Paul Delano
Captain Paul Delano (June 15, 1775 – February 4, 1842) was an American-born sea captain and a member of the prominent American Delano family.
Early life
Delano was born in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, on June 15, 1775, to Nathan Pope Delano and Sarah (née Tripp) Delano.<ref name="Mayflower1985">Template:Cite book</ref>
A descendant of Philip Delano, Paul's paternal grandparents Jethro Delano and Elizabeth (née Pope) Delano.<ref name="NAS1919">Template:Cite book</ref> His grandfather Jethro's younger brother, Thomas Delano, was himself the grandfather of Warren Delano Sr.<ref name="NAS1919"/> (the father of Franklin Hughes Delano and Warren Delano Jr., as well as a grandfather of Warren Delano IV, Frederic Adrian Delano, and Sara Delano Roosevelt, the mother of U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Career
He moved to Chile as Captain of the Curiacio where he arrived on June 22, 1819, and became an important part of that country's First Chilean Navy Squadron. He came with his two sons, Paul H., and William.<ref>William L. Neumann, United States Aid to the Chilean Wars of Independence, The Hispanic American Historical Review, Volume 27, 1947, pp. 204–219.</ref>
Paul Delano was commissioned as a captain and commanded sixteen troop means of transport of the Freedom Expedition of Perú and later he commanded the Lautaro.<ref name="Mayflower1985"/>
In 1822, he became Captain of the port of Valparaíso where he directed the building of the first wharf and the first lighthouse of the port in 1837.<ref name="Mayflower1985"/>
Personal life
Delano was married to Ann Ferguson Hinckley. Together, they were the parents of:<ref name="Mayflower1985"/>
- Paul Hinckley Delano (1806–1881), who became Lord Admiral Thomas Cochrane's personal aide and, at fourteen years of age, was given command of one of the boarding parties during the capture of the Esmeralda (1791) in the port of Callao on 5 November 1820.
Delano died on February 4, 1842, in Talcahuano, Chile.<ref name="Mayflower1985"/>