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Thomas Delano was fined for "haveing carnall coppulation" with his now wife before marriage, (his wife being Rebecca, the daughter of Mayflower passenger John Alden), fined the sume of ten pounds The Delano Genealogy has the child of that relationship born on the same day his father was being sentenced (official records show that this son died on 5 April 1738 in his seventy-first year, and so would have been born circa 1667). The parents obviously felt the shame of their situation, for they named him Benoni, a Hebrew name meaning "child of sorrow," more commonly used by New England colonists for a son whose mother died at his birth.

Court records from Plymouth Colony court held 1 Oct 1661: "Whereas I Abraham Peirce, Juni'r, have follishly and unadvisedly reproted to Ruth Spargue and Bethyah Tubbs, att the house of Francis Sprague that Rebeckah Alden and Hester Delanoy were with child, and that thereupon wee should have young troopers within three qurters of a yeare, I doe freely and from my hart owne my fault herein, and am hartily sorry that I have so spoken, to theior great reproch and wroge and the defamation of theire relations, which I earnestly desire may bee passed by of them all; and I hope I shall for ever heerafter take heed what I doe speake and report of any att any time.

Magistrate John Alden was one of the judges presiding where Peirce made his apology. I guess Peirce made a big mistake when he slandered the daughter of a judge.

Taken from the book; Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Volume Sixteen Part I pgs 48 & 49

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DELANO-The name is derived from Lannoy, a village siuated seven miles from Little France. The family is traced to Hugues de Lannoy, a knight of "Tournia d' Auelin in 1096. Came to New England in 1621. Having turned Protestant and becoming an American he changes De Lannoye ( also spelled de la Noyes ) to Delanos. Therefore their son was Jonathan Delano.He came to America to try to marry Pricilla Mullins. She had been in love with his older brother in Holland. When her parents took her to America, Philippe's older brother married another so Philippe decided to give it a try. Pricilla did not want any of his Flemish blood and married John Alden. Remember the story of Miles Standish asking John Alden to ask Pricillia if she would marry him ( Miles ) Pricilla said speak for yourself John and she married John. Philippe went out and fought Indians for a few years. He got land for fighting in the Pequot indian War and then married Hester Dewsbury in 1633 and sought admission to the Pilgrim community after joining the church. The first time his Norman-Flemish blood had been violated was when one of his sons, Thomas Delano, got Pricilla and John Alden's daughter, Rebecca, pregnant and there was a shotgun marriage. Thomas's Father-in-Law, John Alden, presided at a court hearing on Oct 30, 1667 where Thomas Delano was fined 10 pounds for having carnal copulation with his now wife before marriage. I have a copy of the court proceedings from early colonial records.The son was David Delano and not our line. According to the story they were banished to the wilderness where they built a cottage on land gifted by John Alden. We descend from Jonathan Delano, the brother of Thomas. ----------------------------------------------------------------- from Records of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England. 2 May 1637-Phillip Delanoy with others appointed to lay out highways around Plymouth, Ducksborrow and the Eele Rivers. 2 Oct 16371 40 acres of land was granted to Phillip Delanoy. 4 June 1639- Appointed to the Grand Inquest where among others Samuel Fuller and Phillip Delanoy 1 Dec 1654 Pg. 48 Vol 4 - Upon the complaint of Samuel Chandler, that the range of the land is not set betwixt Moses Simons and himself, the court have ordered Wittram Paybody and Phillip Delanoy and Lt. Nash to run the range of the said land. ---------------------------------------------------------------- From Mourt's Relation- a Journal of the Pilgrims of Plymouth by J D Fiore-Phillippe De La Noye came to America on the FORTUNE in November 1621 _________________________________________________________ Mayflower Ancestry by M. L. Call lists Thomas Delano as one to receive part of the estate of John Alden. ----------------------------------------------------------------- From A GENEALOGY DICTIONARY of THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND He came to the colony on the Fortune in1621. He was from a French or Flemish Protestant parents. they were from the English church in Leyden and was 19 years of age at his coming. He became a freeman of the Colony in 1632 and married Hester Duxbury 19 Dec 1634. He next married Mary Pontus Glass widow of James Grass. He moved to Bridgewater and one of the purchasers in Dartmouth in 1652 and in Middleborough in1662 and died in 1681 at the age of 79 years. ----------------------------------------------------------------- From the Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1700 Philip, son of Jean de Launey, was born in Leyden Holland in1602 and came to Plymouth Mass. in 1624. He had land granted in Duxbury, Mass in 1624 and later moved to Bridgewater, Mass. Dr. Lee Cady says that he came to America on the ship FORTUNE ----------------------------------------------------------------- FROM GENEALOGY HISTORY AND ALLIANCES OF THE AMERICAN HOUSE OF DELANO 1621 to 1899 He may have been on the Speedwell that started to America and had to turn back because it was not seaworthy. ----------------------------------------------------------------- From History of the Town of Duxbury by Justin Winsor - 1839 His name was origionally spelled De-La-Noye. He was said to be a French Protestant and joined the church in Lyden He was 19 on his arrival in America and was admitted a freeman Jan. 1, 1632 and early removed to Duxbury and settled a little north or northeast of Alden on the north side of Stoney or Mill Creek below the site of the late tack factory. His farm confirmed to him comprised of about 40 acres. He was a man of much respectability and was employed in surveying lands and was often of the grand inquest of the Colony. He left as estate of 50 Engish pounds. ---------------------------------------------------------------- From HISTORIC DUXBURY IN PLYMOUTH COUNTY MASS. by L. Bradford. Deland, Philip. Born of French parents came to Plymouth from Leyden in the Fortune in 1621. Had land assigned March 1623 Was a freeman in 1633. Removed to Duxbury and was a planter He deposed at about the age of 36. He volunteered for the Piquot War in 1637. 36. March 1641 ----------------------------------------------------------------- From THE STORY OF THE PLYMOUTH FATHERS by Edward Arber. Page 180 under The Pilgrim Church There is also one Philip de al Noye born of French parents, came to us from Leyden, to New Plymouth: who, coming to age of discerning, demanded also communion with us: and proving himself to be come of such parents as were in full communion in the French Churches, was hereapon admitted to the Church of Plymouth. And after, as his removal of habitation to Duxbury, where Master Ralph Partridge is pastor of the Church; and upon letter of recommendation from the Church of Plymouth; he was also admitted into the fellowship with the Church of Duxbury. And so, I dare say, if his occasions lead him, may be admitted from Church to Church thoughout New England. ----------------------------------------------------------------- from THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER Vol-1 -pg 124 . On the 11 th of Noverber, 1621 the ship Fortune arrived from England. It carried some of the pasengers of the Speedwell that had started with the Mayflower but turned back because it was unseaworthy. Of the 35 passengers on board was Philip De La Noye. The boat also carried the charter for the colony. Vo1 1, pg 124 On the eleventh of November 35 persons arrived at Plymouth on the FORTUNE Amony them was Philip De La Noye Vol 3 pg 334 - Philip Delanoy listed as one of the first landholders at Middleborough. Vol 3 pg 334 - Of Delano, originally De La Noye. Winslow tells us that he was born of French parents and that he came from Leyden to New Plymouth and coming to age of discerning demanded communion with us, and proving himself to be of such parents to be in full communion with the French churches was hereupon admitted to the church of Plymouth, and after, upon his removeal to Duxburrow, where Ralph Partridge is pastor of the church and upon recommendation from the church of Plymouth, he was admitted into the fellowship of the church of Duxburrow He was early at Duxbury and was one of the original proprietors of Bridgewater. He married Hester Dewsberry in 1634 and Mary, widow of James Glass of Duxbury and the daughter of James Churchill, in 1657. Vol 4 pg 256 Listed as able to bear arms in New Plymouth, Duxborrow. ( 1643 ) ----------------------------------------------------------------- From THE HOUSE OF DELANO by Major Joel Delano. Phillippe de la Noye was born in Leiden, Holland in 1602 his family was of French Protestant family ( Hueguenots ) The Hueguenots left France to escape prosecution by Catholics. He was baptized in Leiden in the Walloon Church in 1603. Grew up with the Separatists from the Church of England who fled to Holland in 1608 It is not known if he was a passenger on the Speedwell or not but it is thought that he was one of those left in England when the Mayflower and the Speedwell returned to England after the Speedwell became crippled, that he was one of those left in England when the Mayflower left alone. Eighteen of the passengers were left behind. The Fortune was fitted and sailed and one year to the day the Mayflower arrived in America she arrived at Plymouth. Philip-De-La-Noye at the age of 19 was one of the passengers. In 1624 he was gived an acre of land which he gave up to live in Duxbury He was admited to the Duxbury church in Jan. 1632/33. He settled next to John Alden, was a man of much respectability and was employed in surveying land ect. He was taxed 18 shillings in 1633 and 9 shillings in 1365, on Jury 2 May 1637, "Volunteer in Pequot War, 7 Jun. 1637 Granted 40 acres in Duxbury 2 Oct 1637. Drawn for jury 4 Dec,1637 and on grand jury 4 Jun 1639, WINDSOR'S HISTORY OF DUXBURY says that in 1637, a jury of 12 men men, 4 from Duxbury, to lay our paths and highways and build bridges in Duxbury. Phillip was one of them. SAVAGE says that Philip moved to Bridgewater where he probably died leaving a will ( which is too long for these notes to carry ).



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MAYFLOWER!! Priscilla Alden (née Mullins or Mullens), (c. 1602–c. 1685), noted member of Massachusetts's Plymouth Colony of Pilgrims, was the wife of fellow colonist John Alden (c. 1599–1687). They married in 1623 in Plymouth.
Priscilla was most likely born in Dorking in Surrey, the daughter of William and Alice Mullins. Priscilla was a seventeen-year-old girl when she boarded the Mayflower. She lost her parents and her brother Joseph during the first winter in Plymouth.[1] She was then the only one of her family in the New World, although she had another brother and a sister who remained in England. She spun wool and flax for the colony, taught children, and helped with the cooking.

John Alden and Priscilla Mullins were likely the third couple to be married in Plymouth Colony. William Bradford’s marriage to Alice Carpenter on August 14, 1624, is known to be the fourth.[2] The first was that of Edward Winslow and Susannah White in 1621. Francis Eaton’s marriage to his second wife, Dorothy, maidservant to the Carvers, was possibly the second.[3]

Priscilla is last recorded in the records in 1650, but oral tradition states that she died only a few years before her husband (which would be about 1680). She lies buried at the Miles Standish Burial Ground in Duxbury, Massachusetts. While the exact location of her grave is unknown, there is a marker honoring her.
[edit] Longfellow's poem
A scene from Longfellow's The Courtship of Miles Standish, showing Standish looking upon Alden and Mullins during the bridal procession

She is known to literary history as the unrequited love of the newly widowed Captain Miles Standish, the colony's military advisor, in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1858 poem The Courtship of Miles Standish. According to the poem, Standish asked his good friend John Alden to propose to Priscilla on his behalf, only to have Priscilla ask, “Why don’t you speak for yourself, John?”

Longfellow (a direct descendant of John and Priscilla) based his poem on a romanticized version of a family tradition, though there is no independent historical evidence for the account. The basic story was apparently handed down in the Alden family and published by John and Priscilla’s great-great-grandson, Rev. Timothy Alden, in 1814.[4]
[edit] The Alden children

Priscilla and John Alden had ten children, with a possible eleventh dying in infancy. It is presumed, although not documented, that the first three children were born in Plymouth, the remainder in Duxbury.[5] The children were:

John (1626–1701). Moved to Boston and married there Elizabeth (Phillips) Everill, widow of Abiel Everill. They also had thirteen children. He was a mariner and became a naval commander of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was a member of the Old South Church of Boston and his ancient slate headstone is embedded in the wall there. Perhaps the best known event of his life is when, on a trip to Salem, he was accused of witchcraft, spending fifteen weeks in a Boston jail. He escaped shortly before nine of the other victims were executed/murdered during the Salem witch trials. Alden was later exonerated.
Elizabeth. (1624/25–1717). Married William Pabodie (Peabody), a civic and military leader of Duxbury, where all thirteen of their children were born. They moved to Little Compton, Rhode Island, where Elizabeth died in 1717 at the age of about ninety-four. Their descendants were prominent in settling areas of Rhode Island and Connecticut. From Elizabeth’s line comes the one individual most credited with spreading the fame of John and Priscilla far and wide, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his Courtship of Miles Standish.
Joseph. (1627-1697) Moved to Bridgewater where he was a farmer on land purchased earlier from the Indians by his father and Myles Standish. He married Mary Simmons. They had a total of seven children. Joseph died sometime after.
Sarah. Her marriage to Myles Standish's son, Alexander, undercuts any idea of a long-standing feud between the Aldens and the Standish clan. In fact, there is much evidence to suggest that John and Myles remained lifelong friends or, at the minimum, associates. Sarah and Alexander lived in Duxbury until Sarah’s death sometime before June 1688. (Alexander subsequently married Desire Doty, a twice widowed daughter of Pilgrim Edward Doty.) They had seven or possibly eight children. Their home, Alexander Standish House, in Duxbury still stands.
Jonathan. Married Abigail Hallett December 10, 1672. Lived in Duxbury until his death February 14, 1697. Was the second owner of the Alden House which he received from his father. The house then passed to his own son, John. Six children. At his funeral oration, Jonathan was described as "a sincere Christian, one whose heart was in the house of God even when his body was barred hence by restraints of many difficulties which confined him at home."
Ruth. Married John Bass of Braintree, Massachusetts, where they lived and had seven children. Of the more illustrious descendants of this union came Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. Ruth died on October 12, 1674.
Rebecca. Married Thomas Delano of Duxbury by 1667, a son of Philip Delanoye, one of the original settlers of Duxbury. They had nine children. Died in Duxbury sometime after June 13, 1688.
Mary. No record of birth or marriage. Died after June 13, 1688.
Priscilla. Same information as for Mary.
David. Married Mary Southworth, daughter of Constant Southworth of Plymouth Colony. Died sometime during 1718 or 1719. Six children. A man described as "a prominent member of the church, a man of great respectability and much employed in public business."

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Priscil la Mullins, it is believed was born in or near Dorking, Surrey, England, and that she was in her teens in 1620, when she, her parents, and her brother Joseph came to America on the Mayflower.Her parents and her brother died in the sickness that took so many lives during the first winter at Plymouth Colony, leaving her orphaned. Priscilla probably then moved in with the Brewster family. Priscilla was one of the surviving women, who became a family, bound together by common needs and sorrows. It can be surmised that she grew close to the other young members of the colony, and possibly to John Alden. John Alden was hired as a cooper—a barrel maker—to take care of the barrels aboard the Mayflower when it set sail for the New World in early fall of 1620. When his contract was up, but he decided to remain in New England when the Mayflower returned home to England. Priscilla is probably the best known woman who sailed to America on the Mayflower, because of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem The Courtship of Miles Standish. According to Longfellow's legend, John Alden spoke to Priscilla Mullins on behalf of Miles Standish, who was interested in the lovely young woman. But she asked, "Why don’t you speak for yourself, John?" And he realized that she was interested in him.

Priscilla Mullins married John Alden, certainly by 1623, because she isn't listed separately in the 1623 Division of Land at Plymouth Colony. Each man drew lots to determine the location of his land. John Alden's grant was "on the other side of the bay" from the original Plymouth settlement. There isn't much known about their early married life, but records show that by 1627 they were living in a house on the hillside, across from the Governor's house and near the fort. John Alden served in various offices in the government of the Colony. He was elected as assistant to the governor and Plymouth Court as early as 1631, and was regularly re-elected throughout the 1630s. At first, the colonists only planted crops on the land given them at the Division of Land. But by 1632, John Alden, and others, wanted to stay on their new land year round, and Plymouth Colony reluctantly agreed. There, the Aldens helped to found the town of Duxbury, and raised their ten children.Alden served as Duxbury's deputy to the Plymouth Court throughout the 1640s. In the 1650s, he built a large house for his family in Duxbury, which still stands today. In the 1660s, the Plymouth Court provided him a number of land grants and cash grants to better provide for his family. Throughout the 1670s, Alden began distributing his land holdings to his surviving sons. Virtually nothing else is known of Priscilla's later life. The date of her death is unknown. John died in 1687 at the age of 89, one of the last surviving Mayflower passengers.
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American Colonial Figure. One of the charter members of the Plymouth Colony, arriving on the first voyage of the "Mayflower", her marriage to John Alden is the third known marriage in the Plymouth colony. Born in Dorking, Surrey, England, she was a young girl of 16 or 17 at the time of the sailing of the Mayflower in 1620 for America, when she arrived with her parents. When her parents died in the first winter ashore, in early 1621, a hard time when about half of the colony perished, she chose to stay with the Pilgrims even though she had a brother and sister surviving in England. Between the time of her parents' deaths in 1621 and her marriage to John Alden about 1623, it is not known whom she stayed with or how she survived. John married Priscilla Mullins about 1623, but the exact date has been lost to history. A legend of a rivalry between John Alden and pilgrim Miles Standish for Priscilla Mullins arose, and was first published in the book, "Collection of American Epitaphs and Inscriptions" in 1814, by Timothy Alden. The story was popularized by the poem, "The Courtship of Miles Standish" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1858, however, there is no documentation of such a rivalry to have existed in any of the records of the Plymouth Colony.