Ancestry of
Franklin D. Roosevelt

32nd U.S. President

Ephraim Delano

View famous kin of Ephraim Delano

• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Franklin D. Roosevelt — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 24 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Delano 
  • Mother:
  • Jane Peckham   
  • Birth Date:
  • 14 Aug 1733 
  • Birth Location:
  • Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
  •  
  • Christening Location:
  •  
  • Death Date:
  • 4 Jul 1815 
  • Death Location:
  • Fairhaven, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
  •  
  • Burial Location:
  •  
  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Cushman
  • Marriage Date:
  • 27 Nov 1760 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Thomas Delano

  Jabez Delano

  Hannah Delano

  Allerton Delano

  Delano

  Ephraim Delano

  Elizabeth Delano

  Deborah Delano

  Sarah Delano

  Warren Delano (Ahnentafel No:12 )

  Temperance Delano

  • Notes: 
  • Some sources list Ephraim Delano's birthdate as 25 AUG. The original entry in the Dartmouth vital records clearly states "Ephraim Delano the son of Thomas Delano and Jean his wife was born the 14th of ye month called August 1733."

• Sources for Ephraim Delano

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A031455.
  • ² Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, Death date included on birth record for Ephraim Delano.
  • ³ Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924, Marriage record for Ephraim Delano and Elizabeth Cushman.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Dartmouth Marriages, Vol. 2, Page 147, intention only.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Dartmouth Births, Vol. 1, Page 77, Birth record for Ephraim Delano.
  • ⁶ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Fairhaven Deaths, Vol. 192, Page 73, Death record for son Warren Delano.
  • ⁷ Johnson, Alvin Page, Franklin D. Roosevelt's Colonial Ancestors: Their Part in the Making of American History, Boston: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard (1933), 103.
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 6-7.
  • ⁹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 436, 571.
  • ¹⁰ Townsend, Mrs. Charles Delmar, et. al., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 8, 2nd ed., Degory Priest, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2008), 147.
  • ¹¹ Wakefield, Robert S. and Judith H. Swan, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 18, Part 1, Richard Warren, 184.
  • ¹² Wakefield, Robert S. and Margaret Harris Stover, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 17, Isaac Allerton, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2015), 159.
  • ¹³ Wakefield, Robert S., comp., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 18, Part 3, Richard Warren, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2001), 145-146.