Famous Kin of
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
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Gilbert de Clare
Magna Carta Surety
19th great-granduncle via Sir Richard de Clare
King Edward I
King of England
1st cousin 17 times removed via John, King of England
William de Huntingfield
Magna Carta Surety
1st cousin 18 times removed via Maud de St. Liz
Henry de Bohun
Magna Carta Surety
1st cousin 19 times removed via Henry of Huntingdon
Robert de Vere
Magna Carta Surety
1st cousin 19 times removed via Aubrey de Vere
John Adams
2nd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
2nd cousin via Benjamin White
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
2nd cousin 1 time removed via Benjamin White
John Fairfield
13th and 16th Governor of Maine
2nd cousin 1 time removed via Benjamin White
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
U.S. Civil War leader of film “Glory” fame
2nd cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Ruggles Jr.
Horace Gray
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
2nd cousin 3 times removed via John Chipman
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
2nd cousin 5 times removed via Samuel Ruggles Jr.
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
2nd cousin 6 times removed via Benjamin White