Famous Kin of
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
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Robert I, King of France
25th great-grandfather
Gilbert de Clare
Magna Carta Surety
19th great-granduncle via Sir Richard de Clare
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
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
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