Famous Kin of
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
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Edmund Sears
Boston Tea Party Participant
2nd cousin 6 times removed via John Freeman
Commodore Matthew C. Perry
Led Black Ships Expedition to Japan
4th cousin 5 times removed via Edmund Freeman
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 5 times removed via Edward Winslow
Oliver Hazard Perry
Hero of Lake Erie during the War of 1812
4th cousin 5 times removed via Edmund Freeman
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
4th cousin 5 times removed via Henry Howland
Levi Parsons Morton
22nd U.S. Vice-President
5th cousin 2 times removed via John Foster
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
5th cousin 3 times removed via Zoeth Howland
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
5th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Howland
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
5th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Winslow
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
5th cousin 5 times removed via William Brewster
King Henry VIII
King of England
5th cousin 14 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Norman Rockwell
American Artist
6th cousin 1 time removed via Chillingsworth Foster
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
6th cousin 1 time removed via Kenelm Winslow Jr.
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
6th cousin 1 time removed via Kenelm Winslow Jr.
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
6th cousin 1 time removed via John Doane Jr.
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Doane
Lewis Henry Lapham
Co-Founder of Texaco
6th cousin 2 times removed via Zoeth Howland
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
6th cousin 3 times removed via Constant Southworth
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
6th cousin 3 times removed via Chillingsworth Foster
James Youngs Smith
29th Governor of Rhode Island
6th cousin 3 times removed via Constant Southworth
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 14 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Merrill C. Meigs
Publisher, Chicago Herald & Examiner
7th cousin via John Foster
William Durant
Co-Founder of General Motors and Founder of Frigidaire
7th cousin 1 time removed via Zoeth Howland
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 1 time removed via Kenelm Winslow
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
7th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Winslow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American “Fireside” Poet
7th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Howland
Ulysses S. Grant
18th U.S. President
7th cousin 2 times removed via Stephen Tracy
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
7th cousin 3 times removed via William Freeman
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
7th cousin 3 times removed via Alice Carpenter
James Taylor
Singer-Songwriter
7th cousin 3 times removed via Kenelm Winslow Jr.
Marie-Chantal Miller
Crown Princess of Greece
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Foster
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
7th cousin 4 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
7th cousin 12 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
7th cousin 13 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
8th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Bangs
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
8th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Winslow
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
8th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Howland
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
8th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Howland
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
8th cousin 1 time removed via Zoeth Howland
Johnny Carson
TV Host - “The Tonight Show”
8th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Howland
Clarence Day
Author of Life with Father
8th cousin 1 time removed via Stephen Tracy
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Doane
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Winslow
Don Winslow
Author and Screenwriter
8th cousin 1 time removed via Kenelm Winslow
Kristine Rolofson
Harlequin Novelist
8th cousin 1 time removed via Kenelm Winslow
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
8th cousin 2 times removed via William Merrick
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
8th cousin 2 times removed via Kenelm Winslow
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
8th cousin 2 times removed via Jonathan Sparrow
Taylor Swift
Singer and Songwriter
8th cousin 3 times removed via Peter Worden Jr.
Laura Ingalls-Wilder
Author of Little House on the Prairie
9th cousin via Stephen Tracy
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
9th cousin via Stephen Tracy
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
9th cousin via Stephen Tracy
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
9th cousin 1 time removed via Stephen Tracy
Julia Child
American Chef, Author and TV Personality
9th cousin 1 time removed via Alice Carpenter
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
9th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Winslow
Dr. Benjamin Spock
American Pediatrician and Author on Child Care
9th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Howland
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
9th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Howland
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 2 times removed via Stephen Tracy
Elizabeth Smart
Founder of Elizabeth Smart Foundation
9th cousin 2 times removed via Stephen Tracy
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 3 times removed via Stephen Tracy
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
9th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Winslow
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
10th cousin 1 time removed via William Brewster
Seth MacFarlane
Actor, Animator, Writer and Producer
10th cousin 2 times removed via William Brewster
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
10th cousin 2 times removed via William Brewster
George Washington
1st U.S. President
10th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Sherburne
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
10th cousin 5 times removed via Margaret Stanley
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
James Madison
4th U.S. President
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
10th cousin 10 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
11th cousin 1 time removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
11th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Sherburne
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
11th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Sherburne
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
11th cousin 4 times removed via Margaret Stanley
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
11th cousin 8 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
11th cousin 8 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Patrick Henry
1st and 6th Governor of Virginia
11th cousin 8 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
11th cousin 9 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
12th cousin 3 times removed via Margaret Stanley
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
12th cousin 3 times removed via Margaret Stanley
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 6 times removed via Alice Plumpton
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
12th cousin 8 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 6 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
13th cousin 6 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 7 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
13th cousin 7 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 7 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
14th cousin 1 time removed via Margaret Stanley
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
14th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
14th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
14th cousin 6 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 6 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 6 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
14th cousin 6 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
14th cousin 6 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
15th cousin via Richard Sherburne
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
15th cousin via Margaret Stanley
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
15th cousin 1 time removed via Margaret Stanley
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
15th cousin 1 time removed via Margaret Stanley
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Sherburne
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
15th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
15th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
15th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
15th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 5 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Goushill
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Robert Frost
Poet and Playwright
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Barack Obama
44th U.S. President
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
16th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
16th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Lewis Carroll
Author of Alice in Wonderland
16th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
16th cousin 4 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
16th cousin 4 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
16th cousin 4 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
16th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
17th cousin via Sir Robert Goushill
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
17th cousin via Sir Robert Goushill
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
17th cousin via Sir Robert Goushill
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
17th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
17th cousin 2 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
17th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Guillermo Billinghurst
31st President of Peru
17th cousin 2 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
17th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
17th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
17th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
17th cousin 4 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Bohun
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
18th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
18th cousin 2 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
18th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
18th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
18th cousin 2 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
18th cousin 2 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
19th cousin via Eleanor Plantagenet
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
19th cousin via Eleanor Plantagenet
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
19th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Susana Ferrari Billinghurst
Argentine Aviation Pioneer
19th cousin via Eleanor Plantagenet
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
19th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Bohun
Raquel Welch
Movie Actress
19th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
19th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
19th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Bohun
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
20th cousin via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
20th cousin via Henry Plantagenet
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
20th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
20th cousin 1 time removed via Edward I, King of England