Famous Kin of
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James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
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Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
2nd cousin 1 time removed via James FitzRandolph
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
2nd cousin 3 times removed via Col. Gerard Fowke
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
4th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Throckmorton
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
5th cousin 5 times removed via Edward FitzRandolph
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 12 times removed via John de Welles
King Henry VIII
King of England
5th cousin 12 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
6th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Blossom
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
6th cousin 3 times removed via John Throckmorton
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
6th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Blossom
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
6th cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Blossom
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
6th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Fowke
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Fowke
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
7th cousin 12 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Fowke
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
8th cousin 10 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
8th cousin 11 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
9th cousin via John Fowke
James Madison
4th U.S. President
9th cousin 2 times removed via William Cornwallis
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
9th cousin 3 times removed via John Fowke
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Throckmorton
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Throckmorton
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Throckmorton
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 5 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Throckmorton
Prince Harry
Prince of Wales
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Throckmorton
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 5 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
11th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
11th cousin 8 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Stephen Crane
Author of The Red Badge of Courage
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Astronomer and Aviation Pioneer
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
L. Frank Baum
Author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Philip Danforth Armour
Founder of Armour & Company
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
12th cousin 4 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Author of Tarzan and John Carter
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Warren G. Harding
29th U.S. President
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Fannie Farmer
Author of original Fannie Farmer Cookbook
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Humphrey Bogart
Movie Actor
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
George Washington
1st U.S. President
12th cousin 5 times removed via John de Welles
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 5 times removed via John de Welles
Grace Slick
Singer, Songwriter - Jefferson Airplane
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
John Hinckley, Jr.
Shot President Ronald Reagan
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Julia Child
American Chef, Author and TV Personality
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
12th cousin 6 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
12th cousin 7 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
13th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
Patrick Henry
“Give me liberty, or give me death!”
13th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 6 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
14th cousin 2 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
14th cousin 2 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
14th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
14th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Roos
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Roos
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
14th cousin 5 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
14th cousin 6 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
15th cousin 1 time removed via Stephen le Scrope
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
15th cousin 1 time removed via Stephen le Scrope
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard Sergeaux
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
15th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
15th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
15th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
15th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Roos
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Ros
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Ros
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Gilbert de Clare
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Gilbert de Clare
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Gilbert de Clare
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
15th cousin 4 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 5 times removed via Edward I, King of England
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 5 times removed via Edward I, King of England
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
16th cousin 1 time removed via Stephen le Scrope
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
16th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
16th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Roos
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
16th cousin 3 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Gilbert de Clare
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Gilbert de Clare
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
16th cousin 4 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 5 times removed via Gilbert de Clare
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
17th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
17th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
17th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
17th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
17th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
17th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Ros
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Roos
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Valerie Bertinelli
Television Actress
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
John Brown
American Abolitionist
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Roos
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
17th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
17th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
Pete Seeger
American Folk Singer
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
17th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
17th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
17th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
17th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
17th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
17th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
17th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
17th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
17th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
17th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
17th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
17th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
17th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
17th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Gilbert de Clare
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
17th cousin 2 times removed via John de Botetourte
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
17th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
17th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
17th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
17th cousin 4 times removed via William de Beauchamp
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
17th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
18th cousin via Sir William de Ros
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
18th cousin via Sir William de Roos
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
18th cousin via Edmund FitzAlan
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Roos
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Ros
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
18th cousin 1 time removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Gilbert de Clare
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
18th cousin 1 time removed via Hugh le Despencer
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
18th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Herbert Hoover
31st U.S. President
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Roos
George Hamilton
TV and Movie Actor
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Roos
J. K. Simmons
TV and Movie Actor
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Roos
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolutionary War Hero
18th cousin 3 times removed via Gilbert de Clare
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
19th cousin via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
19th cousin via Isabella de Beauchamp
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
19th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
19th cousin 1 time removed via Robert de Ros
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
19th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Jake Gyllenhaal
Movie Actor
19th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Movie Actress
19th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Richard Nixon
37th U.S. President
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Gilbert de Clare
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
19th cousin 2 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
20th cousin via Edward I, King of England
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
21st cousin via William de Beauchamp