Chevalier Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee was born 26 August 1921 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States to Frederick Josiah Bradlee, Jr. (1892-1970) and Josephine de Gersdorff (1896-1975) and died 21 October 2014 Georgetown, D.C., United States of Old age. He married Jean Saltonstall (1921-2011) 1942 . He married Antoinette Eno Pinchot (1924-2011) 1957 . He married Sally Sterling Quinn (1941) .
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Frederick Josiah Bradlee (1919) | 6 February 1919 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | 12 July 2003 Manhattan, New York, United States | |
| Benjamin C. Bradlee (1921-2014) | 26 August 1921 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | 21 October 2014 Georgetown, D.C., United States | Jean Saltonstall (1921-2011) Antoinette Eno Pinchot (1924-2011) Sally Sterling Quinn (1941) |
| Constance Bradlee (1923-1993) | 11 April 1923 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | "1993-Apr-1993" contains a sequence that could not be interpreted against an available match matrix for date components.<day out of range> Manhattan, New York, United States | Francis C. Thayer |
Ethnicity
Latest Ethnicity
Austrian, Danish, Dutch, English, Canadian, French, German, Polish and Scottish
Ancient Ethnicity
Armenian, Bohemian, Chinese, Georgian, Greek, Hungarian, Indian, Italian, Mongolian, Portuguese, Persian, Swedish
List of Immigrant Ancestors to America
From England to Connecticut
- George Clarke (1613-1690)
- Richard Hammond (c1602-1692)
- m. Judith Williams (c1610-1692)
- Capt. Josephy Syll (1636-1696)
- John Cloyes (1604-1676)
- m. Abigail Mournings (1615-1656)
- Gov. George Wyllys (1590-1645), 4th Governor of the Colony of Connecticut
- Col. Gov. John Haynes (1594-1653), 4th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and 1st Governor of the Colony of Connecticut
From England to New Hampshire
- Hon. Henry Sherburne, Esq. (1611-1680), he was a Judge of Portsmouth, New Hampshire
- m. Rebecca Gordon (1617-1667)
- John Wingate (1636-1687)
From Ireland to New Hampshire
- Nathaniel Gordon (1705-1789)
- m. Sarah Martin (1702-1781)
From Scotland to Maine
- James Warren (c1620-1702)
- m. Margaret Richards (c1622-1712)
From England to Massachusetts
- Henry Adams (1583-1646), ancestor to John Adams (1735-1826), 2nd President of the United States
- m. Edith Squire (1587-1672)
- John Alderman (1584-1657)
- m. Alice Williams (1590-1657)
- Hope Allen (1625-c1677), proprietor of 400 acres
- m. Rachel Knight (c1627-1667)
- John Andrews (1616-1682)
- Samuel Archer (1616-1682), Constable, Selectmen, Fence Surveyor, Marshall, Small Juror
- Hon. Maj. Gen. Humphrey Atherton (1608-1661), Speaker of the House, Treasurer, Justice of the Peace, Leader of the Court of Deputies, Assistant Governor of the General Court of Massachusetts, Member of the Ancient an Honorable Artillery Company, Major General of New England Militia
- m. Mary Wales (1613-1672)
- Michael Bacon I (1579-1648)
- m. Alice Blowers (1581-1648)
- Capt. Michael Bacon, Jr. (1608-1668)
- m. Mary Baldwin (1617-1655)
- Michale Bacon III (1639-1707)
- m. Sarah Richardson (1639-1694)
- Rev. James Badcock (1580-1672), he arrived in 1623 on the ship James with his wife and children in Plymouth, Massachusetts
- Capt. Robert Badcock (1610-1694)
- m. Joanna Philips (1628-1700)
- John Baker (1598-1680), sold liqour and beer, Inn Holder, proprietor of a 150 acre farm
- Capt. Thomas Baker (1636-1718), iron, worker, proprietor
- John Bent (1596-1672), a petitioner for the town of Marlboro, Massachusetts
- m. Martha Blanchard (1598-1676)
- Peter Bent (1629-1678), a petitioner for the town of Marlboro, Massachusetts
- Hon. Capt. George Barbour (1613-1685)
- m. Elizabeth Clark (c1620-1683)
- Hon. Dea. Thomas Besbidge (1589-1674)
- William Billings (1629-1713)
- m. Mary Atherton (1636-1718), daughter of Hon. Maj. Gen. Humphrey Atherton (1608-1661)
- Thomas Boardman (1601-bef1673), Deputy and Representative to the Massachusetts General Court
- m. Margaret Offiing (1610-1679)
- Maj. William Boardman (1610-1679), Cook and 4th Steward of Harvard
- Ensign John Brockelbank (c1630-1666)
- John Bradley (1605-1642), immigrant ancestor of the Bradlee family
Notable Americans
Lineages of Benjamin C. Bradlee (1921-2014)
Colonial Immigrants to America
Lineages of Benjamin C. Bradlee (1921-2014)
Genealgical Relationships to U.S. Presidents
Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee is a descendant of Edward III of England and Robert III of Scotland as well as Henry Adams who is the immigrant ancestor of President John Adams.
- George Washington (descendant of Edward III of England)
- John Adams (descendant of Henry Adams, immigrant ancestor to the colonies)
- Thomas Jefferson (descendant of Edward III of England)
- James Madison (descendant of Edward I of England)
- James Monroe (descendant of Edward III of England)
- John Quincy Adams (descendant of Edward III of England)
- William Henry Harrison and his grandson, Benjamin Harrison (descendants of Edward I of England)
- Zachary Taylor (descendant of Edward I of England)
- Franklin Pierce (descendant of Henry I of England)
- Rutherford Hayes (descendant of William I of Scotland)
- Grover Cleveland (descendant of Edward I of England)
- Theodore Roosevelt (descendant of James I of Scotland and Edward III of England)
- William Taft (descendant of Edward III of England)
- Warren Harding (descendant of Henry II of England)
- Calvin Coolidge (descendant of Edward I of England)
- Herbert Hoover (descendant of Edward III of England)
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt (descendant of James II of Scotland)
- Harry S. Truman (descendant of Robert III of Scotland)
- Richard Nixon (descendant of Henry II of England)
- Gerald Ford (descendant of Edward I of England)
- Jimmy Carter (descendant of Henry II of England)
- George H.W. Bush and his son, George W. Bush (descendants of Edward I of England and Robert II of Scotland)
- Barack Obama (descendant of Edward I of England and William the Lion of Scotland)
Overview
Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (born August 26, 1921) was Vice President at-large of the Washington Post, and was the former Editor in-chief of the Washington Post during the Watergate scandal and served from 1968 to 1991. Bradlee went to court to challenge the federal government saying that it was not against the law to print the truth; meaning the publications of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Bradlee graduated Harvard a year early in 1942 so that he could go to war, because they all knew that it was going to come to them. He graduated college, got married and took his naval exams all on the same day. His first wife was Jean Saltonstall of the Boston Brahmin Satonstall family; after he got married he immediately shipped out and didn't see his wife again for two years.
World War II
Bradlee's parents, Frederick Josiah Bradlee, Jr. and Chevalier Josephine de Gersdorff, always knew where he was because they had a friend in the Navy who was an admiral, and he was on a total of nine different destroyers during the war.
From 1942-1945 Bradlee fought in a total of thirteen naval battles, which included Guadalcanal, Saipan, Tinian, Guam, and the Battle of Leyte Gulf, which was the greatest naval battle in the history of mankind. The following battles are the battles that he fought in order: Solomon Islands Campaign: First Battle of Tulagi, Battle of Vella Lavella, and the Battle of Bouganville; he would arrive at Guadalcanal with the Second Fleet; the Philippines Campaign: the Battle of Leyte Gulf, also known as the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea, the Battle of Mindoro, the Battle of Manila, the Battle of Gurigao Straits, and the Invasion of Lingayen Gulf; the Mariana and Palau Islands Campaign: the Battle of Saipan, the Battle of Tinian and the Battle of Guam.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Benjamin C. Bradlee, Jr. (1948-) | 7 August 1948 Manchester, New Hampshire, United States | Martha Raddatz (1953-) Jan Saragoni | |
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Dominick Bradlee (1958-) | |||
| Marina Bradlee (1960-) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Quinn J. C. Bradlee (1982-) | 29 April 1982 George Washington Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, United States | ||
See also
- Mortimer Ancestry of Benjamin C. Bradlee (b.1921)
- Benjamin C. Bradlee's Lineage to King Edward III of England
Residences
Footnotes (including sources)
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