Famous Kin of
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
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Benjamin Tallmadge
Leader of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
4th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Nash
John Lithgow
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
4th cousin 3 times removed via John Graves
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
5th cousin 3 times removed via Isaac Graves
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
5th cousin 4 times removed via Isaac Graves
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
5th cousin 5 times removed via Isaac Graves
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
6th cousin via John Leonard
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
6th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Bressie
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
6th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Graves
Henry Luce
Co-Founder of Time, Life, Fortune and Sports Illustrated magazines
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Leonard
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
6th cousin 3 times removed via John Leonard
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Nash
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
6th cousin 3 times removed via John Leonard
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
6th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Nash
Lillian Gish
Stage, TV and Movie Actress
6th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Graves
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 10 times removed via Sir John Howard
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
7th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Baldwin
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
9th cousin 9 times removed via Robert de Ros
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
9th cousin 10 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Howard
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
11th cousin 3 times removed via Nicholas Brome
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
14th cousin 4 times removed via Robert de Ros
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
George Washington
1st U.S. President
15th cousin 3 times removed via Robert de Ros
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 3 times removed via Robert de Ros
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 3 times removed via Robert de Ros
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 3 times removed via Robert de Ros
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 3 times removed via Robert de Ros
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
15th cousin 3 times removed via Robert de Ros
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 3 times removed via Robert de Ros
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 3 times removed via Robert de Ros
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
15th cousin 5 times removed via John, King of England
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
16th cousin via Sir John Howard
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
16th cousin 2 times removed via Robert de Ros
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
16th cousin 2 times removed via Robert de Ros
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 2 times removed via Robert de Ros
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
16th cousin 2 times removed via Robert de Ros
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
16th cousin 2 times removed via Robert de Ros
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Ros
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Ros
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 4 times removed via John, King of England
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
16th cousin 4 times removed via John, King of England
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 4 times removed via John, King of England
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
17th cousin 1 time removed via Robert de Ros
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
17th cousin 1 time removed via Robert de Ros
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
17th cousin 1 time removed via Robert de Ros
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Ros
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 3 times removed via John, King of England
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
17th cousin 3 times removed via John, King of England
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
17th cousin 3 times removed via John, King of England
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
18th cousin via Robert de Ros
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
18th cousin via Robert de Ros
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
18th cousin 1 time removed via Robert de Ros
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Ros
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
18th cousin 1 time removed via Robert de Ros
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
18th cousin 1 time removed via Robert de Ros
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
18th cousin 1 time removed via Robert de Ros
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
18th cousin 1 time removed via Robert de Ros
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
18th cousin 1 time removed via Robert de Ros
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
18th cousin 1 time removed via Robert de Ros
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
18th cousin 2 times removed via John, King of England
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
18th cousin 2 times removed via John, King of England
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
18th cousin 2 times removed via Robert de Ros
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
18th cousin 2 times removed via Robert de Ros
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
18th cousin 2 times removed via Robert de Ros
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
18th cousin 2 times removed via John, King of England
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
18th cousin 2 times removed via John, King of England
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
18th cousin 3 times removed via Robert de Ros
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
19th cousin via Sir William de Ros
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
19th cousin via Sir William de Ros
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
19th cousin 1 time removed via John, King of England
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
19th cousin 1 time removed via John, King of England
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
19th cousin 1 time removed via John, King of England
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
19th cousin 1 time removed via John, King of England
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
19th cousin 2 times removed via Henry II, King of England
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
19th cousin 2 times removed via Henry II, King of England
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
20th cousin 1 time removed via Isabelle of Angoulême
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
20th cousin 1 time removed via John, King of England
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
20th cousin 1 time removed via John, King of England
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
20th cousin 1 time removed via John, King of England
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
20th cousin 1 time removed via Henry II, King of England
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
20th cousin 1 time removed via John, King of England
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
20th cousin 1 time removed via John, King of England
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
20th cousin 1 time removed via John, King of England
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
20th cousin 1 time removed via John, King of England
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
21st cousin via Henry II, King of England