One of Mabel Keyes Babcock's distant relatives, William Bradford, wrote "Of Plymouth Plantation" and served as Governor of the Plymouth Colony.
Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, on May 20, 1862, Mabel Keyes Babcock was the daughter of botanist Henry H. Babcock and Mary Porter (Keyes) Babcock. 
 She was a descendant of William Bradford, the governor of Plymouth Colony. 
 He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact and went on to serve as Governor of the Plymouth Colony intermittently for about 30 years between 1621 and 1657. 
 His journal "Of Plymouth Plantation" covered the years from 1620 to 1657 in Plymouth. 
