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Hawley H. Crippen

Ancestry of Dr.
Hawley H. Crippen

Murderer in Erik Larson's “Thunderstruck”


Who was Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen?

Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen was an American physician hanged for the London murder of his wife Cora Henrietta Turner (aka the actress Belle Elmore). Crippen is said to be Britain's second most infamous criminal after Jack the Ripper and the first suspect captured with the aid of wireless telegraphy when he and his mistress, who was disguised as a boy, fled by ship across the Atlantic from England to Canada. The ship's Captain recognized the fugitives and wired the British authorities before they were out of range. The British authorities then sent a messenger on a faster ship to notify Canadian authorities who apprehended the pair. Unknown to the pair of fugitives, the trans-Atlantic chase was followed by millions of people via the newspapers. Crippen is the main subject of author Erik Larson's book Thunderstruck.

Famous Kin

Dr. Crippen was a descendant of Mayflower passenger Edward Fuller. A few infamous kin in his family tree include American Revolution traitor Benedict Arnold, Mayflower madame Sydney Biddle Barrows, and President Reagan's would-be assassin John Hinckley, Jr. He also had a few U. S. Presidents in his family tree including Ulysses S. Grant, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and both Presidents Bush.

Celebrity kin of Dr. Crippen include actress Kyra Sedgwick, radio and TV host Dick Clark, actress Shirley Temple, singer and songwriter Harry Chapin, actor Clint Eastwood, and a number of others. Other notable kin include Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, cotton gin inventor Eli Whitney, poet Oliver Wendell Holmes, aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, and astronaut Alan Shepard.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Dr. Hawley H. Crippen

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Phil Scott

82nd Governor of Vermont

8th cousin 2 times removed
via Dr. Matthew Fuller

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Phil Scott

82nd Governor of Vermont

7th cousin 3 times removed
via Samuel Fuller

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Jim Douglas

80th Governor of Vermont

8th cousin 2 times removed
via Dr. Matthew Fuller

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Richard Thomas

TV and Movie Actor

8th cousin 1 time removed
via Dr. Matthew Fuller

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Richard Thomas

TV and Movie Actor

7th cousin 2 times removed
via Samuel Fuller

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Jon Meacham

Author and Historian

8th cousin 3 times removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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Samuel P. Colt

Founder of U.S. Rubber Co. (now Uniroyal)

5th cousin 2 times removed
via William Lord

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Dr. Matthew Fuller

c1613 - 1678
Great Migration Immigrant 1640

7th great-grandfather

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Robert Fuller

(unk - 1706)
Great Migration Immigrant 1639

7th great-granduncle
via John Fuller

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George Hamilton

TV and Movie Actor

9th cousin 1 time removed
via John Fuller

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Rainn Wilson

TV and Movie Actor

9th cousin 3 times removed
via John Fuller

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Levi K. Fuller

44th Governor of Vermont

7th cousin 2 times removed
via John Fuller

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Henry John Heinz II

CEO of the H.J. Heinz Company

9th cousin 2 times removed
via John Fuller

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Henry John Heinz III

U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania

9th cousin 3 times removed
via John Fuller

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Drew Gilpin Faust

28th President of Harvard University

7th cousin 4 times removed
via Samuel Fuller

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Betty Gilpin

TV and Movie Actress

8th cousin 4 times removed
via Thomas Lord

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Mike Castle

69th Governor of Delaware

7th cousin 3 times removed
via Samuel Fuller

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Henry John Heinz II

CEO of the H.J. Heinz Company

9th cousin 1 time removed
via Gerard Spencer

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Henry John Heinz III

U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania

9th cousin 2 times removed
via Gerard Spencer

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William A. Buckingham

41st Governor of Connecticut

7th cousin 1 time removed
via Thomas Lord

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Adelbert Ames

27th and 30th Governor of Mississippi

8th cousin
via Dr. Matthew Fuller

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Adelbert Ames

27th and 30th Governor of Mississippi

9th cousin
via Rev. John House

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Edward C. Johnson II

Founder of Fidelity Investments

8th cousin 1 time removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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Abigail Johnson

President and CEO of Fidelity Investments

8th cousin 3 times removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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Ann M. Martin

Children's Author

8th cousin 4 times removed
via Thomas Lord

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