Famous Kin of
Clement Clarke Moore
Author of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
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Gov. John Winthrop
Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
4th great-granduncle via Adam Winthrop III
Sir George Downing
Namesake of Downing Street in London
1st cousin 5 times removed via Adam Winthrop III
William Stoughton
Chief Judge and Prosecutor, Salem Witch Trials 1692
1st cousin 5 times removed via Rev. Thomas Stoughton
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Cornell
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 2 times removed via Edward Howell
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
3rd cousin 5 times removed via William Hallett
Elizabeth (Kortright) Monroe
First Lady of President James Monroe
4th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Cornell
Benedict Arnold
Traitor of the American Revolution
4th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Stoughton
Abraham Woodhull
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
4th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Howell
Ezra Cornell
Co-Founder of Cornell University,
Founder of Western Union
5th cousin via Thomas Cornell
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
5th cousin 1 time removed via Adam Winthrop III
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
5th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Cornell
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
5th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Stoughton
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
5th cousin 4 times removed via Simon Sackett
Tuesday Weld
TV and Movie Actress
5th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Stoughton
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
5th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth Stoughton
Ethan Hawke
Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Novelist
5th cousin 7 times removed via Elizabeth Stoughton
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
6th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Briggs
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
6th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Briggs
Lewis Henry Lapham
Co-Founder of Texaco
6th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Briggs
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
6th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Briggs
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
6th cousin 4 times removed via Adam Winthrop III
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
6th cousin 5 times removed via Adam Winthrop III
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger Lewknor
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Huntingfield
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Huntingfield
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Huntingfield
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Huntingfield
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Huntingfield