Famous Kin of
Clement Clarke Moore
Author of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
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Robert I, King of France
30th great-grandfather
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