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.
Charles W. Comstock,[15] 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.)[16]
George B. McClellan,[32] Civil War general, Governor of New Jersey, Democratic opponent of Abraham Lincoln in the 1864 United States presidential election
Michaela Paetsch (1961-2023),[33][34] American violinist and the first American female to have recorded all 24 Paganini Caprices for solo violin.
^"Mabel Keyes Babcock". Lewiston Daily Sun, December 8, 1931.
^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.
^
abcdefGardiner Hall, Ruth (1951). Descendants of Governor William Bradford through the First Seven Generations. Edwards Brothers, Inc.
ISBN074040153X.
^"Blue Bloods,"Time; 19 September 1938. On-line source: Time On-line; accessed 4 June 2007.
^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
^Sally Field's ancestry was researched by Henry Gates and staff, for the PBS television series, Finding Your Roots, which aired November 11, 2014.
[1]/
^Roberts, Gary Boyd. Notable Kin: Volume Two; Santa Clara, CA: Carl Boyer, 1999.
^"Mr. Playboy"; Isenberg, Barbara. Time, on-line: 2 October 2005; accessed 4 May 2007.
^Child, Christopher C.,
Discredited Descendants, which discusses earlier versions of this page which cited a non-existent article in the Mayflower Quarterly allegedly disputing Hefner's Bradford descent. No such article existed and Hefner's descent has been verified.
^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.
^The Mayflower Quarterly, Vol. 64, General Society of Mayflower Descendants: 1998 (quarterly journal).
^
abAncestry 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.)
^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 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.
Charles W. Comstock,[15] 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.)[16]
George B. McClellan,[32] Civil War general, Governor of New Jersey, Democratic opponent of Abraham Lincoln in the 1864 United States presidential election
Michaela Paetsch (1961-2023),[33][34] American violinist and the first American female to have recorded all 24 Paganini Caprices for solo violin.
^"Mabel Keyes Babcock". Lewiston Daily Sun, December 8, 1931.
^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.
^
abcdefGardiner Hall, Ruth (1951). Descendants of Governor William Bradford through the First Seven Generations. Edwards Brothers, Inc.
ISBN074040153X.
^"Blue Bloods,"Time; 19 September 1938. On-line source: Time On-line; accessed 4 June 2007.
^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
^Sally Field's ancestry was researched by Henry Gates and staff, for the PBS television series, Finding Your Roots, which aired November 11, 2014.
[1]/
^Roberts, Gary Boyd. Notable Kin: Volume Two; Santa Clara, CA: Carl Boyer, 1999.
^"Mr. Playboy"; Isenberg, Barbara. Time, on-line: 2 October 2005; accessed 4 May 2007.
^Child, Christopher C.,
Discredited Descendants, which discusses earlier versions of this page which cited a non-existent article in the Mayflower Quarterly allegedly disputing Hefner's Bradford descent. No such article existed and Hefner's descent has been verified.
^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.
^The Mayflower Quarterly, Vol. 64, General Society of Mayflower Descendants: 1998 (quarterly journal).
^
abAncestry 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.)
^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.