Famous Kin of
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
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Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
1st cousin 8 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
1st cousin 8 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Sir William de Huntingfield
Magna Carta Surety
1st cousin 18 times removed via Maud de St. Liz
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
2nd cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Paine Jr.
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
2nd cousin 8 times removed via Elizabeth Cheney
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
2nd cousin 8 times removed via Thomas Paine Jr.
Dan Quayle
44th U.S. Vice-President
2nd cousin 8 times removed via Thomas Paine Jr.
Edmund Sears
Boston Tea Party Participant
3rd cousin 1 time removed via George Jones of Dinder, Somerset
Lewis Henry Morgan
Pioneering Anthropologist
3rd cousin 3 times removed via Richard Treat
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
3rd cousin 4 times removed via Josiah Winslow
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Astronomer and Aviation Pioneer
3rd cousin 4 times removed via Richard Treat
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
3rd cousin 5 times removed via Josiah Winslow
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
3rd cousin 5 times removed via Josiah Winslow
Norman Rockwell
American Artist
3rd cousin 5 times removed via Rev. John Sherman
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
3rd cousin 5 times removed via Josiah Winslow
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
3rd cousin 5 times removed via Richard Treat
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Edmund Tapp Jr.
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Richard Treat
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Josiah Winslow
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
3rd cousin 7 times removed via Richard Treat
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
3rd cousin 7 times removed via Edmund Tapp Jr.
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
3rd cousin 7 times removed via Richard Treat
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
4th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Winslow
General William Tecumseh Sherman
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
4th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund Sherman
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
4th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund Sherman
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
4th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Winslow
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
4th cousin 3 times removed via George Jones of Dinder, Somerset
Frank Nelson Doubleday
Founder of Doubleday & Co.
4th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund Sherman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
4th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund Sherman
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
4th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Willard
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
4th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Winslow
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
4th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Winslow
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
4th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Winslow
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
4th cousin 5 times removed via Edmund Sherman
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
4th cousin 5 times removed via Edward Winslow
Charles Edward Merrill
Co-Founder of Merrill Lynch & Company
4th cousin 5 times removed via Edmund Sherman
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
4th cousin 6 times removed via Edmund Sherman
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
4th cousin 7 times removed via Thomas Bourne
John Lithgow
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
4th cousin 7 times removed via Thomas Bourne
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
4th cousin 7 times removed via George Jones of Dinder, Somerset
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
4th cousin 7 times removed via Thomas Bourne
Marie-Chantal Miller
Crown Princess of Greece
4th cousin 7 times removed via Stephen Hopkins
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 8 times removed via Joan Beaufort
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
4th cousin 8 times removed via Edward Winslow
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
5th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Sherman
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund Sherman
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
5th cousin 4 times removed via Edmund Sherman
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
6th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Sherman
William Durant
Co-Founder of General Motors and Founder of Frigidaire
6th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Sherman
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
6th cousin 5 times removed via Henry Sherman
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
6th cousin 7 times removed via Henry Sherman
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
6th cousin 7 times removed via Henry Sherman
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
6th cousin 7 times removed via Henry Sherman
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
7th cousin 4 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
8th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth Cheney
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
9th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
9th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
9th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
9th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
9th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Roos
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Humphrey Bourchier
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
9th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
9th cousin 6 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
9th cousin 6 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
9th cousin 6 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
9th cousin 7 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Humphrey Bourchier
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin via John le Scrope
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin via John le Scrope
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin via John le Scrope
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
10th cousin 1 time removed via John le Scrope
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
10th cousin 2 times removed via John le Scrope
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Bourchier
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 2 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
10th cousin 2 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
10th cousin 2 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
10th cousin 3 times removed via John le Scrope
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
10th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
10th cousin 3 times removed via John le Scrope
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
10th cousin 4 times removed via John le Scrope
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
10th cousin 4 times removed via John le Scrope
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
10th cousin 6 times removed via John le Scrope
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Bourchier
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Bourchier
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
10th cousin 6 times removed via Elizabeth Cheney
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Bourchier
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Bourchier
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
10th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Bourchier
George Washington
1st U.S. President
11th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
11th cousin 1 time removed via Katherine Pabenham
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Henry de Grey
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
11th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
11th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
11th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
11th cousin 2 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
11th cousin 2 times removed via Gilbert Talbot
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
11th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
11th cousin 3 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
11th cousin 3 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 4 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
11th cousin 5 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
11th cousin 5 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 5 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John de Greystoke
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John de Greystoke
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
11th cousin 6 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John de Greystoke
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 7 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Tuesday Weld
TV and Movie Actress
11th cousin 7 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
12th cousin via Joan Beaufort
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
12th cousin via Katherine Pabenham
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
12th cousin via Joan Beaufort
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
12th cousin via Joan Beaufort
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
12th cousin 1 time removed via Katherine Pabenham
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
12th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
12th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
12th cousin 2 times removed via Joan Beaufort
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
12th cousin 2 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
12th cousin 2 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
12th cousin 3 times removed via Joan Beaufort
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
12th cousin 3 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
12th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
12th cousin 3 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
12th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
12th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
12th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
Richard Nixon
37th U.S. President
12th cousin 4 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert de Ferrers
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
12th cousin 4 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
12th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
Warren G. Harding
29th U.S. President
12th cousin 4 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Robert Frost
Poet and Playwright
12th cousin 4 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
12th cousin 4 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
12th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
12th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
12th cousin 5 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
12th cousin 5 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
12th cousin 5 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
12th cousin 5 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
12th cousin 5 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
12th cousin 5 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
George Hamilton
TV and Movie Actor
12th cousin 5 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
12th cousin 5 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
12th cousin 6 times removed via John de Welles
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
12th cousin 6 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
12th cousin 6 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
12th cousin 6 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
12th cousin 6 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
12th cousin 7 times removed via John de Welles
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
12th cousin 7 times removed via John de Welles
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
12th cousin 7 times removed via John de Welles
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
12th cousin 8 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
12th cousin 8 times removed via John de Welles
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
13th cousin via John of Gaunt
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
13th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
13th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
13th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
13th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
13th cousin 2 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 2 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
13th cousin 3 times removed via Gilbert Talbot
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
13th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
13th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
13th cousin 4 times removed via Gilbert Talbot
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
13th cousin 4 times removed via Gilbert Talbot
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
13th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
13th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
13th cousin 6 times removed via Gilbert Talbot
Wernher von Braun
Rocket Scientist
13th cousin 6 times removed via John of Gaunt
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
13th cousin 7 times removed via Edward III of England
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
14th cousin via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
14th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 1 time removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
14th cousin 3 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
14th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Valerie Bertinelli
Television Actress
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
14th cousin 5 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
14th cousin 5 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
14th cousin 5 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
14th cousin 5 times removed via Maud de St. Hilary
Jake Gyllenhaal
Movie Actor
14th cousin 6 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Movie Actress
14th cousin 6 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Gerald Ford
38th U.S. President
14th cousin 7 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
14th cousin 7 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Boteler
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
15th cousin 1 time removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
15th cousin 2 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
15th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
15th cousin 3 times removed via Robert de Ros
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
15th cousin 4 times removed via Robert de Ros
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
15th cousin 4 times removed via Robert de Ros
Liza Minnelli
Singer and Actress
15th cousin 4 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir William de Boteler
Jesse James
Outlaw, Bank Robber, Murderer
15th cousin 6 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Vachel Lindsay
American Poet
15th cousin 6 times removed via Edward I, King of England
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin via Sir William de Ros
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 1 time removed via Gilbert de Clare
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin via Sir Humphrey de Bohun
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolutionary War Hero
17th cousin 1 time removed via Gilbert de Clare
William Stoughton
Chief Judge and Prosecutor, Salem Witch Trials 1692
17th cousin 2 times removed via Maud de St. Liz
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Fitzrobert
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers