Famous Kin of
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
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Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
1st cousin 8 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
William de Lanvallay
Magna Carta Surety
1st cousin 17 times removed via Maud de Mandeville
Robert de Vere
Magna Carta Surety
1st cousin 19 times removed via Aubrey de Vere
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
2nd cousin 1 time removed via Rev. Nathaniel Brewster
Abraham Woodhull
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
2nd cousin 1 time removed via Richard Woodhull
John Fitz Robert
Magna Carta Surety
2nd cousin 18 times removed via Aubrey de Vere
Julia (Gardiner) Tyler
First Lady of President John Tyler
3rd cousin 2 times removed via Richard "Bull" Smith
Clement Clarke Moore
Author of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
3rd cousin 2 times removed via Edward Howell
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Richard Platt
Jordan Peele
TV and Movie Actor
3rd cousin 7 times removed via Rev. Nathaniel Brewster
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 9 times removed via John de Mowbray
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 8 times removed via Sir James le Boteler
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 9 times removed via Alice de Audley
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
8th cousin 5 times removed via John de Welles
George Washington
1st U.S. President
9th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
9th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
9th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
11th cousin 2 times removed via James Butler
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Hoo
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
11th cousin 2 times removed via James Butler
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
11th cousin 3 times removed via James Butler
Robert Frost
Poet and Playwright
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
11th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
11th cousin 3 times removed via James Butler
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
11th cousin 4 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Hoo
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
11th cousin 5 times removed via John IV le Strange
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
11th cousin 5 times removed via James Butler
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
11th cousin 5 times removed via James Butler
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
11th cousin 5 times removed via James Butler
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Hoo
Christopher Reeve
Movie Actor
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Hoo
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
11th cousin 6 times removed via James Butler
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
11th cousin 7 times removed via James Butler
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
James Madison
4th U.S. President
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir James le Boteler
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 3 times removed via Alice de Audley
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
12th cousin 3 times removed via Alice de Audley
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
12th cousin 3 times removed via Alice de Audley
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
13th cousin via Sir Richard FitzAlan
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
13th cousin via Sir Richard FitzAlan
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 1 time removed via John de Mowbray
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
13th cousin 1 time removed via John de Mowbray
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
13th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
13th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Ros
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
13th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas de Beauchamp
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
13th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas de Beauchamp
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
13th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
13th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 2 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
13th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
13th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
13th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
Humphrey Bogart
Movie Actor
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
13th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
Thomas Pynchon
American Novelist
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
13th cousin 5 times removed via John de Welles
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas de Beauchamp
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas de Beauchamp
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas de Beauchamp
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas de Beauchamp
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Tuesday Weld
TV and Movie Actress
13th cousin 6 times removed via John de Welles
Meghan Markle
Duchess of Sussex, TV Actress
13th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Thomas de Beauchamp
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
14th cousin via John de Mowbray
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin via Sir James le Boteler
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
14th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
14th cousin 1 time removed via John de Mowbray
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
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
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
14th cousin 1 time removed via Guy de Beauchamp
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
14th cousin 2 times removed via John de Mowbray
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
14th cousin 2 times removed via John de Mowbray
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
14th cousin 2 times removed via John de Mowbray
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
14th cousin 3 times removed via Guy de Beauchamp
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
14th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
14th cousin 3 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
14th cousin 3 times removed via John de Mowbray
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
14th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir James le Boteler
Guillermo Billinghurst
31st President of Peru
14th cousin 3 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
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
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Shanghai Pierce
Texas Cattleman
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir James le Boteler
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Bohun
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
14th cousin 4 times removed via John de Mowbray
Pete Seeger
American Folk Singer
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
14th cousin 4 times removed via John de Mowbray
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
14th cousin 4 times removed via John de Mowbray
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
14th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir William de Bohun
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
14th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
14th cousin 5 times removed via John de Mowbray
Susana Ferrari Billinghurst
Argentine Aviation Pioneer
14th cousin 5 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir James le Boteler
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
14th cousin 6 times removed via John de Mowbray
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
14th cousin 6 times removed via John de Mowbray
Anna Gunn
TV and Movie Actress
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
14th cousin 6 times removed via John de Mowbray
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir James le Boteler
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
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
14th cousin 7 times removed via Sir James le Boteler
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
15th cousin via Alice de Audley
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
15th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
15th cousin 1 time removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
15th cousin 1 time removed via Humphrey de Bohun
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
15th cousin 3 times removed via Alice de Audley
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
15th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
15th cousin 4 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
15th cousin 4 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
15th cousin 4 times removed via Alice de Audley
Emily Post
American Author on Etiquette
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard de Burgh
Jake Gyllenhaal
Movie Actor
15th cousin 5 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Movie Actress
15th cousin 5 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Robert Louis Stevenson
Author of Treasure Island
15th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Richard de Burgh
James Spader
TV and Movie Actor
15th cousin 6 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Marie-Chantal Miller
Crown Princess of Greece
15th cousin 6 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
16th cousin via Sir Robert de Ros
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Mortimer
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
16th cousin 1 time removed via John IV le Strange
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
16th cousin 1 time removed via John IV le Strange
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
16th cousin 1 time removed via William de Beauchamp
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
16th cousin 1 time removed via Edward I, King of England
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 2 times removed via Gilbert de Clare
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
John Brown
American Abolitionist
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Jesse James
Outlaw, Bank Robber, Murderer
16th cousin 5 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Vachel Lindsay
American Poet
16th cousin 5 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
16th cousin 5 times removed via William de Beauchamp
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin via Sir Roger de Somery
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Ros
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Ros
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey de Bohun
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Humphrey de Bohun
William Stoughton
Chief Judge and Prosecutor, Salem Witch Trials 1692
17th cousin 3 times removed via Maud de St. Liz
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Humphrey de Bohun
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers
Frank Nelson Doubleday
Founder of Doubleday & Co.
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Samuel Colt
Inventor of the Colt Revolver
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy