Famous Kin of
John Brown
American Abolitionist
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King Henry VIII
King of England
1st cousin 11 times removed via Elizabeth Woodville
Amelia Earhart
Aviation Pioneer
2nd cousin 3 times removed via Rev. Gideon Mills
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
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
3rd cousin 10 times removed via Sir Richard Neville
Benjamin Tallmadge
Leader of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
4th cousin 2 times removed via Gov. William Leete
Admiral George Dewey
Admiral of the Navy
4th cousin 2 times removed via John Loomis
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
4th cousin 3 times removed via John Loomis
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
Ferdinand II of Aragon
1st King of a united Spain
4th cousin 12 times removed via Diego Gomez de Toledo
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
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
5th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
5th cousin 8 times removed via Joseph Loomis
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 11 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 11 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 11 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
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
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
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
7th cousin 4 times removed via Alice Goldhatch
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
7th cousin 5 times removed via Robert Stanley
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
7th cousin 5 times removed via Robert Stanley
George Washington
1st U.S. President
8th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
8th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
9th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Thorne
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
9th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir William de Roos
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
10th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Grey
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
10th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Woodville
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William Bonville
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
10th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Woodville
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
10th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard Neville
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William Bonville
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
11th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Grey
James Madison
4th U.S. President
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
11th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Woodville
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
11th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
12th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Woodville
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 2 times removed via Joan Beaufort
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
12th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Woodville
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
12th cousin 3 times removed via Katherine Neville
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
12th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth Woodville
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
12th cousin 3 times removed via Katherine Neville
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
12th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth Woodville
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Guy Ritchie
British Filmmaker
12th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Woodville
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Paris Hilton
Socialite and TV Personality
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
12th cousin 5 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
13th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Woodville
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Bonville
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
13th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard Neville
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard Neville
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
14th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
14th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Bonville
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
14th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Woodville
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
14th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Shanghai Pierce
Texas Cattleman
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
14th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
Richard Nixon
37th U.S. President
14th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Woodville
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
14th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
14th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
14th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Woodville
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Bonville
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
14th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Woodville
Warren G. Harding
29th U.S. President
14th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Woodville
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
14th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Woodville
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
14th cousin 4 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William Bonville
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Woodville
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
15th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
15th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
15th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
15th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
15th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 3 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Reynold Grey
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Alan la Zouche
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Reynold Grey
Wernher von Braun
Rocket Scientist
15th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
16th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
16th cousin via Sir Henry de Percy
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
16th cousin 1 time removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John de Harington
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Mortimer
Robert Frost
Poet and Playwright
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Henry de Percy
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Valerie Bertinelli
Television Actress
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Boteler
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Pete Seeger
American Folk Singer
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
16th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Henry de Percy
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
16th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
16th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
16th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
16th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
16th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Liza Minnelli
Singer and Actress
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Tom Hanks
Movie Actor
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
16th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 5 times removed via Gilbert de Clare
Dave Cowens
NBA Hall of Famer
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Henry de Percy
Meghan Markle
Duchess of Sussex, TV Actress
16th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John de Harington
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John de Harington
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
17th cousin 1 time removed via Edward I, King of England
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
17th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
18th cousin 1 time removed via Robert de Ros
Bette Davis
Movie Actress
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Boteler
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Boteler
Jake Gyllenhaal
Movie Actor
18th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Movie Actress
18th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Dick Cheney
46th U.S. Vice-President
18th cousin 3 times removed via Edward I, King of England
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolutionary War Hero
18th cousin 3 times removed via Gilbert de Clare
Robert Louis Stevenson
Author of Treasure Island
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard de Burgh
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Author of The Scarlet Letter
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Fitzrobert
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
21st cousin via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers