Famous Kin of
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
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Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
3rd cousin 3 times removed via John Russell
Benjamin Tallmadge
Leader of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
3rd cousin 5 times removed via Robert Tallmadge
Oliver Wolcott
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Thomas Newberry
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Jane
Aaron Burr
Killed Alexander Hamilton
4th cousin 5 times removed via William Tuttle
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 7 times removed via Edward Winslow
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
5th cousin 2 times removed via Nathaniel Curtis
Charles Goodyear
Inventor, and namesake of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
5th cousin 4 times removed via John Curtis
General Joseph Warren
Killed at Battle of Bunker Hill
5th cousin 6 times removed via William Chaplin
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
5th cousin 6 times removed via Edward Winslow
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
6th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John Whiting
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
6th cousin 2 times removed via Uzall Wardwell
Ulysses S. Grant
18th U.S. President
6th cousin 3 times removed via George Partridge
John Batterson Stetson
Inventor of the Cowboy Hat
6th cousin 3 times removed via Cornet Robert Stetson
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Newberry
Lewis Henry Morgan
Pioneering Anthropologist
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Newberry
John Wellborn Root
1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition Architect
6th cousin 3 times removed via John Russell
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Nash
Henry Wells
Co-Founder of American Express and Wells Fargo and Co.
6th cousin 4 times removed via Simon Tuttle
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
7th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John Whiting
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
7th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John Russell Jr.
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
7th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John Russell Jr.
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Partridge
Stephen Crane
Author of The Red Badge of Courage
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Winston
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
7th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Trowbridge
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
7th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Hemingway
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
7th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Glover
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
7th cousin 2 times removed via William Tuttle
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
7th cousin 2 times removed via Jane
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
7th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Glover
Frank Nelson Doubleday
Founder of Doubleday & Co.
7th cousin 2 times removed via William Tuttle
Clarence Day
Author of Life with Father
7th cousin 2 times removed via George Partridge
Gilbert Clifford Noble
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
7th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Plumb
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
7th cousin 3 times removed via Kenelm Winslow
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
7th cousin 3 times removed via Kenelm Winslow
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
7th cousin 3 times removed via Robert Foote
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
7th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Winslow
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
7th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Warren
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
7th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Warren
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
7th cousin 4 times removed via William Curtis
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
8th cousin via Rev. John Whiting
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
8th cousin via Rev. John Russell Jr.
Laura Ingalls-Wilder
Author of Little House on the Prairie
8th cousin 1 time removed via George Partridge
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
8th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Newberry
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
8th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John Whiting
David Hyde Pierce
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
8th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John Whiting
Mizuo Peck
TV and Movie Actress
8th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Sanford Jr.
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
8th cousin 2 times removed via Kenelm Winslow
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
8th cousin 2 times removed via Kenelm Winslow
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Little
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
8th cousin 2 times removed via Alcock
Grace (Goodhue) Coolidge
First Lady of President Calvin Coolidge
8th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Warren
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
8th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Warren
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
8th cousin 3 times removed via Alice Goldhatch
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
8th cousin 3 times removed via William Chaplin
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
8th cousin 3 times removed via William Chaplin
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
8th cousin 3 times removed via Alice Goldhatch
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
8th cousin 3 times removed via William Curtis
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
9th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Newberry
Clint Eastwood
TV & Film Actor and Director
9th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Glover
Dr. Benjamin Spock
American Pediatrician and Author on Child Care
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Plumb
Bess (Wallace) Truman
First Lady of President Harry S Truman
9th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Newberry
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 1 time removed via George Partridge
Elizabeth Smart
Founder of Elizabeth Smart Foundation
9th cousin 1 time removed via George Partridge
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Author of Tarzan and John Carter
9th cousin 2 times removed via William Chaplin
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
9th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Sanford
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
9th cousin 2 times removed via Jane
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
9th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Mansfield
Julia Child
American Chef, Author and TV Personality
9th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Warren
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
9th cousin 2 times removed via William Tuttle
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
9th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Winslow
Marie-Chantal Miller
Crown Princess of Greece
9th cousin 2 times removed via Cornet Robert Stetson
Sarah Jessica Parker
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Trowbridge
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
10th cousin 1 time removed via Stephen Tracy
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
10th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Foote
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
10th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Warren
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
10th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Plumb
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
11th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Warren
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 5 times removed via Gruffydd Fychan ap Gruffydd of Rhuddallt
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
13th cousin 3 times removed via Gruffydd Fychan ap Gruffydd of Rhuddallt
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
14th cousin 2 times removed via Gruffydd Fychan ap Gruffydd of Rhuddallt
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
14th cousin 2 times removed via Gruffydd Fychan ap Gruffydd of Rhuddallt
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
15th cousin 1 time removed via Gruffydd Fychan ap Gruffydd of Rhuddallt
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 3 times removed via John IV le Strange
Bill Gates
Founder of Microsoft
16th cousin 3 times removed via Gruffydd Fychan ap Gruffydd of Rhuddallt
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Humphrey de Beauchamp
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
18th cousin 1 time removed via John IV le Strange
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
18th cousin 2 times removed via John V le Strange
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
18th cousin 3 times removed via William d'Aubeney
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
18th cousin 3 times removed via John V le Strange
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
20th cousin via Sir Roger de Somery
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery