Famous Kin of
Gene Roddenberry

Creator of Star Trek

Click on the names below to see their relationship charts

Exclude: Great Migration Magna Carta Royalty

Robert Wheaton

(unk - c1696)
Great Migration Immigrant 1636

7th great-grandfather

Jared Bourn

(c1614 - c1673/4)
Great Migration Immigrant 1634

7th great-grandfather

George Soule

(c1602 - c1679/80)
Mayflower passenger 1620

8th great-grandfather

John Tripp

(c1610 - c1678)
Great Migration Immigrant 1636

8th great-grandfather

Isaac Stearns

(c1600 - 1671)
Great Migration Immigrant 1630

8th great-grandfather

William Chase

(c1595 - 1659)
Great Migration Immigrant 1630

8th great-grandfather

Edward Dix

(c1610 - 1660)
Great Migration Immigrant 1639

8th great-grandfather

John Barnard

(c1607 - 1645)
Elizabeth passenger 1634

8th great-grandfather

John Hayden

(c1609 - c1681)
Great Migration Immigrant 1632

9th great-grandfather

William Ames

(c1605 - 1653/4)
Great Migration Immigrant 1640

9th great-grandfather

William Manning

(c1592 - c1666)
Great Migration Immigrant 1639

9th great-grandfather

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Lizzie Borden

Accused Murderess

2nd cousin 2 times removed
via James Morrison

William Ellery

Signer of the Declaration of Independence

3rd cousin 6 times removed
via Peter Tallman

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Melvil Dewey

Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System

4th cousin 2 times removed
via Francis Bourn

Brigham Young

2nd President of the Mormon Church

4th cousin 5 times removed
via John Hayden

Roger Sherman

Signer of the Declaration of Independence

4th cousin 7 times removed
via Henry Sherman

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Susan B. Anthony

Women's Rights Advocate

5th cousin 3 times removed
via Robert Wheaton

John Batterson Stetson

Inventor of the Cowboy Hat

5th cousin 3 times removed
via Ephraim Pray

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Henry Crapo

14th Governor of Michigan

5th cousin 3 times removed
via William Chase Jr.

Abigail (Powers) Fillmore

First Lady of President Millard Fillmore

5th cousin 4 times removed
via Isaac Stearns

Johnny Appleseed

aka John Chapman

5th cousin 4 times removed
via Isaac Stearns

Commodore Matthew C. Perry

Led Black Ships Expedition to Japan

5th cousin 4 times removed
via George Soule

Oliver Hazard Perry

Hero of Lake Erie during the War of 1812

5th cousin 4 times removed
via George Soule

Shanghai Pierce

Texas Cattleman

5th cousin 4 times removed
via Peter Tallman

Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley

Founder of Aetna Insurance

5th cousin 4 times removed
via William Manning

William Cullen Bryant

American “Fireside” Poet

5th cousin 5 times removed
via William Ames

John Howard Pyle

9th Governor of Arizona

6th cousin
via Elisha Chase

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William Howard Taft

27th U.S. President

6th cousin 2 times removed
via Robert Wheaton

Clara Barton

Founder of the American Red Cross

6th cousin 3 times removed
via Isaac Stearns

Stephen A. Douglas

Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates

6th cousin 3 times removed
via Richard Bowen

Gene Roddenberry photo by NASA on the Commons