Famous Kin of
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
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William Stoughton
Chief Judge and Prosecutor, Salem Witch Trials 1692
1st cousin 8 times removed via Rev. Thomas Stoughton
Benedict Arnold
Traitor of the American Revolution
2nd cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Lathrop Jr.
Samuel Huntington
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
2nd cousin 5 times removed via Simon Huntington Jr.
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Hunter, Pony Express Rider and Showman
3rd cousin 2 times removed via Joseph Maris
Henry Wells
Co-Founder of American Express and Wells Fargo and Co.
3rd cousin 2 times removed via Stephen Kellogg
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
3rd cousin 13 times removed via James Butler
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
3rd cousin 15 times removed via Agnes Crophull
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
4th cousin 2 times removed via Joseph Taft
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
4th cousin 2 times removed via Israel Lathrop
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
4th cousin 2 times removed via Col. Christopher Leffingwell
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
4th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Lathrop
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
4th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. Joseph Emerson
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Winslow
William Samuel Johnson
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
4th cousin 4 times removed via Francis Bushnell
King Ferdinand II of Aragon
1st King of a united Spain
4th cousin 13 times removed via Diego Gomez de Toledo
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
5th cousin 1 time removed via Israel Lathrop
Ulysses S. Grant
18th U.S. President
5th cousin 2 times removed via Christopher Huntington
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
5th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Lathrop
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
5th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Read
Clint Eastwood
TV & Film Actor and Director
5th cousin 3 times removed via Stephen Kellogg
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
5th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Winslow
Clement Clarke Moore
Author of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
5th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth Stoughton
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
5th cousin 4 times removed via William Brewster
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
5th cousin 4 times removed via John White of Stanton St. John
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
5th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Roger Corbet
King Henry VIII
King of England
5th cousin 14 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 14 times removed via John de Mowbray
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
6th cousin 1 time removed via Kenelm Winslow Jr.
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
6th cousin 1 time removed via William Backus
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
6th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Lathrop Jr.
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
6th cousin 1 time removed via Kenelm Winslow Jr.
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 1 time removed via William Backus
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
6th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Leffingwell Jr.
Sir Robert Laird Borden
8th Prime Minister of Canada
6th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
6th cousin 2 times removed via William Chandler
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
6th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Abell
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
6th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Leffingwell Jr.
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
6th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Bliss
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
6th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
General William Tecumseh Sherman
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 2 times removed via Matthew Marvin
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
6th cousin 2 times removed via Matthew Marvin
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
6th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Christophers
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
6th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Bliss
David Hyde Pierce
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
6th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Read Jr.
Admiral George Dewey
Admiral of the Navy
6th cousin 2 times removed via William Rockwell
Millard Fillmore
13th U.S. President
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Emerson
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
6th cousin 3 times removed via Joseph Kellogg
Ezra Cornell
Co-Founder of Cornell University,
Founder of Western Union
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Holbrook
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
6th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Christophers
James Taylor
Singer-Songwriter
6th cousin 4 times removed via Kenelm Winslow Jr.
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
7th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Winslow
Florence (Kling) Harding
First Lady of President Warren G. Harding
7th cousin 1 time removed via Matthew Marvin
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 1 time removed via William Pratt
Clarence Day
Author of Life with Father
7th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Bliss
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
7th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. Joseph Emerson
Margaret Hamilton
Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of OZ
7th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Bushnell
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
7th cousin 1 time removed via William Rockwell
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
7th cousin 1 time removed via William Backus
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
7th cousin 1 time removed via William Backus
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
7th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Lathrop
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
7th cousin 2 times removed via Simon Huntington Jr.
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
7th cousin 3 times removed via Kenelm Winslow
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Turner
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Turner
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
7th cousin 4 times removed via Martyn Kellogg
Ethan Hawke
Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Novelist
7th cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Lathrop
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
7th cousin 12 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin via Edward Winslow
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
8th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Bliss
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Gore
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
8th cousin 1 time removed via Matthew Marvin
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
8th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Winslow
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
8th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Emerson
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
8th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Winslow
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
8th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Holbrook
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
8th cousin 2 times removed via Francis Bushnell
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
8th cousin 2 times removed via Matthew Marvin
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
8th cousin 2 times removed via Matthew Marvin
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
8th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth Stoughton
Francis Harrington Glidden
Co-Founder of Glidden Company
8th cousin 2 times removed via Oliver Purchase
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Bliss
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
8th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Movie Actress
8th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
8th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Winslow
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
8th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
9th cousin via Thomas Emerson
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
9th cousin via John White of Stanton St. John
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
9th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Harris
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
9th cousin 1 time removed via Oliver Purchase
Brian Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
9th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John House
Dennis Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
9th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John House
Carl Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
9th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John House
Marie-Chantal Miller
Crown Princess of Greece
9th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Holbrook
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 3 times removed via William Brewster
George Washington
1st U.S. President
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
9th cousin 5 times removed via William Mainwaring
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 5 times removed via William Mainwaring
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Mike Love
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
9th cousin 5 times removed via Henry Scudder
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
9th cousin 9 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
9th cousin 10 times removed via Sir William de Roos
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
10th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Corbet
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 4 times removed via William Mainwaring
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 4 times removed via William Mainwaring
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Corbet
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
11th cousin 3 times removed via William Mainwaring
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
11th cousin 3 times removed via William Mainwaring
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 3 times removed via William Mainwaring
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 5 times removed via James Butler
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
11th cousin 7 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
11th cousin 8 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
12th cousin 2 times removed via William Mainwaring
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
12th cousin 2 times removed via William Mainwaring
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
James Madison
4th U.S. President
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
12th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
13th cousin 1 time removed via William Mainwaring
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard Corbet
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
13th cousin 1 time removed via William Mainwaring
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Corbet
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 6 times removed via John de Mowbray
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 6 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
14th cousin via William Mainwaring
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Shanghai Pierce
Texas Cattleman
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
14th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
14th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
14th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
14th cousin 5 times removed via John de Mowbray
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 6 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
15th cousin 1 time removed via James Butler
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
15th cousin 1 time removed via James Butler
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Guy Ritchie
British Filmmaker
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
15th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
15th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
15th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
15th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
15th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Henry de Grey
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
16th cousin via Sir Walter Blount
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
16th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
16th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Britney Spears
Singer, Entertainer
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
16th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
16th cousin 4 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
16th cousin 4 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
16th cousin 4 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Roger de Grey
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
16th cousin 5 times removed via Robert de Ros
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
16th cousin 5 times removed via Robert de Ros
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
17th cousin via Sir Edmund Ferrers
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
17th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
17th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
17th cousin 2 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Cantilupe
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
18th cousin via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
18th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
18th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
18th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
18th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
18th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
18th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
18th cousin 3 times removed via Robert de Ros
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
19th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Cantilupe
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
20th cousin 1 time removed via Robert de Ros
Robert Louis Stevenson
Author of Treasure Island
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard de Burgh