1720) |
Notes
Birth
b 21 March 1642 according to Delanob abt 1639 according to Anderson, Great Migration Begins
Marriage
"Thomas Delanoy, and his now wife, for committing carnal copulation before marriage, fined" at October Court, 1667" [PCR 8:122]. Mayflower Descendants, Alden, p 49 speculates that "young Rebecca must have inherited her mother's legendary good looks and perhaps a flirtatious manner."Some researchers have claimed that Thomas Delano married Mary Alden. A lengthy explanation of why that is wrong appears in Mayflower Descendants, Alden, pp 48-51.
Death
d. 1 Apr 1723 according to Delanod. between 5 Oct 1722 and 22 April 1723 according to his will and other testimony
Occupation
According to Mayflower Descendants, Alden, p 51, no medical equipment was inventoried upon his death, nor is there any evidence that he was a physician. The "Dr." may have been some sort of courtesy title.Endnotes
1. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), p. 517+; digital page images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : viewed 18 February 2015; biographical description of Philip Delano.
2. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : viewed 19 February 2015), entry for Thomas Delano, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25474607.
3. Maj Joel Andrew Delano, (compiler), The genealogy, history and alliances of the American house of Delano, 1621 to 1899: with the history and heraldry of the maison de Franchimont and de Lannoy to Delano, 1096 to 1621, and the royal ancestry of Lannoy from Guelph, prince of the Scyrri, to Phillippe de Lannoy, 476 A. D. to 1621, including other royal lines and a list of the Lannoy chevaliers de la toison d'or [golden fleece] (New York: [n.p.], 1899), pdf p 329 [154]; digital images, Open Library, Open Library (https://openlibrary.org/books/OL23693816M/The_genealogy_history_and_alliances_of_the_American_house_of_Delano_1621_to_1899. : accessed 25 February 2015.
4. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, 3 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), p. 517+; digital page images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org/ : viewed 18 February 2015; biographical description of Philip Delano.
5. Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes; Alicia Crane Williams, compiler and editor, respectively, Family of John Alden, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 16, Part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1998), p 48-51.
6. Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes; Alicia Crane Williams, compiler and editor, respectively, Family of John Alden, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 16, Part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1998), p 51.
7. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : viewed 19 February 2015), entry for Thomas Delano, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25474607.
8. Maj Joel Andrew Delano, (compiler), The genealogy, history and alliances of the American house of Delano, 1621 to 1899: with the history and heraldry of the maison de Franchimont and de Lannoy to Delano, 1096 to 1621, and the royal ancestry of Lannoy from Guelph, prince of the Scyrri, to Phillippe de Lannoy, 476 A. D. to 1621, including other royal lines and a list of the Lannoy chevaliers de la toison d'or [golden fleece] (New York: [n.p.], 1899), pdf p 329 [154]; digital images, Open Library, Open Library (https://openlibrary.org/books/OL23693816M/The_genealogy_history_and_alliances_of_the_American_house_of_Delano_1621_to_1899. : accessed 25 February 2015.
9. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : viewed 19 February 2015), entry for Thomas Delano, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25474607.
10. Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes; Alicia Crane Williams, compiler and editor, respectively, Family of John Alden, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 16, Part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1998), p 51.
11. Maj Joel Andrew Delano, (compiler), The genealogy, history and alliances of the American house of Delano, 1621 to 1899: with the history and heraldry of the maison de Franchimont and de Lannoy to Delano, 1096 to 1621, and the royal ancestry of Lannoy from Guelph, prince of the Scyrri, to Phillippe de Lannoy, 476 A. D. to 1621, including other royal lines and a list of the Lannoy chevaliers de la toison d'or [golden fleece] (New York: [n.p.], 1899), pdf p 329 [154]; digital images, Open Library, Open Library (https://openlibrary.org/books/OL23693816M/The_genealogy_history_and_alliances_of_the_American_house_of_Delano_1621_to_1899. : accessed 25 February 2015.
12. Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes; Alicia Crane Williams, compiler and editor, respectively, Family of John Alden, Mayflower Families through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620, Vol 16, Part 1 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1998), p 51.