Famous Kin of
Henry Fonda
Movie Actor
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Elias Howe
Inventor, Lockstitch Sewing Machine
4th cousin 3 times removed via John Bemis
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
4th cousin 4 times removed via William Hagar
William Cullen Bryant
American “Fireside” Poet
4th cousin 4 times removed via Experience Mitchell
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 5 times removed via Edmund Sherman
Clara Barton
Founder of the American Red Cross
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Bigelow
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
5th cousin 6 times removed via Henry Sherman
James Garfield
20th U.S. President
6th cousin 2 times removed via Matthew Bridge
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
6th cousin 2 times removed via Experience Mitchell
Frank Nelson Doubleday
Founder of Doubleday & Co.
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Bigelow
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Mitchell
General William Tecumseh Sherman
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund Sherman
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
7th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Kingsley Jr.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
7th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Pope
Charles Edward Merrill
Co-Founder of Merrill Lynch & Company
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Bigelow
Julia Child
American Chef, Author and TV Personality
7th cousin 1 time removed via Experience Mitchell
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
7th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Kingsley Jr.
Lewis Henry Lapham
Co-Founder of Texaco
7th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Mitchell
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
7th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Kingsley Jr.
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
8th cousin 1 time removed via Experience Mitchell
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Livermore
Albert G. Spalding
Co-Founder of Spalding Sporting Goods Co.
8th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Brackett
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 1 time removed via Nicholas Danforth
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
8th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. William Eddy of Bristol, England
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
8th cousin 2 times removed via Francis Cooke
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
8th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. William Eddy of Bristol, England
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 2 times removed via Peter Brackett
Clarence Darrow
Lawyer, Scopes Monkey Trial
8th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. William Eddy of Bristol, England
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
8th cousin 2 times removed via Peter Brackett
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Author of Tarzan and John Carter
8th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Frost
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
8th cousin 3 times removed via John Livermore
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
8th cousin 4 times removed via John Bigelow
Dick Van Dyke
TV Actor - “The Dick Van Dyke Show”
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Jenny
Nelson Eddy
Movie Actor and Singer
9th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. William Eddy of Bristol, England
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
9th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund Sherman
Laura Ingalls-Wilder
Author of Little House on the Prairie
9th cousin 2 times removed via Jacques? Mahieu
Brian Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
9th cousin 2 times removed via John Jenny
Dennis Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
9th cousin 2 times removed via John Jenny
Carl Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
9th cousin 2 times removed via John Jenny
Duane Eddy
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Guitarist
10th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. William Eddy of Bristol, England
William Durant
Co-Founder of General Motors and Founder of Frigidaire
10th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Sherman
Elizabeth Smart
Founder of Elizabeth Smart Foundation
10th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. William Eddy of Bristol, England
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
11th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Sherman