Warren Delano, III

Warren Delano, S.B., of Barrytown, N. Y., a Pilgrim Tercentenary member since 1919, was born at Newburgh, N. Y., 11 July 1852, the son of Warren and Catherine Robbins (Lyman) Delano, and died at Barrytown 9 September 1920. He was a descendant of Philippe1 de Lannoy, who was baptized at Leyden, Holland, 7 December 1603, arrived at Plymouth in New England in the Fortune 9 November 1621, and married Hester Dewsbury, through Jonathan1 and Mercy (Warren), Thomas* and Jane (Peckham), Ephraim4 and Elisabeth (Cushman), Warren* and Deborah Perry (Church), and Warren6 and Catherine Robbins (Lyman), his parents. His father was born in 1809 in what is now Fairhaven, Mass.

He received his early education at Brattleboro, Vt., 1864-65, at Cambridge, Mass., 1865-1867, and at Celle, Hanover, Germany, 1867-1870. He was graduated from the Lawrence Scientific School, Cambridge, in 1874, receiving there the degree of S. B.

He followed the profession of mining engineer, acting at various times as superintendent, manager, and, more recently, as coal operator and railroad director. He had large mining interests in Pennsylvania, and was president of the Delano Coal Company, with offices in New York City .

He was a lover of horses, and his stable at his Barrytown summer home was one of the finest in Dutchess County. He made a specialty of breeding Norwegian and Swedish horses. He was one of the directors of the Springfield Park Association, and maintained that the draught horse would never be supplanted by the automobile for short-distance hauls.

Mr. Delano married, 11 July 1876, Jennie Walters, daughter of William Thompson and Ellen (Harper) Walters, who survives him, together with five children, Lyman, Ellen Walters, Laura Franklin, Jean Walters, and Sara. Two other children died young.

Bibliographic information:

• Title The New England Historical and Genealogical Register
• Contributor New England Historic Genealogical Society
• Publisher The Society, 1921
• Original from Harvard University
• Digitized Jan 31, 2008
• Page lxxix
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(VI) Warren (2) Delano, eldest child of Captain Warren (1) and Deborah (Church) Delano, was born July 13, 1809, in Fairhaven, and died January 17, 1898, at Newburgh, New York, at his residence called the "Algonac." He married, November 1, 1843, at Northampton, Massachusetts, Catherine Robbins, born January 10, 1825, died February 10, 1896, at Newburgh, daughter of Judge Joseph Lyman and Anne Jean (Robbins) Robbins, the last named a daughter of Hon. Edward Hutchinson Robbins, who was a member of congress from Massachusetts, and speaker of the house in 1793.

Children:

Susan Maria, born October 13, 1844, in Macao, China;

Louise Church, June 4, 1846, in the same place;

Deborah Perry, August 29, 1847, in Northampton, became the wife of William Howell Forbes, of Hong Kong, China;

Annie Lyman, January 8, 1849, in New York City, married Frederic Delano Hitch, of Shanghai, China;

Warren, died in infancy, at Newburgh;

Warren, born July 11, 1852;

Sara, mentioned below;

Philippe de Lannoy, February 3, 1857;

Catherine Robbins, May 24, 1860; Frederic Adrian, September 10, 1863, in Hong Kong;

Laura Franklin, December 23, 1864, in Hong Kong.

(VII) Sara, fifth daughter of Warren (2) and Catherine (Robbins) Delano, was born September 21, 1854, and was educated in this country and in Europe. She married, October 7, 1880, James Roosevelt, of New York (see Roosevelt VII).

Bibliographic information:

• Title Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation, Volume 3
• Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation, Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation
• Author Cuyler Reynolds
• Publisher Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1914
• Original from Harvard University
• Digitized Feb 1, 2008
• Page 1060
• https://books.google.com/books?id=iNIUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1061&lpg=PA1061...