Famous Kin of
Colin Jost

Comedian, Actor, Writer

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Exclude: Great Migration Magna Carta Royalty

John Leavitt

(c1612 - 1691)
Great Migration Immigrant 1634

10th great-grandfather

Experience Mitchell

(c1602 - c1689)
Anne passenger 1623

11th great-grandfather

John Johnson

(c1588 - 1659)
Great Migration Immigrant 1630

11th great-grandfather

Edward Gilman

(c1587 - c1653)
Diligent passenger 1638

11th great-grandfather

William Cheney

(c1603 - 1667)
Great Migration Immigrant 1639

11th great-grandfather

Francis Cooke

(c1583 - 1663)
Mayflower passenger 1620

12th great-grandfather

James Chilton

(c1556 - 1620)
Mayflower passenger 1620

12th great-grandfather

William Heath

(c1591 - 1652)
Lyon passenger 1632

11th great-granduncle
via William Heath

Edward Winslow

(1595 - 1655)
Mayflower passenger 1620

11th great-granduncle
via Edward Winslow

Emory Washburn

22nd Governor of Massachusetts

2nd cousin 7 times removed
via Joseph Washburn

William B. Washburn

28th Governor of Massachusetts

3rd cousin 6 times removed
via Joseph Washburn

Peter T. Washburn

31st Governor of Vermont

3rd cousin 6 times removed
via Joseph Washburn

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Samuel Cony

31st Governor of Maine

4th cousin 6 times removed
via Isaac Johnson

William Cullen Bryant

American “Fireside” Poet

4th cousin 7 times removed
via John Washburn Jr.

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Nicholas Gilman

Signer of the U.S. Constitution

4th cousin 8 times removed
via Edward Gilman Jr.

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John Taylor Gilman

5th Governor of New Hampshire

4th cousin 8 times removed
via Edward Gilman Jr.

Robert Treat Paine

Signer of the Declaration of Independence

4th cousin 9 times removed
via Edward Winslow

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Ben Ames Williams

Novelist and Short Story Author

5th cousin 5 times removed
via Isaac Johnson

Horatio Alger

Author

5th cousin 6 times removed
via John Washburn Jr.

Edwin Bryant

California Expedition Journalist

5th cousin 6 times removed
via John Washburn Jr.

Cadwallader Washburn

Co-founder of General Mills and 11th Governor of Wisconsin

5th cousin 6 times removed
via John Washburn Jr.

Israel Washburn

29th Governor of Maine

5th cousin 6 times removed
via John Washburn Jr.

Elihu Washburne

25th U.S. Secretary of State

5th cousin 6 times removed
via John Washburn Jr.

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George Henry Bissell

Father of the American Oil Industry

5th cousin 6 times removed
via John Leavitt

Enoch Pratt

Founder of Enoch Pratt Free Library

5th cousin 6 times removed
via John Washburn Jr.

Kinsley S. Bingham

11th Governor of Michigan

5th cousin 6 times removed
via John Washburn Jr.

Henry David Thoreau

American Author and Poet

5th cousin 7 times removed
via Experience Mitchell

Isaac Taylor Tichenor

President of Auburn University

5th cousin 7 times removed
via Experience Mitchell

Amos Lincoln

Boston Tea Party Participant

5th cousin 8 times removed
via Edward Gilman

John Hancock

Signer of the Declaration of Independence

5th cousin 8 times removed
via Edward Gilman

Colin Jost photo by Canal22 (CC BY 3.0)