Famous Kin of
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
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Edmund Sears
Boston Tea Party Participant
2nd cousin 9 times removed via John Freeman
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
3rd cousin 6 times removed via David Crawford of Assaquin, New Kent Co., VA
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
3rd cousin 8 times removed via John Howland
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
4th cousin 3 times removed via Hezekiah Ackley
Commodore Matthew C. Perry
Led Black Ships Expedition to Japan
4th cousin 8 times removed via Edmund Freeman
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 8 times removed via Robert White
Oliver Hazard Perry
Hero of Lake Erie during the War of 1812
4th cousin 8 times removed via Edmund Freeman
Samuel Colt
Inventor of the Colt Revolver
4th cousin 8 times removed via William Lord
Margaret Hamilton
Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of OZ
5th cousin 3 times removed via Benjamin Ackley
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin 5 times removed via John Gorham
Dr. Hawley H. Crippen
Murderer in Erik Larson's “Thunderstruck”
5th cousin 5 times removed via Ebenezer Skinner
Millard Fillmore
13th U.S. President
5th cousin 6 times removed via John Bronson
Sir Robert Laird Borden
8th Prime Minister of Canada
5th cousin 6 times removed via Isaac Wheeler
Henry Wells
Co-Founder of American Express and Wells Fargo and Co.
5th cousin 6 times removed via Martyn Kellogg
Clara Barton
Founder of the American Red Cross
5th cousin 7 times removed via John Bigelow
General William Tecumseh Sherman
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
5th cousin 7 times removed via William Preston
Alvin Woolson
Founder of Woolson Spice Co. (Lion Coffee)
5th cousin 7 times removed via Thomas Woolson
Constance Fenimore Woolson
Victorian Novelist and Poet
5th cousin 7 times removed via Thomas Woolson
Albert Henry Woolson
Last Surviving Union Veteran of the U.S. Civil War
5th cousin 7 times removed via Thomas Woolson
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
5th cousin 8 times removed via William Brewster
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
5th cousin 8 times removed via John Warren
Gilbert Clifford Noble
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
6th cousin 3 times removed via Tahan Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
18th U.S. President
6th cousin 4 times removed via Matthew Grant
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
6th cousin 4 times removed via John Gorham
Lee B. Loomis
Founder of Loomis Armored Car Service
6th cousin 4 times removed via John Drake Jr.
Admiral George Dewey
Admiral of the Navy
6th cousin 4 times removed via John Loomis
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
6th cousin 5 times removed via John Doane
Louisa May Alcott
Author of Little Women
6th cousin 5 times removed via John Bronson
Joseph Smith
Founder of the Mormon Church
6th cousin 5 times removed via Joseph Loomis
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
6th cousin 5 times removed via George Hubbard
Julius Sterling Morton
Founder of Arbor Day
6th cousin 5 times removed via Martyn Kellogg
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
6th cousin 6 times removed via Francis Chickering
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
6th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Butler
Charles Goodyear
Inventor, and namesake of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
6th cousin 6 times removed via John Curtis
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
6th cousin 6 times removed via Thomas Trowbridge
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
6th cousin 6 times removed via Henry Howland
Frank W. Woolworth
Founder of F.W. Woolworth Company
6th cousin 6 times removed via William Preston
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
6th cousin 7 times removed via Thomas Lord
Mary Lyon
Founder of Mount Holyoke College
6th cousin 7 times removed via Deming
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
7th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Barber
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Gorham
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
7th cousin 3 times removed via William Freeman
Elihu Root
38th U.S. Secretary of State
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Drake Jr.
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
7th cousin 3 times removed via William Ford
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Loomis
Eugene Foss
45th Governor of Massachusetts
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Gorham
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
7th cousin 4 times removed via John Howland
Florence (Kling) Harding
First Lady of President Warren G. Harding
7th cousin 4 times removed via John Bouton
Lewis Henry Lapham
Co-Founder of Texaco
7th cousin 4 times removed via John Doane
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
7th cousin 4 times removed via Martyn Kellogg
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
7th cousin 4 times removed via Martyn Kellogg
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
7th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John Jones
Joy Morton
Founder of Morton Salt Company
7th cousin 4 times removed via Martyn Kellogg
Charles Curtis
31st U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 4 times removed via George Hubbard
Joseph Glidden
Inventor of Barbed Wire
7th cousin 4 times removed via George Hull
William Robbins Barnes
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
7th cousin 4 times removed via John Dunham
Judson Harmon
45th Governor of Ohio
7th cousin 4 times removed via Joseph Loomis
Merrill C. Meigs
Publisher, Chicago Herald & Examiner
7th cousin 4 times removed via Jonathan Sparrow
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
7th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Butler
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
7th cousin 5 times removed via William Bond
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
7th cousin 5 times removed via Gerard Spencer
Charles Edward Merrill
Co-Founder of Merrill Lynch & Company
7th cousin 5 times removed via John Bigelow
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
7th cousin 5 times removed via Henry Howland
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
7th cousin 5 times removed via Robert White
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
7th cousin 5 times removed via William Lord
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
7th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Lyman
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
7th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Lyman
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
7th cousin 6 times removed via Henry Burt
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
7th cousin 6 times removed via William Brewster
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
7th cousin 6 times removed via William Curtis
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Sturges
Marie-Chantal Miller
Crown Princess of Greece
8th cousin 1 time removed via Michael Ford
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Author of Tarzan and John Carter
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Drake Jr.
Johnny Carson
TV Host - “The Tonight Show”
8th cousin 2 times removed via Daniel Kellogg
David McCullough
Historian, Author and TV Narrator
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Loomis
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Gorham
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
8th cousin 3 times removed via George Hubbard
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
8th cousin 3 times removed via John Drake
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
8th cousin 3 times removed via John Drake
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Bond
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
8th cousin 4 times removed via John Curtis
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
8th cousin 4 times removed via William Lord
Frederick Upton
Co-Founder of Whirlpool Corporation
8th cousin 4 times removed via Nathaniel Foote
Cole Porter
American Composer and Songwriter
8th cousin 4 times removed via David Phippen
Clarence Day
Author of Life with Father
8th cousin 4 times removed via Stephen Tracy
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
8th cousin 4 times removed via Robert White
Barbara Hutton
Socialite (aka “Poor Little Rich Girl”)
8th cousin 4 times removed via William Preston
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
8th cousin 5 times removed via Henry Burt
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
8th cousin 5 times removed via William Curtis
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
8th cousin 7 times removed via Robert Fiske
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
9th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Barber
John Hinckley, Jr.
Shot President Ronald Reagan
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Gorham
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Gorham
Henry Luce
Co-Founder of Time, Life, Fortune and Sports Illustrated magazines
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Drake Jr.
John Lithgow
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Gorham
David Hyde Pierce
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Loomis
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Gorham
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
9th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Sanford
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
9th cousin 2 times removed via William Trowbridge
Dan Quayle
44th U.S. Vice-President
9th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Holcombe
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
9th cousin 3 times removed via Nathaniel Foote
Laura Ingalls-Wilder
Author of Little House on the Prairie
9th cousin 3 times removed via Stephen Tracy
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
9th cousin 3 times removed via Robert White
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
9th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund Freeman
William Durant
Co-Founder of General Motors and Founder of Frigidaire
9th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Howland
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
9th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Flagg
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
9th cousin 3 times removed via Nathaniel Foote
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
9th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Trowbridge
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
9th cousin 3 times removed via Gerard Spencer
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
9th cousin 12 times removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
9th cousin 12 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
10th cousin via Thomas Oviatt
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
10th cousin 1 time removed via William Merrick
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
10th cousin 1 time removed via Martyn Kellogg
Clint Eastwood
TV & Film Actor and Director
10th cousin 1 time removed via Martyn Kellogg
Dr. Benjamin Spock
American Pediatrician and Author on Child Care
10th cousin 1 time removed via John Howland
Brian Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
10th cousin 1 time removed via John Bissell
Dennis Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
10th cousin 1 time removed via John Bissell
Carl Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
10th cousin 1 time removed via John Bissell
Mike Love
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
10th cousin 1 time removed via John Bissell
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
10th cousin 1 time removed via George Hubbard
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
10th cousin 2 times removed via Nathaniel Foote
King Leka I
King of the Albanians
10th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Trowbridge
Bess (Wallace) Truman
First Lady of President Harry S Truman
10th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Kilbourn
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
10th cousin 2 times removed via Nathaniel Foote
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
10th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Green
Lillian Gish
Stage, TV and Movie Actress
10th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Burt
Julia Child
American Chef, Author and TV Personality
10th cousin 3 times removed via William Brewster
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
10th cousin 3 times removed via William Brewster
Elizabeth Smart
Founder of Elizabeth Smart Foundation
11th cousin 1 time removed via Stephen Tracy
Ethan Hawke
Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Novelist
11th cousin 1 time removed via William Merrick
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
11th cousin 2 times removed via William Brewster
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Seth MacFarlane
Actor, Animator, Writer and Producer
12th cousin 1 time removed via William Brewster
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
12th cousin 1 time removed via William Brewster
George Washington
1st U.S. President
12th cousin 9 times removed via John de Welles
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
12th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
James Madison
4th U.S. President
12th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
12th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 9 times removed via John de Welles
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 9 times removed via John de Welles
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
12th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Hoo
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
13th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
13th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
13th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
13th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
14th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
14th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
14th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
14th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Hoo
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
15th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
15th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
15th cousin 6 times removed via John de Welles
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
15th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Boleyn
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
16th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Morley
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
16th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Morley
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
16th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Morley
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
17th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Morley
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
17th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Morley
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
17th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Morley
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
17th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
18th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Morley
Meghan Markle
Duchess of Sussex, TV Actress
18th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Morley
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
Guy Ritchie
British Filmmaker
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan