Famous Kin of
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Author of The Scarlet Letter
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Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
3rd cousin 1 time removed via Robert Lord Jr.
John Adams
2nd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 1 time removed via John Cogswell
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
4th cousin 1 time removed via John Cogswell
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
4th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Clarke Jr.
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
4th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth Allen
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
4th cousin 5 times removed via William Hathorne
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
4th cousin 5 times removed via William Hathorne
Donnie Wahlberg
Singer and Movie Actor
4th cousin 8 times removed via William Hathorne
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin via John Cogswell
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
5th cousin 1 time removed via John Cogswell
Grace (Goodhue) Coolidge
First Lady of President Calvin Coolidge
5th cousin 2 times removed via William Goodhue
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
5th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Gardner
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
5th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Gardner
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
5th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Gardner
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Cogswell
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Cogswell
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
5th cousin 4 times removed via John Cogswell
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
5th cousin 4 times removed via John Cogswell
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
5th cousin 5 times removed via John Cogswell
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
5th cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Gardner
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
5th cousin 5 times removed via John Cogswell
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
6th cousin via Samuel Waite of Wethersfield, Essex, England
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
6th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Lawrence
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
6th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Lawrence
Bill Nye
TV's The Science Guy
6th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Waite of Wethersfield, Essex, England
Amy Grant
Christian/Pop Singer and Songwriter
6th cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Waite of Wethersfield, Essex, England
Raquel Welch
Movie Actress
6th cousin 5 times removed via Samuel Waite of Wethersfield, Essex, England
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Gilbert Pecche
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Gilbert Pecche
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
15th cousin 6 times removed via Robert Fitzrichard
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Gilbert Pecche
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Gilbert Pecche
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Gilbert Pecche
William Stoughton
Chief Judge and Prosecutor, Salem Witch Trials 1692
17th cousin 4 times removed via Maud de St. Liz
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
17th cousin 4 times removed via Robert Fitzrichard
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Fitzrobert
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Fitzrobert
George Washington
1st U.S. President
18th cousin 3 times removed via Maud de St. Liz
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Fitzrobert
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Fitzrobert
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
19th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Fitzrichard
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
19th cousin 2 times removed via Maud de St. Liz
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
19th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Fitzrichard
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
19th cousin 2 times removed via Maud de St. Liz
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
19th cousin 2 times removed via Maud de St. Liz
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
19th cousin 2 times removed via Maud de St. Liz
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
19th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Fitzrichard
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
19th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Fitzrichard
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
19th cousin 2 times removed via Maud de St. Liz
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
20th cousin via Sir Walter Fitzrobert
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Fitzrobert
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
20th cousin 1 time removed via Maud de St. Liz
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Fitzrobert
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
20th cousin 1 time removed via Maud de St. Liz
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
20th cousin 1 time removed via Maud de St. Liz
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
20th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Fitzrichard
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Fitzrobert
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Fitzrobert
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
21st cousin via Maud de St. Liz
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
21st cousin via Maud de St. Liz