Famous Kin of
Mickey Rourke
Movie Actor
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John Sargent Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
3rd cousin 4 times removed via Benjamin Wadleigh
Noah Webster
Published first American Dictionary
3rd cousin 6 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
Deborah Samson
Female Revolutionary War Veteran
3rd cousin 7 times removed via Gov. William Bradford
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
3rd cousin 14 times removed via Sir William FitzHugh
King Henry VIII
King of England
3rd cousin 17 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
4th cousin 3 times removed via Benjamin Wadleigh
William Sprague
27th Governor of Rhode Island
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Avery
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
5th cousin 3 times removed via Joshua Ripley
George Eastman
Founder of Eastman Kodak Company
5th cousin 3 times removed via Joshua Ripley
Nathaniel Currier
Lithographer (Currier & Ives)
5th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Woodman
James Youngs Smith
29th Governor of Rhode Island
5th cousin 4 times removed via James Avery
Horace Gray
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
5th cousin 4 times removed via George Abbott
Franklin Pierce
14th U.S. President
5th cousin 6 times removed via Daniel Brewer
Lucretia (Coffin) Mott
Abolitionist and Women's Rights Advocate
5th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Kimball Jr.
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
6th cousin 3 times removed via James Avery
William Robbins Barnes
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
6th cousin 3 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
6th cousin 4 times removed via Joseph French
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
6th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Ingraham
Cadwallader Washburn
Co-founder of General Mills and 11th Governor of Wisconsin
6th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
7th cousin 2 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
7th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Holden
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
7th cousin 3 times removed via Alice Carpenter
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 3 times removed via William Holden
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
7th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Richards
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
7th cousin 3 times removed via William Holden
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
7th cousin 4 times removed via William Chandler
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
7th cousin 4 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Levi Parsons Morton
22nd U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 4 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Samuel F. B. Morse
Painter and Co-Inventor of Morse Code
7th cousin 5 times removed via John Riddlesdale
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Bradford Jr.
Laura Ingalls-Wilder
Author of Little House on the Prairie
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Osgood
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 1 time removed via James Avery
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
8th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Chesebrough
Julia Child
American Chef, Author and TV Personality
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Bradford Jr.
Thomas Pynchon
American Novelist
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Bradford Jr.
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
8th cousin 2 times removed via Daniel Poor
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
8th cousin 2 times removed via Alice Carpenter
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Osgood
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
8th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Ingraham
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
8th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Kimball Jr.
John Steinbeck
Author of The Grapes of Wrath
8th cousin 3 times removed via Christopher Osgood
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
8th cousin 3 times removed via William Chandler
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
8th cousin 3 times removed via William Chandler
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
9th cousin via William Bradford Jr.
David Hyde Pierce
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
9th cousin via William Bradford Jr.
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
9th cousin via William Bradford Jr.
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
9th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Richards
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
9th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. Peter Hobart
Steve Young
Football Hall of Fame Quarterback
9th cousin 1 time removed via Roger Eastman
Treat Williams
TV & Movie Actor
9th cousin 1 time removed via William Bradford Jr.
Owen Brewster
54th Governor of Maine
9th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph Farnham
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
9th cousin 2 times removed via Daniel Brewer
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
9th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Andrews
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
9th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Kimball Jr.
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
9th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Kimball Jr.
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
9th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Woodman
George Washington
1st U.S. President
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
10th cousin 1 time removed via Stephen Fosdick
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
10th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Richards
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
10th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Kimball Jr.
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
10th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Kimball Jr.
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
10th cousin 2 times removed via John Riddlesdale
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
10th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
10th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
10th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
10th cousin 11 times removed via John of Gaunt
Patrick Henry
1st and 6th Governor of Virginia
10th cousin 11 times removed via John of Gaunt
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
11th cousin via Richard Kimball Jr.
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
11th cousin 1 time removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
11th cousin 1 time removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Marie-Chantal Miller
Crown Princess of Greece
11th cousin 1 time removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
James Madison
4th U.S. President
11th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
11th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
12th cousin 6 times removed via Henry FitzHugh
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Robert de Ferrers
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 7 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Lewis Carroll
Author of Alice in Wonderland
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
13th cousin 8 times removed via John of Gaunt
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William FitzHugh
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William FitzHugh
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 4 times removed via Henry FitzHugh
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 6 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
E. M. Forster
English Novelist
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
14th cousin 7 times removed via John of Gaunt
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
14th cousin 7 times removed via John of Gaunt
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
14th cousin 7 times removed via John of Gaunt
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
14th cousin 7 times removed via John of Gaunt
Guy Ritchie
British Filmmaker
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William FitzHugh
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
15th cousin 3 times removed via Henry FitzHugh
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 5 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Robert de Ferrers
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
15th cousin 6 times removed via John of Gaunt
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
15th cousin 6 times removed via John of Gaunt
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Gascoigne
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William FitzHugh
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Gascoigne
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William FitzHugh
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William FitzHugh
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
16th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
16th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Geoffrey le Scrope
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
17th cousin via Sir William FitzHugh
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
17th cousin 1 time removed via Henry FitzHugh
Dr. Benjamin Spock
American Pediatrician and Author on Child Care
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
17th cousin 1 time removed via Henry FitzHugh
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
17th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
17th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William FitzHugh
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
17th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
17th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
17th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
18th cousin via Henry FitzHugh
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
18th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Dick Clark
Radio and TV Host
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
18th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
19th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
19th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund FitzAlan
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
19th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Wernher von Braun
Rocket Scientist
19th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
20th cousin via Edmund FitzAlan
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
20th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund FitzAlan
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