Bradlee family

Though the Bradlee family were not really among the Boston Brahmin Soctiety of Boston they married married into other Brahmin families such as the Putnam and the wealthy Crowninshield family; and Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee's second great grandmother, on his granmother's side was Caroline Choate of the Boston Brahmin Choate family. Samuel Bradlee was the grandson of Nathan Bradley, the Bradlee ancestor, who was born in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachustts on 1631, changed the family name to Bradlee. Samuel did so because he was running to be Constable of Dorchester and there were too many Bradleys and became confusing.

Nathan Bradley
Nathan Bradley was the ancestor of the Bradlee family and the first to be born in Boston in 1631. His job was to ring the town church bell and he sold sider.

Free Masons
The following Bradlees were members of the St. Andrews Lodge of Freemasons in Massachusetts.
 * David Bradlee
 * Thomas Bradlee

American Revolution

 * Lt. Col. Samuel Bradlee, Jr.
 * Capt. David Bradlee
 * Privt. Josiah Bradlee

World War I

 * 2nd Lt. Frederick Josiah Bradlee, Jr. (never went over seas)

World War II

 * Lt. Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee

Maassachusetts Mechanic Association
The following Bradlee's were members of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. One of the most notable members of this association was Paul Revere.
 * Nathaniel Bradlee
 * Thomas Bradlee

Boston Tea Party Participants
There were four Bradlee brothers, children of Samuel Bradlee, who participated in the Boston Tea Party: David, Josiah, Nathaniel and Thomas Bradlee. However it was their sister, Sarah who dressed them up like Navtive American Indians and she earned the name "Mother of the Boston Tea Party."
 * David Bradlee: captain in the Continental Army; member of the St. Andrews Lodge of Freemasons
 * Josiah Bradlee: member of the Sons of Liberty; enlisted  and was a private in the American Revolution
 * Nathaniel Bradlee: member of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association
 * Thomas Bradlee: member of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association; member of the St. Andrews Lodge of Freemasons
 * Sarah Bradlee; wife of James Fulton.

American Revolution

 * Lt. Col. Samuel Bradlee, Jr.
 * Capt. David Bradlee; Col. Thomas Crafts Regiment
 * Prvt. Josiah Bradlee

Sarah Bradlee
Sarah was dubbed the "Mother of the Boston Tea Party" for dressing up her four brothers, David, Josiah, Nathaniel and Thomas Bradlee, and her husband, John Fulton as Mohawk Indians to board the British ships at Boston Harbour.

Havard Gradutates

 * Josiah Bradlee III
 * Frederick Josiah Bradlee I
 * Frederick Josiah Bradlee, Jr.
 * Sargent Bradlee
 * Malcolm Bradlee
 * Chevalier Benjamin Crowninshield de Bradlee

Samuel Bradlee
Samuel was elected Constable of Dorchester. Before he was elected constable, Bradlee was a weaver and a fisherman. He was also the one to change the surnam from Bradley to Bradlee. During the Revolution there was a Royal warrent to shoot any Bradlee on sight who spelled their name with two "e's" at the end, because it was too American and "ey" is the British way of spelling the name.

Thomas Bradlee
Thomas Bradlee, Esq. (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; November 17, 1788 - February 19, 1878; Jamaica, Long Island, N.Y.) was the ninth of the twelve children of Samuel Bradlee and Ann Dunlap. His occupations were:


 * Member of the Light Infantry Company of Winslow Blues
 * President of a sacred musice society
 * Choister of churches
 * Publisher and Editor of the Long Island Farmer Newspaper
 * Justice of the Peace
 * Police Justice of the villiage of Jamaica, Massachusetts

Frederick Josiah Bradlee, Jr.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts on 20 Dec 1892; married on 3 Jul 1917 in Beverly, Massachusetts to Chevaliere Josephine de Gersdorff (Manhattan, New York; 18 Jun 1896 - 15 Oct 1975; Beverly, Massachusetts). Frederick was on the first All-American football team, which was at Harved from where he graduated in 1915. He played for four years, from 1912-1915 on the undefeated Harvard football team and became All-American in 1914. His positons were Halfback and Fullback.

Chevalier Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee

 * Bureau Chief of News Week in Paris
 * Chief Executive Editor of the Washington Post
 * Vice President at-larg of the Washington Post
 * Awarded the Knights Cross of the National Order of the Legion of Honour

J. Quinn C. Bradlee
Josiah Quinn Crowninshield Bradlee (Quinn Bradlee) (b. Washington, DC; April 29, 1982 - ) is the Founder and CEO of FriendsOfQuinn.com: A social networking site for young adults with learning difference; where their friends and families can meet.

Coat of Arms
The Coat of Arms of J. Quinn C. Bradlee are registered at the American College of Arms: they are three lions each holding a fluer di lis representing his descent from the English and French royal families.

Putnam-Bradlee Family
Ben Bradlee's fifth great grandfather was Josiah Bradlee I (24 Mar 1754 - 2 Oct 1798), who married (7 Aug 1777) to Hannah Putnam (3 Jul 1758 - 4 May 1793). Bradlee is a lineal descenant of the Putnam family at least three times.

Crowninshield-Bradlee Family
Ben Bradlee is descedant of the Bost Brahmin Crowninshield family two times: his great great grandfather was Josiah Bradlee, a sea merchant, who married Alice Crowninshield. Bradlee's mother was Chevaliere Josephine de Gersdorff, who's parents were Carl August de Gersdorff and Helen Suzette Crowninshield. Alice and Josephine share a common ancestor who was Benjamin Williams Crowninshield, 5th United Sates Secretary of Navy.

Connected Families

 * Andrus/Andrews
 * Crowninshield
 * Evans
 * de Gersdorff
 * Hall
 * Harden
 * Putnam
 * Thomas
 * Wainwright

Decent From Notable Families
Benjamin C. Bradlee is a descendant of many notable families of New England and New York.

Connecticut

 * Haynes
 * Wyllys

New Hampshire

 * Wentworth

Rhode Island

 * Greene

Massachusetts

 * Bacon
 * Choate
 * Clarke
 * Crowninshield
 * Fairbanks
 * Hubbard
 * Leverett
 * Lothrop
 * Perkins
 * Putnam
 * Rice
 * Rogers
 * Sargent
 * Sedgewick

New York

 * Gardiner

Lineage

 * Nathan Bradley I m: Mary Evans
 * Nathan Bradlee, Jr. m: Lydia Evans
 * Samuel Bradlee m: Mary Andrus
 * Capt. David Bradlee
 * Thomas Bradlee
 * Nathaniel Bradlee
 * Sarah Bradlee
 * Josiah Bradlee I m: Hannah Putnam
 * Josiah Bradlee, Jr m: Lucy Jones Hall
 * Frederic Hall Bradlee m: Lucretia Wainwright
 * Josiah Bradlee III m: Alice Crowninshield
 * Frederick Josiah Bradlee m: Elizabeth Whitwell Thomas
 * Frederick Josiah Bradlee, Jr. m: Chevaliere Josephine de Gersdorff
 * Chevalier Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee m: 1st., Jean Saltonstall; m: 2nd., Antoinett Pinchto; m: 3rd., Sally Sterling Quinn.
 * With His First Wife He Had:
 * Benjamin Crowninshield "Ben" Bradlee, Jr.
 * With His Second Wife He Had:
 * Dominick "Dino" Bradlee
 * Marina Bradlee
 * With His Third Wife He Had:
 * Josiah Quinn Crowninshield "Quinn" Bradlee