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
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.
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
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
James Youngs Smith
29th Governor of Rhode Island
3rd cousin 3 times removed via John Howland
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
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
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
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
3rd cousin 5 times removed via James Skeffe
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
3rd cousin 5 times removed via James Skeffe
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
3rd cousin 5 times removed via William Cogswell
Thomas Pynchon
American Novelist
3rd cousin 5 times removed via William Cogswell
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
3rd cousin 5 times removed via John Howland
Eugene Foss
45th Governor of Massachusetts
3rd cousin 5 times removed via John Howland
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
3rd cousin 6 times removed via William Cogswell
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
3rd cousin 6 times removed via John Howland
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
3rd cousin 7 times removed via William Cogswell
John Hinckley, Jr.
Shot President Ronald Reagan
3rd cousin 7 times removed via John Howland
Johnny Carson
TV Host - “The Tonight Show”
3rd cousin 7 times removed via Rev. Richard Bourne
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
3rd cousin 8 times removed via William Cogswell
Alec Baldwin
Television and Movie Actor
3rd cousin 8 times removed via John Howland
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
3rd cousin 8 times removed via John Howland
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
3rd cousin 8 times removed via John Howland
Marie-Chantal Miller
Crown Princess of Greece
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
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
4th cousin 3 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
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
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
Bob Taft
67th Governor of Ohio
4th cousin 7 times removed via Rev. William Sargent
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
5th cousin 5 times removed via John Brome
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
5th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Howard
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Howard
King Henry VIII
King of England
7th cousin 10 times removed via Sir James de Audley
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
9th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
William Sprague
27th Governor of Rhode Island
9th cousin 5 times removed via John Giffard
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
9th cousin 6 times removed via William de Odingsells
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
9th cousin 7 times removed via John Giffard
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
10th cousin 2 times removed via John Brome
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
10th cousin 3 times removed via John Brome
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin via Sir John Throckmorton
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin via Sir Hugh Shirley
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Hugh Shirley
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Lewis Carroll
Author of Alice in Wonderland
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
E. M. Forster
English Novelist
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Guy Ritchie
British Filmmaker
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
13th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin via Sir John Howard
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Marmion
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Howard
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
14th cousin 6 times removed via Hugh de Kevelioc
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin via William de Odingsells
George Washington
1st U.S. President
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
James Madison
4th U.S. President
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
15th cousin 1 time removed via William de Odingsells
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
15th cousin 3 times removed via William de Odingsells
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
15th cousin 3 times removed via John, King of England
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
15th cousin 3 times removed via William de Odingsells
Patrick Henry
1st and 6th Governor of Virginia
15th cousin 3 times removed via John, King of England
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
15th cousin 4 times removed via William de Odingsells
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
15th cousin 6 times removed via William de Odingsells
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
15th cousin 6 times removed via William de Odingsells
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin via Sir Robert de Ros
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir James de Audley
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Ros
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Ros
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 2 times removed via John, King of England
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Fitzrobert
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
16th cousin 2 times removed via John, King of England
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 2 times removed via John, King of England
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Robert Frost
Poet and Playwright
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
17th cousin via Sir James de Audley
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Ros
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Longespee
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Longespee
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Ros
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir James de Audley
William Stoughton
Chief Judge and Prosecutor, Salem Witch Trials 1692
17th cousin 2 times removed via Maud de St. Liz
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Longespee
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William Longespee
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William Longespee
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard de Clare
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
18th cousin 1 time removed via John, King of England
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
18th cousin 1 time removed via John, King of England
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
18th cousin 1 time removed via John, King of England
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Fitzrobert
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
18th cousin 1 time removed via John, King of England
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
18th cousin 1 time removed via John, King of England
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
18th cousin 2 times removed via John, King of England
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
18th cousin 2 times removed via John, King of England
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
18th cousin 3 times removed via John, King of England
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
18th cousin 3 times removed via John, King of England
Samuel Colt
Inventor of the Colt Revolver
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
18th cousin 3 times removed via John, King of England
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
18th cousin 3 times removed via John, King of England
Guillermo Billinghurst
31st President of Peru
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
Benedict Arnold
Traitor of the American Revolution
19th cousin 2 times removed via Maud de St. Liz
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolution
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard de Clare
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
20th cousin 1 time removed via Henry of Huntingdon