Famous Kin of
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
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Samuel Huntington
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
2nd cousin 7 times removed via Mary Marvin
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
4th cousin 4 times removed via Cornelius Waldo
John Adams
2nd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 5 times removed via John Cogswell
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
4th cousin 5 times removed via John Cogswell
William Samuel Johnson
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
4th cousin 6 times removed via Francis Bushnell
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 8 times removed via Henry Sherman
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
5th cousin 1 time removed via Eleazer Lord
James Youngs Smith
29th Governor of Rhode Island
5th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Chesebrough
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
5th cousin 4 times removed via John Cogswell
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
5th cousin 4 times removed via William Brewster
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin 4 times removed via John Cogswell
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
5th cousin 5 times removed via Philip Sherman
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
5th cousin 8 times removed via Richard Baldwin
King Henry VIII
King of England
5th cousin 15 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Ulysses S. Grant
18th U.S. President
6th cousin 2 times removed via George Partridge
William Sprague
27th Governor of Rhode Island
6th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Chesebrough
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
6th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Leffingwell Jr.
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
6th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Leffingwell Jr.
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Lord
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
6th cousin 3 times removed via William Pratt
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
6th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Ingraham
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
6th cousin 3 times removed via John Cogswell
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
6th cousin 3 times removed via John Cogswell
General William Tecumseh Sherman
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 4 times removed via Matthew Marvin
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
6th cousin 7 times removed via Henry Sherman
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 14 times removed via Sir James le Boteler
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Partridge
Clarence Day
Author of Life with Father
7th cousin 1 time removed via Love Brewster
Dr. Hawley H. Crippen
Murderer in Erik Larson's “Thunderstruck”
7th cousin 1 time removed via William Lord
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
7th cousin 2 times removed via William Pratt
Sir Robert Laird Borden
8th Prime Minister of Canada
7th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Lord
Commodore Matthew C. Perry
Led Black Ships Expedition to Japan
7th cousin 2 times removed via William Brewster
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
7th cousin 2 times removed via William Collier
Oliver Hazard Perry
Hero of Lake Erie during the War of 1812
7th cousin 2 times removed via William Brewster
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
7th cousin 2 times removed via William Pratt
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 2 times removed via William Pratt
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
7th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Leffingwell III
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
7th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Riggs
Florence (Kling) Harding
First Lady of President Warren G. Harding
7th cousin 3 times removed via Matthew Marvin
William Durant
Co-Founder of General Motors and Founder of Frigidaire
7th cousin 3 times removed via Philip Sherman
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
7th cousin 13 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
7th cousin 14 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Laura Ingalls-Wilder
Author of Little House on the Prairie
8th cousin via George Partridge
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
8th cousin via George Partridge
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
8th cousin via Thomas Leffingwell Jr.
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
8th cousin 1 time removed via Cornelius Waldo
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
8th cousin 1 time removed via Jane Clark
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Pratt
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
8th cousin 1 time removed via George Partridge
Margaret Hamilton
Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of OZ
8th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Bushnell
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Cogswell
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
8th cousin 1 time removed via Jane Clark
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Pratt
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Pratt
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Pratt
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
8th cousin 2 times removed via Love Brewster
Gilbert Clifford Noble
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
8th cousin 2 times removed via Sylvester Baldwin Jr.
Elizabeth Smart
Founder of Elizabeth Smart Foundation
8th cousin 2 times removed via George Partridge
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
8th cousin 2 times removed via Matthew Marvin
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
8th cousin 3 times removed via Love Brewster
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
8th cousin 5 times removed via Henry Sherman
Cadwallader Washburn
Co-founder of General Mills and 11th Governor of Wisconsin
8th cousin 5 times removed via Henry Sherman
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
9th cousin via John Cogswell
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
9th cousin via John Cogswell
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
9th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Ingraham
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
9th cousin 1 time removed via William Brewster
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
9th cousin 1 time removed via Matthew Marvin
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
9th cousin 1 time removed via Sylvester Baldwin Jr.
John Lithgow
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
9th cousin 1 time removed via Sylvester Baldwin Jr.
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 1 time removed via William Brewster
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
9th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Ingraham
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
9th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Baldwin
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
9th cousin 2 times removed via William Brewster
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
9th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Ingraham
Pete Seeger
American Folk Singer
9th cousin 2 times removed via William Brewster
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
9th cousin 3 times removed via William Brewster
Seth MacFarlane
Actor, Animator, Writer and Producer
9th cousin 3 times removed via William Brewster
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
9th cousin 3 times removed via William Brewster
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
9th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Sherman
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
9th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
9th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
10th cousin via Matthew Marvin
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
10th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Marvin
Horace Gray
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
10th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Sherman
Charles Edward Merrill
Co-Founder of Merrill Lynch & Company
11th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Sherman
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
11th cousin 9 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Patrick Henry
1st and 6th Governor of Virginia
11th cousin 9 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
11th cousin 9 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
12th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Sherman
George Washington
1st U.S. President
12th cousin 7 times removed via John de Welles
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
James Madison
4th U.S. President
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 7 times removed via John de Welles
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir William de Ros
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Hoo
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
13th cousin 6 times removed via John de Welles
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 7 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 7 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
13th cousin 8 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 8 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
14th cousin 3 times removed via James Butler
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
14th cousin 3 times removed via James Butler
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
14th cousin 5 times removed via John de Welles
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
14th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
14th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
14th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
14th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 7 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
15th cousin via Sir William Boleyn
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Boleyn
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Hoo
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
15th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
15th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
15th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
15th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
15th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
15th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 6 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
16th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Morley
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
16th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Morley
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
16th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Morley
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
16th cousin 1 time removed via James Butler
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
16th cousin 2 times removed via Michael de la Pole
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
16th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
16th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Lewis Carroll
Author of Alice in Wonderland
16th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
16th cousin 5 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
16th cousin 5 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
17th cousin via Thomas Morley
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
17th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Morley
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
17th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Morley
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
17th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Morley
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
17th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Morley
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Valerie Bertinelli
Television Actress
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
17th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
17th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
17th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
17th cousin 3 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Shanghai Pierce
Texas Cattleman
17th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir James le Boteler
Guillermo Billinghurst
31st President of Peru
17th cousin 3 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
17th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
18th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Bohun
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
18th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
18th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
19th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Amelia Earhart
Aviation Pioneer
19th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Susana Ferrari Billinghurst
Argentine Aviation Pioneer
19th cousin 1 time removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
20th cousin via Ralph de Stafford
Jake Gyllenhaal
Movie Actor
20th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Movie Actress
20th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
20th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Plantagenet
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Bohun