Famous Kin of
Joseph Smith
Founder of the Mormon Church
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Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
3rd cousin 2 times removed via Sarah Goldstone
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
3rd cousin 3 times removed via John Howland
Dr. Hawley H. Crippen
Murderer in Erik Larson's “Thunderstruck”
4th cousin 2 times removed via John Fuller
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 3 times removed via Robert White
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
5th cousin 2 times removed via Capt. Samuel Brocklebank
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
5th cousin 2 times removed via Moses Rowley
Grace (Goodhue) Coolidge
First Lady of President Calvin Coolidge
5th cousin 3 times removed via Zaccheus Gould
Laura Ingalls-Wilder
Author of Little House on the Prairie
5th cousin 3 times removed via Anthony Colby
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
5th cousin 4 times removed via Sarah Goldstone
John Lithgow
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
5th cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Hunt
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
5th cousin 5 times removed via Sarah Goldstone
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
5th cousin 5 times removed via Zaccheus Gould
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
5th cousin 5 times removed via Sarah Goldstone
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
6th cousin via Rev. John Lathrop
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
6th cousin 1 time removed via John Howland
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
6th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Howland
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
6th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Howland
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
6th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Rowley
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas French
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
6th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
6th cousin 3 times removed via Joseph Loomis
John Hinckley, Jr.
Shot President Ronald Reagan
6th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
John Steinbeck
Author of The Grapes of Wrath
6th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Gould of Bovingdon
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
6th cousin 3 times removed via William Crocker
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
6th cousin 3 times removed via William Crocker
Tuesday Weld
TV and Movie Actress
6th cousin 3 times removed via William Crocker
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
6th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
6th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Dr. Benjamin Spock
American Pediatrician and Author on Child Care
6th cousin 4 times removed via John Howland
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
6th cousin 4 times removed via John Howland
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
6th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
6th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Thomas J. Watson, Jr.
President and CEO of I.B.M.
6th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Gould of Bovingdon
Treat Williams
TV & Movie Actor
6th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
6th cousin 5 times removed via Joseph Loomis
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
6th cousin 5 times removed via John Howland
Ethan Hawke
Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Novelist
6th cousin 6 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
6th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Gould of Bovingdon
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
7th cousin via William Palmer
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
7th cousin 1 time removed via Robert White
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
7th cousin 2 times removed via William Palmer
William Durant
Co-Founder of General Motors and Founder of Frigidaire
7th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Howland
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
7th cousin 4 times removed via Robert White
Brian Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
7th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John House
Dennis Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
7th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John House
Carl Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
7th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John House