Famous Kin of
Gilbert de Clare
Magna Carta Surety
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Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th great-grandson
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
20th great-grandson
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
19th great-grandniece via Richard de Clare
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
1st cousin 10 times removed via Roger de Clare
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
1st cousin 13 times removed via Maud de St. Hilary
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
1st cousin 16 times removed via Maud de St. Hilary
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
1st cousin 16 times removed via Maud de St. Hilary
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
1st cousin 18 times removed via Maud de St. Hilary
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
1st cousin 18 times removed via Maud de St. Hilary
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
1st cousin 18 times removed via Maud de St. Hilary
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
1st cousin 18 times removed via Roger de Clare
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
1st cousin 18 times removed via Roger de Clare
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
1st cousin 19 times removed via Maud de St. Hilary
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
1st cousin 19 times removed via Maud de St. Hilary
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
1st cousin 19 times removed via Maud de St. Hilary
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
1st cousin 20 times removed via Maud de St. Hilary
Henry de Bohun
Magna Carta Surety
2nd cousin 1 time removed via Isabel de Vermandois
William d'Aubeney
Magna Carta Surety
2nd cousin 2 times removed via Richard Fitzgilbert
Robert Fitz Walter
Magna Carta Surety
2nd cousin 2 times removed via Richard Fitzgilbert
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
2nd cousin 17 times removed via Robert de Beaumont
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
2nd cousin 17 times removed via Robert de Beaumont
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
2nd cousin 17 times removed via Robert de Beaumont
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
2nd cousin 19 times removed via Robert de Beaumont
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
3rd cousin 17 times removed via Isabel de Vermandois
Hugh le Bigod
Magna Carta Surety
5th cousin 1 time removed via Robert I of Normandy
William Stoughton
Chief Judge and Prosecutor, Salem Witch Trials 1692
5th cousin 16 times removed via Robert I of Normandy