Famous Kin of
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
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General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
2nd cousin 1 time removed via James FitzRandolph
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 4 times removed via John Warham
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
4th cousin 1 time removed via John Hitchcock Jr
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 4 times removed via Matthew Whipple
Gilbert Clifford Noble
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
5th cousin via Samuel Stebbins
Levi Parsons Morton
22nd U.S. Vice-President
5th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Stebbins
Clarence Day
Author of Life with Father
5th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Bliss
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
5th cousin 1 time removed via Sarah Heath
Mary Lyon
Founder of Mount Holyoke College
5th cousin 2 times removed via Luke Hitchcock
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
5th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Bliss
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
5th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Stebbins
Samuel Adams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
5th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Perkins
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
5th cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Stebbins
King Henry VIII
King of England
5th cousin 13 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
6th cousin via Jacob Perkins
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
6th cousin 1 time removed via Jacob Perkins
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
6th cousin 1 time removed via Jacob Perkins
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
6th cousin 1 time removed via John Throckmorton
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
6th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Wright
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
6th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Wright
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
6th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Chapin
General William Tecumseh Sherman
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 1 time removed via John Warham
Frederick Upton
Co-Founder of Whirlpool Corporation
6th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Stebbins
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
6th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Burnham
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
6th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Burnham
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
6th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Stebbins
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
6th cousin 1 time removed via Jacob Perkins
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
6th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Bliss
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
6th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Burnham
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
6th cousin 2 times removed via Jacob Perkins
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
6th cousin 2 times removed via Jacob Perkins
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
6th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Bliss
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
6th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Bliss
Henry Luce
Co-Founder of Time, Life, Fortune and Sports Illustrated magazines
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Leonard
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
6th cousin 2 times removed via Jacob Perkins
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
6th cousin 2 times removed via Jacob Perkins
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Allyn
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Bliss
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
6th cousin 3 times removed via John Leonard
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
6th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Bliss
Clint Eastwood
TV & Film Actor and Director
6th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Bliss
Hugh Hefner
Founder of Playboy Magazine
6th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Bliss
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
6th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Stebbins
Dan Quayle
44th U.S. Vice-President
6th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Burnham
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 12 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 13 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
John Sargent Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
7th cousin via John Perkins
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
7th cousin via John Warham
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
7th cousin via Francis Ball
Grace (Goodhue) Coolidge
First Lady of President Calvin Coolidge
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Perkins
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Perkins
Frank W. Woolworth
Founder of F.W. Woolworth Company
7th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Burt
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
7th cousin 1 time removed via Matthew Whipple
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Perkins
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
7th cousin 2 times removed via Jane
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
7th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Wright
Bess (Wallace) Truman
First Lady of President Harry S Truman
7th cousin 3 times removed via Matthew Allyn
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
7th cousin 11 times removed via William de Montagu
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
8th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Smith
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Graves
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
8th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Perkins
John Lithgow
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
8th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Graves
Barbara Hutton
Socialite (aka “Poor Little Rich Girl”)
8th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Burt
Elizabeth Smart
Founder of Elizabeth Smart Foundation
8th cousin 5 times removed via Matthew Whipple
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
8th cousin 12 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
James Madison
4th U.S. President
9th cousin 3 times removed via William Cornwallis
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
11th cousin 7 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
11th cousin 7 times removed via William de Montagu
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
11th cousin 8 times removed via Sir William de Montagu
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
12th cousin 1 time removed via John Fortescue
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard Sergeaux
George Washington
1st U.S. President
12th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
12th cousin 7 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Hugh le Despencer
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard Sergeaux
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 5 times removed via William de Montagu
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
13th cousin 5 times removed via William de Montagu
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard Sergeaux
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 4 times removed via William de Montagu
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
14th cousin 4 times removed via William de Montagu
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 5 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
14th cousin 5 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
14th cousin 5 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 7 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
14th cousin 7 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 7 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard Sergeaux
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
15th cousin 3 times removed via William de Montagu
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Gilbert Pecche
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
15th cousin 3 times removed via William de Montagu
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Ros
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Ros
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
15th cousin 6 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 6 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard Sergeaux
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
16th cousin 2 times removed via William de Montagu
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Gilbert Pecche
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Gilbert Pecche
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard Sergeaux
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard Sergeaux
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
16th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard Sergeaux
Prince Harry
Duke of Sussex
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard Sergeaux
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Gilbert de Clare
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
16th cousin 5 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
17th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
17th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Ros
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
17th cousin 4 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
18th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
18th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
18th cousin via William de Montagu
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
18th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
18th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
18th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
18th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Ros
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
18th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
18th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
18th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund FitzAlan
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
18th cousin 2 times removed via William de Montagu
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
18th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
18th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
18th cousin 2 times removed via William de Montagu
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
18th cousin 2 times removed via William de Montagu
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
18th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
18th cousin 2 times removed via William de Montagu
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
18th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Hugh le Despencer
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
18th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
18th cousin 3 times removed via William de Montagu
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
18th cousin 3 times removed via William de Montagu
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
19th cousin via Edmund FitzAlan
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
19th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
19th cousin 1 time removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
19th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
19th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Montagu
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
19th cousin 2 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Fitzrobert
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
20th cousin via Sir Hugh le Despencer
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Ros
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
20th cousin 1 time removed via Edward I, King of England