Famous Kin of
John Steinbeck
Author of The Grapes of Wrath
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Josiah Bartlett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
2nd cousin 6 times removed via John Emery Jr.
General Joseph Warren
Killed at Battle of Bunker Hill
3rd cousin 5 times removed via Robert Williams
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 5 times removed via Robert Williams
John Adams
2nd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Henry Adams
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 6 times removed via John Whipple
Franklin Pierce
14th U.S. President
4th cousin 4 times removed via John Emery Jr.
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
4th cousin 6 times removed via Henry Howland
John Sargent Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
5th cousin 3 times removed via Lionel Worth
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
5th cousin 6 times removed via Edmund Sherman
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
5th cousin 7 times removed via Henry Sherman
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
6th cousin 2 times removed via Lionel Worth
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Astronomer and Aviation Pioneer
6th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Williams
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Williams
James Youngs Smith
29th Governor of Rhode Island
6th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Williams
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
6th cousin 3 times removed via John Whipple
Joseph Smith
Founder of the Mormon Church
6th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Gould of Bovingdon
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
6th cousin 3 times removed via Nathaniel Sparhawk
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
6th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Howland
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
6th cousin 6 times removed via William Pyle
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
6th cousin 6 times removed via William Pyle
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
6th cousin 6 times removed via William Pyle
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
7th cousin 1 time removed via Nathaniel Putnam
Laura Ingalls-Wilder
Author of Little House on the Prairie
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Emery Jr.
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
7th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Williams
Fannie Farmer
Author of original Fannie Farmer Cookbook
7th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Williams
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Williams
Joy Morton
Founder of Morton Salt Company
7th cousin 1 time removed via William Sawyer
Eugene Foss
45th Governor of Massachusetts
7th cousin 1 time removed via William Sawyer
Grace (Goodhue) Coolidge
First Lady of President Calvin Coolidge
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Whipple
Henry Crapo
14th Governor of Michigan
7th cousin 2 times removed via Arthur Howland
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Emery
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
7th cousin 2 times removed via Peter Tufts
Horace Gray
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
7th cousin 2 times removed via Nathaniel Sparhawk
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
7th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Howland
General William Tecumseh Sherman
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
7th cousin 4 times removed via Edmund Sherman
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
8th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Pierce
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Author of Tarzan and John Carter
8th cousin 1 time removed via Nathaniel Sparhawk
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
8th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Williams
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Whipple
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Williams
Owen Brewster
54th Governor of Maine
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Sawyer
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Angier
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
8th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Howland
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
8th cousin 2 times removed via Matthew Whipple
John Hinckley, Jr.
Shot President Ronald Reagan
8th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Williams
Lewis Henry Lapham
Co-Founder of Texaco
8th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Howland
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
8th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund Frost
Francis Harrington Glidden
Co-Founder of Glidden Company
8th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Squire
Harry Chapin
Singer and Songwriter
8th cousin 2 times removed via William Sawyer
Alec Baldwin
Television and Movie Actor
8th cousin 3 times removed via Robert Williams
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
9th cousin via Arthur Howland
William Durant
Co-Founder of General Motors and Founder of Frigidaire
9th cousin via Arthur Howland
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
9th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Sprague
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
9th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Howland
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
9th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Squire
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
9th cousin 1 time removed via Matthew Whipple
Charles Edward Merrill
Co-Founder of Merrill Lynch & Company
10th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund Sherman
Dr. Benjamin Spock
American Pediatrician and Author on Child Care
10th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Howland
John Lithgow
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
10th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Howland
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
10th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Howland
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
11th cousin 1 time removed via William Pyle
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
12th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Sherman