William Brewster (1567-1644)/List of Famous Descendants

Famous descendants of Mayflower pilgrim William Brewster (1567-1644) and his wife Mary Brewster (1569-1627).

Elder Brewster's descendants number in the tens of thousands today. Notable among them are:

Research Notes

 * WilliamBrewster.com - Brewster Family Genealogy
 * Notable Descendants of William Brewster - Wikipedia

A
Isaac Allerton Jr., merchant and Colonial Virginia officeholder[2][27]

B
Roger Nash Baldwin, co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)[28] Alfred Ely Beach, inventor, publisher, and patent lawyer.[29] Nora Stanton Blatch Barney, suffragist, granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton[30][31][32] Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch, writer and suffragist, daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton[30][31][32] Lindy Boggs, first woman elected to Congress from Louisiana[33]

Brewster
David Brewster, journalist[39][40] Diane Brewster, television actress[41][42][43] James Brewster, coachbuilder, immortalized in Cole Porter's song "You're the Top"[44] Janet Huntington Brewster, philanthropist, writer, radio broadcaster.[45][46] John Brewster, Jr., painter.[47] Jordana Brewster, actress.[45][46][48] Kingman Brewster, Jr., educator and diplomat.[45][46][49][50] Ralph Owen Brewster, United States Senator from Maine[51][52][53] Julia Child, chef and television personality.[54] Bob Crosby, Dixieland bandleader and vocalist.[55][full citation needed] Bing Crosby, singer and actor.[55] Frances Jane "Fanny" Crosby, hymnwriter[56] Ted Danson, actor[57][full citation needed] Howard Dean, physician, former Gov. of Vermont, 2004 presidential candidate.[58][better source needed][full citation needed] Allen Welsh Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence, member of the Warren Commission.[29][59] Avery Dulles, Jesuit priest, theologian, professor and Roman Catholic cardinal.[29][59] John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State under President Eisenhower.[29][59] Richard Gere, actor.[60] Lawrence Henry Gipson, historian[61] Hannibal Hamlin, Fifteenth U.S. Vice-President, under President Lincoln Katharine Hepburn, actress.[44][58] Ernest Lester Jones, head of the USGS, co-founder of the American Legion[62] Ashley Judd, actress[63][better source needed] George Trumbull Ladd, philosopher and psychologist.[64][65][66] Oliver La Farge, writer and anthropologist.[67][68][69] John Lithgow, actor[70][full citation needed] Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet.[71] Seth MacFarlane, writer, producer, voice actor.[72][full citation needed] George B. McClellan, Civil War general, politician.[73][74][75] Edwin Markham, American poet,[76][better source needed] Jan Garrigue Masaryk, Czech diplomat, politician.[29][59] Robert Noyce, inventor of the integrated circuit.[39][40] Sarah Palin, former Governor of Alaska, 2008 Republican Vice Presidential nominee.[77][better source needed] Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S. Navy commander, War of 1812.[68][69] Commodore Matthew C. Perry, U.S. Navy commander at the opening of Japan.[68][69] James Leonard Plimpton, inventor.[78] Thomas Pynchon, novelist[79] Cokie Roberts, journalist, author.[80] Jay Rockefeller, U.S. Senator from West Virginia.[81][82] Nelson Rockefeller, 49th Governor of New York, 41st U.S. Vice President, businessman, philanthropist.[81][82] Brewster H. Shaw, NASA astronaut.[83] Elisabeth Shue, actress.[84][better source needed] Henry Stanton, abolitionist, social reformer.[30][31][32][85] David Souter, Assoc. Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.[86] Adlai Stevenson III, U.S. Senator from Illinois[29][59] Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr., publisher of The New York Times.[87] Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States.[88][89][90][91] Kip Thorne, theoretical physicist. His 6th great grandparents were Tabitha Brewster and Phineas Strong. Stuart Taylor Wood, ninth Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.[88][89][90] Sewall Green Wright, geneticist.[44][92]
 * Bishop Benjamin Brewster, Episcopal Bishop of Maine, Missionary Bishop of Western Colorado.[34][35]
 * Benjamin Brewster, industrialist, financier, original trustee of Standard Oil[36][37][38]