Famous Kin of
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
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Richard de Clare
Magna Carta Surety
18th great-granduncle via Maud de St. Hilary
Gilbert de Clare
Magna Carta Surety
1st cousin 19 times removed via Maud de St. Hilary
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
2nd cousin 3 times removed via Aaron Cooke III
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
2nd cousin 3 times removed via Col. Samuel Appleton Jr.
Oliver Wolcott
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
2nd cousin 4 times removed via Henry Wolcott
Samuel Huntington
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 3 times removed via Matthew Marvin
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
3rd cousin 4 times removed via Joseph Allyn
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
3rd cousin 5 times removed via Joshua Robbins
John Hinckley, Jr.
Shot President Ronald Reagan
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Joshua Robbins
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
4th cousin 1 time removed via Col. Samuel Appleton Jr.
General William Tecumseh Sherman
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
4th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Welles
Henry Wells
Co-Founder of American Express and Wells Fargo and Co.
4th cousin 1 time removed via Aaron Cooke III
Frederick Upton
Co-Founder of Whirlpool Corporation
4th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Hovey
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
4th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
4th cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Hovey
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
4th cousin 5 times removed via Edward Doty Jr.
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin via Col. Samuel Appleton Jr.
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
5th cousin 1 time removed via Aaron Cooke III
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
5th cousin 1 time removed via Aaron Cooke III
Noah Webster
Published first American Dictionary
5th cousin 2 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
5th cousin 2 times removed via Col. Samuel Appleton Jr.
James Spader
TV and Movie Actor
5th cousin 4 times removed via Col. Samuel Appleton Jr.
Marie-Chantal Miller
Crown Princess of Greece
5th cousin 4 times removed via Col. Samuel Appleton Jr.
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
6th cousin via Samuel Appleton
Florence (Kling) Harding
First Lady of President Warren G. Harding
6th cousin 1 time removed via Matthew Marvin
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
6th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Wolcott
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
6th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Wolcott
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
6th cousin 2 times removed via Matthew Marvin
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
6th cousin 2 times removed via Matthew Marvin
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
6th cousin 2 times removed via Matthew Marvin
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
6th cousin 3 times removed via John Goodrich
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Newberry
Clint Eastwood
TV & Film Actor and Director
6th cousin 3 times removed via Aaron Cooke Jr.
Margaret Hamilton
Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of OZ
6th cousin 3 times removed via Matthew Marvin
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Newberry
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
6th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Wolcott
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
6th cousin 4 times removed via Matthew Marvin
Bess (Wallace) Truman
First Lady of President Harry S Truman
6th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Newberry
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
6th cousin 4 times removed via Matthew Marvin
Amy Grant
Christian/Pop Singer and Songwriter
6th cousin 4 times removed via William Paine
Mike Huckabee
44th Governor of Arkansas
6th cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Newberry
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
6th cousin 6 times removed via Roger Brownson
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
7th cousin via Elizabeth Charde
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
7th cousin via Elizabeth Charde
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
7th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Charde
Lucy (Webb) Hayes
First Lady of President Rutherford B. Hayes
7th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Charde
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
7th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Charde
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
7th cousin 1 time removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
7th cousin 1 time removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
George Eastman
Founder of Eastman Kodak Company
7th cousin 1 time removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Erle Stanley Gardner
Author of the Perry Mason series
7th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Charde
William Robbins Barnes
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
7th cousin 1 time removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
James Youngs Smith
29th Governor of Rhode Island
7th cousin 1 time removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
7th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
William Sprague
27th Governor of Rhode Island
7th cousin 2 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Henry Fonda
Movie Actor
7th cousin 2 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
7th cousin 2 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
7th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Marvin
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
7th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Hugh Hefner
Founder of Playboy Magazine
7th cousin 3 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Jane Fonda
Movie Actress
7th cousin 3 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Louis Auchincloss
Author
7th cousin 3 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Thomas Pynchon
American Novelist
7th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Peter Fonda
TV and Movie Actor
7th cousin 3 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
7th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
7th cousin 4 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Vincent Price
Movie Actor
7th cousin 4 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Norman Rockwell
American Artist
7th cousin 4 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Brian Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
7th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Dennis Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
7th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Carl Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
7th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Sarah Caldwell
1st Female Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera
7th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
John Lithgow
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
7th cousin 4 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
David Hyde Pierce
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
7th cousin 4 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
7th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Bridget Fonda
Movie Actress
7th cousin 4 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Mickey Rourke
Movie Actor
7th cousin 4 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Annie Proulx
Novelist and Short Story Writer
7th cousin 4 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
7th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Sally Field
TV and Movie Actress
7th cousin 5 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Blake
Charles Curtis
31st U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 1 time removed via John White of Stanton St. John
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 4 times removed via John White of Stanton St. John
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
8th cousin 6 times removed via Gruffydd Fychan ap Gruffydd of Rhuddallt
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
8th cousin 8 times removed via John V le Strange
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
8th cousin 9 times removed via John IV le Strange
King Henry VIII
King of England
10th cousin 10 times removed via Hugh de Kevelioc
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
11th cousin 4 times removed via John Everard
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
11th cousin 9 times removed via Hugh de Kevelioc
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
11th cousin 9 times removed via Hugh de Kevelioc
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
14th cousin 1 time removed via Gruffydd Fychan ap Gruffydd of Rhuddallt
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
14th cousin 6 times removed via Maud de St. Hilary
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
14th cousin 7 times removed via John FitzGilbert (the Marshal)
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 1 time removed via John IV le Strange
George Washington
1st U.S. President
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
16th cousin 2 times removed via John V le Strange
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Gilbert Pecche
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Gilbert Pecche
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
16th cousin 4 times removed via Maud de St. Hilary
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
16th cousin 4 times removed via John V le Strange
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
16th cousin 5 times removed via John V le Strange
Grace Slick
Singer, Songwriter - Jefferson Airplane
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Gilbert Pecche
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
James Madison
4th U.S. President
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
17th cousin 1 time removed via John IV le Strange
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
17th cousin 1 time removed via John IV le Strange
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
17th cousin 2 times removed via John IV le Strange
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
17th cousin 2 times removed via John IV le Strange
William Stoughton
Chief Judge and Prosecutor, Salem Witch Trials 1692
17th cousin 3 times removed via Maud de St. Liz
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
17th cousin 3 times removed via Maud de St. Hilary
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 3 times removed via Hugh de Kevelioc
Patrick Henry
1st and 6th Governor of Virginia
17th cousin 3 times removed via Maud de St. Hilary
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
18th cousin via Sir Roger de Somery
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
18th cousin via Sir Roger de Somery
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
18th cousin via Sir Roger de Somery
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
18th cousin via Sir Roger de Somery
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
18th cousin via Sir Roger de Somery
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Fitzrobert
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Fitzrobert
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Fitzrobert
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Fitzrobert
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
18th cousin 2 times removed via Hugh de Kevelioc
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
18th cousin 2 times removed via Hugh de Kevelioc
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
18th cousin 2 times removed via Maud de St. Hilary
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
18th cousin 3 times removed via John FitzGilbert (the Marshal)
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
18th cousin 3 times removed via John FitzGilbert (the Marshal)
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
19th cousin 1 time removed via Maud de St. Hilary
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
19th cousin 1 time removed via Hugh de Kevelioc
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
19th cousin 1 time removed via Hugh de Kevelioc
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Fitzrobert
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Fitzrobert
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
20th cousin via Maud de St. Hilary
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
20th cousin via Maud de St. Hilary
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
20th cousin 1 time removed via Maud de St. Hilary
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
20th cousin 1 time removed via Hugh de Kevelioc
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
20th cousin 1 time removed via Hugh de Kevelioc
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
20th cousin 1 time removed via Maud de St. Liz
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
20th cousin 1 time removed via John FitzGilbert (the Marshal)
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
20th cousin 1 time removed via Hugh de Kevelioc