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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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Parker Stevenson

TV and Movie Actor

8th cousin 4 times removed
via Thomas Lord

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Ray Stanton Avery

Founder, Avery Dennison Corp.

8th cousin
via Thomas Lord

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Ray Stanton Avery

Founder, Avery Dennison Corp.

9th cousin 1 time removed
via Robert Fuller

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Ann B. Davis

TV Actress

8th cousin 2 times removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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Ephraim Wheeler

(c1618/9 - c1670)
Great Migration Immigrant 1638

8th great-granduncle
via Thomas Wheeler

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Dr. Peggy Whitson

NASA and Axiom Space Astronaut

7th cousin 2 times removed
via John Booth

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Dewey F. Bartlett

19th Governor of Oklahoma

8th cousin 1 time removed
via Jared Spencer

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Paul Walker

TV and Movie Actor

8th cousin 3 times removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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Seth Low

Mayor of New York City
President of Columbia University

7th cousin 1 time removed
via Dorothy Harbitle

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Kinsley S. Bingham

11th Governor of Michigan

6th cousin 2 times removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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John Spellman

18th Governor of Washington

8th cousin 1 time removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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Jeffrey Dahmer

Serial Killer

6th cousin 2 times removed
via John Fuller

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Pete Buttigieg

19th U.S. Secretary of Transportation

8th cousin 4 times removed
via Dr. Matthew Fuller

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John Wayne

Movie Actor

8th cousin 2 times removed
via Dr. Matthew Fuller

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Sir Winston Churchill

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

8th cousin
via Dr. Matthew Fuller

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Mrs. Edward Fuller

(c1585 - 1620/1)
Mayflower passenger 1620

7th great-grandmother

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Ava Michelle

Model and Actress

8th cousin 5 times removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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Jim Edgar

38th Governor of Illinois

7th cousin 2 times removed
via Samuel Fuller

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Marcus Morton

16th and 18th Governor of Massachusetts

5th cousin 3 times removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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Alice French

(aka Octave Thanet)
Novelist and Short Story Writer

7th cousin 1 time removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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Marjorie Taylor Greene

U.S. House of Representatives

7th cousin 6 times removed
via Samuel Fuller

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William Jennings Bryan

41st U.S. Secretary of State

6th cousin 1 time removed
via John Fuller

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Richard Chamberlain

TV and Movie Actor

8th cousin 2 times removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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Richard Chamberlain

TV and Movie Actor

8th cousin 1 time removed
via Dr. Matthew Fuller

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Brewster H. Shaw

NASA Astronaut

9th cousin 2 times removed
via Gerard Spencer

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