Famous Kin of
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
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King Henry VIII
King of England
1st cousin 8 times removed via Elizabeth Woodville
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
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
2nd cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Ruggles Jr.
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
2nd cousin 6 times removed via Benjamin White
Dr. Benjamin Spock
American Pediatrician and Author on Child Care
2nd cousin 7 times removed via John Chipman
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
2nd cousin 9 times removed via John Chipman
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
3rd cousin 1 time removed via George Fowle
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
3rd cousin 1 time removed via William Cogswell
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
3rd cousin 2 times removed via William Cogswell
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
3rd cousin 3 times removed via James Skeffe
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
3rd cousin 4 times removed via William Cogswell
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
3rd cousin 4 times removed via John Howland
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
3rd cousin 4 times removed via John Howland
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
3rd cousin 4 times removed via William Cogswell
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
3rd cousin 5 times removed via William Cogswell
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
3rd cousin 5 times removed via William Cogswell
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
3rd cousin 5 times removed via John Howland
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
3rd cousin 5 times removed via William Cogswell
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
3rd cousin 5 times removed via John Howland
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
3rd cousin 6 times removed via William Cogswell
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
3rd cousin 7 times removed via William Cogswell
Johnny Carson
TV Host - “The Tonight Show”
3rd cousin 7 times removed via Rev. Richard Bourne
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
3rd cousin 7 times removed via Sir Richard Neville
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
3rd cousin 7 times removed via John Howland
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
3rd cousin 8 times removed via William Cogswell
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
3rd cousin 8 times removed via John Howland
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
3rd cousin 9 times removed via John Howland
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
4th cousin 1 time removed via Gov. Thomas Dudley
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Author of The Scarlet Letter
4th cousin 1 time removed via John Cogswell
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
4th cousin 2 times removed via John Cogswell
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
4th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Howland
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
4th cousin 4 times removed via Gov. Thomas Dudley
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
4th cousin 5 times removed via John Cogswell
William Durant
Co-Founder of General Motors and Founder of Frigidaire
4th cousin 5 times removed via Henry Howland
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
4th cousin 6 times removed via John Cogswell
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
4th cousin 6 times removed via Henry Howland
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
4th cousin 6 times removed via Henry Howland
Ferdinand II of Aragon
1st King of a united Spain
4th cousin 9 times removed via Diego Gomez de Toledo
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
5th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
George Washington
1st U.S. President
8th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Grey
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
8th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
8th cousin 6 times removed via Thomas Grey
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
9th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
9th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
9th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Woodville
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir William de Roos
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
9th cousin 6 times removed via Elizabeth Woodville
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
9th cousin 6 times removed via Katherine Neville
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
9th cousin 6 times removed via Elizabeth Woodville
Guy Ritchie
British Filmmaker
9th cousin 7 times removed via Elizabeth Woodville
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Paris Hilton
Socialite and TV Personality
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Woodville
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard Neville
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Bonville
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
10th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Woodville
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
10th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Richard Neville
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Richard Neville
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
10th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Richard Neville
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
11th cousin via Sir William Bonville
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin via Sir Ralph Neville
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
11th cousin via Richard Woodville
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin via Sir Ralph Neville
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin via Sir Ralph Neville
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
11th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Woodville
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Bonville
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
11th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William Bonville
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
11th cousin 4 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
11th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Woodville
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
11th cousin 5 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir William Bonville
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
11th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Woodville
Warren G. Harding
29th U.S. President
11th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Woodville
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
11th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Woodville
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
11th cousin 7 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir William Bonville
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
12th cousin via Sir Walter Blount
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
12th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Reynold Grey
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
12th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Shanghai Pierce
Texas Cattleman
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
12th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
12th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
12th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
12th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Amelia Earhart
Aviation Pioneer
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
12th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
12th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
12th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
12th cousin 6 times removed via John of Gaunt
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
12th cousin 6 times removed via John of Gaunt
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
12th cousin 6 times removed via John of Gaunt
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Reynold Grey
Wernher von Braun
Rocket Scientist
12th cousin 7 times removed via John of Gaunt
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
13th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
13th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
13th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
13th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
13th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
13th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Henry de Percy
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
13th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
13th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
13th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
13th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
13th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
13th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Robert Frost
Poet and Playwright
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Henry de Percy
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
13th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Valerie Bertinelli
Television Actress
13th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Pete Seeger
American Folk Singer
13th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
13th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Henry de Percy
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
13th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
13th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
13th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Liza Minnelli
Singer and Actress
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Henry de Percy
Tom Hanks
Movie Actor
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
13th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Dave Cowens
NBA Hall of Famer
13th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Henry de Percy
Meghan Markle
Duchess of Sussex, TV Actress
13th cousin 8 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
14th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Robert de Holland
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin via Edward I, King of England
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin via Sir Alan la Zouche
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John de Harington
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Mortimer
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Boteler
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John de Harington
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John de Harington
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
15th cousin 2 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Bette Davis
Movie Actress
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir William de Boteler
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir William de Boteler
Jake Gyllenhaal
Movie Actor
15th cousin 5 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Movie Actress
15th cousin 5 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Dick Cheney
46th U.S. Vice-President
15th cousin 6 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 2 times removed via Gilbert de Clare
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
16th cousin 2 times removed via Robert de Ros
Emily Post
American Author on Etiquette
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard de Burgh
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Robert Louis Stevenson
Author of Treasure Island
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Richard de Burgh
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
William Stoughton
Chief Judge and Prosecutor, Salem Witch Trials 1692
17th cousin 2 times removed via Saher I de Quincy
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolutionary War Hero
18th cousin via Gilbert de Clare
Frank Nelson Doubleday
Founder of Doubleday & Co.
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers
Benedict Arnold
Traitor of the American Revolution
19th cousin 2 times removed via Saher I de Quincy