Famous Kin of
Henry Crapo
14th Governor of Michigan
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Lewis Henry Lapham
Co-Founder of Texaco
4th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Howland
Elizabeth (Kortright) Monroe
First Lady of President James Monroe
4th cousin 2 times removed via John Russell
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
4th cousin 2 times removed via John Sherman
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Sherman
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
4th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Howland
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
4th cousin 4 times removed via Nathaniel Howland
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
4th cousin 5 times removed via John Sherman
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
5th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Howland
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
5th cousin 2 times removed via Jonathan Russell
Gene Roddenberry
Creator of Star Trek
5th cousin 3 times removed via William Chase Jr.
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
5th cousin 3 times removed via Philip Sherman
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
5th cousin 4 times removed via William Chase Jr.
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
5th cousin 5 times removed via Philip Sherman
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
6th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Sherman
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
6th cousin 3 times removed via Joshua Pratt
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American “Fireside” Poet
7th cousin via Henry Howland
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
7th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Howland
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
7th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Howland
John Steinbeck
Author of The Grapes of Wrath
7th cousin 2 times removed via Arthur Howland
Dr. Benjamin Spock
American Pediatrician and Author on Child Care
7th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Howland
John Lithgow
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
7th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Sherman
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Lawrence
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
8th cousin 3 times removed via John Samson
Charles Edward Merrill
Co-Founder of Merrill Lynch & Company
8th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Sherman
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
8th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Sherman