Famous Kin of
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
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Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
1st cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Porter Jr.
Henry Wells
Co-Founder of American Express and Wells Fargo and Co.
2nd cousin 2 times removed via Aaron Cooke III
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
2nd cousin 3 times removed via Aaron Cooke III
General William Tecumseh Sherman
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
2nd cousin 3 times removed via Rev. Solomon Stoddard
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
2nd cousin 3 times removed via Isaac Williams
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
2nd cousin 3 times removed via Aaron Cooke III
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
2nd cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Porter
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
2nd cousin 4 times removed via Rev. Solomon Stoddard
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
2nd cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Porter
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
2nd cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Porter
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
2nd cousin 4 times removed via Isaac Williams
Frank Nelson Doubleday
Founder of Doubleday & Co.
2nd cousin 4 times removed via Rev. Solomon Stoddard
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
2nd cousin 5 times removed via Samuel Porter
Ed Helms
TV and Movie Actor
2nd cousin 7 times removed via Rev. Solomon Stoddard
General Joseph Warren
Killed at Battle of Bunker Hill
3rd cousin via Robert Williams
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Astronomer and Aviation Pioneer
3rd cousin 3 times removed via Robert Williams
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
3rd cousin 4 times removed via John Warham
Fannie Farmer
Author of original Fannie Farmer Cookbook
3rd cousin 4 times removed via Robert Williams
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Robert Williams
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Jane
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Robert Williams
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
3rd cousin 7 times removed via John Warham
David Hyde Pierce
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
3rd cousin 7 times removed via John Porter
Samuel Colt
Inventor of the Colt Revolver
4th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Stanley
Gilbert Clifford Noble
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
4th cousin 3 times removed via Robert White
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
4th cousin 4 times removed via Robert Parke
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
4th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Lucy (Webb) Hayes
First Lady of President Rutherford B. Hayes
4th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
4th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
4th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Erle Stanley Gardner
Author of the Perry Mason series
4th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Admiral George Dewey
Admiral of the Navy
4th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
4th cousin 5 times removed via Robert Parke
Dr. Hawley H. Crippen
Murderer in Erik Larson's “Thunderstruck”
4th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
4th cousin 6 times removed via Robert White
Thomas Pynchon
American Novelist
4th cousin 6 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Amy Grant
Christian/Pop Singer and Songwriter
4th cousin 6 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
4th cousin 6 times removed via Robert Parke
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
4th cousin 7 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Brian Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
4th cousin 7 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Dennis Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
4th cousin 7 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Carl Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
4th cousin 7 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Sarah Caldwell
1st Female Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera
4th cousin 7 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
4th cousin 8 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
W. K. Kellogg
Founder of the Kellogg Company
5th cousin 3 times removed via John White of Stanton St. John
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
5th cousin 4 times removed via John White of Stanton St. John
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
5th cousin 4 times removed via John White of Stanton St. John
Charles Curtis
31st U.S. Vice-President
5th cousin 4 times removed via John White of Stanton St. John
Dr. Benjamin Spock
American Pediatrician and Author on Child Care
5th cousin 5 times removed via William Chaplin