Jeanne du Bos

Biography

"The wife of Guilbert de Lannoy was Jeanne du Bus. One of the most important fiefs in the Seigniory of Tourcoing was that of du Bus, which had been in the du Bus family since 1389. It was located one-half mile from Tourcoing on the road to Mouscron and the name still survives today. If Jeanne du Bus was from this family, it would indicate that Guillebert too was of considerable social status."[5]

Jean de Lanoy, son of Guilbert de Lanoy, was baptized on 9 May 1575 at the church of St. Christophe in Tourcoing, Spanish Netherlands. "The records containing this entry start with the year 1573. Most of the pages for 1573 and some for 1574 are so severely damaged that names cannot be read... That the records are preserved is purely due to good fortune. The volume was discovered stuffed into a wall in the tower...[in] 1897 when the tower was being partly taken down to be replaced by the present neo-gothic tower."[1]

When he was a small child, Jean's family fled religious persecution to Canterbury in England, where many other Walloon refugies had settled. The family of his future wife Marie Mahieu also lived in Canterbury, before moving to London and then Leiden, Holland in 1590. Jean was 16 years old when his own family left Canterbury for Leiden the following year, in 1591.[2]

NOTE (added Nov 14, 2011) - The marriage record (Nov 13, 1596) for "Jan Lano" and "Mary Mahieu" states "Gysbert Lano" as his father, and "Jane Mahieu" as her mother. The place of birth of Jan Lano is spelled "Torckangie" (it is safe to assume that this a phonetic transcription). Thus far, incontrovertible documentation substantiates that Philippe de Lanoy was the son of Jan de Lanoy (from Tourcoing) and Marie le Mahieu (from Lille) who moved from Flanders, in the Spanish Netherlands, to England and then to Leyden, Holland.

"Guilbert de Lannoy and his family of at least seven children arrived in Leiden from England in 1591, nearly twenty years before the Pilgrims. They were received as a member of the Walloon Church of Leiden on 29 March [Easter] 1591 from the church in Canterbury." (English, p. 80.)

References

• George English, “Ancestry and History of Philip Delano, Born Philippe de Lannoy”, Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 56 No. 2, pp 173-184. Mayflower Descendant: A Journal of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB407/i/30239/184/52536739
• The Delano and Cooke Ancestors: The INTREPID de LANNOYS and MAHIEUS from FLANDERS. George Philip English. Lulu.com, Aug 11, 2022 - 84 pages. < GoogleBooks >
• “ DELANO-COOKE ANCESTORS 11-04-2022.mp4” From “The Delano Kindred.” < link > This is the extraordinary story of our Delano and Cooke Ancestors, the intrepid de Lannoys and Mahieus from Flanders, presented by genealogist George Philip English and hosted by Col. William English, CBE. Also discussed is the European History Tour planned for September, 2023