Famous Kin of
Carl Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
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Geoffrey Chaucer
English poet and author of The Canterbury Tales
17th great-granduncle via John Chaucer
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
3rd cousin 8 times removed via William Sumner Jr.
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 7 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 8 times removed via Richard Willard
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
5th cousin 5 times removed via Rev. James Fitch
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin 5 times removed via Edward Griswold
Charles Goodyear
Inventor, and namesake of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
5th cousin 5 times removed via William Bunnell
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
5th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Lyman
Benedict Arnold
Traitor of the American Revolution
5th cousin 6 times removed via Rev. John House
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin 6 times removed via William Sumner Jr.
Sir Benjamin Thompson
Physicist and Inventor, aka Count Rumford
5th cousin 7 times removed via Thomas Richardson
Lowell Thomas
Radio and TV Commentator
6th cousin 2 times removed via Joshua Finney
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
6th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew Foster
Admiral George Dewey
Admiral of the Navy
6th cousin 3 times removed via Josiah Dewey
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
6th cousin 3 times removed via Josiah Dewey
James Garfield
20th U.S. President
6th cousin 4 times removed via Francis Billington
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
6th cousin 4 times removed via William Phelps
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
6th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Lyman
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
6th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Lyman
Samuel Colt
Inventor of the Colt Revolver
6th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Lyman
John Wellborn Root
1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition Architect
6th cousin 4 times removed via Francis Billington
Wash Loomis
Leader of the Loomis Gang
6th cousin 4 times removed via John Bissell
Frank W. Woolworth
Founder of F.W. Woolworth Company
6th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Griswold
Levi Parsons Morton
22nd U.S. Vice-President
6th cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Ford
Henry Wells
Co-Founder of American Express and Wells Fargo and Co.
6th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
6th cousin 5 times removed via Rev. John House
Elias Howe
Inventor, Lockstitch Sewing Machine
6th cousin 5 times removed via William Ward
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
6th cousin 6 times removed via Thomas Richardson
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Astronomer and Aviation Pioneer
6th cousin 6 times removed via William Sumner
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
6th cousin 6 times removed via John Stow
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
7th cousin 2 times removed via Josiah Dewey
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
7th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Walker
Gilbert Clifford Noble
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
7th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Dewey
Ulysses S. Grant
18th U.S. President
7th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
7th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Lyman
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 4 times removed via Nathaniel White
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
7th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Joseph Smith
Founder of the Mormon Church
7th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John House
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
7th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. Henry Whitfield
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
7th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John House
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
7th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John House
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
7th cousin 5 times removed via John Stow
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
7th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Willard
Frank Nelson Doubleday
Founder of Doubleday & Co.
7th cousin 5 times removed via John Stow
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
8th cousin 1 time removed via Israel Walker
Dick Van Dyke
TV Actor - “The Dick Van Dyke Show”
8th cousin 1 time removed via Abiel Wood
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
8th cousin 1 time removed via Nathaniel Bissell
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Gifford
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
8th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Griswold
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Griswold
Thomas Pynchon
American Novelist
8th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. James Fitch
Barbara Hutton
Socialite (aka “Poor Little Rich Girl”)
8th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Griswold
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
8th cousin 3 times removed via Francis Cooke
Lucy (Webb) Hayes
First Lady of President Rutherford B. Hayes
8th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Ford
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
8th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
8th cousin 3 times removed via William Sumner Jr.
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
8th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John House
Frederick Upton
Co-Founder of Whirlpool Corporation
8th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Ford
Lillian Gish
Stage, TV and Movie Actress
8th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Ford
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
8th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John House
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 3 times removed via William Sumner Jr.
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
8th cousin 8 times removed via William Rudhall
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
8th cousin 12 times removed via Sir John Howard
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
9th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Griswold
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
9th cousin 1 time removed via George Barlow
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Burrows
Steve Young
Football Hall of Fame Quarterback
9th cousin 1 time removed via William Gifford
Amy Grant
Christian/Pop Singer and Songwriter
9th cousin 1 time removed via Hepzibah Ford
John Lithgow
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
9th cousin 1 time removed via Francis Billington
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Baldwin
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
9th cousin 2 times removed via William Sumner Jr.
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
9th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. Henry Whitfield
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
9th cousin 2 times removed via Benjamin Wilmot
Dr. Benjamin Spock
American Pediatrician and Author on Child Care
9th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Lyman
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
9th cousin 2 times removed via Francis Cooke
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
9th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John House
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
9th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John House
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
9th cousin 2 times removed via Benjamin Wilmot
Dr. Hawley H. Crippen
Murderer in Erik Larson's “Thunderstruck”
9th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John House
Laura Ingalls-Wilder
Author of Little House on the Prairie
9th cousin 3 times removed via Jacques? Mahieu
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
9th cousin 6 times removed via William Grindall
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
10th cousin via William Phelps
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
10th cousin via Edward Griswold
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
10th cousin 1 time removed via Benjamin Wilmot
Clint Eastwood
TV & Film Actor and Director
10th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Charde
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
10th cousin 1 time removed via John Bissell
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
10th cousin 1 time removed via Francis Cooke
Donnie Wahlberg
Singer and Movie Actor
10th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Walker
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
10th cousin 1 time removed via William Pontus
Tuesday Weld
TV and Movie Actress
10th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John House
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
10th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. Henry Whitfield
Charles Edward Merrill
Co-Founder of Merrill Lynch & Company
10th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Hammond
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
10th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. William Wilson
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
10th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. William Wilson
Dan Quayle
44th U.S. Vice-President
10th cousin 3 times removed via Robert White
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
11th cousin via Rev. Henry Whitfield
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
11th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Hammond
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
11th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John House
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
11th cousin 1 time removed via Francis Cooke
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
11th cousin 1 time removed via George Lewis
Ethan Hawke
Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Novelist
11th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John House
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Howard
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
13th cousin 1 time removed via Robert White
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Howard
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Howard
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Howard
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Howard
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Richard Sergeaux
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Howard
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
15th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Robert de Umfreville
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard Sergeaux
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Devereux