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