Famous Kin of
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
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General Joseph Warren
Killed at Battle of Bunker Hill
2nd cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Williams
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
2nd cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Porter
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
3rd cousin 1 time removed via Edmund Freeman
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 4 times removed via Richard Lyman
Oliver Wolcott
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Newberry
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
3rd cousin 5 times removed via James Skeffe
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
4th cousin 2 times removed via Deborah Skeffe
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
4th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Ford
Commodore Matthew C. Perry
Led Black Ships Expedition to Japan
4th cousin 4 times removed via Edmund Freeman
Oliver Hazard Perry
Hero of Lake Erie during the War of 1812
4th cousin 4 times removed via Edmund Freeman
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 4 times removed via Nicholas Jacob
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
5th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Porter
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
5th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John Russell Jr.
Hannah (Hoes) Van Buren
Wife of President Martin Van Buren
5th cousin 3 times removed via Cornelis Hendrickse Van Ness
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
5th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Gilman
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
6th cousin via Samuel Porter
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Astronomer and Aviation Pioneer
6th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Williams
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
6th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Wright
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Williams
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
6th cousin 1 time removed via Aris Jans Vanderbilt
Lewis Henry Morgan
Pioneering Anthropologist
6th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Ford
Henry Wells
Co-Founder of American Express and Wells Fargo and Co.
6th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Charde
Gilbert Clifford Noble
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
6th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Wright
Admiral George Dewey
Admiral of the Navy
6th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Lyman
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
6th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Newberry
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
6th cousin 2 times removed via Aris Jans Vanderbilt
Frederick Upton
Co-Founder of Whirlpool Corporation
6th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Wright
John Wellborn Root
1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition Architect
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Russell
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
6th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Porter
Amy Grant
Christian/Pop Singer and Songwriter
6th cousin 3 times removed via Hepzibah Ford
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
6th cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Wright
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
6th cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Wright
Brian Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
6th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Lyman
Dennis Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
6th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Lyman
Carl Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
6th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Lyman
David Hyde Pierce
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
6th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Lyman
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
6th cousin 5 times removed via Samuel Wright
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
7th cousin via John Otis Jr.
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
7th cousin via Robert Williams
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
7th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Lyman
Lucy (Webb) Hayes
First Lady of President Rutherford B. Hayes
7th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Ford
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
7th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John Russell Jr.
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Ford
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Otis Jr.
Merrill C. Meigs
Publisher, Chicago Herald & Examiner
7th cousin 1 time removed via Anthony Snow
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
7th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Lyman
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Williams
Salmon P. Chase
Sec. of Treasury and Namesake of JP Morgan Chase
7th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Gilman
Dr. Benjamin Spock
American Pediatrician and Author on Child Care
7th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Lyman
Henry A. Wallace
33rd U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Williams
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
7th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Warren
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Otis Jr.
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
7th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Williams
John Hinckley, Jr.
Shot President Ronald Reagan
7th cousin 3 times removed via Robert Williams
James Spader
TV and Movie Actor
7th cousin 3 times removed via Pieter Claesen Wyckoff
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
7th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund Freeman
Alec Baldwin
Television and Movie Actor
7th cousin 4 times removed via Robert Williams
Mike Huckabee
44th Governor of Arkansas
7th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Ford
Sarah Caldwell
1st Female Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera
7th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Ford
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
8th cousin via Thomas Newberry
Grace (Goodhue) Coolidge
First Lady of President Calvin Coolidge
8th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Warren
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
8th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Warren
Laura Ingalls-Wilder
Author of Little House on the Prairie
8th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Warren
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
8th cousin 2 times removed via Nicholas Jacob
Bess (Wallace) Truman
First Lady of President Harry S Truman
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Newberry
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
8th cousin 3 times removed via Nicholas Jacob
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
8th cousin 3 times removed via Nicholas Jacob
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
8th cousin 4 times removed via Robert White
Julia Child
American Chef, Author and TV Personality
9th cousin via Richard Warren
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
9th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Warren
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
10th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
11th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Odinel de Umfreville
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
14th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Odinel de Umfreville
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Umfreville
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Umfreville
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Umfreville
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
15th cousin 4 times removed via Alexander Comyn
George Washington
1st U.S. President
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
16th cousin 3 times removed via Alexander Comyn
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Odinel de Umfreville
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
17th cousin via Sir Robert de Umfreville
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
James Madison
4th U.S. President
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert de Umfreville
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert de Umfreville
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
18th cousin 1 time removed via Alexander Comyn
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Lewis Carroll
Author of Alice in Wonderland
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
19th cousin 2 times removed via Alexander Comyn
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
19th cousin 2 times removed via Alexander Comyn
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
20th cousin via Sir Roger de Quincy
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
20th cousin via Sir Roger de Quincy
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
21st cousin via Sir Saher IV de Quincy