Famous Kin of
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Astronomer and Aviation Pioneer
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General Joseph Warren
Killed at Battle of Bunker Hill
3rd cousin 3 times removed via Robert Williams
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 3 times removed via Robert Williams
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 4 times removed via Richard Treat
Fannie Farmer
Author of original Fannie Farmer Cookbook
4th cousin 1 time removed via Joseph Williams
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
4th cousin 3 times removed via Joseph Williams
Lewis Henry Morgan
Pioneering Anthropologist
5th cousin 1 time removed via John Deming
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin via Robert Williams
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
6th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Williams
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
6th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Williams
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
6th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Williams
Levi Parsons Morton
22nd U.S. Vice-President
6th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Ford
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
6th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Williams
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
6th cousin 3 times removed via William Sumner
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
6th cousin 3 times removed via William Sumner
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
6th cousin 3 times removed via John Deming
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
6th cousin 4 times removed via William Sumner
John Hinckley, Jr.
Shot President Ronald Reagan
6th cousin 4 times removed via Robert Williams
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
6th cousin 5 times removed via William Sumner
Alec Baldwin
Television and Movie Actor
6th cousin 5 times removed via Robert Williams
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Thompson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
7th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Ford
Lucy (Webb) Hayes
First Lady of President Rutherford B. Hayes
7th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Ford
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
7th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Ford
Frederick Upton
Co-Founder of Whirlpool Corporation
7th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Ford
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
7th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Charde
John Wellborn Root
1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition Architect
7th cousin 1 time removed via William Clap
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Thompson
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
7th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Treat
Clint Eastwood
TV & Film Actor and Director
7th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
7th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Treat
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Thompson
Brian Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
7th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Ford
Dennis Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
7th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Ford
Carl Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
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
George Washington
1st U.S. President
9th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
9th cousin 4 times removed via John Giffard
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
12th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
12th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Dr. Benjamin Spock
American Pediatrician and Author on Child Care
13th cousin 1 time removed via John Giffard
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Throckmorton