Jepthah Delano (1758 - 1843)

Born 29 Oct 1758 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Chandler) Delano — married 22 Dec 1784 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Dec 1843 at age 85 in Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Sergeant Jepthah Delano served with 16th Massachusetts Regiment (1780), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Jepthah Delano is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A031460.

Name

Jephthah Delano was born 29 Oct 1758. Jepthah passed away in 1843. ^[1]

Birth

Birth Date: 29 Oct 1758

Place: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts.^[2]

Death

Death Date: 23 DEC 1843

Place: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA^[3]

Military

Event: Return of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. Bildad Arnold's (1st Duxbury) co.,

Type: Military Servic

Date: 19 FEB 1778

Place: residence, Duxbury; engaged for town of Duxbury

Event: Revolutionary War

Type: Military Servic

Date: enlisted May 8 (also given June 2)

Event: Revolutionary War: Capt. John Hastings's (6th) co., Col. Jackson's regt.;

Type: Military Servic

Date: joined July 15, 1779; service to A

Place: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Event: Revolutionary War: Capt. Hastings's (2d) co., Col. Jackson's regt.

Type: Military Servic

Date: pay roll for Oct., 1779

Event: Revolutionary War: Sergeant, Capt. Hastings's co., Col. Henry Jackson's regt.; Continental Army

Type: Military Servic

Date: pay accounts for service from May

Place: residence, Duxbury; engaged for town of Waldoborough

Event: Revolution: Capt. Hastings's (2d) co., Col. Jackson's regt.

Type: Military Servic

Date: return made up to Dec. 31, 1779

Place: Camp at Providence

Event: Revolutionary War: joined Capt. Joseph Wadsworth's co., Col. Gamaliel Bradford's regt.

Type: Military Servic

Event: Revolutionary War: Private, Capt. [p.646] Joseph Wadsworth's co., Col. Gamaliel Bradford's regt.

Type: Military Servic

Date: muster return dated Valley Forge,

Place: Valley Forge

Event: Revolutionary War: Sergeant, Capt. Hastings's co., Col. Henry Jackson's regt.; Continental Army

Type: Military Servic^[4][5]

Event: Revolutionary War: Private, Capt. Samuel Bradford's co., Col. Theophilus Cotton's regt

Type: Military Servic

Place: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Census

Census:

Date: 1810

Place: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Census:

Date: 1820

Place: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Census:

Date: 1830

Place: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Occupation

Occupation: Cordwainer

Date: 1818

Place: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Stanley Wood, Feb 11, 2013
2. ↑ Source: #S580 Page: 24 March 2012; death of Asa C Delano Data: Text: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988 CONT Name: Asa Delano Event Type: Death Event City: Duxbury Death Date: 15 Oct 1792 Father Name: Jepthah Delano Mother Name: Rebekah Delano Source Information: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Description: Town records in this database provide birth, marriage, and death details going back to the Massachusetts’ earliest days as a colony.
3. ↑ Source: #S580 Page: 24 March 2012; death of Asa C Delano Data: Text: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988 CONT Name: Asa Delano CONT Event Type: Death CONT Event City: Duxbury CONT Death Date: 15 Oct 1792 CONT Father Name: Jepthah Delano CONT Mother Name: Rebekah Delano CONT CONT Source Information: CONT Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). CONT CONT Description: CONT Town records in this database provide birth, marriage, and death details going back to the Massachusetts’ earliest days as a colony.
4. ↑ Source: #S437 Page: Volume 62volume 62, page 23 Data: Text: The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 62 CONT page 23 CONT CONT Mrs. Helen Taylor Delano Howland. CONT DAR ID Number: 61065 CONT Born in Charlestown, Mass. CONT Wife of Joseph Francis Howland. CONT Descendant of Sergt. Jeptha Delano, of Massachusetts. CONT Daughter of Jeptha Delano, Jr., and Sarah Pitcher, his wife. CONT Granddaughter of Jeptha Delano and Rebecca Chandler, his wife. CONT Jeptha Delano (1758-1843) served, 1775, as a private in Capt. Samuel Bradford's company, Col. Theophilus Cotton's regiment, and as sergeant, 1777, in Captain Hasting's company, Col. Henry Jackson's regiment. He was born and died in Duxbury, Mass.
5. ↑ Source: #S437 Page: Volume 97volume 97, page 238 Data: Text: The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 97 page 238 Mrs. Edith Estelle Delano Rupert. DAR ID Number: 65756 Born in Somerville, Mass. CONT Wife of Louis Rupert. Descendant of Sergt. Jeptha Delano, as follows: 1. Charles H. Delano (b. 1836) m. 1860 Helen M. Williams (b. 1837). 2. Jeptha Delano, Jr. (1806-74), m. 1829 Sarah Pitcher (b. 1812). CONT 3. Jeptha Delano m. 1784 Rebecca Chandler (b. 1764). Jeptha Delano (1758-1843) served, 1775, as a private in Capt. Samuel Bradford's company, Col. Theophilus Cotton's regiment, and as sergeant, 1777, in Captain Hasting's company, Col. Henry Jackson's regiment. He was born and died in Duxbury, Mass. CONT Also No. 61065.

• Source: S1 Ancestral File (R) Title: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).  : Ancestral File Number: VZTH-KG. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
• Source: S109 Abbreviation: 1820 United States Federal Census Title: 1820 United States Federal Census Repository: #R17 Repository: #R15 09
• Repository: R17 Name: ancestry.com Address:
• Repository: R15 Name: ancestry.com Address:
• Source: S11 Abbreviation: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of t Title: Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols. Repository: #R17 Repository: #R12 1
• Repository: R12 Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society Address: 99 - 101 Newbury Street CONT Boston, MA 02116 CONT USA Address 1: 99 - 101 Newbury Street City: Boston State: MA Postal Code: 02116 Country: USA Phone Number: 888-296-3447 Web Address: www.americanancestors.org
• Source: S297 Abbreviation: Revolutionary War Image Title: Revolutionary War Image Repository: #R15 Page: Roll: 261 Image: 644 File: W7008/BLWT39485-160-55 Data: Text: Series: M805 Roll: 261 Image: 644 File: W7008/BLWT39485-160-55 CONT I Jepthah Delano of Duxbury in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Mapsachusetts beleiving myself entitled to the benefits of the Act of Congress of March 18th 1818 to provide for certain persons engaged in land & naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war --- CONT Do testify & say I enlisted into the Comany of Capt. Samuel Bradford on the 18th of May 1775 in the regiment commanded by Col.?Thesphilius Cotton. I enlisted for the Term of Eight months & was stationed the most of this time in Roxbury near Boston. After completing this term of service I enlisted on the first of January 1776 for the term of one year. I served in the same company & in the regiment commanded by Col. John Bailey in the Massachusetts line & was marched from Roxbury to New York. Was transferred to a company of artilery commanded by Capt. Morton was in the retreat from New York & was marched from place to place after completing this term of service & completed a term of three years service & was discharged at ????? & had a written discharge which is here produced & is signed by Col. Henry? Jackson; during service I had a Sergeant warrant signed by Col. Jackson which is now in my posession. The whole period of my service was about six years & I think must have been altogether on the Continental establishement. I was at the taking of Burgoine. I am now in the sixtieth year of my age & am so reduced in circumstances taht I stand in need of assistance from my country for support. CONT In addition to the declaration above having no land nor any particular way to provide support i can with confidence and propriety subscribe to the oath of not only need but necessety of support from the country for which i was so long a time engaged in the defence of. CONT Jepthah Delano CONT sworn to April 13 1818
• Source: S300 Abbreviation: Family Data Collection Title: Family Data Collection Repository: #R17 Data: Text: Family Data Collection - Births CONT CONT Personal Information CONT CONT Name: Delano, Jepthah CONT Father: Delano , Judah CONT Mother: Simmons , Lydia CONT Birth Date: 29 October 1758 CONT City: Duxbury CONT County: Plymouth CONT State: MA CONT Country: USA
• Source: S384 Abbreviation: Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 Title: Jephthah Delano File (23rd Regiment, Continental Troops), Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, Publication Number: M246 (: National Archives), Folder 99 Repository: #R60 Repository: #R46 Page: 23rd Regiment (1776), Folder 99, Page 126
• Repository: R60 Name: footnote.com Address:
• Repository: R46 Name: NARA Massachusetts Address: Frederick C. Murphy Federal Center CONT 380 Trapelo Road CONT Waltham, Massachusetts 02452-6399 CONT United States of America Address 1: Frederick C. Murphy Federal Center Address 2: 380 Trapelo Road City: Waltham State: Massachusetts Postal Code: 02452-6399 Country: United States of America Phone Number: (781) 663-0130
• Source: S385 Abbreviation: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files Title: Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files File (Col. Henry Jackson's Reg., Capt. John Hasting's Company), Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, Publication Number: M804 (: NARA), Massachusetts, D, Page 13 Page: M804, Massachusetts, D, Page 13
• Source: S42 Abbreviation: Sons of the American Revolution Title: Sons of the American Revolution Repository: #R17 Repository: #R38 Data: Text: MA #01941 CONT DESC:Delano, Harry D CONT ANC #046282 CONT MA #04888 CONT DESC:Barnes, Jeptha Delano CONT ANC #049674 CONT MA #05005 CONT SAR FILE REF: #12000 1D.GED 15 Jun 1999
• Repository: R38 Name: Firske Foundation Address:
• Source: S437 Abbreviation: Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.) Title: "Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.) CONT CONT Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books," database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed ); extracted from (N.p.:n.p.n.d.). Repository: #R17 Data: Text: Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.) CONT CONT Mrs. Helen Taylor Delano Howland. CONT DAR ID Number: 61065 CONT Born in Charlestown, Mass. CONT Wife of Joseph Francis Howland. CONT Descendant of Sergt. Jeptha Delano, of Massachusetts. CONT Daughter of Jeptha Delano, Jr., and Sarah Pitcher, his wife. CONT Granddaughter of Jeptha Delano and Rebecca Chandler, his wife. CONT Jeptha Delano (1758-1843) served, 1775, as a private in Capt. Samuel Bradford's company, Col. Theophilus Cotton's regiment, and as sergeant, 1777, in Captain Hasting's company, Col. Henry Jackson's regiment. He was born and died in Duxbury, Mass.
• Source: S580 Abbreviation: Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988 Title: Ancestry, "Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988," database, Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988 (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2495: accessed ), . Repository: #R15 Page: 24 March 2012; death of Asa C Delano Data: Text: Name: Asa C Delano CONT Birth Date: abt 1799 CONT Event Type: Death CONT Event City: Boston CONT Death Date: 21 Jul 1868 CONT Death Age: 69 CONT Father Name: Jephthah CONT CONT Source Information: CONT Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. CONT Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). CONT CONT Description: CONT Town records in this database provide birth, marriage, and death details going back to the Massachusetts’ earliest days as a colony.
• Source: S74 Abbreviation: 1810 United States Federal Census Title: 1810 United States Federal Census Repository: #R15 Repository: #R15 Page: Roll: M252_21, Page 281, Image 123
• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Silver Books, Volume Sixteen, Part 2, The Descendants of John Alden Through His Daughter Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, 2002 Edition, Published 2002, Page 84

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to Stanley Wood for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Stanley and others.
• Thank you to Claire Smith for creating WikiTree profile Delano-618 through the import of smithwiki.ged on Jul 1, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Claire and others.