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Thomas Dulany (abt. 1662 - 1738)

Thomas Dulany aka Delany, Dulaney
Born about in Kilkenny, Queens, Irelandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
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Husband of — married about 1681 (to about 1688) [location unknown]
Husband of — married about 1688 in Queens Co., Irelandmap
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Died at about age 76 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Colony of Marylandmap
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Biography

Thomas was born about 1662. He passed away in 1739.

He arrived spring 1709 aboard the Brig Mary (London) from possibly Dublin. According to the book DULANY-FURLONG & KINDRED FAMILIES (McClain Printing Co., Parsons, WV, 1975) written by Roland Dulany Furlong, Thomas Dulany, and his wife Sarah and son Thomas came to American from County Queen's, Ireland, sometime soon after the arrival in 1703 of his older sons, Joseph, William and Daniel. It appears that the three brothers came to Port Tobacco, MD, in the spring 1703 as indentured servants. To pay for the cost of passage, they were bound in articles of redemption to the captain to be sold at this discretion unless they could make suitable terms with a planter to pay the cost of their passage.

On arrival in the colony, Joseph served an apprenticeship in a doctor's office in Port Tobacco; William was a teacher there, and Daniel studied law in the office of Col. George Plater of Ste. Mary's Co., MD. Evidently, the mother of these older sons had died, and their father Thomas had remarried - Sarah.

Much has been written about these three sons and their descendants. One book is The Dulanys of Maryland by Aubrey C. Land, The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1955, 1968. Daniel the elder laid out the plan for what is now the town of Frederick, MD, in 1745, and was instrumental of the settlement of that area.

The will of Thomas Dulany the immigrant was dated 3/5/1738 and recorded in Baltimore Co. An inventory of Thomas Dulany's personal estate taken 4/17/1739 showed value 443.19.4 and 1/4 pounds. A partial list of his possessions included: Three slaves, an indentured servant, five horses, cows and heifers, 10 steers and one bull, eight sheep and six yearlings, and 11 hogs. Accounts due 493.14.11 and 1/4 pounds. The final account 10/16/1747 showed a balance of 238.6.6 and 1/4 pounds after disbursements. The greater part of this amount was due Dennis Dulaney. (Hall of Records of M, Inventories, liber 26, folio 386-386; Accounts, liber 18, folio 435-437; Accounts liber 24, folio 218-219.)

The surname evolved from the Irish name O'Dubhshlaine, to an early Anglicized form - O'Dulany. Eventually the "O" was dropped and the phonetic rendering of Delaney was used. Many variations of the spelling were used in Ireland and carried over to America. The spelling was changed from brother to brother and father to son. Most descendants who stayed in the Maryland-Virginia area used the spelling "Dulany." Dubh is Irish Gaelic for black. Slan means Challenge. The argent (silver) on the family coat-of-arms signifies royal service. The Delany (later Dulany) Sept was of the Kingdom of Leinster, Chiefs of Twath na Toraidh, Barony of Upper Ossory, at the foot of the Slieve Bloom Mountains in County Queens and Kilkenny. It is said the family goes back to Celtic King Hermon, son of King Melosius of Galcia, who emigrated to Ireland in 1000 BC from Normandy.

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WikiTree profile Dulaney-74 created through the import of Lea and Randol and Ely and Si.ged on May 31, 2011 by Maude Randol.





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David Drew Dulany Howe
I've removed Gideon DuLaune-1 and wife Anne Sandys-173 as parents to Thomas Dulany based on the substantial evidence against their parentage. There was a considerable piece of research published by Leslie Russell, Adj A/Prof, Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, in 2016 titled "The DeLaunes of Blackfriars - Gideon DeLaune and his family circle revisited" and can be found at https://abbeyclock.com/wellington/delaunes.pdf. Russell's extensive research seems to make it extremely unlikely there are any connections to this or any other Thomas Dulany. Of particular note Russell writes,

"in July 1627, Abraham DeLaune married Anne Sondes n , daughter of Sir Richard Sondes, MP, of Throwley, Lees Court and Shelditch near Faversham in Kent and granddaughter of Sir Edward Montagu of Boughton Castle, Northamptonshire... Anne married William Hugessen in 1652. Her youngest son, Gideon, married Hugessen's widowed daughter (also called Anne) in 1673, the year his mother died."

Further, and perhaps the most conclusive piece of evidence that Gideon and Anne have erroneously been attributed as being the the parents of this Thomas Dulany is Anne's burial monument. On the monument where she is buried at Lynsted Church of Saints Peter and Paul, in Lynsted Sittingbourne, United Kingdom, (not in Ireland) is the inscription

"In the vault beneath lies the body of ANN DELAUNE, widow , daughter of SIR WILLIAM HUGESSEN of Provender, Knight, first married to RODOLPH WEKERLIN, then to GIDEON DELAUNE Esq. To both a most loving and dutiful wife. She was exemplary pious towards God, Charitable to the poor, just and useful and agreeable to all, and being full of days and good works, she departed this life full of peace and hope, November 13th Ano Dom 1719 aged 84 years in memory of which this monument is humbly dedicated by her niece and executrix, ANN, ye wife of Alderman AUGHTON of Canterbury."

The monument makes no mention of any children, which would be highly unlikely if she had any living or dead at the time of her death, and instead, the monument was dedicated by her niece and the executor of her will. This is a HUGESSEN family tomb where her father and first husband are also buried . This can be referenced at http://www.lynsted-society.co.uk/resources_places_lynsted_church_-_including_memorials_and_Tablets_within_the_church.html

Further, it is completely unlikely and without convention that if this Thomas, or any other for that matter, were in fact the grandson of a knight and a son of an esquire that he would change his last name. The source for this unlikely familial tie between this Dulany family and that of Gideon DeLaune seems to have originated with a purported coat of arms inscribed on the back of a watch belonging to Daniel Dulany, Jr., the great grandson of this Thomas Dulany, which depicted quartered arms with the shield belonging to Gideon DeLaune, the grandfather of the Gideon previously proposed as Thomas's father. The Baltimore Sun Newspaper on March 25th, 1905, in an article about the Dulany's of Maryland, printed what they claimed was a reproduction of the "DULANY ARMS" as engraved on the aforementioned watch. As a descendant and avid researcher of the Dulany's, this is the only reference I've ever found to this being the Dulany coat of arms, and even if so, adds no validity to DeLaune lineage. Some curious questions about the watch and the arms etched on the back, yes, absolutely, but that's all.

Lastly, there is no dispute that Thomas Dulany was born in Kilkenny making him a member of the Ó Dubhshláine clan, anglicized O'Dulany. It is well documented that the beautiful St. Candice’s Cathedral in Kilkenny City was built by Felix O’Dulany, Bishop of Ossory from 1178 to 1202, over 400 years before Thomas's birth. Again, establishing a long history of Dulanys in Kilkenny. However, John Grenham, in his 2014 book "Clans and Families of Ireland", makes a case for the origin of the Dulany / Delaney name being Norman, and from De l’aunaie meaning “from the alder grove,” and says that is the anglicized form of Dubhshlaine. Though still, this does not put a Gideon and Ann DeLaune in Kilkenny, in the 17th century, as the parents this Thomas Dulany. It might however explain why some version of a coat of arms referencing Gideon DeLaune could have been assumed by a Dulany one hundred years later -- perhaps under the presumption the Norman orgins were correct, and finding it desirable to show a kinship to such a well-born aristocratic family of London. Unfortunately there isn't anything that seems to point to a clear conclusion on the coat of arms matter.

posted by David Drew Dulany Howe
edited by David Drew Dulany Howe
David Drew Dulany Howe
Coat of Arms update.

I found supporting documentation on Rebecca Dulany's (daughter of Col. Walter Smith) headstone at St. Anne's Churchyard in Annapolis, Maryland pictured here Smith-71004.jpg

At the top of the marker it shows quartered arms, the DeLaune at positions one and three, and others arms, presumably for Smith, at positions two and four. So, this would be a confirmation that the Dulany's of Maryland had assumed the arms that had been granted to Gideon DeLaune by the College of Arms in 1610.

There seems to be a few different and somewhat confusing things going on here. This is just my interpretation.

First, I found that College of Arms grant to Gideon DeLaune of his arms are actually a grant to use arms of his ancestors, the family of Launey of Belmesnil in Normandy. This I believe is where the Dulany family may have opted to assume these arms on the basis that they believed they share the same ancestry via Norman invaders of Ireland. Second, the quartered arms on the gravestone of Rebecca Smith are not the same as the quartered arms on Daniel Dulany's watch, of which I've not been able to identify the arms in the 2nd and 4th positions. However, on Rebecca's gravestone, the arms in the 2nd and 4th quarterings are those used by various armigers of the name Smith or Smyth. Third, following British heraldic standards, based on what we know of Rebecca Dulany's father and siblings, she wasn't a heraldic heiress; meaning had her father been granted the use of some version of the Smyth arms, she as the fourth daughter with two brothers wouldn't have the right to assume those arms or have them displayed quartered with that of her husbands.

My conclusion is that given the nature and lack of conforming to any heraldic standards and use of arms as represented by the engraving on Rebecca Dulany's gravestone, it would appear that the Dulanys simply assumed arms based on their personal preference and nothing more. While maybe a little unconventional for the period, and perhaps actionable in 1700s England, they were living in colonial Maryland and held positions of authority. It's not likely anyone would challenge them on the use. This is my best guess and the only reasonable explanation I can think of. The alternative, that being Thomas Dulany changing his last name from DeLaune (when none of Gideon's other children were doing so) but continuing to use the DeLaune coat of arms, and a simple examination of the Gideon DeLaune's children and grandchildren rule out the possibility that any Thomas of Kilkenny would be his heraldic heir, well none of the alternative is very plausible.

posted by David Drew Dulany Howe
edited by David Drew Dulany Howe
Fox-19194 John C. Fox
Son of Gideon DuLaune and Anne (Sandys) DeLaune??

Where is the proof?.. And it doesn't even seem to make sense..

posted by John C. Fox
Ward-30118 Jim Ward
Before the merge is completed (or during) the issue of his parents should be resolved. There is quite a bit of evidence refuting the French connection of DeLaune to the Irish Dulany/Delany. I suggest the purported DeLaune parents be disconnected from the merged profile. However, many ancestry.com trees show DeLaune parents. The 2nd wife was also named Sarah.
posted on Dulaney-74 (merged) by Jim Ward
Rodney Bowers
I agree that the merge be aborted. I've seen no evidence of a French connection with this family.
posted on Dulaney-74 (merged) by Rodney Bowers
Ward-30118 Jim Ward
I did not say the merge should be aborted, just that the parents of one should not be included in the combined profile.
posted on Dulaney-74 (merged) by Jim Ward
Ward-30118 Jim Ward
Before the merge is completed (or during) the issue of his parents should be resolved. There is quite a bit of evidence refuting the French connection of DeLaune to the Irish Dulany/Delany. I suggest the purported DeLaune parents be disconnected from the merged profile. However, many ancestry.com trees show DeLaune parents. The 2nd wife was also named Sarah.
posted by Jim Ward
Simmons-11603 Becky Simmons
Dulany-152 & Dulaney-74 seem the same with same name (minus the extra "e" on one surname) same birth date and location and one profile is basically blank with no attached family, no sources, no actual dates and seems to just confuse members creating their trees as it should be merged after the name is confirmed then the alternate used in the "other last name" section.
posted on Dulany-152 (merged) by Becky Simmons
Simmons-11603 Becky Simmons
Dulaney-74 and Dulany-49 appear to represent the same person because: Dulaney-74 & Dulany-49 appear the same because same name, same parents, same wives, almost exact birth & death dates w/ same locations. I placed Unmerged Match 20 days ago with notes on each profile but since nothing changed I was encouraged to push through with a merge proposal.
posted by Becky Simmons
Ward-30118 Jim Ward
There appear to be many more male descendants spelled Dulany rather than Dulaney, so although a close call, the better LNAB for the merge would be Dulany. Most all Bio and source and comments material from both profiles should be included unless duplicated. I suggest a =Research Notes= headed section between bio and sources. The editor takes out double=
posted by Jim Ward
edited by Jim Ward
Simmons-11603 Becky Simmons
I created an Unmerged Match between Dulany-49 & Dulaney-74 because they have the same two wives, the same birth and death dates as well as locations listed and despite different children named the profile that does not include Joseph, Thomas and John lists them in the first paragraph of he bio with a source. The spellings of "Dulaney" and "Dulany" are seen in multiple publications used interchangeably thus explaining why I am not considering the last name a major factor (whether correct or not). If these two are deemed separate persons then I do strongly suggest a clean-up of the profiles should be done rather than crushing the "messenger" or "creator". Thanks, Becky
posted by Becky Simmons
Dulaney-109 Todd Dulaney Jr
There is no proof to substantiate that Gideon DeLaune was the father of Thomas. The Dulany name is no longer found in Ireland because when Thomas, Sarah2 and Thomas Jr. left in 1709., that was the last of the name left in Ireland. His second wife was also named Sarah. He did not die in Baltimore. he died at Old Joppatowne, then Baltimore County, now Harford County, British Colonial Province of Maryland. The town is gone, long a ghost town, the remains were wiped out by a hurricane in 1972. They were buried at Copley Churchyard. No markers survived, the Church foundation has been excavated. Thomas, Sarah2, John, Elizabeth and husband are all buried there. Thomas' home was at Rathkrea, Coil Uachtarach (Upperwoods) County Queens. There were two Cistercian Bishops named Dulany long before Tom.
posted by Todd Dulaney Jr

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