Lineages of Benjamin C. Bradlee (1921-2014)

Benjamin C. Bradlee born in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts on 26 Aug 1921 to Frederick Josiah Bradlee and Josephine de Gersdorff. He was the former Editor in-chief of the Washington Post during the Watergate scandal and is currently married to Sally Sterling Quinn.

von Habsurg

 * Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

Luxemberg

 * Siegismund, Holy Roman Emperor

Valois-Capet

 * John II of France

von Oldenberg

 * John of Denmark

Plantagenet

 * Edward III of England

Stewart

 * James IV of Scotland (1473-1513)

England

 * Dacre
 * Bourchier
 * Fiennes
 * Greene
 * Mortimer
 * Neville
 * Zouche

Germany

 * von Castell-Castell
 * von Gersdorff
 * von Habsburg
 * von Reuss-Ebersdorff

Scotland

 * Campbell
 * Douglas
 * Sterling
 * Stewart

Notable American Families
Connecticut
 * Chandler
 * Douglas
 * Haynes
 * Russell
 * Wyllys

Rhode Island

 * Greene

Massachusetts

 * Bacon
 * Bradlee
 * Choate
 * Crowninshield
 * Endicott
 * Fairbanks
 * de Gersdorff
 * Glover
 * Hubbard
 * Leverett
 * Pickering
 * Putnam
 * Rogers
 * Sargent
 * Sedgwick

New York

 * Gardiner

Ship Captains

 * Francis Boardman (1748-1792)
 * Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1772-1851)
 * Jacob Crowninshield (1728-1808)
 * George Crowninshield (1734-1815)
 * George Crowninshield, Jr. (1766-1808)
 * Richard Derby (1712-1783)

Sheriffs

 * David Hubbard (1706-1741)

Constables
Massachusetts
 * Samuel Bradlee (1707-1768)

Generals

 * Lt. Gen. William Wilson Quinn
 * Maj. Gen. Israel Putnam
 * Maj. Gen. Robert Sedgwick

Colonels

 * Col. John Chandler, Esq., lineal descent
 * Col. John Chandler, Jr., Esq, lineal descent
 * Col. Benjamin William Crowninshield, collateral descent
 * Col. Elias Hasket, 11th Governor of the Bahamas, collateral descent
 * Lt. Col. Moses Kirkland, lineal descent
 * Col. Ephraim Morton, lineal descent
 * Col. Timothy Pickering, Adjutant General, 3rd United States Secretary of State
 * Col. David Putnam (1707-1768); collater descent
 * Col. Epes Sargent (1690-1762), lineal descent
 * Col. Henry Sargent (bapt.1770-1845), collateral descent
 * Col. James Swan, financier (1754-1830), 5th great grandfather
 * Col. John Turner, collateral descent

Captains

 * Lion Gardiner

Massachusetts Bay Colony
Plymouth Colony
 * John Endecott (bef1601-c1664)
 * John Leverett (bap1616-c1678)
 * Thomas Hinckley (c1618-1706)

New Hampshire

 * Benning Wentworth (1696-1770)
 * Lt. Gov. John Wentworth (1671-1730)

Politicians

 * William Gardner Choate (1830-1920), lawyer, founder of Choate School; collateral descent
 * Jacob Crowninshield (1770-1808), U.S. Representative
 * Joseph Hodges Choate, lawyer (1832-1917), American Ambassador to Great Brittain; collateral descent
 * Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1727-1851), 5th United States Secretary of Navy
 * Perez Morton (1751-1837), lawyer, Massachusetts Atterney General; lineal descent
 * Col. Timothy Pickering (1745-1829), 3rd U.S. Secretary of State; collateral descent

Proprietors

 * Capt. Lion Gardiner
 * Lt. Col. Moses Kirkland

Lawyers

 * Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917)
 * William Gardner Choate (1830-1920)
 * Perez Morton (1751-1837)