Famous Kin of
John Hinckley, Jr.
Shot President Ronald Reagan
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William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
2nd cousin 7 times removed via Isaac Williams
General Joseph Warren
Killed at Battle of Bunker Hill
3rd cousin 7 times removed via Robert Williams
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
3rd cousin 7 times removed via John Howland
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
4th cousin 4 times removed via Benadam "Adam" Gallup
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
4th cousin 4 times removed via Benadam "Adam" Gallup
Benedict Arnold
Traitor of the American Revolution
4th cousin 5 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Henry Wells
Co-Founder of American Express and Wells Fargo and Co.
4th cousin 6 times removed via Thomas Welles
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
5th cousin 5 times removed via Sarah Heath
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
6th cousin 1 time removed via Nathaniel Robbins
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Hinckley
George Gallup
Inventor of the Gallup Poll
6th cousin 2 times removed via Isaac Wheeler
Henry Luce
Co-Founder of Time, Life, Fortune and Sports Illustrated magazines
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Root
Ulysses S. Grant
18th U.S. President
6th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Sir Robert Laird Borden
8th Prime Minister of Canada
6th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Joseph Smith
Founder of the Mormon Church
6th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
L. Frank Baum
Author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
6th cousin 3 times removed via George Denison
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
6th cousin 3 times removed via Isaac Williams
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
6th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
6th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Admiral George Dewey
Admiral of the Navy
6th cousin 3 times removed via George Denison
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
6th cousin 4 times removed via John Root
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Astronomer and Aviation Pioneer
6th cousin 4 times removed via Robert Williams
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
6th cousin 4 times removed via John Leonard
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
6th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Spencer
Louisa May Alcott
Author of Little Women
6th cousin 4 times removed via John Root
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
6th cousin 5 times removed via Henry Howland
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Hinckley
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Gorham
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
7th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
7th cousin 2 times removed via George Denison
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Howland
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
7th cousin 3 times removed via Robert Williams
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
7th cousin 3 times removed via Robert Williams
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
7th cousin 3 times removed via William Denison
Fannie Farmer
Author of original Fannie Farmer Cookbook
7th cousin 3 times removed via Robert Williams
Clarence Day
Author of Life with Father
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Leonard
Gilbert Clifford Noble
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Root
General William Tecumseh Sherman
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
7th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Welles
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
8th cousin via John Hinckley
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Gallop Jr.
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
8th cousin 1 time removed via Isaac Wheeler
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
8th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John Lathrop
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
8th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Henry A. Wallace
33rd U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 1 time removed via Isaac Williams
Dr. Hawley H. Crippen
Murderer in Erik Larson's “Thunderstruck”
8th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Boreman
John Steinbeck
Author of The Grapes of Wrath
8th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Williams
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Spencer
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Lathrop
John Wellborn Root
1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition Architect
8th cousin 3 times removed via John Root
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
9th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Spencer
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Leonard
Clint Eastwood
TV & Film Actor and Director
9th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
9th cousin 1 time removed via Isaac Williams
Bess (Wallace) Truman
First Lady of President Harry S Truman
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Root
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
9th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Hinckley
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
9th cousin 2 times removed via Gerard Spencer
William Durant
Co-Founder of General Motors and Founder of Frigidaire
9th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Howland
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
9th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Hinckley
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
9th cousin 2 times removed via Gerard Spencer
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
9th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund Reade
Margaret Hamilton
Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of OZ
9th cousin 2 times removed via Gerard Spencer
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
9th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Ethan Hawke
Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Novelist
9th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
George Washington
1st U.S. President
9th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Dr. Benjamin Spock
American Pediatrician and Author on Child Care
10th cousin via John Howland
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
10th cousin 1 time removed via Gerard Spencer
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
10th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Howland
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
10th cousin 2 times removed via Simon Tuttle
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
15th cousin via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire