Master Surname Index




Hugh Hefner

Ancestry of
Hugh Hefner

Founder of Playboy Magazine


    James Bradford

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    • 5th Great-grandfather of Hugh Hefner — 8th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 178 
    • Birth Date:
    • 24 Mar 1689 
    • Birth Location:
    • Norwich, New London, Connecticut 
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    • Death Date:
    • 26 Mar 1762 
    • Death Location:
    • Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut 
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    • Marriage Date:
    • 7 Dec 1724 
    • Marriage Location:
    • Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut 
    • Children:

    • Ann Bradford

      Mary Bradford (Ahnentafel No:89 )

      James Bradford

  • Additional marriages for James Bradford


    • Spouse:
    • Edith Adams
    • Marriage Date:
    • ABT 1711

    • Spouse:
    • Leah Ripley
    • Marriage Date:
    • 9 Nov 1752
    • Marriage Location:
    • Scotland, Windham, Connecticut

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  • Sources for James Bradford

    • 1 Order of the Descendants of Colonial Governors Prior to 1750, Roll of Members in the State of Michigan (1897), 39.
    • 2 Hinman, Royal R., A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut, Hartford: Press of Case, Tiffany and Company (1852), 312-313.
    • 3 Lainhart, Ann Smith and Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 22, William Bradford, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2004), 78-79.
    • 5 Whittemore, Henry, The Signers of the Mayflower Compact and their Descendants, New York: Mayflower Publishing Co. (1899), 19.

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