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Surname/tag: Bingham
Part of the Bingham Name Study
This page is for those interested in learning more about notable Binghams and discovering possible connections to their own ancestry. For the purpose of this page, Notable Binghams are considered to be those with wikitree profiles labeled as notable, individuals with profiles that should be considered notable, or those with no profile yet.
Anyone interested in adding to the list can comment on this page and we will add as suitable, seeking to adhere to wikitree protocols for what is considered to be "notable."
Binghams Labelled Notable with Wikitree Profiles
- Binghams Considered Descended from Thomas Bingham of Norwich, CT (not related to Melcombe Binghams):
- Hiram Bingham I (American missionary; 1789-1869)
- Hiram Bingham III (explorer, politician; 1875-1956)
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham (US Congressman from NY; 1914-1986)
- James Monroe Bingham (Lt. Governor of Wisconsin; 1828-1885)
- Millicent Todd Bingham (a Bingham by marriage; American geographer, first woman to receive doctorate in geology and geography from Harvard, and a leading expert on the poet Emily Dickinson)
- Melcombe Binghams Considered Sharing Descent with the Earls of Lucan (separated for research purposes):
- Charles Bingham (First Earl of Lucan; 1735-1799)
- George Caleb Bingham (American painter; 1811-1879)(FAMILY LINK NOT PROVEN ON WIKITREE)
- John Armor Bingham (US Congressman for OH; 1815-1900)
- Robert Worth Bingham (politician, judge, newspaper publisher, US ambassador; 1871-1937)
- George Barry Bingham, Sr. (Louisville, KY, media mogul; 1906-1988)
- Other Binghams with Unknown Early Origin, or Not Considered Descended from Thomas Bingham of Norwich (separated for research purposes):
- William Bingham (US Senator for PA; 1752-1804)
- Brig. Gen. Judson David Bingham (Civil War veteran, Colonel; 1831-1909)
- Henry Harrison Bingham (Civil War veteran, politician, postmaster; 1841-1912)
- Mark Kendall Bingham (9/11 victim, helped to down United Airlines Flight 93; 1970-2001)
SOURCES
- The Bingham Association has been tracing various lines of descent from Thomas Bingham of Norwich for many decades. In 1996 it updated and corrected aspects of the Theodore A Bingham book on the Bingham Family and this book as well as numerous Updates are now available in digital form via the website.
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