Ancestry of
James Bowdoin
2nd Governor of Massachusetts
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Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for James Bowdoin
Alfred Ely Beach
Co-founder & Editor, Scientific American
17th cousin 3 times removed
via Hugh de Kevelioc
Alfred Ely Beach
Co-founder & Editor, Scientific American
18th cousin 3 times removed
via John FitzGilbert (the Marshal)
Alfred Ely Beach
Co-founder & Editor, Scientific American
17th cousin 3 times removed
via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers
Henry B. Quinby
52nd Governor of New Hampshire
15th cousin 6 times removed
via Isabelle of Angoulême
Henry B. Quinby
52nd Governor of New Hampshire
17th cousin 4 times removed
via Sir William Longespee
Henry B. Quinby
52nd Governor of New Hampshire
15th cousin 5 times removed
via Sir William de Cantilupe
Henry B. Quinby
52nd Governor of New Hampshire
15th cousin 6 times removed
via Sir Humphrey de Bohun
General Joseph E. Johnston
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
15th cousin 2 times removed
via Isabelle of Angoulême
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