Thomas Delano Sr. (1704 - 1798)

Born 10 May 1704 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Peckham) Delano — married 4 Nov 1727 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1798 at about age 93 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Thomas Delano, son of Jonathan and Mercy (Warren) Delano, was born 10 May 1704 at Dartmouth. He married Jean Peckham 4 Nov. 1727 at Dartmouth. Children Thomas (b. 1729), Abisha (b. 1731), Ephraim (b. 1733), Jabez (b. 1734), Gideon (b. 1736), Deborah (b. 1739), Jane (b. 1743).^[1]

In Bristol County land records

[https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-36161-3665-92?cc=2106411&wc=MCB5-8WG:361612901,362169901 Bristol County Deed Index (Grantees), 1686-1785, vols. 1-2 (only one record):

Thomas Delano et al., "Division," vol. 30, p. 301.

Bristol County Grantor Index, 1686-1785, vols. 1-2:

Thomas Delano to Moses Shearman 18 Jan. 1731/2, vol. 21, p. 80.

Thomas Delano to Abraham Russell, 19 Mar. 1733, vol. 22, p. 128.

Thomas Delano to James Bowdoin, 15 Apr. 1736, vol. 25, p. 42.

Thomas Delano to Elnathan Eldredge, 13 Sept. 1737, vol. 25, p. 403.

Thomas Delano to Nathaniel Church, 15 Sept. 1738, vol. 27, p. 211.

Thomas Delano to Nathaniel Delano, 29 Oct. 1741, vol. 30, p. 300.

Thomas Delano et al., "Division," vol. 30, p. 301. (apparently, Thomas and Jethro dividing land that they held jointly)

Bristol County Deed Book, vol. 21, p. 80:

On 18 Jan. 1731/2 Thomas Delano of Dartmouth, for 24 pounds, sold to Moses Shearman a five-acre plot of land "being part of that land which was given to said Delano by his honored father in his last will and testament" bordering Delano's land, Thomas Fitch's land and Shearman's homestead.

Bristol County Deed Book, vol. 30, p. 300: On 29 Oct. 1741 Thomas Delano of Dartmouth, for 110 pounds, sold to Nathaniel Delano 21 acres bordering Jethro Delano, Lettice Jenney and Jabez Delano (mentioning a survey of said tract in the Proprietors' Book of Record), together with a parcel of salt marsh meadow held in partnership with said Nathaniel Delano and joining his homestead, being one and a quarter acres (one quarter of the whole).

Sources

1. ↑ Mayflower Families In Progress; Richard Warren Of The Mayflower and His Descendants For Four Generations (1989), p. 112.

Source S33

Author: Gary Boyd Roberts

Title: Ancestors of American Presidents

Publication: Name: Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society; Location: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; Date: 2009

See also: Ancestral Memories: Jean Peckham and Thomas Delano

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162118235/thomas-delano : accessed 04 October 2021), memorial page for Thomas Delano (10 May 1704–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 162118235, ; Maintained by MBart (contributor 48893886) Unknown.