Famous Kin of
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
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Lewis Henry Lapham
Co-Founder of Texaco
2nd cousin 1 time removed via Joshua Lapham
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
2nd cousin 3 times removed via Joshua Lapham
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
2nd cousin 7 times removed via Anthony Cave
Stephen Hopkins
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 3 times removed via William Hopkins
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 3 times removed via John Whipple
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
3rd cousin 3 times removed via Frances Latham
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
3rd cousin 10 times removed via Sir William Ferrers
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
3rd cousin 11 times removed via Elizabeth Cokayne
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
3rd cousin 11 times removed via Elizabeth Cokayne
Sir Benjamin Thompson
Physicist and Inventor, aka Count Rumford
4th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Richardson
Elizabeth (Kortright) Monroe
First Lady of President James Monroe
4th cousin 1 time removed via John Russell
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
4th cousin 3 times removed via John Akin
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Sherman
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 3 times removed via Cornell
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
4th cousin 3 times removed via Robert Titus
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
4th cousin 3 times removed via Ebenezer Stone
Ethan Hawke
Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Novelist
4th cousin 5 times removed via John Akin
Ferdinand II of Aragon
1st King of a united Spain
4th cousin 12 times removed via Diego Gomez de Toledo
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
5th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Richardson
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
5th cousin 1 time removed via Philip Sherman
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
5th cousin 2 times removed via Simon Stone Jr.
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
5th cousin 2 times removed via John Fobes
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
5th cousin 2 times removed via John Read
William Durant
Co-Founder of General Motors and Founder of Frigidaire
5th cousin 2 times removed via Philip Sherman
Nelson Eddy
Movie Actor and Singer
5th cousin 2 times removed via Zachariah Eddy
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Fobes
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
5th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Robbins
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Russell
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Coggeshall Jr.
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Read
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Read
Steve Young
Football Hall of Fame Quarterback
5th cousin 4 times removed via Simon Stone Jr.
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
5th cousin 4 times removed via John Fobes
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
5th cousin 4 times removed via John Fobes
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
5th cousin 5 times removed via Philip Sherman
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
5th cousin 5 times removed via Philip Sherman
David Hyde Pierce
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
5th cousin 5 times removed via John Read
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
5th cousin 6 times removed via Philip Sherman
Elizabeth Smart
Founder of Elizabeth Smart Foundation
5th cousin 6 times removed via Simon Stone Jr.
King Henry VIII
King of England
5th cousin 12 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
John Sargent Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
6th cousin via John Whipple
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
6th cousin via Robert Paddock
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
6th cousin via Frances Latham
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin via John Throckmorton
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
6th cousin via Jeremiah "Jeremy" Clarke
Grace (Goodhue) Coolidge
First Lady of President Calvin Coolidge
6th cousin 1 time removed via John Whipple
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
6th cousin 1 time removed via John Whipple
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
6th cousin 1 time removed via John Throckmorton
John Wellborn Root
1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition Architect
6th cousin 1 time removed via William Carpenter
Ezra Cornell
Co-Founder of Cornell University,
Founder of Western Union
6th cousin 1 time removed via Cornell
Clement Clarke Moore
Author of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
6th cousin 1 time removed via Cornell
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
6th cousin 1 time removed via John Doane
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
6th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Sherman
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
6th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Trowbridge
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Doane
Julia Child
American Chef, Author and TV Personality
6th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Mitchell
Raquel Welch
Movie Actress
6th cousin 3 times removed via Maj. Gen. Humphrey Atherton
John Steinbeck
Author of The Grapes of Wrath
6th cousin 3 times removed via John Whipple
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Trowbridge
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
6th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Richardson
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
6th cousin 4 times removed via William Pyle
Herbert Hoover
31st U.S. President
6th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Richardson
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
6th cousin 4 times removed via William Pyle
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
6th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Trowbridge
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
6th cousin 4 times removed via William Pyle
Tuesday Weld
TV and Movie Actress
6th cousin 4 times removed via Jeremiah "Jeremy" Clarke
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
6th cousin 5 times removed via Frances Latham
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
6th cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Mitchell
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
6th cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Richardson
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
6th cousin 5 times removed via Robert Hicks
Brian Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
6th cousin 6 times removed via Thomas Richardson
Dennis Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
6th cousin 6 times removed via Thomas Richardson
Carl Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
6th cousin 6 times removed via Thomas Richardson
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
6th cousin 6 times removed via William Wodell
Mike Love
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
6th cousin 6 times removed via Thomas Richardson
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 11 times removed via Sir Thebaud de Verdun
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
7th cousin via David Stone
Gail Borden III
Inventor of Condensed Milk, Founder of the Borden Company
7th cousin via Nicholas Arnold
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
7th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. William Eddy of Bristol, England
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Shepard
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
7th cousin 1 time removed via Nicholas Arnold
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
7th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Titus
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
7th cousin 2 times removed via Matthew Whipple
John Lithgow
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
7th cousin 2 times removed via William Carpenter
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
7th cousin 3 times removed via William Pyle
Charles Edward Merrill
Co-Founder of Merrill Lynch & Company
7th cousin 3 times removed via David Stone
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
7th cousin 3 times removed via William Pyle
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
7th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Shepard
Frank Nelson Doubleday
Founder of Doubleday & Co.
8th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Sherman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
8th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Sherman
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
8th cousin 2 times removed via William Pyle
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
8th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Cave
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
8th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
9th cousin via Anthony Cave
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
9th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Cave
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
9th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Cave
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
9th cousin 1 time removed via William Pyle
James Madison
4th U.S. President
9th cousin 2 times removed via William Cornwallis
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
9th cousin 3 times removed via Anthony Cave
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth Cokayne
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
9th cousin 6 times removed via Anthony Cave
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir William de Roos
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
10th cousin 1 time removed via William Pyle
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
10th cousin 1 time removed via William Pyle
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
10th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Cave
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
10th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Cave
George Washington
1st U.S. President
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
10th cousin 4 times removed via William Pyle
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 3 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 3 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
11th cousin 6 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
11th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William Stradling
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
12th cousin 6 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
13th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Cokayne
Shanghai Pierce
Texas Cattleman
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Stradling
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
13th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Stradling
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Guy Ritchie
British Filmmaker
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Paris Hilton
Socialite and TV Personality
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
14th cousin via Sir Thomas Blount
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Blount
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
14th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Cokayne
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
14th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth Cokayne
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
14th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth Cokayne
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
14th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
14th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth de Clare
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
14th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Cokayne
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
14th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth Cokayne
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
15th cousin via Sir Walter Blount
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
15th cousin 2 times removed via William de Montagu
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Stradling
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard Sergeaux
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thebaud de Verdun
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
15th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth de Clare
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
15th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
J. K. Simmons
TV and Movie Actor
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
15th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
15th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Keri Russell
TV and Movie Actress
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
15th cousin 5 times removed via John de Welles
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
15th cousin 6 times removed via John de Welles
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Boteler
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 4 times removed via Gilbert de Clare
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
17th cousin via John de Botetourte
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
17th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
17th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
17th cousin via John de Botetourte
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
17th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Valerie Bertinelli
Television Actress
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Lewis Henry Morgan
Pioneering Anthropologist
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey de Beauchamp
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
17th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
17th cousin 2 times removed via Edward I, King of England
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
17th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
17th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
17th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Jake Gyllenhaal
Movie Actor
17th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Movie Actress
17th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
18th cousin via Sir Humphrey de Beauchamp
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Ros
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
18th cousin 1 time removed via Robert de Ros
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
18th cousin 1 time removed via Hugh le Despencer
Gilbert Clifford Noble
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey de Beauchamp
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolutionary War Hero
18th cousin 2 times removed via Gilbert de Clare
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Boteler
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Humphrey de Beauchamp
Bess (Wallace) Truman
First Lady of President Harry S Truman
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Humphrey de Beauchamp
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
19th cousin 1 time removed via Edward I, King of England