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
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.
Commodore Matthew C. Perry
Led Black Ships Expedition to Japan
5th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund Freeman
Oliver Hazard Perry
Hero of Lake Erie during the War of 1812
5th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund Freeman
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
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
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
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
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
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
7th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Lyman
Henry A. Wallace
33rd U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Williams
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Otis Jr.
Dr. Hawley H. Crippen
Murderer in Erik Larson's “Thunderstruck”
7th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Ford
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
Clint Eastwood
TV & Film Actor and Director
7th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
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
Sarah Caldwell
1st Female Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera
7th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Ford
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
8th cousin 2 times removed via Nicholas Jacob
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
8th cousin 3 times removed via Nicholas Jacob
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
8th cousin 4 times removed via Robert White
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
9th cousin via Edward Gilman
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
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
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
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 Saher IV de Quincy
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
17th cousin via Robert de Umfreville
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
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
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
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
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
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
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
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
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
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
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
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
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
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
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
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