Famous Kin of
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
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Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
2nd great-granduncle via Peter Jefferson
Martha (Dandridge) Washington
First Lady of President George Washington
1st cousin 5 times removed via John Dandridge
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
1st cousin 12 times removed via Sir Thomas Howard
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
2nd cousin 12 times removed via Elizabeth Cheney
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
3rd cousin 2 times removed via Gov. Alexander Spotswood
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
3rd cousin 3 times removed via Col. William Randolph of Turkey Island
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
3rd cousin 3 times removed via Col. William Randolph of Turkey Island
James Madison
4th U.S. President
3rd cousin 5 times removed via Edwin Conway of Virginia
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Richard Eltonhead
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Richard Eltonhead
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
3rd cousin 9 times removed via Richard Cave
King Henry VIII
King of England
3rd cousin 11 times removed via Sir John Beaufort
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
4th cousin 1 time removed via Gov. Alexander Spotswood
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
4th cousin 1 time removed via Gov. Alexander Spotswood
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
4th cousin 2 times removed via John Bolling Jr.
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
4th cousin 2 times removed via John Bolling Jr.
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
4th cousin 3 times removed via John Waller
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
4th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Eltonhead
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 11 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
5th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Jefferson Jr.
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
5th cousin 2 times removed via John Waller
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
5th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Eltonhead
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
6th cousin 1 time removed via Col. William Randolph of Turkey Island
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
6th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Kennon
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
6th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Kennon
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
6th cousin 3 times removed via Col. William Randolph of Turkey Island
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
7th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Eltonhead
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
7th cousin 5 times removed via John Stewart
Patrick Henry
1st and 6th Governor of Virginia
7th cousin 5 times removed via John Stewart
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
8th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Eltonhead
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
8th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Francis Knollys
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
8th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Francis Knollys
Truman Capote
Author of In Cold Blood
8th cousin 3 times removed via Christopher Branch
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
8th cousin 6 times removed via Elizabeth Cheney
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
8th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
8th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Howard
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir James Harington
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Edward Neville
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Edward Neville
George Washington
1st U.S. President
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
9th cousin 9 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Francis Knollys
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Francis Knollys
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
10th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Cave
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
10th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Cave
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
10th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Cave
Sir Arthur Wellesley
Duke of Wellington and Victor at Waterloo
10th cousin 3 times removed via William Gerard
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
10th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Francis Knollys
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Savage
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir David Lindsay
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 6 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
10th cousin 6 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir George West
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Lindsay
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Howard
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Savage
Guy Ritchie
British Filmmaker
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Lindsay
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Savage
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Hungerford
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
11th cousin 5 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 5 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
11th cousin 8 times removed via John IV le Strange
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
12th cousin via John Stewart
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
12th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
12th cousin 1 time removed via John Stewart
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
12th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Cave
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir James Stewart
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
12th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Cave
Horace Gray
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
12th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Lewis Carroll
Author of Alice in Wonderland
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edward Neville
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
12th cousin 3 times removed via John Stewart
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas West
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolution
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir David Lindsay
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
12th cousin 4 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Savage
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Boteler
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
12th cousin 5 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
13th cousin via Elizabeth Tilney
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
13th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Hungerford
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
13th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Howard
E. M. Forster
English Novelist
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edward Neville
Guillermo Billinghurst
31st President of Peru
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Hungerford
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Hungerford
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
13th cousin 2 times removed via James Butler
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Hungerford
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
13th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
13th cousin 2 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
13th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
James Youngs Smith
29th Governor of Rhode Island
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
13th cousin 3 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
13th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Howard
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Spencer
Treat Williams
TV & Movie Actor
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
13th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Anna Gunn
TV and Movie Actress
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir James Harington
Wernher von Braun
Rocket Scientist
13th cousin 4 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Hugh de Courtenay
Elizabeth Smart
Founder of Elizabeth Smart Foundation
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir James Harington
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Hugh de Courtenay
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
14th cousin via Sir John Savage
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
14th cousin via Sir John Savage
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
14th cousin via Sir John Savage
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Hungerford
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
14th cousin 1 time removed via James Butler
William Sprague
27th Governor of Rhode Island
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edward Neville
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
14th cousin 1 time removed via James Butler
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Savage
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Savage
Susana Ferrari Billinghurst
Argentine Aviation Pioneer
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Hungerford
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Savage
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
14th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth Cheney
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
14th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Hungerford
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert Hungerford
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Hungerford
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
15th cousin 1 time removed via Katherine Pabenham
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
15th cousin 1 time removed via Katherine Pabenham
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
15th cousin 1 time removed via James Butler
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
15th cousin 1 time removed via James Butler
Owen Brewster
54th Governor of Maine
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Dick Cheney
46th U.S. Vice-President
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Hungerford
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Christopher Reeve
Movie Actor
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
15th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
15th cousin 2 times removed via James Butler
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Bob Taft
67th Governor of Ohio
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Dave Cowens
NBA Hall of Famer
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
15th cousin 3 times removed via John de la Warre
James Spader
TV and Movie Actor
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Hungerford
Marie-Chantal Miller
Crown Princess of Greece
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Hungerford
Paris Hilton
Socialite and TV Personality
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 6 times removed via Alexander Comyn
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
16th cousin via Sir John Howard
Emily Post
American Author on Etiquette
16th cousin via Robert II, King of Scotland
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Savage
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
16th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
16th cousin 1 time removed via Katherine Pabenham
Jesse James
Outlaw, Bank Robber, Murderer
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
Vachel Lindsay
American Poet
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Savage
Bill Nye
TV's The Science Guy
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
16th cousin 1 time removed via Katherine Pabenham
Eugene Foss
45th Governor of Massachusetts
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Linda Hunt
TV and Movie Actress
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
16th cousin 2 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Robert Louis Stevenson
Author of Treasure Island
16th cousin 2 times removed via Robert II, King of Scotland
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Pete Seeger
American Folk Singer
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sally Ride
1st American Woman in Space
16th cousin 2 times removed via James Touchet
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
16th cousin 2 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
James Taylor
Singer-Songwriter
16th cousin 2 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Peter Fonda
TV and Movie Actor
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Gerald Ford
38th U.S. President
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John de Beaumont
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Edmund Mortimer
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Savage
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John de Beaumont
Bridget Fonda
Movie Actress
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Taylor Swift
Singer and Songwriter
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Brian Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Dennis Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Carl Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Mike Love
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Meghan Markle
Duchess of Sussex, TV Actress
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
Pete Buttigieg
2020 Presidential Candidate
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
17th cousin via Sir Reynold de Grey
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
17th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Sigourney Weaver
Movie Actress
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Liza Minnelli
Singer and Actress
17th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
17th cousin 2 times removed via John IV le Strange
Mizuo Peck
TV and Movie Actress
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Boteler
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
17th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
17th cousin 4 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
18th cousin via Sir John Howard
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
18th cousin 1 time removed via John de la Warre
Herbert Hoover
31st U.S. President
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
George Hamilton
TV and Movie Actor
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
J. K. Simmons
TV and Movie Actor
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Cokie Roberts
Author and TV Journalist
18th cousin 2 times removed via John de la Warre
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
18th cousin 3 times removed via Alexander Comyn
Jordan Peele
TV and Movie Actor
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Hugh de Courtenay
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
19th cousin 2 times removed via Alexander Comyn
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
19th cousin 2 times removed via Alexander Comyn
Samuel Colt
Inventor of the Colt Revolver
19th cousin 2 times removed via Alexander Comyn
Florence (Kling) Harding
First Lady of President Warren G. Harding
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Arderne
Admiral George Dewey
Admiral of the Navy
20th cousin 1 time removed via Alexander Comyn
Homer G. Balcom
Designer of the Empire State Building
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Arderne
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
20th cousin 1 time removed via Alexander Comyn
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
21st cousin via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers