Frederick Josiah Bradlee I was born 1866 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States to Josiah Bradlee III (1837-1902) and Alice Crowninshield (1839-1926) and died 1951 Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of unspecified causes. He married Elizabeth Whitwell Thomas (1868-1952) 13 February 1951 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States.
He was educated at St. Mark’s School and then graduated from Harvard with the class of 1888. On 15 Sep 1888 he entered the business of banking with the firms of Bradford, Thomas & Co. and Barnes & Cunningham. He was also a real estate broker and agent with the firm of J. Murray Howe and Bradlee in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA. In 1866, 1890, 1900, 1920, 1835, 1937, 1938, 1940 and in 1943 he was living in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. In 1880 he was living in Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts. In 1885 and 1887 to 1888 he was living in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. In 1929 he was living in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA. In 1932 he departed from Hamilton, Bermuda on the ship MS Monarch and on 22 Dec 1932 arrived in Manhattan, New York, USA; he was 66 years old. He married on 15 Jan 1890 in Boston to Elizabeth Whitwell Thomas who was born on 16 Oct 1868 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts to Alexander Malcolm Thomas and Mary Sarah Sargent and died on 28 Jan 1952 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Mary Sarah was living in 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1935, 1940 and in 1952 she was living in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA.
In 1927 she departed from Liverpool, England and on 20 Jun 1927 arrived in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts on the ship RMS Samaria at 58 years old. She was living at 211 Beacon St, Boston, Massachusetts at the time. In 1936 She departed from Liverpool, England and on 21 Sep 1936 arrived in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA on the ship Laconia at 67 years old. In 1937 she departed from Le Havre, France and on 29 Aug 1937 arrived in Manhattan, New York, USA on the shop Georgic at 69 years old. Frederick and Elizabeth are both buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.
Mary was a descendant of Col. James Swan (1754-1830), who so wealthy that he paid America's debt with France out of his own pocket. She was also a descendant of Hon. Perez Morton (1751-1837) who was 4th Massachusetts Attorney General, Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1806-1808) and (1810-1811) and held the rank of Major in the American Revolutionary War and Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts (1789-1790). His wif was Sarah Wentworth Apthorp (1759-1846), who was an American poet. Mary is also a descendant of Charles Apthorp (1697-1758) who was the wealthiest man of Boston of his time and man with "imperial trading connections." He served as the Paymaster General of the British Army and Navy forces in Boston. He was a director of the National Boston Bank.
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Sarah Crowninshield Bradlee (1865-) | |||
| Frederick Josiah Bradlee I (1866-1951) | 1866 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | 1951 Arlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States | Elizabeth Whitwell Thomas (1868-1952) |
| James Bowdoin Bradlee (1873-1962) | |||
| Francis Boardman Crowninshield Bradlee (1881-1928) | |||
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Frederick Josiah Bradlee, Jr. (1892-1970) | 20 December 1892 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | 28 April 1970 Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States | Josephine de Gersdorff (1896-1975) |
| Theodore Chase (1895-1896) | |||
| Sargent Bradlee (1898-1987) | 15 September 1898 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States | 11 July 1987 Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States | Louise Trippe |
| Malcolm Bradlee (1900-1960) | |||