General Notes

Jonathan Delano died 28 December 1720, aged 73 years Source: Dartmouth, MA, vital records, and gravestone in Acushnet Cemetery. Jonathan married Mercy Warren 28 February 1677-78 Source: Dartmouth vital records  ( De La Noye)(De La Noue)   Lt.

Some qustions have been raised as to the parentage of Jonathan. Further research will prove or disprove both theries.  Jonathen used the Coat of Arms of  the famous Calvinist Caption Francois  De La Noue, surnamed "Bras de Fer"of Briord France, or "Iron Armed" and the arms of Odet De La Noue, these being the same arms as used by Claude De La Noue. NOT the arms of his "family" de Lannoy-DeLano, or the armes of Barbacon, as used by Gysbert and his father Lord Jean de Lannoy or Gysberts mother Jeanne de Ligne de Barboncon.

Jonathan is said to have arrived from Brittany, France via England, landing and then  setting up house in Connecticut. (CGA) Crozier's General Armory: This Armory states on page Viii : " The descriptions of the arms, and the data, carefully collated and verified, have been inserted ONLY when actual examination of the necessary records has shown the family to be entitled to the distinction. ".Bolton's American Armory: " Arms brought over by Jonathan DeLano, to Tolland Connecticut in 1722." Vermonts American Armory, pp. 47 & 163," same  Statement. "Matthews American Armoury and Blue Book,1907: "Philippe De La Noye, from Leydon, Holland, to Plymouth Mass. His Grandson Jonathan de
Lano settled at Tolland, Conn., 1722, same arms.

From the Connecticut Headstones by Charles R. Hale, State Necrologist, found at the CT State Library
DELANO:
Amey, w of Jonathan, 1760, 76 yrs
Jonathan Capt., d Mar. 25, 1752, 71 yrs
Sarah, dau of Timothy & Lydia, d Sept. 27, 1775, 10 yrs
Timothy, s of Timothy & Lydia, d Oct. 5, 1775, 6 yrs
Timothy Capt., d Apr. 12, 1777, 47 yrs (RW)

Found on internet: Genforum:  posted by "don delano"

The origins are disputed. However, it is indisputable that members of a French Huguenot family surnamed DeLaNoue fled France to England before 1572 and settled in and around present-day Southwark, Surrey, and that members of their congregation were
amongst the expatriates in Holland. It is also indisputable that the coat-armor of this family was the "Three Gold Wolve's
Head's". Any number of armorials will verify this information. [See: Visitation of Surrey]

A member of this family who remained in France as the General of the Huguenot forces was one Francois DeLaNoue who carried the
sobriquet "Bras-de-Fer" (Arm of Iron) because he lost an arm in battle and had a metal prosthesis.

Some people fervently believe that this family is Flemish, due to some misleading information published in the 1899 Delano
genealogy by one Mortimer T. Delano (1869- 1920)who laid out an elaborate fantasy connecting this family to the noble Lannoy
family of Europe. There is absolutely no available evidence to support his claims and he himself printed a disclaimer in the
1899 genealogy urging "others" to decide the validity of his claim.

In spite of the recent controversy surrounding the ruins of the Walloon church in Leiden, it remains unclear that Philippe
Delano was ever actually in Holland or that he boarded the Fortune anywhere but England.

There is a family tradition that the father of the Jonathan Delano that married Mercy Warren was not Philippe, but rather another
Jonathan, born in England circa 1629 and who emigrated to present-day CT after 1646 having witnessed Cromwell's forces triumphant
entry into London across the Southwark bridge in that year, as a lad of 16 years age.

Taking this a step further, it would appear that the Jonathan that married Mercy Warren would likely have a birthdate later than
1647, quite likely one in the 1650's and much closer in age to that of his bride. Furthermore, Jonathan was the only son of
Philippe not mentioned in the division of his property, leading one to question the relationship, or if one existed at all.

Lastly, one must keep in mind that many  of the "English" colonists were actually only one or two generations removed from
France and had anglicized surnames, such as the Mullins (Moulines) and the Barlow (Ballou) families.

The DeLaNoue family is from Bretagne,France. (Some of the previous information was accessed through the kindness of the
French Protestant Historical Society in Paris, France)