Famous Kin of
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
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Johns Hopkins
Founder of Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Hospital
1st cousin 3 times removed via Joseph Janney
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
3rd cousin 12 times removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 5 times removed via Robert Parke
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
5th cousin 2 times removed via Isaac Sheldon
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
5th cousin 2 times removed via Benjamin Wait
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
5th cousin 2 times removed via Isaac Sheldon
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
5th cousin 5 times removed via William Brewster
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
5th cousin 5 times removed via Rev. Edward Bulkeley
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
5th cousin 5 times removed via Rev. Edward Bulkeley
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 12 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 12 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
6th cousin 1 time removed via Isaac Sheldon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
6th cousin 1 time removed via Isaac Sheldon
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
6th cousin 1 time removed via Ebenezer Witter
Warren G. Harding
29th U.S. President
6th cousin 1 time removed via Joseph Morgan
Julia Child
American Chef, Author and TV Personality
6th cousin 1 time removed via Ebenezer Witter
John Wellborn Root
1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition Architect
6th cousin 1 time removed via Isaac Sheldon
Ellen Louise (Axon) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Leonard
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
6th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Parke
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 2 times removed via James Morgan
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Gager
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
6th cousin 2 times removed via Ebenezer Witter
Commodore Matthew C. Perry
Led Black Ships Expedition to Japan
6th cousin 3 times removed via Jonathan Brewster
Oliver Hazard Perry
Hero of Lake Erie during the War of 1812
6th cousin 3 times removed via Jonathan Brewster
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
6th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Spalding
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
6th cousin 3 times removed via Ebenezer Witter
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
6th cousin 3 times removed via Robert Blott
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
6th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Robert Corbet
King Henry VIII
King of England
6th cousin 14 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Frederick Upton
Co-Founder of Whirlpool Corporation
7th cousin via Isaac Sheldon
Gilbert Clifford Noble
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
7th cousin via Isaac Sheldon
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
7th cousin 1 time removed via James Morgan
Dr. Benjamin Spock
American Pediatrician and Author on Child Care
7th cousin 1 time removed via Isaac Sheldon
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
7th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Blott
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Astronomer and Aviation Pioneer
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Thompson
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
7th cousin 2 times removed via Isaac Sheldon
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
7th cousin 2 times removed via Isaac Sheldon
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
7th cousin 3 times removed via Isaac Sheldon
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
7th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. Edward Bulkeley
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
7th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
7th cousin 13 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Henry Luce
Co-Founder of Time, Life, Fortune and Sports Illustrated magazines
8th cousin via John Leonard
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Leonard
John Hinckley, Jr.
Shot President Ronald Reagan
8th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Parke
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Parke
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Parke
Sarah Caldwell
1st Female Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Woodford
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Gager
George Washington
1st U.S. President
8th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Robert Talboys
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
8th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Robert Talboys
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
9th cousin 1 time removed via William Brewster
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
9th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. Edward Bulkeley
Norman Rockwell
American Artist
9th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. Edward Bulkeley
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
9th cousin 1 time removed via William Chaplin
Pete Seeger
American Folk Singer
9th cousin 1 time removed via Jonathan Brewster
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
9th cousin 2 times removed via Walter Haynes
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
9th cousin 2 times removed via Jonathan Brewster
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
9th cousin 2 times removed via Jonathan Brewster
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert Talboys
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
10th cousin via Rev. Edward Bulkeley
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
10th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. Edward Bulkeley
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
10th cousin 1 time removed via William Chaplin
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
10th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. Edward Bulkeley
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
10th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. Edward Bulkeley
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
10th cousin 2 times removed via William Brewster
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
10th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. Edward Bulkeley
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
10th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. Edward Bulkeley
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
10th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. Edward Bulkeley
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
11th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Charlton
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William Bonville
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William Bonville
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
12th cousin 2 times removed via William Mainwaring
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William Bonville
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William Bonville
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
12th cousin 8 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
13th cousin via Sir Robert Talboys
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Talboys
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Bonville
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
James Madison
4th U.S. President
13th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
13th cousin 5 times removed via John de Mowbray
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 6 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
13th cousin 7 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
14th cousin 1 time removed via William Mainwaring
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
14th cousin 1 time removed via John Giffard
John Brown
American Abolitionist
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Bonville
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Bonville
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Corbet
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Bonville
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Constable
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
14th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert Constable
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
14th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 4 times removed via William de Ros
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
14th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
14th cousin 6 times removed via Ida de Odingsells
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Patrick Henry
“Give me liberty, or give me death!”
14th cousin 6 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
14th cousin 6 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
14th cousin 7 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
14th cousin 7 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
15th cousin via Sir William Bonville
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
15th cousin via Sir Roger Wentworth
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Bonville
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
Herbert Hoover
31st U.S. President
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Bonville
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
George Hamilton
TV and Movie Actor
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Bonville
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
15th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Keri Russell
TV and Movie Actress
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William Bonville
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
15th cousin 3 times removed via John de Mowbray
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
15th cousin 4 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
15th cousin 5 times removed via Ida de Odingsells
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
16th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
16th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
16th cousin 2 times removed via John de Mowbray
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
16th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
16th cousin 2 times removed via John de Mowbray
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
16th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Boteler
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
16th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Hugh le Despencer
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
16th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Edmund Mortimer
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
17th cousin via Sir Reynold de Grey
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
17th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
17th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
17th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
17th cousin 4 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
18th cousin via Ralph de Stafford
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
18th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
18th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
18th cousin 1 time removed via John de Mowbray
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
18th cousin 1 time removed via John de Mowbray
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
18th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
18th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
18th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
18th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
18th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Gerald Ford
38th U.S. President
18th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
19th cousin via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
19th cousin via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
19th cousin 1 time removed via Robert de Ros
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
19th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Plantagenet
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
19th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Vincent Price
Movie Actor
19th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Boteler
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Alan Turing
WWII German Enigma Codebreaker
19th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Plantagenet
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
19th cousin 2 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Hugh le Despencer
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
20th cousin 1 time removed via William de Oddingseles