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