Famous Kin of
John Brown
American Abolitionist
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King Edward I
King of England
1st cousin 20 times removed via John, King of England
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 3 times removed via John Porter
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
3rd cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John Woodbridge
Benjamin Tallmadge
Leader of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
4th cousin 2 times removed via Gov. William Leete
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
4th cousin 4 times removed via John Loomis
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
4th cousin 4 times removed via Peter Brown of Windsor, Connecticut
Henry Luce
Co-Founder of Time, Life, Fortune and Sports Illustrated magazines
4th cousin 4 times removed via John Higley
Dan Quayle
44th U.S. Vice-President
4th cousin 4 times removed via Nathaniel Holcombe
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
4th cousin 5 times removed via John Loomis
David Hyde Pierce
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
4th cousin 5 times removed via John Loomis
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
4th cousin 6 times removed via John Loomis
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
4th cousin 6 times removed via John Loomis
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
5th cousin via Nathaniel Bliss
Samuel Colt
Inventor of the Colt Revolver
5th cousin 1 time removed via Joseph Loomis
Lee B. Loomis
Founder of Loomis Armored Car Service
5th cousin 1 time removed via John Drake Jr.
Henry Wells
Co-Founder of American Express and Wells Fargo and Co.
5th cousin 1 time removed via Joseph Loomis
Gilbert Clifford Noble
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
5th cousin 1 time removed via Joseph Loomis
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
5th cousin 2 times removed via Gov. Thomas Dudley
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
5th cousin 2 times removed via Michael Humphrey
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Drake Jr.
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
5th cousin 3 times removed via Nathaniel Bliss
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
5th cousin 4 times removed via Nathaniel Bliss
Clint Eastwood
TV & Film Actor and Director
5th cousin 5 times removed via Katherine Chapin
Amy Grant
Christian/Pop Singer and Songwriter
5th cousin 5 times removed via John Porter
Mark David Chapman
Assassinated John Lennon
5th cousin 5 times removed via Jonathan Gillett
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
5th cousin 8 times removed via John Brome
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
5th cousin 8 times removed via Joseph Loomis
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
6th cousin via Thomas Bliss
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
6th cousin via Rev. John Woodbridge
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
6th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Chapin
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
6th cousin 1 time removed via John Porter
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
6th cousin 1 time removed via John Porter
Clarence Day
Author of Life with Father
6th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Bliss
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
6th cousin 1 time removed via John Porter
George Eastman
Founder of Eastman Kodak Company
6th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Stebbins
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
6th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Bliss
Charles Curtis
31st U.S. Vice-President
6th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Bliss
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
6th cousin 1 time removed via Gov. Thomas Dudley
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
6th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John Woodbridge
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Drake
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
6th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Bliss
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
6th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Bliss
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Drake
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Porter
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Bliss
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
6th cousin 3 times removed via Robert White
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
6th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Chapin
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
6th cousin 4 times removed via John Porter
Treat Williams
TV & Movie Actor
6th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. William Gillett
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 10 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 11 times removed via Sir John Howard
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 11 times removed via Sir John Howard
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
7th cousin 1 time removed via Gov. Thomas Dudley
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
7th cousin 3 times removed via Robert Stanley
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
7th cousin 4 times removed via Robert Stanley
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
7th cousin 5 times removed via Robert Stanley
King Henry VIII
King of England
7th cousin 13 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
9th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Thorne
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
9th cousin 9 times removed via William de Odingsells
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Howard
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
11th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
12th cousin 1 time removed via John Brome
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
12th cousin 1 time removed via John Brome
Eugene Foss
45th Governor of Massachusetts
12th cousin 1 time removed via John Brome
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Hugh Shirley
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Hugh Shirley
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Hugh Shirley
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
13th cousin via John Brome
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Hugh Shirley
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Marmion
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Marmion
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Marmion
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Hugh Shirley
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 3 times removed via William de Odingsells
George Washington
1st U.S. President
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
James Madison
4th U.S. President
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
15th cousin 6 times removed via John, King of England
Patrick Henry
1st and 6th Governor of Virginia
15th cousin 6 times removed via John, King of England
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
16th cousin via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
16th cousin via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Lewis Carroll
Author of Alice in Wonderland
16th cousin via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
E. M. Forster
English Novelist
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Horace Gray
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
16th cousin 2 times removed via William de Odingsells
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Ros
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir James de Audley
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Guy Ritchie
British Filmmaker
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 5 times removed via John, King of England
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Fitzrobert
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
16th cousin 5 times removed via John, King of England
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 5 times removed via John, King of England
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
17th cousin via Sir John Howard
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Marmion
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
17th cousin 4 times removed via John, King of England
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
18th cousin via William de Odingsells
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
18th cousin via William de Odingsells
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Ros
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Longespee
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
18th cousin 3 times removed via William de Odingsells
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
18th cousin 3 times removed via William de Odingsells
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
18th cousin 3 times removed via John, King of England
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
18th cousin 3 times removed via John, King of England
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
19th cousin via Sir Robert de Ros
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Ros
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir James de Audley
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Robert Frost
Poet and Playwright
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Longespee
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Ros
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
19th cousin 2 times removed via John, King of England
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
19th cousin 2 times removed via John, King of England
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
19th cousin 2 times removed via John, King of England
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Fitzrobert
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
19th cousin 2 times removed via John, King of England
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
19th cousin 2 times removed via John, King of England
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
20th cousin via Sir James de Audley
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
20th cousin via Sir William Longespee
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir James de Audley
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir James de Audley
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir James de Audley
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
20th cousin 1 time removed via John, King of England
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Author of The Scarlet Letter
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Fitzrobert
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
20th cousin 1 time removed via John, King of England
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Longespee
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir James de Audley
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir James de Audley
James Youngs Smith
29th Governor of Rhode Island
20th cousin 1 time removed via John, King of England
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
21st cousin via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
Guillermo Billinghurst
31st President of Peru
21st cousin via Sir Saher IV de Quincy