Delano Jonathon

Jonathon married West Susannah on 02 Nov 1743 in Coventry, Tolland County, CT. Susannah was born about 17 Jan 1717 in Lebanon, CT; died after 31 May 1758. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Jabez Delano letter to his brother, Jonathon, 1727.

A letter written by Jabez Delnao of Dartmouth to his brother, Jonathon, 1727 in which we learn something of his family, the sickness in town and of the Earthquake that had recently occurred.

Loving Brother:

We have recd. two letters lately from you, for which we thank you. wherin you have given us an accnt of your Condition & we are Comforted to hear it is better with you then we could expect, considering that divers reports of sickness in ye Country, & in your person, & by your letter in your fammely, had caused us to fear.

Brother I was Moved to write to you before now, both with in my self & from mother, but I put her off because of the sikness (that was in my famely of which through Mercy we have had a small share to what many of our Neighbours have had) but especially because of ye dangerous condition ye brothe, Nathll lay in for some time. I being greatly desierous that my letters might be ye messengers of Joy & not of sorrow to you. And now barother, as we have recd Comfort from your letter, we hpe these lines may be drawn forth to thankfullness unto God for all his Mercies.

And now I shall briefly touch on what is omitted in Brother Natll Letter; and first, of yee sickness; conceringing Brother Natll & you have an acct in his letter. Our eldest has had a long lingering illness but is pretty much recruted. I am poorly on't , myself from bin Considerabley ill, this 4 weeks, which makes me write with a trembling hand, the sickness has bin very generous in our town, of which there are four grown persons dead in our village; vis, Jonathan Hathaway, rose Spooner, Jemima Badcock & Amos Tabler's wife; but people are generally pon recovery, & it looks like a time of health.

Of the season (we have Indeferent good Crops.) We have had a great drought which lasted from Inglish mowing till about ye Middle of Sept. since which we have had extraordinary groing weather, till within this 4 of 5 weeks.

Of an earthquake, which was a week yesterday, about ten att night, which shook both ye Land & water, the islands & seas, at that degree that several doors where shook of ye Latch in our village, & tis said that at Nantuket ye harth stones grated one against another, and that Car, ye boat builder, Run out of his house got in to a boat for fear ye Island should sink.

Mother desierrd me to acquaint you that she Greatly desires to se you, and so we doe all. My love to all our friends. Farewell your Brother,

Jabez Delano, Novemr 6th 1727

Capt. married Allen Hatch Amy on 20 Jun 1704. Amy was born on 15 Jul 1684 in Falmouth, Barnstable County, MA; died in Jan 1762 in Tolland, Tolland County, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lt. married Warren Mercy about 28 Feb 1676 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, MA. Mercy (daughter of Warren Nathanel and Walker Sarah) was born about 20 Feb 1657 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, MA; died on 06 Nov 1727 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
20 Feb 1657/1658

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Married:
28 Feb 1676/1677

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Phillippe De La Noye arrived in Plymouth Colony in 1621 at the age of 19.. He married twice.

Phillippe married Dewsbury Hester in 1634 in MA. Hester was born in 1613. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Jan 1622/1623

Nathanel married Walker Sarah on 19 Nov 1645 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, MA. Sarah (daughter of Walker William) was born in 1622 in Southwark, Surrey County, England; was christened on 10 Nov 1622 in Stl Olave's, Southwark, Surrey County, England; died on 24 Nov 1700 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]