Ancestry of
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
The family tree for Elihu Yale is still in progress.
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Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Elihu Yale
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
20th cousin 1 time removed
via Mathilde of Saxony
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
17th cousin 4 times removed
via John, King of England
William Henry Moore
Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco
17th cousin 3 times removed
via John, King of England
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 4 times removed
via Llywelyn ap Iorwerth
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
16th cousin 5 times removed
via Llywelyn ap Iorwerth
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
16th cousin 4 times removed
via Llywelyn ap Iorwerth
Jennifer Coolidge
TV and Movie Actress
8th cousin 9 times removed
via Gruffydd Fychan ap Gruffydd of Rhuddallt
Seth Low
Mayor of New York City
President of Columbia University
17th cousin 3 times removed
via John, King of England
Seth Low
Mayor of New York City
President of Columbia University
12th cousin 8 times removed
via Sir Roger de Somery
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
12th cousin 8 times removed
via Sir Roger de Somery
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
17th cousin 4 times removed
via John, King of England
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
17th cousin 2 times removed
via John, King of England
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
17th cousin 4 times removed
via John, King of England
Isaac Taylor Tichenor
President of Auburn University
17th cousin 3 times removed
via John, King of England
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