William de Huntingfield

Magna Carta Surety

21st great-grandfather

Robert I, King of France

32nd great-grandfather

Alfred the Great

King of the Anglo-Saxons

33rd great-grandfather

Charlemagne

King of the Franks

35th great-grandfather

William Stoughton

Chief Judge and Prosecutor, Salem Witch Trials 1692

1st cousin 7 times removed via Rev. Thomas Stoughton

Noah Webster

Published first American Dictionary

4th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Welles

John Wellborn Root

1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition Architect

5th cousin 1 time removed via John Allis

Marshall Field

Founder of Marshall Field & Co.

5th cousin 1 time removed via Benjamin Wait

Ralph Waldo Emerson

American Poet

5th cousin 2 times removed via John Leonard

P.T. Barnum

Co-Founder of Barnum & Bailey Circus

5th cousin 2 times removed via William Beardsley

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin

5th cousin 2 times removed via Sarah Heath

Benedict Arnold

Traitor of the American Revolution

5th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. Thomas Stoughton

Emily Dickinson

American Poet

6th cousin via Thomas Wells

Gilbert Clifford Noble

Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble

6th cousin via John Allis

O. Henry

Short Story Writer

6th cousin via Thomas Wells

W. K. Kellogg

Founder of the Kellogg Company

6th cousin 1 time removed via William Beardsley

Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson

First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson

6th cousin 1 time removed via John Leonard

Katharine Hepburn

Movie Actress

6th cousin 1 time removed via Benjamin Wait

General Tom Thumb

Dwarf Circus Performer

6th cousin 1 time removed via William Beardsley

Elihu Root

38th U.S. Secretary of State

6th cousin 1 time removed via John Leonard

John Wayne

Movie Actor

6th cousin 2 times removed via Mary Meekins

Lillian Gish

Stage, TV and Movie Actress

6th cousin 2 times removed via John Hawks

Clement Clarke Moore

Author of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”

6th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. Thomas Stoughton

John Lithgow

Stage, TV, and Movie Actor

6th cousin 2 times removed via John Allis

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

American “Fireside” Poet

6th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. Thomas Stoughton

Raquel Welch

Movie Actress

6th cousin 3 times removed via Benjamin Wait

Howard Dean

79th Governor of Vermont

6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Wells

Anthony Perkins

Movie Actor

6th cousin 3 times removed via John Hawks

Sarah Palin

9th Governor of Alaska

6th cousin 3 times removed via Benjamin Wait

Jim Carrey

TV & Movie Actor

6th cousin 3 times removed via William Smead