Famous Kin of
Jake Gyllenhaal
Movie Actor
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Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
2nd cousin 6 times removed via John Child Jr.
King Henry VIII
King of England
3rd cousin 14 times removed via Sir John Beauchamp
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 13 times removed via Sir John Howard
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 13 times removed via Sir John Howard
Samuel F. B. Morse
Painter and Co-Inventor of Morse Code
5th cousin 4 times removed via William French
Charles Goodyear
Inventor, and namesake of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
5th cousin 4 times removed via William French
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin 6 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin 6 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
5th cousin 9 times removed via Sir William Waldegrave
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
6th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Lathrop
Clara Barton
Founder of the American Red Cross
6th cousin 5 times removed via William Learned
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
6th cousin 5 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
6th cousin 5 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
6th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Oliver St. John
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
7th cousin 3 times removed via Joshua Childe
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
7th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
8th cousin 1 time removed via William French
Albert G. Spalding
Co-Founder of Spalding Sporting Goods Co.
8th cousin 1 time removed via William French
Charles Edward Merrill
Co-Founder of Merrill Lynch & Company
8th cousin 3 times removed via John Warren
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
8th cousin 3 times removed via Wolstone Childe
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
8th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
8th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Dr. Hawley H. Crippen
Murderer in Erik Larson's “Thunderstruck”
8th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
9th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Lathrop
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
9th cousin 2 times removed via John Warren
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
9th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Amelia Earhart
Aviation Pioneer
9th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Tuesday Weld
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Fray
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Fray
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
9th cousin 10 times removed via Sir John Howard
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
10th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
10th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
10th cousin 1 time removed via Wolstone Childe
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Fray
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
10th cousin 11 times removed via Eudo la Zouche
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
11th cousin via Rev. John Lathrop
Brian Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
11th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John House
Dennis Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
11th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John House
Carl Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
11th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John House
Ethan Hawke
Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Novelist
11th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
11th cousin 2 times removed via Wolstone Childe
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John St. John
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John St. John
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John St. John
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Fray
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John St. John
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Fray
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Fray
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Fray
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Howard
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Howard
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John St. John
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Oliver St. John
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 7 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
13th cousin 7 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 7 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 7 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
George Washington
1st U.S. President
13th cousin 8 times removed via Eudo la Zouche
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
13th cousin 8 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Fray
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Howard
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Howard
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Howard
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Howard
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 6 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
James Madison
4th U.S. President
14th cousin 6 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 6 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 6 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
14th cousin 6 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 6 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
14th cousin 7 times removed via Eudo la Zouche
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
14th cousin 7 times removed via Eudo la Zouche
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Fray
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
15th cousin 5 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
15th cousin 5 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 5 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
15th cousin 5 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
15th cousin 5 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
15th cousin 6 times removed via Eudo la Zouche
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
15th cousin 6 times removed via Eudo la Zouche
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
16th cousin via Sir Roger Wentworth
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
16th cousin 4 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
16th cousin 5 times removed via Eudo la Zouche
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
16th cousin 5 times removed via Eudo la Zouche
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
17th cousin via Sir John Beauchamp
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
17th cousin via Sir John Howard
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
17th cousin via Sir John Howard
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
17th cousin via Sir John Beauchamp
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
17th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
17th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
17th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
17th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
17th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
17th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
17th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
17th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
17th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
17th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
17th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
17th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
17th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
17th cousin 4 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
18th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
18th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
18th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
18th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
18th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
18th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
18th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Lewis Carroll
Author of Alice in Wonderland
18th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Guillermo Billinghurst
31st President of Peru
18th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
18th cousin 3 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
18th cousin 3 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
18th cousin 3 times removed via Beatrice de Beauchamp
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
19th cousin via Sir John Howard
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
19th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
19th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Robert Frost
Poet and Playwright
19th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
19th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Norman Rockwell
American Artist
19th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Valerie Bertinelli
Television Actress
19th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
19th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
19th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
19th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
E. M. Forster
English Novelist
19th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Hugh le Despencer
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
19th cousin 2 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
19th cousin 2 times removed via Eudo la Zouche
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Andrew Shue
TV Actor
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
20th cousin via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
20th cousin via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Susana Ferrari Billinghurst
Argentine Aviation Pioneer
20th cousin via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
20th cousin 1 time removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
20th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Hugh le Despencer
Oliver Platt
Movie Actor
20th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Pete Seeger
American Folk Singer
20th cousin 1 time removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
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