Famous Kin of
Henry Fonda
Movie Actor
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Noah Webster
Published first American Dictionary
3rd cousin 4 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 5 times removed via John Whipple
Deborah Samson
Female Revolutionary War Veteran
3rd cousin 5 times removed via Gov. William Bradford
Brigham Young
2nd President of the Mormon Church
4th cousin 3 times removed via Simon Stone Jr.
Elias Howe
Inventor, Lockstitch Sewing Machine
4th cousin 3 times removed via John Bemis
Cadwallader Washburn
Co-founder of General Mills and 11th Governor of Wisconsin
4th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Livermore
Israel Washburn
29th Governor of Maine
4th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Livermore
Elihu Washburne
25th U.S. Secretary of State
4th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Livermore
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
4th cousin 4 times removed via William Hagar
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 4 times removed via Nicholas Jacob
William Cullen Bryant
American “Fireside” Poet
4th cousin 4 times removed via Experience Mitchell
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 5 times removed via Rev. Richard Ravens
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 5 times removed via Edmund Sherman
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
4th cousin 5 times removed via John Winslow
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 6 times removed via Robert White
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
5th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. James Fitch
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
5th cousin 2 times removed via Simon Stone Jr.
Julius Sterling Morton
Founder of Arbor Day
5th cousin 2 times removed via Simon Stone Jr.
Clara Barton
Founder of the American Red Cross
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Bigelow
Admiral George Dewey
Admiral of the Navy
5th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Rockwell
Elisha Story
Boston Tea Party Participant
5th cousin 5 times removed via Rev. William Eddy of Bristol, England
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 1 time removed via William Bradford Jr.
Joy Morton
Founder of Morton Salt Company
6th cousin 1 time removed via Simon Stone Jr.
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
6th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. James Fitch
William Robbins Barnes
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
6th cousin 1 time removed via William Bradford Jr.
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
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Whipple
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
6th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Rockwell
Millard Fillmore
13th U.S. President
6th cousin 3 times removed via Joseph Loomis
Ulysses S. Grant
18th U.S. President
6th cousin 3 times removed via William Rockwell
General William Tecumseh Sherman
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund Sherman
Wash Loomis
Leader of the Loomis Gang
6th cousin 3 times removed via Joseph Loomis
Henry Wells
Co-Founder of American Express and Wells Fargo and Co.
6th cousin 3 times removed via Joseph Loomis
Gilbert Clifford Noble
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
6th cousin 3 times removed via Joseph Loomis
Joseph Story
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
6th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. William Eddy of Bristol, England
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
7th cousin via William Bradford Jr.
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
7th cousin via Simon Stone Jr.
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
7th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Kingsley Jr.
Grace (Goodhue) Coolidge
First Lady of President Calvin Coolidge
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Whipple
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
7th cousin 1 time removed via William Bradford Jr.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
7th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Pope
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Author of Tarzan and John Carter
7th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Rockwell
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
7th cousin 1 time removed via Alice Carpenter
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.
Salmon P. Chase
Sec. of Treasury and Namesake of JP Morgan Chase
7th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Gilman
Christopher Reeve
Movie Actor
7th cousin 2 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
7th cousin 2 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Lewis Henry Lapham
Co-Founder of Texaco
7th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Mitchell
Levi Parsons Morton
22nd U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 2 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
7th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Kingsley Jr.
Steve Young
Football Hall of Fame Quarterback
7th cousin 2 times removed via Simon Stone Jr.
Lee B. Loomis
Founder of Loomis Armored Car Service
7th cousin 2 times removed via Joseph Loomis
Joseph Glidden
Inventor of Barbed Wire
7th cousin 2 times removed via Joseph Loomis
David Hyde Pierce
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
7th cousin 2 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
7th cousin 2 times removed via Jacob Mitchell
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
7th cousin 2 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
7th cousin 2 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Winslow
Clint Eastwood
TV & Film Actor and Director
7th cousin 3 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
Sally Field
TV and Movie Actress
7th cousin 3 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
Brian Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
7th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. James Fitch
Dennis Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
7th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. James Fitch
Carl Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
7th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. James Fitch
Mike Love
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
7th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. James Fitch
William Wetmore Story
American Sculptor
7th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. William Eddy of Bristol, England
Elizabeth Smart
Founder of Elizabeth Smart Foundation
7th cousin 4 times removed via Simon Stone Jr.
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
8th cousin 1 time removed via Nathaniel Loomis
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
8th cousin 1 time removed via Matthew Whipple
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
8th cousin 1 time removed via Hannah Brackett
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
8th cousin 1 time removed via Experience Mitchell
Stephen Crane
Author of The Red Badge of Courage
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Moore
John Steinbeck
Author of The Grapes of Wrath
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Whipple
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
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Rockwell
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Rockwell
Seth MacFarlane
Actor, Animator, Writer and Producer
8th cousin 1 time removed via Matthew Bridge
Bob Taft
67th Governor of Ohio
8th cousin 1 time removed via Experience Mitchell
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
8th cousin 1 time removed via Nicholas Jacob
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
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
8th cousin 2 times removed via Alice Carpenter
Timothy Leatherman
Founder of Leatherman Tools
8th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund Rice
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 2 times removed via Peter Brackett
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
8th cousin 2 times removed via Robert White
Grace Slick
Singer, Songwriter - Jefferson Airplane
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Flagg
Clarence Darrow
Lawyer, Scopes Monkey Trial
8th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. William Eddy of Bristol, England
Thomas Waldo Story
English/American Sculptor
8th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. William Eddy of Bristol, England
Henry Crapo
14th Governor of Michigan
8th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Sherman
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
8th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund Rice
Francis Harrington Glidden
Co-Founder of Glidden Company
8th cousin 3 times removed via Oliver Purchase
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
8th cousin 3 times removed via Nicholas Jacob
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
8th cousin 3 times removed via Nicholas Jacob
Marie-Chantal Miller
Crown Princess of Greece
8th cousin 3 times removed via John Washburn Jr.
Horace Gray
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
8th cousin 3 times removed via William Fiske
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
8th cousin 4 times removed via Robert Fiske
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
9th cousin via Edward Gilman
Dick Van Dyke
TV Actor - “The Dick Van Dyke Show”
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Jenny
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
9th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Bosworth
Nelson Eddy
Movie Actor and Singer
9th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. William Eddy of Bristol, England
Henry Luce
Co-Founder of Time, Life, Fortune and Sports Illustrated magazines
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Moore
Laura Ingalls-Wilder
Author of Little House on the Prairie
9th cousin 2 times removed via Jacques? Mahieu
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
9th cousin 2 times removed via Oliver Purchase
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
9th cousin 2 times removed via Joseph Loomis
Gerald Ford
38th U.S. President
10th cousin via Rev. William Eddy of Bristol, England
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
Gene Roddenberry
Creator of Star Trek
11th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Sherman