Biddle family
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The American Biddle family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania yielded numerous and diverse people of interest down to the present era.
William Biddle (1630–1712) and Sarah Kempe (1634–1709) were Quakers who emigrated from England to America in 1681 in part to avoid religious persecution. Having acquired extensive rights to over 43,000 acres (170 km2) of lands in Quaker West Jersey, they settled first at Burlington. Two third generation brothers, William Biddle, 3rd (1698–1756), and John Biddle (1707–1789), moved from Mount Hope (1684) near Bordentown to Philadelphia in the 1720s and 1730s and constituted the first generation of the Philadelphia Biddle family.
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In order of birth:
- Owen Biddle, Sr. (1737–1799), American Revolutionary War soldier, mathematician, astronomer - observed 1769 Transit of Venus at Cape Henlopen, member of the American Philosophical Society
- Edward Biddle (1738–1779), delegate to the Continental Congress[1]
- Clement Biddle (1740–1814) American Revolutionary War soldier, helped organize the “Quaker Blues" volunteers, deputy quartermaster general of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey militia, brother of Owen Biddle, Sr.
- Ann Biddle (1742–1807), married to James Wilkinson, younger sister of Clement Biddle
- Charles Biddle (1745–1821), politician
- Nicholas Biddle (1750–1778), Revolutionary War Navy captain
- Owen Biddle, Jr., (1774–1806) member of the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia, architect-builder, author "The Young Carpenters' Apprentice" (1805)
- James Biddle (1783–1848), U.S. Navy commodore
- Nicholas Biddle (1786–1844), president of the Second Bank of the United States
- Thomas Biddle (1790–1831), War of 1812 hero who died after a duel with a Missouri Congressman over a perceived insult to his brother Nicholas Biddle
- John Biddle (1792–1859), Michigan politician
- Richard Biddle (1796–1847), U.S. Representative[2]
- Alexander Biddle (1819–1899), officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War
- Charles John Biddle (1819–1873), Civil War colonel and U.S. Congressman[3]
- Chapman Biddle (1822–1880), Civil War colonel
- William P. Biddle (1853–1923), 11th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps (1910–1914)
- John Biddle (1859–1936), Superintendent of the United States Military Academy
- Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle (1874–1948), subject of Broadway play (written by his daughter) and Disney motion picture The Happiest Millionaire
- George Biddle (1885–1973), artist
- Francis Beverly Biddle (1886–1968), US Attorney General, and primary American judge during the Nuremberg trials
- Charles John Biddle (1890–1972) World War I Aviator and lawyer
- Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr. (1897–1961), U.S. ambassador to seven different countries
- Eric Harbeson Biddle (1898–1993), businessman and diplomat; assisted FDR during the creation of the United Nations on foreign missions,[4][5] United Nations Establishment Commissions[6][7][8]
- Angier Biddle Duke (1915–1995), U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador 1952–1953, U.S. Ambassador to Spain 1965-1968, U.S. Ambassador to Morocco 1979–1981, member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[9]
- Livingston L. Biddle, Jr. (1918–2002), chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and author
- John Biddle, (1925–2008), America's Cup Hall of Fame yachting cinematographer
- Sydney Biddle Barrows (born 1952), New York City madam and author
- William Jesse Biddle (born 1959), works for A.R.D in international development. Won the official, Rhode Island State Championship in squash.
- Christopher Columbkille Biddle (born 1963), entrepreneur and enterprise software creator,[10][11] Chief Executive Officer - IdealNet, Inc.[12] Chief Executive Officer - BCGAlpha, llc.[13]
- Peter Biddle (born 1966), former senior employee of Microsoft
- Owen L. Biddle, (born 1977) The Roots bass guitarist, record producer, and songwriter in Philadelphia
- Nicolas Biddle, (born 1986) Boston-based architectural designer and amateur boxer. Grew up in Cambridge, MA and received a Master of Architecture from Wentworth Institute of Technology (2009).
- Jesse Biddle (born 1991) Philidelphia Phillies first round, draft pick in 2010. Now pursues a professional baseball career.
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- Washington Post; August 17, 1933 "Helen Avis Howard Engaged To Anthony J. Drexel, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Clinton Howard, of Atlanta, have announced the engagement of their daughter. Miss Helen Avis Howard, to Mr. Anthony Joseph Drexel 3d, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Joseph Drexel, jr., of Philadelphia."
- New York Times; October 14, 2004 "Nicholas Duke Biddle, 83, Scion Of Wealth Who Helped the Poor. Nicholas Duke Biddle, scion of two prominent American families who helped refugees from Cuba and Caribbean, dies at age 83. Mr. Biddle was originally named Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle III, after his father, Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr., a prominent diplomat."
- ^ http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000440/
- ^ http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000443
- ^ http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000439
- ^ "Records relating to Eric H. Biddle's missions to Great Britain". US National Archives. Office of Management and Budget. http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/051.html#51.11.2. Retrieved Mach 28, 2011.
- ^ Eric H. Biddle (March 1935). "What Price Insecurity". Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 178: 48–52. JSTOR 1019769.
- ^ http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0011/001176/117626e.pdf
- ^ "Oral History Interview with Ambassador John J. Muccio". Interview transcript. Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. http://www.trumanlibrary.org/oralhist/muccio1.htm. Retrieved Mach 28, 2011.
- ^ Thomas C. Blaisdell, Jr. (1991). India and China in the World War I era, New Deal and Marshall Plan, and University of California, Berkeley. University of California, Berkeley. pp. 169, 171. http://www.archive.org/details/indiachinaww100blairich. Interviewed 1987-1988 by Harriet Nathan
- ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duke.html#RJW0Z6JI0
- ^ http://www.lexdon.com/article/Global_Healthcare_Exchange_%28GHX%29_Acquires/39985.html
- ^ http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/13198-1.html
- ^ http://www.idealnetinc.com
- ^ http://www.bcgalpha.com
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- The Biddle Family Papers, documenting the personal, professional and social life of members of the Biddle family from 1683–1954, are available for research use at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
- The Biddle Y-DNA Surname Project. A Y-DNA surname project for Biddle and all variations based at BiddleEtc.org and associated with FamilyTreeDNA.
