Famous Kin of
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
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William de Huntingfield
Magna Carta Surety
1st cousin 19 times removed via Maud de St. Liz
William de Lanvallay
Magna Carta Surety
1st cousin 19 times removed via Maud de Mandeville
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
2nd cousin 2 times removed via John Taylor Jr.
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
2nd cousin 10 times removed via Sir Thomas Greene 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 Rev. John Rogers
Horace Gray
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
3rd cousin 2 times removed via Nathaniel Clark
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
3rd cousin 4 times removed via John Gilman
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
3rd cousin 4 times removed via John Dryden
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
3rd cousin 4 times removed via John Gilman
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Rev. John Rogers
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
3rd cousin 7 times removed via Rev. John Rogers
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 Jr.
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 Jr.
Pete Seeger
American Folk Singer
4th cousin 5 times removed via Edward Gilman Jr.
George Hamilton
TV and Movie Actor
4th cousin 5 times removed via Edward Gilman Jr.
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
Richard Hatch
TV and Movie Actor
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
Keri Russell
TV and Movie Actress
4th cousin 7 times removed via Edward Gilman Jr.
Marie-Chantal Miller
Crown Princess of Greece
4th cousin 8 times removed via John Winslow
King 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
James Youngs Smith
29th Governor of Rhode Island
5th cousin 1 time removed via William Denison
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
William Sprague
27th Governor of Rhode Island
5th cousin 3 times removed via William Denison
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
Eugene Foss
45th Governor of Massachusetts
5th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Winslow
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
5th cousin 5 times removed via William Hutchinson
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
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
5th cousin 6 times removed via John Brome
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
Treat Williams
TV & Movie Actor
5th cousin 7 times removed via William Hutchinson
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 9 times removed via John de Welles
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
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 9 times removed via Sir John Howard
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
7th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Thorne
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
8th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
George Washington
1st U.S. President
9th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
9th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Cope
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
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William de Ros
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
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
10th cousin 2 times removed via John Denton
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Greene Jr.
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Greene Jr.
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Greene Jr.
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
11th cousin via Sir Thomas Blount
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Blount
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
11th cousin 1 time removed via John Brome
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Blount
James Madison
4th U.S. President
11th cousin 2 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
11th cousin 2 times removed via John Brome
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 2 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 2 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
11th cousin 4 times removed via John Brome
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Jordan Peele
TV and Movie Actor
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
11th cousin 7 times removed via John Brome
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
12th cousin via Sir Baldwin Freville
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Greene Jr.
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Greene Jr.
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
12th cousin 4 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Patrick Henry
1st and 6th Governor of Virginia
12th cousin 4 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Greene Jr.
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Guy Ritchie
British Filmmaker
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Paris Hilton
Socialite and TV Personality
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
13th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Hugh Shirley
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
13th cousin 2 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
13th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Umfreville
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
13th cousin 3 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
Norman Rockwell
American Artist
13th cousin 3 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
13th cousin 3 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
13th cousin 4 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Hugh Shirley
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
13th cousin 5 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
Thomas Pynchon
American Novelist
13th cousin 5 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
13th cousin 5 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
13th cousin 6 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
14th cousin via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Marmion
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
14th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
14th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Lewis Carroll
Author of Alice in Wonderland
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
14th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
14th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
14th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 3 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
E. M. Forster
English Novelist
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
14th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
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
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
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
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
14th cousin 5 times removed via John de Welles
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
Owen Brewster
54th Governor of Maine
14th cousin 5 times removed via John de Welles
Tom Hanks
Movie Actor
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Hugh Grant
Movie Actor
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Anna Gunn
TV and Movie Actress
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Mickey Rourke
Movie Actor
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
14th cousin 7 times removed via John de Welles
Anne Baxter
Movie Actress
14th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Meghan Markle
Duchess of Sussex, TV Actress
14th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
15th cousin via Ralph de Stafford
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
15th cousin via Ralph de Stafford
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
15th cousin via Sir John Howard
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
15th cousin via Ralph de Stafford
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
15th cousin via Ralph de Stafford
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
15th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
15th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Umfreville
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Gilbert Talbot
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
15th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund FitzAlan
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Umfreville
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Umfreville
Richard Nixon
37th U.S. President
15th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
15th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
15th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Warren G. Harding
29th U.S. President
15th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Dr. Benjamin Spock
American Pediatrician and Author on Child Care
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert de Umfreville
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
15th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
15th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
15th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William de Ros
David Hyde Pierce
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
15th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Robert de Umfreville
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
16th cousin via Edmund FitzAlan
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
16th cousin via Edmund FitzAlan
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
16th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
16th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Gilbert de Clare
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Mortimer
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
16th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
16th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
16th cousin 2 times removed via William de Odingsells
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
16th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
16th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
16th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Guillermo Billinghurst
31st President of Peru
16th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
16th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Gilbert de Clare
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
16th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Valerie Bertinelli
Television Actress
16th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
16th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
16th cousin 4 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Susana Ferrari Billinghurst
Argentine Aviation Pioneer
16th cousin 4 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
William Stoughton
Chief Judge and Prosecutor, Salem Witch Trials 1692
17th cousin 3 times removed via Maud de St. Liz
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
18th cousin via Sir William de Ros
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Ros
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolution
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Gilbert de Clare
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
18th cousin 3 times removed via William de Beauchamp
Frank Nelson Doubleday
Founder of Doubleday & Co.
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers
Benedict Arnold
Traitor of the American Revolution
20th cousin 1 time removed via Maud de St. Liz