Famous Kin of
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
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King Henry VIII
King of England
1st cousin 9 times removed via Elizabeth Woodville
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
2nd cousin 2 times removed via John Taylor Jr.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Author of The Scarlet Letter
3rd cousin 1 time removed via Robert Lord Jr.
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
3rd cousin 1 time removed via William Allen
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
3rd cousin 2 times removed via John Rogers
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
3rd cousin 4 times removed via John Gilman
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
3rd cousin 7 times removed via John Rogers
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
3rd cousin 8 times removed via Sir Richard Neville
Elbridge Gerry
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund Greenleaf
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Winslow
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
4th cousin 1 time removed via Gov. Thomas Dudley
Salmon P. Chase
Sec. of Treasury and Namesake of JP Morgan Chase
4th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Gilman
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
4th cousin 3 times removed via Judith Greenleaf
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
4th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Hutchinson
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
4th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Gilman
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
4th cousin 5 times removed via Judith Greenleaf
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
4th cousin 6 times removed via Edward Hutchinson
Nathaniel Philbrick
Author of In the Heart of the Sea
4th cousin 6 times removed via Judith Greenleaf
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
4th cousin 7 times removed via Edward Hutchinson
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
4th cousin 7 times removed via Edward Hutchinson
Marie-Chantal Miller
Crown Princess of Greece
4th cousin 8 times removed via John Winslow
Ferdinand II of Aragon
1st King of a united Spain
4th cousin 9 times removed via Diego Gomez de Toledo
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
5th cousin via Gov. Thomas Dudley
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
5th cousin via Edward Gilman
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
5th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Waite of Wethersfield, Essex, England
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
5th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund Greenleaf
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin 1 time removed via Gov. Thomas Dudley
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
5th cousin 2 times removed via William Denison
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
5th cousin 2 times removed via William Hutchinson
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
5th cousin 2 times removed via Gov. Thomas Dudley
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
5th cousin 2 times removed via Gov. Thomas Dudley
Admiral George Dewey
Admiral of the Navy
5th cousin 2 times removed via William Denison
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
5th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Winslow
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
5th cousin 3 times removed via Gov. Thomas Dudley
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
5th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Winslow
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
5th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Winslow
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
5th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Winslow
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
5th cousin 3 times removed via William Denison
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
5th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Winslow
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
5th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Winslow
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
5th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Gilman
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
5th cousin 4 times removed via William Hutchinson
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
5th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Gilman
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
5th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Gilman
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
5th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Gilman
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
5th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Winslow
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
5th cousin 4 times removed via William Hutchinson
Bill Nye
TV's The Science Guy
5th cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Waite of Wethersfield, Essex, England
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
5th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Winslow
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
5th cousin 4 times removed via Gov. Thomas Dudley
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
5th cousin 5 times removed via William Hutchinson
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
5th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
5th cousin 5 times removed via Gov. Thomas Dudley
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
5th cousin 5 times removed via Edmund Greenleaf
Amy Grant
Christian/Pop Singer and Songwriter
5th cousin 5 times removed via Samuel Waite of Wethersfield, Essex, England
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
5th cousin 5 times removed via William Denison
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
5th cousin 6 times removed via Edward Winslow
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
5th cousin 6 times removed via William Denison
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
5th cousin 7 times removed via William Denison
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 9 times removed via John de Welles
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
6th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. Francis Marbury
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
6th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. Francis Marbury
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
6th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Hutchinson
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
6th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. Francis Marbury
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
6th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. Francis Marbury
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
6th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Hutchinson
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
6th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. Francis Marbury
Tuesday Weld
TV and Movie Actress
6th cousin 5 times removed via Rev. Francis Marbury
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
6th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
7th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Thorne
George Washington
1st U.S. President
8th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
9th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
9th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Cope
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
9th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Grey
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
9th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
9th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Cope
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
9th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
9th cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Grey
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William de Roos
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Blount
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Sutton VI
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Woodville
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
10th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Woodville
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
10th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
10th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth Woodville
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
10th cousin 5 times removed via Katherine Neville
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
10th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth Woodville
Guy Ritchie
British Filmmaker
10th cousin 6 times removed via Elizabeth Woodville
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Paris Hilton
Socialite and TV Personality
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
11th cousin via Sir Thomas Blount
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
11th cousin via Sir Richard Neville
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Bonville
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
James Madison
4th U.S. President
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
11th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Woodville
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Richard Neville
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Richard Neville
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
11th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Richard Neville
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
12th cousin via Sir Ralph Neville
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
12th cousin via Sir Ralph Neville
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
12th cousin via Richard Woodville
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
12th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Woodville
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Bonville
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William Bonville
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
12th cousin 3 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Richard Nixon
37th U.S. President
12th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Woodville
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
12th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Woodville
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
12th cousin 4 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Warren G. Harding
29th U.S. President
12th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Woodville
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
12th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Woodville
Anna Gunn
TV and Movie Actress
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir William Bonville
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
12th cousin 6 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
13th cousin via John of Gaunt
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
13th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
13th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Reynold Grey
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
13th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
13th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 2 times removed via Robert de Umfreville
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
13th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
13th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
Norman Rockwell
American Artist
13th cousin 3 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
13th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
13th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
13th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
13th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
13th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Reynold Grey
Wernher von Braun
Rocket Scientist
13th cousin 6 times removed via John of Gaunt
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
14th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
14th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
14th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
14th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 3 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
14th cousin 3 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
14th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
14th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Valerie Bertinelli
Television Actress
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
14th cousin 5 times removed via John de Welles
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
14th cousin 5 times removed via John de Welles
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
14th cousin 5 times removed via John de Welles
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
14th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Liza Minnelli
Singer and Actress
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Jake Gyllenhaal
Movie Actor
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Movie Actress
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Tom Hanks
Movie Actor
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
14th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Meghan Markle
Duchess of Sussex, TV Actress
14th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
15th cousin via Robert de Umfreville
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
15th cousin 1 time removed via Robert de Umfreville
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
15th cousin 3 times removed via Robert de Umfreville
Dr. Benjamin Spock
American Pediatrician and Author on Child Care
15th cousin 4 times removed via Robert de Umfreville
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Robert de Holland
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
16th cousin via Sir John de Harington
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin via Sir Edmund Mortimer
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
16th cousin via Sir William de Boteler
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John de Harington
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John de Harington
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 3 times removed via Gilbert de Clare
Bette Davis
Movie Actress
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Boteler
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Boteler
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
17th cousin 1 time removed via Robert de Ros
Emily Post
American Author on Etiquette
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard de Burgh
William Stoughton
Chief Judge and Prosecutor, Salem Witch Trials 1692
17th cousin 3 times removed via Saher I de Quincy
Robert Louis Stevenson
Author of Treasure Island
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard de Burgh
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
18th cousin via Sir Roger de Somery
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolutionary War Hero
18th cousin 1 time removed via Gilbert de Clare
Frank Nelson Doubleday
Founder of Doubleday & Co.
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers