Famous Kin of
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
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Richard de Clare
Magna Carta Surety
18th great-granduncle via Maud de St. Hilary
Gilbert de Clare
Magna Carta Surety
1st cousin 19 times removed via Maud de St. Hilary
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
2nd cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Fogge
King Henry VIII
King of England
3rd cousin 8 times removed via Richard Woodville
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
4th cousin 2 times removed via William Almy
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
4th cousin 3 times removed via Robert Titus
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
4th cousin 5 times removed via Robert Titus
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 7 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 7 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 7 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
7th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Fray
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
9th cousin 2 times removed via Humphrey Stafford
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
9th cousin 5 times removed via John Greville
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
9th cousin 6 times removed via Humphrey Stafford
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
9th cousin 7 times removed via Humphrey Stafford
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
9th cousin 7 times removed via Humphrey Stafford
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
9th cousin 8 times removed via Humphrey Stafford
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
9th cousin 8 times removed via Humphrey Stafford
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 1 time removed via Katherine Pabenham
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
James Madison
4th U.S. President
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
10th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Fray
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Fray
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
10th cousin 6 times removed via John de Botetourte
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Fray
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Fray
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
11th cousin via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
11th cousin via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 1 time removed via Katherine Pabenham
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
11th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Woodville
Lewis Carroll
Author of Alice in Wonderland
11th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Woodville
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
11th cousin 3 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
11th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
E. M. Forster
English Novelist
11th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Woodville
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
11th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Woodville
Horace Gray
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
11th cousin 5 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
11th cousin 5 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
11th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Woodville
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
11th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Woodville
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
11th cousin 6 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Norman Rockwell
American Artist
11th cousin 6 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
11th cousin 6 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
11th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Woodville
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
11th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
Story Musgrave
NASA Astronaut
11th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
11th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
12th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Poyntz
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
12th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Poyntz
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
12th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
12th cousin 3 times removed via Robert Poyntz
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
George Washington
1st U.S. President
13th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
13th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
14th cousin via Ralph de Stafford
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin via Ralph de Stafford
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
14th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
14th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
14th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
14th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
14th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
14th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
14th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
14th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
14th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
14th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
14th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
14th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
14th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
14th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
14th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
14th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
14th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
14th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
14th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
14th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
14th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
14th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
14th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Warin Trussell
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
14th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
14th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
14th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
14th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Tuesday Weld
TV and Movie Actress
14th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
14th cousin 7 times removed via John FitzGilbert (the Marshal)
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
William Stoughton
Chief Judge and Prosecutor, Salem Witch Trials 1692
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Huntingfield
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William Longespee
Patrick Henry
1st and 6th Governor of Virginia
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William Longespee
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
16th cousin 3 times removed via John de Botetourte
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Longespee
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Mainwaring
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Longespee
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Longespee
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Longespee
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 3 times removed via Henry II, King of England
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
17th cousin 3 times removed via Henry II, King of England
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 3 times removed via Henry II, King of England
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
18th cousin via Sir Roger de Somery
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
18th cousin via Sir Roger de Somery
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Longespee
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
18th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Mainwaring
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
18th cousin 2 times removed via Hugh de Kevelioc
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
19th cousin via Sir William Longespee
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Longespee
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
19th cousin 1 time removed via Henry II, King of England
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Longespee
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
19th cousin 1 time removed via Ida de Tony
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
19th cousin 1 time removed via William I de Lancaster
Clement Clarke Moore
Author of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Huntingfield
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
19th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Mainwaring
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
19th cousin 1 time removed via Henry II, King of England
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Longespee
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Longespee
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Longespee
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
19th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Mainwaring
Eugene Foss
45th Governor of Massachusetts
19th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Mainwaring
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
20th cousin via Henry II, King of England
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
20th cousin via Maud de St. Hilary
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
20th cousin 1 time removed via John FitzGilbert (the Marshal)
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
20th cousin 1 time removed via Henry II, King of England
James Youngs Smith
29th Governor of Rhode Island
20th cousin 1 time removed via Henry II, King of England