Dulay

Dulay (pronounced doo-leh) (also Dulai or Duley) is one of the many last names of early Jatt tribes that played an important historical role in Sikh history.^[1] Dulay is a clan of the Jat people originating from the Punjab state of India. Dulay is spelled as Dula in alibata, the pre-historic Filipino native alphabet, which explains the fact that the Dulay from England became Dula in the Philippines during the pre-Hispanic time and Duleh in India. This also explains why the ancient Tagalog dialect has several Jatt-Hindu words because of several exchanges of communications between the Dula/Dulay of the Kingdom of Manila and Duleh of the Jatt people of India.

Origins

Lakan Dula was born on December 16, 1503 A.D and died on March 21, 1589 A.D. He was the last King of Manila before the kingdom was totally subjugated by the Spaniards and his descendants were forced to do self exile to escape the bloody Hispanic persecution by settling in far flung areas within the sea and river routes. It was in Lakan Dula's era when Britain and Spain are rivals for world power. Britain's way is to gain the trust of native royalties all over the world by diplomacy or intermarriages and then group these royalties into federation under its leadership. Spain's way is through conquest and subjugation. Lakan Dula's tall and fair appearance came from his great grand father, who has British blood, a Lord of Manor from Oxfordshire who has a blood relation with the French Royal family where Henry Doylly, Lord Constable, circa 1190, with a bloodline of the French Monarchy, in the Norman civil war descended. The birth of Lakan Dula is the early attempt of the British crown to gain the trust of the native Manila aristocracy. It is one of the ways to slowly defeat Spain as the world power of that time. The surname Dula/Dulay therefore came from the British Aristocracy that somehow add color to the pre Hispanic Kingdom of Manila. As to how the Dula/Dulay blood took its roots among the Jatt people of India, it has to be researched further. But one thing is historically probable, the British wishes to infiltrate the royal family of India through intermerriages used the great great grand ancestor of the Dulay to marry in the royal family of India.^[2]

Dulay villages and towns in India

Although Dulays reside worldwide (with majorities outside of India in the United Kingdom, Philippines, Canada and the United States of America) many still live in the Dulay villages and towns in India,Mehsampur,Sangatpur Partabpura - A settlement just outside of Jallandhar

Dulay villages and towns in the Philippines

From the historical accounts of the old folks of the clan, notably, the late Candawid Barangay Captain Macario Dulay; David Dulay is a wealthy Tagalog with several wives and children. The children from the first wife carry the surname Dulay to hide them from the Spanish persecutions. The children from the second wife used the surname Dula to reconnect to their Lakan Dula heritage. The children from his other wives used the surnames of their mothers. Some younger children from the first wife settled in Laoang town and made good in arrastre business and another younger brother joined a Spanish shipping crew to Manila and fell in love with a pretty native from Samara, Aringay in the Northern Philippines where they later settled and raise a big family, but their eldest brother remained in Candawid, Isla de Batag, running the coconut plantation with uninterrupted lineage of his first born descendants down to several different generations of Petre,Doroteo, Elpidio, and Ceferino; until Ceferino married a girl from a Sephardi Jewish Mendoza family and surprisingly decided to go back to their ancestral homeland in Tondo and raised a big family. Later in his life, he uprooted his family in Tondo and together with some relatives, settled in Marikina Valley. They are now known as the "Angkan ng Dulay dito sa Lambak ng Marikina at Hilagang Samar".The Ancestors of David Dulay (David Dula y Goiti) are as follows - Batang Dula: Father of David Dula y Goiti,Son of Lakan Dula and Mutya,Brother of Magat Salamat, Felipe Salonga, Dionisio Capulong;Lakan Dula (1503–1589): David's grandfather, Husband of Mutya, Son of Rajah Sulaiman I and Ysmeria, Father of Batang Dula, Magat Salamat, Felipe Salonga, Dionisio Capulong;Mutya: David's grandmother, Wife of Lakan Dula, Mother of Batang Dula, Felipe Salonga, Magat Salamat, Dionisio Capulong;Rajah Sulaiman I: David's great grandfather, Son of Rajah Lontok and Dayang Kalangitan, Husband of Ysmeria, Father of Lakan Dula and Rajah Sulaiman II,, Brother of Dayang Panginoan, Dayang Lahat and Gat Kahiya;Ysmeria: David's great grandmother, Wife of Rajah Sulaiman I, Mother of Lakan Dula and Rajah Sulaiman II;Rajah Lontok: David's second great grandfather, Son of Sultan Bolkiah and Lela Mechanai, Husband of Dayang Kalangitan, Father of Dayang Panginoan, Dayang Lahat, Rajah Sulaiman I and Gat Kahiya, Brother of Rajah Gappandan;Dayang Kalangitan: David's second great grandmother, Wife of Rajah Lontok,Mother of Dayang Panginoan, Dayang Lahat, Rajah Sulaiman I and Gat Kahiya;Sultan Bolkiah: David's third great grandfather, Son of Sultan Sulaiman, Husband of Lela Mechanai, Father of Rajah Lontok and Rajah Gappandan; Lela Mechanai: David's third great grandmother, Daughter of Sultan Amir Ul-Ombra, Wife of Sultan Bolkiah, Mother of Rajah Lontok and Rajah Gappandan;Rajah Gambang: David's third great grandfather, Father of Dayang Kalangitan;Sultan Sulaiman: David's fourth great grandfather, Father of Sultan Bolkiah;Sultan Amir Ul-Ombra: David's fourth great grandfather, Father of Lela Mechanai;Rajah Alon: David's fifth great grandfather, Son of Lakan Timamanukum;Lakan Timamanukum: David's 6th great grandfather, Father of Rajah Alon.^[3] The history of Isla de Batag,Laoang, Northern Samar is colored with the arrivals of the Jewish,Spanish,Chinese and American adventurers who later intermarried with the descendants of David Dulay. The Isla de Batag, or its old name Isla de Batang, which is named after the eldest son of Lakan Dula, Batang Dula, is a strategic spot for settlers and up to now is a home of a lighthouse guiding the ships in the Pacific Ocean, being the first island that ships going to the old Kingdom of Manila would see or deck after a long trip in the Pacific Ocean; and just adjacent to Palapag, the shipping repair station during the Galleon Trade; and Catubig, the old provincial Spanish capital. One of the Jewish families who prospered in the island through the intermarriage with the descendants of David Dulay is the Mendoza Family, who are Sephardi Jews from Spain.The dialect spoken in the island is a Waray with some Jewish sounding words. Some of the relatives of the Mendoza family in the United States are up to now attending Jewish congregations. This explains the fact that the present leaders of the "Angkan ng Dulay dito sa Lambak ng Marikina at Hilagang Samar" have a Jewish bloodline.The provincial name, Samar, is itself a Jewish in origin, which somewhat attest to the strong presence of the Sephardi Jews in the area..

Dulay villages and towns in France and England

The Dulay surname is generally thought to derive from a place name, perhaps Pont Doylly, or Duilly in Normandy. Spelling variations of this family name include: Doyley, D'Oyley, Doyle, D'Oyle, Doylee, Doley, Dulaey, Dulaye, Duley, Duley, Duly, Duely, Dueley, Ollie, Oyler, Oylie, D'Oyly, Olley, Oulley, Oullie, Ollie, Owley, Oyly, Oilli, Oiley, L'Oyle and many more. First found in Oxfordshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William, Duke of Normandy, having prevailed over King Harold, granted most of Britain to his many victorious Barons. It was not uncommon to find a Baron, or a Bishop, with 60 or more Lordships scattered throughout the country. These he gave to his sons, nephews and other junior lines of his family and they became known ookie/as under-tenants. They adopted the Norman system of surnames which identified the under-tenant with his holdings so as to distinguish him from the senior stem of the family. After many rebellious wars between his Barons, Duke William, commissioned a census of all England to determine in 1086, settling once and for all, who held which land. He called the census the Domesday Book, indicating that those holders registered would hold the land until the end of time. Hence, conjecturally, the surname is descended from the tenant of the lands of Eynsham held by Columban, a Norman noble as under tenant of the Bishop of Lincoln who was recorded in the Domesday Book census of 1086. His overlord was Robert d'Ouilli.^[4]

Dulay in Ireland and England

Recorded as Dealey, Deeley, Deelay, Delaye, Duley, Dulae, Dulaye, Dulay, Delay, Dealy and possibly others, this was always thought to be an Irish surname. If so it is derived from the pre 10th century Gaelic surname O' Duibhghiolla, the prefix O' meaning "male descendant of", with dubh, dark haired or dark skinned, and giolla, a boy or lad. The vast majority of Irish surnames were originally nicknames given to the first chief of the clan, and he was presumably significantly dark haired or dark complexioned or both. It is said that the clan originated in County Galway, whilst over the water in England there are a large number of nameholders particularly in the city of Birmingham. However the surname is well recorded in England in Elizabethan times, and we now believe that the origin can be either Irish as shown, or for many nameholders French. If the latter, it is from the surname 'de Laye', as shown in the recording of David de Laye at St Martins in the Field, Westminster, in 1569. Other examples of recordings include John Delaye who married Elisabeth Boner at St Bartholomew the Less, on November 24, 1602, and William Dealey who was christened at St. Andrew's Holborn, in the city of London on December 11, 1626. In Ireland itself where most early registers and records were destroyed by the IRA in 1922, we have the recording of Eleanor, the daughter of Michael and Eleanor MacDaniel Deeley, who was christened at St. Mary's church, Limerick, on August 3, 1780. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling. ^[5]

Notable Dulays in history

Robert d'Ouilli - Lord of the Manor of Oxfordshire, England, circa 1066. Believed to be the common ancestor of all Dulays all over the world.^[6]

Henry Doylly, Lord Constable, circa 1190, with a bloodline of the French Monarchy, in the Norman civil war.^[7]

Lakan Dula - the last king of the Kingdom of Manila before it was totally subjugated by the Spanish government and because of heavy persecutions, its nobles, prince and princess escaped to Samar, Pampanga,Marikina, Bulacan,etc.^[8]

H. S. Duleh - Writer - "Jattan da Itihas" or "history of the JattClans"^[9]

David Dulay or David Dula y Goiti - financier of the Sumuroy Revolt in the Philippines; a relative of Juan Sumuroy, a leader of the rebellion against the Spanish rule.^[10]

Tom Dooley (real name Tom Dula) - a young and handsome American confederate soldier wrongly accused and was hanged, was immortalized in a popular song.

Tom DeLay - a former member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1984 until 2006. He was Republican Party (GOP) House Majority Leader from 2003 to 2005

Arthur Dulay - a famous British silent film accompanist, pianist, composer and conductor.

Madeiline Dulay Cui Mendoza Ong - former Governor of Northern Samar Province, Philippines

Orlando Dulay - former Governor of Quirino Province, Philippines

Bobby Dulay - former Governor of La Union Province, Philippines

Eleuterio Dulay - Undefeated Mayor of Laoang Islands, Northerm Samar during the Martial Law years in the Philippines until his death.

Arsenio Dulay Cui Tan, the first Mayor of Pambujan Town, Northern Samar, Philippines, from 1934–1941

Congressman Carlos M. Padilla of Nueva Vizcaya, Northern Philippines, a Dulay on his mother side

Lang Dulay, one of National Living Treasure Awardees in the Philippines (Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan)

Samuel Dulay, known worldwide as the authority of the ancient Filipino war art known as Arnis.

References

1. ^ http://www.jattworld.com/portal/modules/mysections/article.php?lid=48
2. ^ "House of Names". http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/dulay-family-crest.htm#Dulay-Family-Crest-history/site/dulayclan/Home. 
3. ^ http://www.geni.com/list?focus_id=6000000010556666213&group=ancestors
4. ^ "House of Names". http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/dulay-family-crest.htm#Dulay-Family-Crest-history/site/dulayclan/Home. 
5. ^ http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Deelay
6. ^ http://www.houseofnames.com/dulay-family-crest
7. ^ The English Register of Godstow Nunnery Near Oxford |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=WF0qi4bWz4sC&pg=PR34&lpg=PR34&dq=%22Henry+Doylly%22&source=bl&ots=CjU-A1_5GA&sig=IUFVC6VhAYfsemRg8SK-fG32Ieo&hl=en&ei=JcFmTrWTJ4asrAecncH3Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CC4Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22Henry%20Doylly%22&f=false
8. ^ http://sites.google.com/site/dulayclan/Home
9. ^ http://www.jattworld.com/portal/modules/mysections/viewcat.php?cid=8
10. ^ http://www.enciclopediaespana.com/Rajah_Lakandula.html