Famous Kin of
Noah Webster
Published first American Dictionary
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William Robbins Barnes
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
2nd cousin 3 times removed via John Webster
Clint Eastwood
TV & Film Actor and Director
2nd cousin 7 times removed via Samuel Steele
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 1 time removed via Richard Treat
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
3rd cousin 2 times removed via Katherine Chapin
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
3rd cousin 3 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
3rd cousin 4 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
3rd cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Marshfield
Gilbert Clifford Noble
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
3rd cousin 4 times removed via Katherine Chapin
Kenyon Cox
Painter and Illustrator
3rd cousin 4 times removed via Jonathan Gilbert
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
3rd cousin 5 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
Hugh Hefner
Founder of Playboy Magazine
3rd cousin 5 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
Frederick Upton
Co-Founder of Whirlpool Corporation
3rd cousin 5 times removed via Samuel Marshfield