Famous Kin of
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
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James Madison
4th U.S. President
3rd cousin 4 times removed via Francis Thornton
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Francis Constable
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Francis Constable
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
4th cousin 5 times removed via Katherine
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
4th cousin 5 times removed via Francis Constable
George Washington
1st U.S. President
4th cousin 6 times removed via Laurence Townley
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 13 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 13 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 13 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
King Henry VIII
King of England
5th cousin 13 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 13 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard Lygon
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
9th cousin 9 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
10th cousin 1 time removed via Laurence Townley
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
10th cousin 3 times removed via Laurence Townley
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Savage
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 7 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
10th cousin 9 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
10th cousin 9 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard Lygon
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard Lygon
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Savage
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
11th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Sherburne
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
11th cousin 7 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
11th cousin 7 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Patrick Henry
1st and 6th Governor of Virginia
11th cousin 7 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
11th cousin 8 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard Lygon
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard Lygon
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Savage
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 5 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 7 times removed via Alice Plumpton
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
13th cousin via Sir Richard Lygon
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard Lygon
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Savage
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard Lygon
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
13th cousin 5 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
13th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 6 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
13th cousin 6 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 6 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
14th cousin via Sir John Savage
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
14th cousin via Sir John Savage
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
14th cousin 3 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
14th cousin 3 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
14th cousin 4 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Barack Obama
44th U.S. President
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Savage
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
14th cousin 4 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
14th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
14th cousin 5 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
14th cousin 5 times removed via Alice Plumpton
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 5 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
15th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Sherburne
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Robert Frost
Poet and Playwright
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
15th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Sherburne
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
15th cousin 3 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
15th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Shanghai Pierce
Texas Cattleman
15th cousin 3 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
15th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
16th cousin via Sir Humphrey Stafford
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Sherburne
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
16th cousin 1 time removed via Katherine Pabenham
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
16th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Lewis Carroll
Author of Alice in Wonderland
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
16th cousin 3 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
16th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
16th cousin 3 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
16th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter de Beauchamp
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
16th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
17th cousin via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
17th cousin 1 time removed via Katherine Pabenham
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
17th cousin 1 time removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Amelia Earhart
Aviation Pioneer
17th cousin 1 time removed via Robert de Ferrers
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
17th cousin 1 time removed via Robert de Ferrers
Guillermo Billinghurst
31st President of Peru
17th cousin 1 time removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
17th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
17th cousin 2 times removed via Alice Plumpton
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
17th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
17th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
17th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
17th cousin 3 times removed via Edward I, King of England
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
17th cousin 3 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Treat Williams
TV & Movie Actor
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Humphrey de Bohun
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
18th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
18th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
18th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
18th cousin 1 time removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
18th cousin 1 time removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
18th cousin 1 time removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Susana Ferrari Billinghurst
Argentine Aviation Pioneer
18th cousin 1 time removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
18th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
18th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Anna Gunn
TV and Movie Actress
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Gerald Ford
38th U.S. President
18th cousin 3 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
18th cousin 3 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Elizabeth Smart
Founder of Elizabeth Smart Foundation
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
19th cousin via Humphrey de Bohun
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
19th cousin via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
19th cousin via Edmund FitzAlan
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
19th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter de Beauchamp
Jake Gyllenhaal
Movie Actor
19th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Movie Actress
19th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
19th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Plantagenet
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
19th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
20th cousin via Edward I, King of England
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
20th cousin via Sir Walter de Beauchamp
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
20th cousin via Ralph de Stafford
Jesse James
Outlaw, Bank Robber, Murderer
20th cousin 1 time removed via Edward I, King of England
Vachel Lindsay
American Poet
20th cousin 1 time removed via Edward I, King of England