Famous Kin of
Norman Rockwell
American Artist
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Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
1st cousin 6 times removed via Samuel Street Jr.
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
1st cousin 8 times removed via Ann Lloyd
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
1st cousin 13 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
1st cousin 13 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
2nd cousin 13 times removed via Elizabeth Cheney
General William Tecumseh Sherman
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
3rd cousin 3 times removed via Nathaniel Street
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 5 times removed via Rev. John Sherman
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
4th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. Peter Bulkeley
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. Peter Bulkeley
Noah Webster
Published first American Dictionary
4th cousin 5 times removed via John Steele
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 6 times removed via Robert White
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
4th cousin 7 times removed via Henry Howland
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 13 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
5th cousin 2 times removed via Mary Moore
Admiral George Dewey
Admiral of the Navy
5th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Rockwell
Samuel Colt
Inventor of the Colt Revolver
5th cousin 4 times removed via Timothy Stanley
General Joseph Hooker
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
5th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Betts
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
5th cousin 5 times removed via Henry Howland
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
5th cousin 6 times removed via Henry Sherman
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
6th cousin 1 time removed via Joseph Keeler
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
6th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. Peter Bulkeley
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
6th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Rockwell
Millard Fillmore
13th U.S. President
6th cousin 3 times removed via Joseph Loomis
Ulysses S. Grant
18th U.S. President
6th cousin 3 times removed via William Rockwell
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
6th cousin 3 times removed via Constant Southworth
Joseph Smith
Founder of the Mormon Church
6th cousin 3 times removed via Joseph Loomis
Sarah Jessica Parker
TV and Movie Actress
6th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Elwell III
Wash Loomis
Leader of the Loomis Gang
6th cousin 3 times removed via Joseph Loomis
Henry Wells
Co-Founder of American Express and Wells Fargo and Co.
6th cousin 3 times removed via Joseph Loomis
Gilbert Clifford Noble
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
6th cousin 3 times removed via Joseph Loomis
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
6th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund Sherman
Henry Crapo
14th Governor of Michigan
6th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Howland
Levi Parsons Morton
22nd U.S. Vice-President
6th cousin 4 times removed via Stephen Hopkins
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
6th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Robert Corbet
Charles Edward Merrill
Co-Founder of Merrill Lynch & Company
7th cousin via Daniel Stone
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Author of Tarzan and John Carter
7th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Rockwell
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
7th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Riggs
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
7th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Keeler
George Eastman
Founder of Eastman Kodak Company
7th cousin 2 times removed via Timothy Stanley
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
7th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund Sherman
Lee B. Loomis
Founder of Loomis Armored Car Service
7th cousin 2 times removed via Joseph Loomis
Joseph Glidden
Inventor of Barbed Wire
7th cousin 2 times removed via Joseph Loomis
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
7th cousin 2 times removed via Nicholas Snow
William Robbins Barnes
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Steele
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American “Fireside” Poet
7th cousin 3 times removed via William Collier
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
7th cousin 3 times removed via David Stone
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
7th cousin 3 times removed via Alice Carpenter
Lewis Henry Lapham
Co-Founder of Texaco
7th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Howland
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
7th cousin 4 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
7th cousin 9 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Merrick
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
8th cousin 1 time removed via James Clark
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Hibbard
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
8th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Riggs
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
8th cousin 1 time removed via Nathaniel Loomis
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
8th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Raymond
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
8th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. Nicholas Street
Stephen Crane
Author of The Red Badge of Courage
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Moore
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Merrick
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
8th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. Peter Bulkeley
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Rockwell
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Rockwell
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
8th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Miles Jr.
Amy Grant
Christian/Pop Singer and Songwriter
8th cousin 1 time removed via Nathaniel Loomis
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
8th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Southworth
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
8th cousin 2 times removed via Robert White
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
8th cousin 2 times removed via Robert White
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
8th cousin 2 times removed via Robert White
William Durant
Co-Founder of General Motors and Founder of Frigidaire
8th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Howland
Clarence Day
Author of Life with Father
8th cousin 2 times removed via William Collier
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
8th cousin 2 times removed via Robert White
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
8th cousin 2 times removed via Gov. William Jones
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
8th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. Peter Bulkeley
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
8th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund Sherman
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
8th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Howland
Francis Harrington Glidden
Co-Founder of Glidden Company
8th cousin 3 times removed via Oliver Purchase
Harry Chapin
Singer and Songwriter
8th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. Peter Bulkeley
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
8th cousin 7 times removed via Elizabeth Cheney
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
9th cousin via Joseph Loomis
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
9th cousin via Rev. Edward Bulkeley
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
9th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. Edward Bulkeley
Laura Ingalls-Wilder
Author of Little House on the Prairie
9th cousin 1 time removed via Jane Clark
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
9th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. Edward Bulkeley
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
9th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Howland
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
9th cousin 1 time removed via David Stone
Henry Luce
Co-Founder of Time, Life, Fortune and Sports Illustrated magazines
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Moore
John Lithgow
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
9th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Raymond
David Hyde Pierce
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
9th cousin 1 time removed via Joseph Loomis
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
9th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Howland
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
9th cousin 2 times removed via Joseph Loomis
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
9th cousin 2 times removed via William Merrick
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
9th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. Edward Bulkeley
Avril Lavigne
Singer and Songwriter
9th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth Ring
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
9th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. Edward Bulkeley
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. Edward Bulkeley
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
9th cousin 4 times removed via Joseph Loomis
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 5 times removed via William Cotton of Lanwade
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 5 times removed via William Cotton of Lanwade
John Steinbeck
Author of The Grapes of Wrath
10th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Howland
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
10th cousin 1 time removed via William Collier
Elizabeth Smart
Founder of Elizabeth Smart Foundation
10th cousin 1 time removed via Stephen Tracy
Rikki Bates
Musician (Member of The Incredible Casuals)
10th cousin 1 time removed via Stephen Tracy
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
10th cousin 2 times removed via Robert White
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
10th cousin 2 times removed via Jane Clark
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William Troutbeck
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
10th cousin 4 times removed via William Cotton of Lanwade
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 7 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
10th cousin 7 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
10th cousin 7 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
10th cousin 8 times removed via Margery de Badlesmere
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
10th cousin 8 times removed via John of Gaunt
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
11th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Charlton
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
11th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Howland
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
11th cousin 2 times removed via William Mainwaring
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William Troutbeck
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
11th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William Troutbeck
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 4 times removed via James Butler
George Washington
1st U.S. President
11th cousin 6 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 6 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
11th cousin 6 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
11th cousin 6 times removed via Joan Beaufort
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
11th cousin 6 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
11th cousin 7 times removed via Gilbert Talbot
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
12th cousin 1 time removed via William Mainwaring
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Talbot
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
12th cousin 2 times removed via William Cotton of Lanwade
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
12th cousin 2 times removed via William Cotton of Lanwade
Joan Fontaine
Movie Actress
12th cousin 2 times removed via William Cotton of Lanwade
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Troutbeck
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Bourchier
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
12th cousin 5 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
12th cousin 5 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
12th cousin 5 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
12th cousin 5 times removed via Joan Beaufort
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
12th cousin 5 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Patrick Henry
“Give me liberty, or give me death!”
12th cousin 6 times removed via John of Gaunt
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
13th cousin 1 time removed via William Mainwaring
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
13th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
13th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
13th cousin 1 time removed via William Cotton of Lanwade
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
13th cousin 1 time removed via William Cotton of Lanwade
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
13th cousin 2 times removed via William Mainwaring
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
13th cousin 2 times removed via William Mainwaring
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
13th cousin 3 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
13th cousin 4 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
13th cousin 4 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
13th cousin 6 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
14th cousin 1 time removed via William Cotton of Lanwade
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Corbet
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Anne Baxter
Movie Actress
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey Bourchier
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
14th cousin 2 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
14th cousin 2 times removed via William Cotton of Lanwade
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Humphrey Bourchier
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
14th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
14th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 5 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
15th cousin via Sir Thomas Stanley
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
15th cousin via Sir Thomas Stanley
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 John Bourchier
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
15th cousin 2 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
15th cousin 2 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
15th cousin 2 times removed via James Butler
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
15th cousin 2 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
15th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
16th cousin via Stephen le Scrope
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ferrers
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
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
16th cousin 1 time removed via Katherine Pabenham
Warren G. Harding
29th U.S. President
16th cousin 1 time removed via Katherine Pabenham
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
16th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John de Greystoke
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
16th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
16th cousin 1 time removed via Stephen le Scrope
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Boteler
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
17th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
17th cousin 1 time removed via Gilbert Talbot
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
17th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Sally Ride
1st American Woman in Space
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
18th cousin via Margery de Badlesmere
Ellen Louise (Axon) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
18th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
18th cousin 1 time removed via Margery de Badlesmere
Jake Gyllenhaal
Movie Actor
18th cousin 1 time removed via Margery de Badlesmere
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Movie Actress
18th cousin 1 time removed via Margery de Badlesmere
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
18th cousin 2 times removed via Gilbert Talbot
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
19th cousin 1 time removed via Robert de Ros
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Alan la Zouche
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
20th cousin via Sir William de Boteler
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