The family tree for Capt. William Lewis Herndon is still in progress.
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Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Capt. William Lewis Herndon
William Henry Moore
Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco
18th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir William de Ros
Seth Low
Mayor of New York City
President of Columbia University
16th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir John de Harington
Seth Low
Mayor of New York City
President of Columbia University
18th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir William de Ros
Ben Ames Williams
Novelist and Short Story Author
17th cousin 3 times removed
via Sir William de Ros
Douglas Trumbull
Film Special Effects Pioneer
14th cousin 5 times removed
via Sir Nicholas Harington
Isaac Taylor Tichenor
President of Auburn University
14th cousin 1 time removed
via William le Boteler
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
15th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir John de Harington
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
16th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir John de Harington
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