Famous Kin of
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
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William Stoughton
Chief Judge and Prosecutor, Salem Witch Trials 1692
1st cousin 7 times removed via Rev. Thomas Stoughton
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
3rd cousin 11 times removed via James Butler
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
3rd cousin 13 times removed via Agnes Crophull
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
4th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Lathrop
King Ferdinand II of Aragon
1st King of a united Spain
4th cousin 11 times removed via Diego Gomez de Toledo
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
5th cousin 1 time removed via Israel Lathrop
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
5th cousin 1 time removed via Israel Lathrop
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
5th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Lathrop
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
5th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Clement Clarke Moore
Author of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
5th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth Stoughton
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
5th cousin 2 times removed via Israel Lathrop
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
5th cousin 4 times removed via Joshua Abell
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
5th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Roger Corbet
King Henry VIII
King of England
5th cousin 12 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 12 times removed via John de Mowbray
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
6th cousin 1 time removed via John Gager
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
6th cousin 1 time removed via John Gager
Sir Robert Laird Borden
8th Prime Minister of Canada
6th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
6th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Bliss
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
6th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
6th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Bliss
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Gager
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
6th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Lathrop
Clint Eastwood
TV & Film Actor and Director
6th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Lathrop
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
6th cousin 3 times removed via John Gager
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
6th cousin 3 times removed via John Gager
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Gore
Dr. Hawley H. Crippen
Murderer in Erik Larson's “Thunderstruck”
7th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
7th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Bliss
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
7th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Bliss
Georgia O'Keeffe
American Artist
7th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
7th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Bliss
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
7th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth Stoughton
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
7th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
7th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Bliss
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
7th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Movie Actress
7th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
7th cousin 5 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
7th cousin 5 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
7th cousin 10 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
8th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Scudder
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
8th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Scudder
Brian Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
8th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John House
Dennis Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
8th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John House
Carl Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
8th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John House
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
8th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Mike Love
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
8th cousin 6 times removed via Henry Scudder
George Washington
1st U.S. President
9th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
9th cousin 3 times removed via William Mainwaring
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 3 times removed via William Mainwaring
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
9th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
9th cousin 7 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir William de Roos
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Corbet
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 2 times removed via William Mainwaring
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 2 times removed via William Mainwaring
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
11th cousin 1 time removed via William Mainwaring
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
11th cousin 1 time removed via William Mainwaring
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 1 time removed via William Mainwaring
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 3 times removed via James Butler
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert Corbet
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
11th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
11th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
12th cousin via William Mainwaring
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
12th cousin via William Mainwaring
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
12th cousin 1 time removed via William Mainwaring
Norman Rockwell
American Artist
12th cousin 1 time removed via William Mainwaring
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard Corbet
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Devereux
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
12th cousin 1 time removed via William Mainwaring
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
12th cousin 1 time removed via William Mainwaring
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
12th cousin 2 times removed via William Mainwaring
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Henry Vernon
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
12th cousin 2 times removed via William Mainwaring
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Thomas Pynchon
American Novelist
12th cousin 2 times removed via William Mainwaring
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
12th cousin 2 times removed via William Mainwaring
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
12th cousin 3 times removed via William Mainwaring
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
12th cousin 3 times removed via William Mainwaring
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
12th cousin 3 times removed via William Mainwaring
James Madison
4th U.S. President
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
Anna Gunn
TV and Movie Actress
12th cousin 4 times removed via William Mainwaring
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
12th cousin 4 times removed via William Mainwaring
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
12th cousin 5 times removed via William Mainwaring
Mizuo Peck
TV and Movie Actress
12th cousin 5 times removed via William Mainwaring
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
13th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 4 times removed via John de Mowbray
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Guy Ritchie
British Filmmaker
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
14th cousin via Sir Walter Blount
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
14th cousin via Sir Walter Devereux
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
14th cousin via Sir Walter Blount
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
14th cousin 1 time removed via James Butler
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
14th cousin 1 time removed via James Butler
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
14th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
14th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
14th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
14th cousin 3 times removed via James Butler
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
14th cousin 3 times removed via John de Mowbray
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 4 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Britney Spears
Singer, Entertainer
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
14th cousin 5 times removed via James Butler
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
15th cousin via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
15th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
15th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
15th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Henry de Grey
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
16th cousin via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
16th cousin via Ralph de Stafford
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
16th cousin via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
16th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
16th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
16th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
16th cousin 2 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
16th cousin 2 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Richard Nixon
37th U.S. President
16th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
16th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
16th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Warren G. Harding
29th U.S. President
16th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Grey
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
16th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
16th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
16th cousin 3 times removed via Robert de Ros
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
16th cousin 3 times removed via Robert de Ros
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 4 times removed via Gilbert de Clare
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
16th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
17th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
17th cousin via Eleanor Plantagenet
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
17th cousin via Sir William de Cantilupe
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Pete Seeger
American Folk Singer
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Grey
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
17th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Bohun
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
17th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Cantilupe
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
18th cousin via Sir Roger de Quincy
Emily Post
American Author on Etiquette
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard de Burgh
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
18th cousin 1 time removed via 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
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolutionary War Hero
18th cousin 2 times removed via Gilbert de Clare
Robert Louis Stevenson
Author of Treasure Island
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard de Burgh
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Ros
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
19th cousin 1 time removed via Robert de Ros
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
21st cousin via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers