Biddle family

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William Biddle (1630-1712) and Sarah Kemp (1634-1709) were Quakers who immigrated from England to America in 1681 in order to avoid religious persecution. They settled in southern New Jersey. Descendants of William and Sarah would establish the Biddle family as a prominent Philadelphia family.

The American Biddle family yielded several people of interest to history:

• Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle (1875 - 1948), Philadelphia millionaire
• Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr. (1879-1961), American diplomat — served as U.S. ambassador to seven different countries
• Nicholas Biddle (1750-1778), Revolutionary Navy captain
• Edward Biddle (1738-1779), delegate to the Continental Congress
• Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844), president of the Bank of the United States
• Richard Biddle (1796-1847), U.S. Representative
• Charles John Biddle (1819-1873), Civil War colonel and U.S. Congressman
• Chapman Biddle, Civil War colonel
• Francis Beverly Biddle (1886-1968), the primary American judge during the Nuremberg trials after World War II.
• Sydney Biddle Barrows (born 1952), madam
• William P. Biddle (1953-1923), 11th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps (1910-1914)
• Nick Biddle, lead singer of The Naturals
• Ann Biddle, married to James Wilkinson
• Peter Biddle (born 1966), senior employee of Microsoft Software
• James Biddle (1783-1848), U.S. Navy commodore

[edit] Archives

• University of Delaware Library: Special Collections Department--Biddle Family Papers
• List of Scull family, which married with the Biddle family

[edit] References

• 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."