Famous Kin of
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Robert Laird Borden
8th Prime Minister of Canada
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John Adams
2nd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Gardner Jr
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Cornell
Gail Borden III
Inventor of Condensed Milk, Founder of the Borden Company
4th cousin 1 time removed via John Borden
Ezra Cornell
Co-Founder of Cornell University,
Founder of Western Union
4th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Cornell Jr.
James Youngs Smith
29th Governor of Rhode Island
4th cousin 1 time removed via John B. Denison
Elizabeth (Kortright) Monroe
First Lady of President James Monroe
4th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Cornell
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund Sherman
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
4th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Borden
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
4th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Borden
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
5th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Stanton
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
5th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Bill
Clement Clarke Moore
Author of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
5th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Cornell
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
5th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Borden
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
5th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Sherman
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Borden
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
5th cousin 4 times removed via John B. Denison
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
5th cousin 4 times removed via John B. Denison
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
5th cousin 6 times removed via Isaac Wheeler
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
6th cousin via Thomas Lathrop
L. Frank Baum
Author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
6th cousin via Thomas Stanton
Cadwallader Washburn
Co-founder of General Mills and 11th Governor of Wisconsin
6th cousin via Edmund Sherman
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
6th cousin 1 time removed via Matthew Mitchell
Lewis Henry Lapham
Co-Founder of Texaco
6th cousin 1 time removed via Anthony Annable
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
6th cousin 1 time removed via Matthew Mitchell
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
6th cousin 1 time removed via George Denison
Dr. Hawley H. Crippen
Murderer in Erik Larson's “Thunderstruck”
6th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
6th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Gardner Jr
Kenyon Cox
Painter and Illustrator
6th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Stanton
John Hinckley, Jr.
Shot President Ronald Reagan
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Lathrop
Charles Edward Merrill
Co-Founder of Merrill Lynch & Company
6th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund Sherman
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
6th cousin 3 times removed via Anthony Annable
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Lathrop
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
6th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Lathrop
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
6th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Alec Baldwin
Television and Movie Actor
6th cousin 4 times removed via George Denison
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
6th cousin 4 times removed via Edmund Sherman
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
6th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Linda Hunt
TV and Movie Actress
6th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
6th cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Lathrop
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
6th cousin 5 times removed via George Denison
Seth MacFarlane
Actor, Animator, Writer and Producer
6th cousin 5 times removed via Nicholas Baker
Ethan Hawke
Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Novelist
6th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Borden
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
7th cousin via William Denison
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Gardner
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
7th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund Sherman
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
7th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Lord
William Durant
Co-Founder of General Motors and Founder of Frigidaire
8th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Sherman