Famous Kin of
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
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William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
2nd cousin 7 times removed via John Greene Jr.
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
2nd cousin 10 times removed via Anthony Cave
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
3rd cousin 4 times removed via Job Almy
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 5 times removed via William Almy
John Adams
2nd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 6 times removed via John Alden
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
3rd cousin 13 times removed via William Ferrers
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
4th cousin 3 times removed via Gov. Peleg Sanford
Sir Robert Baird Borden
8th Prime Minister of Canada
4th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Borden
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
4th cousin 3 times removed via Joshua Coggeshall Jr.
Gail Borden III
Inventor of Condensed Milk, Founder of the Borden Company
4th cousin 4 times removed via John Borden
Commodore Matthew C. Perry
Led Black Ships Expedition to Japan
4th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Perry
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
4th cousin 4 times removed via Yelverton Gifford
Oliver Hazard Perry
Hero of Lake Erie during the War of 1812
4th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Perry
Henry Crapo
14th Governor of Michigan
4th cousin 4 times removed via Nathaniel Howland
Ezra Cornell
Co-Founder of Cornell University,
Founder of Western Union
4th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Cornell Jr.
Elizabeth (Kortright) Monroe
First Lady of President James Monroe
4th cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Cornell
William Cullen Bryant
American “Fireside” Poet
4th cousin 5 times removed via Experience Mitchell
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
4th cousin 6 times removed via Henry Howland
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 8 times removed via Henry Sherman
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 11 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 11 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Ferdinand II of Aragon
1st King of a united Spain
4th cousin 13 times removed via Diego Gomez de Toledo
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin 3 times removed via William Pabodie
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Coggeshall Jr.
Alonzo B. Cornell
25th Governor of New York
5th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Cornell Jr.
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
5th cousin 3 times removed via Gov. Walter Clarke
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
5th cousin 4 times removed via William Hutchinson
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
5th cousin 4 times removed via John Greene Jr.
Clement Clarke Moore
Author of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
5th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Cornell
Lucretia (Coffin) Mott
Abolitionist and Women's Rights Advocate
5th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. Thomas Mayhew Jr.
King Henry VIII
King of England
5th cousin 15 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
William Durant
Co-Founder of General Motors and Founder of Frigidaire
6th cousin 2 times removed via Nathaniel Howland
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
6th cousin 2 times removed via Peter Easton
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
6th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. Thomas Mayhew Jr.
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
6th cousin 3 times removed via Experience Mitchell
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
6th cousin 3 times removed via John Alden
Lewis Henry Lapham
Co-Founder of Texaco
6th cousin 3 times removed via Zoeth Howland
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 3 times removed via John Throckmorton
Rear Admiral William Folger
United States Navy
6th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. Thomas Mayhew Jr.
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
6th cousin 4 times removed via Philip Sherman
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
6th cousin 6 times removed via William Pyle
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
6th cousin 6 times removed via William Pyle
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
6th cousin 7 times removed via Henry Sherman
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Spencer
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
7th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. Thomas Mayhew Jr.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
7th cousin 2 times removed via Anthony Shaw
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
7th cousin 2 times removed via Samson Sherman
Ellen Louise (Axon) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Throckmorton
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
7th cousin 2 times removed via Gov. Peleg Sanford
Julia Child
American Chef, Author and TV Personality
7th cousin 2 times removed via Experience Mitchell
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
7th cousin 2 times removed via Gerard Spencer
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Tripp
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
7th cousin 4 times removed via William Brinley of Willenhall
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
7th cousin 5 times removed via William Pyle
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
7th cousin 5 times removed via William Pyle
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
7th cousin 13 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
8th cousin via John Cook Jr.
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Greene Jr.
Warren G. Harding
29th U.S. President
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Greene Jr.
Charles Edward Merrill
Co-Founder of Merrill Lynch & Company
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Alden
Brian Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Gifford
Dennis Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Gifford
Carl Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Gifford
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Alden
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Borden
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Hutchinson
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Mitchell
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
8th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Howland
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 2 times removed via Francis Cooke
Steve Young
Football Hall of Fame Quarterback
8th cousin 2 times removed via William Gifford
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
8th cousin 3 times removed via William Pabodie
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
8th cousin 4 times removed via William Pyle
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
8th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Cave
General William Tecumseh Sherman
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
8th cousin 5 times removed via Henry Sherman
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
8th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
9th cousin via Rev. Thomas Mayhew Jr.
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
9th cousin via John Greene Jr.
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
9th cousin 1 time removed via Experience Mitchell
Dick Van Dyke
TV Actor - “The Dick Van Dyke Show”
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Alden
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
9th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Howland
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
9th cousin 1 time removed via Gerard Spencer
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
9th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Cornell
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Thurston
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Greene Jr.
Gene Roddenberry
Creator of Star Trek
9th cousin 1 time removed via Philip Sherman
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 1 time removed via Experience Mitchell
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
9th cousin 2 times removed via Experience Mitchell
Laura Ingalls-Wilder
Author of Little House on the Prairie
9th cousin 2 times removed via Jacques? Mahieu
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
9th cousin 2 times removed via Gerard Spencer
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
9th cousin 2 times removed via Experience Mitchell
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
9th cousin 2 times removed via John Alden
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
9th cousin 3 times removed via William Pyle
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
9th cousin 3 times removed via Gerard Spencer
Aaron Rodgers
Quarterback for the Green Bay Packers
9th cousin 3 times removed via Gerard Spencer
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
9th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund Freeman
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
9th cousin 3 times removed via Anthony Cave
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 3 times removed via William Hutchinson
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
9th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Cave
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
9th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Sherman
George Washington
1st U.S. President
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
James Madison
4th U.S. President
9th cousin 5 times removed via William Cornwallis
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
10th cousin via Philip Sherman
Dr. Benjamin Spock
American Pediatrician and Author on Child Care
10th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Howland
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
10th cousin 1 time removed via Jacques? Mahieu
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
10th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Howland
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
10th cousin 1 time removed via Francis Cooke
John Lithgow
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
10th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Howland
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
10th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Mitchell
Prince George
Prince of Cambridge
10th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Mitchell
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 5 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
10th cousin 9 times removed via Margery de Badlesmere
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
11th cousin via William Brinley of Willenhall
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
11th cousin 1 time removed via William Pyle
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
11th cousin 1 time removed via William Pyle
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
11th cousin 2 times removed via William Grindall
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Cope
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
11th cousin 2 times removed via John Lawrence
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
11th cousin 9 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
12th cousin 1 time removed via William Grindall
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
12th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Cave
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
12th cousin 1 time removed via William Grindall
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William Stradling
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Mike Love
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
13th cousin 2 times removed via William Grindall
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
13th cousin 2 times removed via William Grindall
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 5 times removed via John de Welles
Patrick Henry
“Give me liberty, or give me death!”
13th cousin 7 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
14th cousin 3 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
14th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
14th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 7 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
15th cousin 1 time removed via Katherine Pabenham
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
John Brown
American Abolitionist
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
15th cousin 2 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
15th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
15th cousin 3 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
15th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
15th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
15th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
15th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
15th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
16th cousin via Sir Walter Blount
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
16th cousin via Sir Walter Blount
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
George Hamilton
TV and Movie Actor
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Guy Ritchie
British Filmmaker
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Keri Russell
TV and Movie Actress
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
16th cousin 3 times removed via Gilbert Talbot
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
16th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Paris Hilton
Socialite and TV Personality
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
16th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
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
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir William de Boteler
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Stradling
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard Sergeaux
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
17th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Warin Trussell
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
18th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
18th cousin 1 time removed via Margery de Badlesmere
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
18th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
Jesse James
Outlaw, Bank Robber, Murderer
18th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
18th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Sally Ride
1st American Woman in Space
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Stradling
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
18th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Valerie Bertinelli
Television Actress
18th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Alan Turing
WWII German Enigma Codebreaker
18th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
18th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
19th cousin 2 times removed via Robert de Ros
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Boteler