century association biographical archive

Earliest Members of the Century Association

View all members

Henry Delafield

Merchant/Ship Owner

Centurion, 1860–1868

Born 19 July 1792 in New York (Queens), New York

Died 15 February 1875 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York

Proposed by James Renwick and W. M. Gillespie

Elected 4 February 1860 at age sixty-seven

Archivist’s Note: Uncle of Francis Delafield and Lewis L. Delafield