William Bradford (1590–1657) was the governor of Plymouth Colony (now part of Massachusetts) for most of his life. Descendants of William Bradford, some of whom are listed here, have achieved noteworthy standing in numerous fields.

Descendants

Serena Armstrong-Jones, Countess of Snowdon, wife of David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon Mabel Keyes Babcock, American landscape architect"Mabel Keyes Babcock". Lewiston Daily Sun, December 8, 1931. Augustus Williamson Bradford (January 9, 1806 – March 1, 1881), a Democrat, was the 32nd Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1862 to 1866. He served as governor during the Civil War. The Baldwin brothers: Alec, Daniel, William, and Stephen,Newcomb, Bethuel Merritt (1923). Andrew Newcomb and his Descendants: A Revised Edition of "Genealogical Memoir of the Newcomb Family" by John Bearse Newcomb. New Haven, CT: The Tuttle, Morhouse, and Taylor Co.Daniel LeRoy Martineau, mentioned in the book, is the grandfather of the Baldwin brothers. American actors Ambrose Bierce,Morris, Roy (1996). Ambrose Bierce: Alone In Bad Company. New York: Crown, p. 10. Retrieved on 2007-05-05. American dystopian novelist and satirist Gamaliel Bradford I (1704–1778), an American colonel and great-grandson of William Bradford Gamaliel Bradford II (1731–1807), an American (Patriot) lieutenant colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War Gamaliel Bradford III (1763–1824), an American sea captain and privateer in the Quasi-War with France; the USS Bradford (DD-545) was named for him Gamaliel Bradford IV (1795–1839), an American physician, superintendent of Massachusetts General Hospital, and abolitionist Gamaliel Bradford V (1831–1911), an American banker from Boston, Massachusetts who helped organize the American Anti-Imperialist League Gamaliel Bradford VI (1863–1932),Bradford, Gamaliel. Correspondence: Guide . Houghton Library, Harvard College University. Retrieved on 2007-05-04. American biographer, critic, poet, dramatist, and journalist Robert F. Bradford (1902-1983),Robert Fiske Bradford Papers, 1909-1971, Massachusetts Historical Society; accessed 4 June 2007."Blue Bloods," Time; 19 September 1938. On-line source: Time On-line; accessed 4 June 2007. American lawyer, Republican Party strategist, and Governor of Massachusetts from 1947 to 1949 William Bradford (1624–1703),William Bradford V (or William Bradford the Younger) was Deputy Governor of the Plymouth Colony, 1682-1686 and 1689-1692 when the colony was merged with the Massachusetts Bay Colony son of Governor William Bradford of the Mayflower and military commander of the Plymouth forces during King Philip's War William Bradford (1729–1808), American physician, lawyer, and U.S. Senator from Rhode Island William Bradford (1823–1892), American painter, photographer, and explorer James G. Carter,The Mayflower Quarterly, Vol. 51, General Society of Mayflower Descendants: 1985 (quarterly journal). American congregational minister, Massachusetts State Representative, and pioneer of Normal schools and public education Julia Child,Fitch, Noel Riley. Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child; New York: Doubleday, 1999; pp. 10. American entrepreneur and chef of French and French-influenced cuisine Frederic Edwin Church,Roberts, Gary Boyd. "Genealogical Thoughts by Gary Boyd Roberts #36", New England Historic Genealogical Society. On-line source (americanancestors.org); accessed 5 May 2007. American landscape painter Charles W. Comstock, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut and former Connecticut judge The Dimmicks (SE was a first cousin of brothers MM and WH, and father of JB. SE was also the father-in-law to eventual second wife of Benjamin Harrison.)See Samuel E. Dimmick article for lineage and sources. J. Benjamin Dimmick (1858–1920), Mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania Milo Melankthon Dimmick (1811–1872), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1849–1853, candidate for president; Judge in Pennsylvania 1853 Samuel E. Dimmick (1822–1875), Pennsylvania Attorney General (1873–1875). William Harrison Dimmick (1815–1861), Prosecuting Attorney of Wayne County, Pennsylvania, 1836–1837; Pennsylvania State Senator, 1845–1847; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1857–1861 Frank Nelson Doubleday,Doubleday, Frank Nelson. The Memoirs of a Publisher; New York: Doubleday, 1972; appendices. American publisher, and his descendants, including Nelson Doubleday, Nelson Doubleday, Jr., and Russell Doubleday George Eastman, American inventor and the founder of the Eastman Kodak Company Clint Eastwood,McGilligan, Patrick. Clint: The Life And Legend; New York: St. Martin's Press, 2002; pp. 13. American film actor, director, and producer Harold Eugene Edgerton,http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~edgerton/FrankEugene1875.htm http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~edgerton/genealogy/Samuel1670.htm professor at MIT; developer of pioneering stop-action photographic techniques and electronic flashes Catherine Drew Gilpin Faust, (born September 18, 1947), is an American historian, college administrator, and the president of Harvard University. Sally FieldSally Field's ancestry was researched by Henry Gates and staff, for the PBS television series, Finding Your Roots, which aired November 11, 2014. / (born November 6, 1946) is an American actress, singer, producer, director, and screenwriter. Charles Dana Gibson,Roberts, Gary Boyd. Notable Kin: Volume Two; Santa Clara, CA: Carl Boyer, 1999. Life magazine publisher and illustrator, best known for his "Gibson Girl" drawings Hugh Hefner, Playboy founder"Mr. Playboy"; Isenberg, Barbara. Time, on-line: 2 October 2005; accessed 4 May 2007. Daniel Gibson Knowlton, classicist bookbinder at Brown University Edward "Ned" Lamont,Sleeper, Jim. "The American Lamonts," The New York Times, "Opinions and Editorials;" on-line publication: 15 October 2006; accessed 5 May 2007.Lamont, Corliss, ed. The Thomas Lamonts In America; New York: A. S. Barnes, 1971. The family-published history of the Lamont family in America details how the socialist Lamonts arrived in America in the 1750s and married into New England Pilgrim and Puritan families, including descendants of William Bradford. American businessman and politician, 89th Governor of Connecticut John Lithgow,The Mayflower Quarterly, Vol. 64, General Society of Mayflower Descendants: 1998 (quarterly journal). American actor and philanthropist Jan Masaryk,Roberts, Gary Boyd and Wood, Michael J. "Notable Kin: Foreign Prime Ministers or Presidents with New England-Derived Forebears or Wives: Part II - Europe", New England Historic Genealogical Society. On-line source (AmericanAncestors.org); accessed 10 June 2007. Czechoslovak diplomat and politician George B. McClellan,Ancestry of Mitt Romney (This link shows McClellan's (and Benjamin Spock's) descent from the Joshua Ripley who married Mary Backus, also ancestors of Christopher Reeve. Look at the source for Reeve to see that Joshua Ripley was the son of Joshua Ripley and Hannah Bradford, the grandson of William Bradford and Alice Richards, and the great-grandson of Governor William Bradford.) Civil War general, Governor of New Jersey, Democratic opponent of Abraham Lincoln in the 1864 United States presidential election Michaela Paetsch (1961-2023), American violinist and the first American female to have recorded all 24 Paganini Caprices for solo violin. Thomas Pynchon,Roberts, Gary Boyd. "Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources #48", New England Historic Genealogical Society. On-line source (AmericanAncestors.org); accessed 1 June 2007. American short story writer and novelist Christopher Reeve,Roberts, Gary Boyd. "Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources #77", New England Historic Genealogical Society. On-line source (AmericanAncestors.org); accessed 4 May 2007. American film actor and political activist William Rehnquist,Ancestry of William Rehnquist (William Bradford, #1702 in Rehnquist's ahnentafel, was the son of Governor William Bradford.) Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1972 to 1986 and Chief Justice of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2005 Deborah Sampson,Scott, Fred. Clifton William Scott and Mildred Evelyn Bradford Scott of Ashfield, Mass.: Volume 1 (Genealogical record); iUniverse, 2004; pp. 423.Young, Alfred. Masquerade: The Life and Times of Deborah Sampson, Continental Soldier; New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004; pp. 4-5. female member of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War Benjamin Spock, child care specialist and author Adlai Stevenson III, United States Democratic Senator representing Illinois from 1970 to 1981, two-time candidate for Governor of Illinois Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.,Roberts, Gary Boyd. "Genealogical Thoughts by Gary Boyd Roberts #42", New England Historic Genealogical Society. On-line source (AmericanAncestors.org); accessed 10 June 2007. publisher of The New York Times since 1992 Charles Sumner,Pierce, Edward L. Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 1, Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University; on-line source, accessed 15 June 2007. American statesman and Republican Party politician Telford Taylor, Second Chief Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials Dick Thornburgh, former Pennsylvania governor and US Attorney General Noah Webster, American educator, journalist, and lexicographer noted for the Webster's Dictionary William Collins Whitney,Biddle, Flora Miller. The Whitney Women and the Museum They Made New York: Arcade Publishing, 1999; pp. 26. Account of F. M. Biddle, president emeritus of the Whitney Museum, describes the descent of W. C. Whitney's mother Laurinda Collins (Whitney) from Bradford."William Collins Whitney (1841–1904)". The Whitney Research Group, 1999; accessed 4 May 2007. American financier and politician, and his descendants, the Whitney family Lyman Spitzer Jr., American theoretical physicist, astronomer and mountaineer. Namesake of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. Ariovistus Pardee, American engineer, coal baron, philanthropist, and director of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Founder of Hazeltown, Pennsylvania. Ario Pardee Jr., officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, son of Ariovistus Pardee. Calvin Pardee, businessman from Pennsylvania, son of Ariovistus Pardee. Harold E. B. Pardee, American cardiologist Nick Folk, American football placekicker for the New York Jets.

See also William Bradford

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