Famous Kin of
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
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Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
4th cousin 8 times removed via Nicholas Brome
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
5th cousin 3 times removed via William Wilcockson
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
6th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Bressie
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 11 times removed via Sir John Howard
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 11 times removed via Sir John Howard
King Henry VIII
King of England
7th cousin 13 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
8th cousin 2 times removed via William Wilcockson
James Taylor
Singer-Songwriter
8th cousin 2 times removed via William Wilcockson
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 2 times removed via William Wilcockson
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
8th cousin 12 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
8th cousin 12 times removed via Sir James de Audley
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
10th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Hawes
Eugene Foss
45th Governor of Massachusetts
10th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Hawes
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
10th cousin 3 times removed via John Brome
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
10th cousin 3 times removed via John Brome
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Howard
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
11th cousin 1 time removed via Nicholas Brome
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
11th cousin 2 times removed via John Brome
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
11th cousin 2 times removed via John Brome
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
11th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
12th cousin 1 time removed via John Brome
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
12th cousin 2 times removed via Nicholas Brome
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Hugh Shirley
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Hugh Shirley
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Hugh Shirley
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
13th cousin via John Brome
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
13th cousin via John Brome
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
13th cousin 1 time removed via John Brome
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
13th cousin 2 times removed via John Brome
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Hugh Shirley
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Dr. Benjamin Spock
American Pediatrician and Author on Child Care
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir James de Audley
David Hyde Pierce
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Umfreville
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Hugh Shirley
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
15th cousin 2 times removed via Alexander Comyn
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
George Washington
1st U.S. President
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
James Madison
4th U.S. President
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
15th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Robert de Umfreville
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
16th cousin 1 time removed via Alexander Comyn
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Horace Gray
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Patrick Henry
1st and 6th Governor of Virginia
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir James de Audley
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 5 times removed via John, King of England
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
17th cousin via Sir John Howard
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
17th cousin 3 times removed via Alexander Comyn
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Lewis Carroll
Author of Alice in Wonderland
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Guillermo Billinghurst
31st President of Peru
17th cousin 3 times removed via Alexander Comyn
William Stoughton
Chief Judge and Prosecutor, Salem Witch Trials 1692
17th cousin 4 times removed via Saher I de Quincy
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
17th cousin 4 times removed via Alexander Comyn
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
17th cousin 4 times removed via John, King of England
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
17th cousin 4 times removed via Alexander Comyn
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
18th cousin via Sir Roger de Quincy
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
18th cousin via Sir Roger de Quincy
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
E. M. Forster
English Novelist
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
18th cousin 3 times removed via John, King of England
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
18th cousin 3 times removed via John, King of England
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
18th cousin 3 times removed via John, King of England
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Ros
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir James de Audley
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir James de Audley
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Robert Frost
Poet and Playwright
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Ros
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
19th cousin 2 times removed via John, King of England
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
19th cousin 2 times removed via John, King of England
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
19th cousin 2 times removed via Robert de Beaumont
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
20th cousin via Sir James de Audley
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
20th cousin via Sir William de Ros
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir James de Audley
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir James de Audley
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
20th cousin 1 time removed via Saher I de Quincy
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
20th cousin 1 time removed via John, King of England
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir James de Audley
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
20th cousin 1 time removed via Maud de St. Liz
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir James de Audley
James Youngs Smith
29th Governor of Rhode Island
20th cousin 1 time removed via John, King of England
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
21st cousin via Saher I de Quincy