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
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
4th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Baldwin
John Lithgow
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
4th cousin 3 times removed via John Graves
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
5th cousin 1 time removed via Sarah Heath
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
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
6th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. Samuel Stone
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
Catherine Howard
5th 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
King Henry VIII
King of England
7th cousin 12 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
8th cousin 11 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
8th cousin 11 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
10th cousin 2 times removed via John Brome
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Howard
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
11th cousin 1 time removed via John Brome
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
11th cousin 3 times removed via Nicholas Brome
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
12th cousin 1 time removed via John Brome
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
12th cousin 2 times removed via John Brome
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Hugh Shirley
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Hugh Shirley
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir James de Audley
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 Sir Robert de Ros
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
James Madison
4th U.S. President
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
15th cousin 5 times removed via John, King of England
Patrick Henry
1st and 6th Governor of Virginia
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
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir 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 Sir Robert de Ros
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir James de Audley
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
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir James de Audley
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir James de Audley
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
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
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Lewis Carroll
Author of Alice in Wonderland
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir James de Audley
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
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William Longespee
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Odinel de Umfreville
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
18th cousin via Sir Robert de Ros
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
18th cousin via Sir Robert de Ros
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
18th cousin via Sir Robert de Ros
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir 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 Sir Robert de Ros
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
E. M. Forster
English Novelist
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir James de Audley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Robert Frost
Poet and Playwright
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir 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
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William Longespee
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
18th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Mainwaring
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
18th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Mainwaring
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
19th cousin via Sir William de Ros
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
19th cousin via Sir James de Audley
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
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir James de Audley
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
19th cousin 1 time removed via Isabelle of Angoulême
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir James de Audley
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir James de Audley
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
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
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir James de Audley
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
19th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Mainwaring
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
20th cousin 1 time removed via Isabelle of Angoulême
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
20th cousin 1 time removed via John, King of England
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
20th cousin 1 time removed via John, King of England
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Longespee
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
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
20th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Mainwaring
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Longespee
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
21st cousin via Ralph de Mainwaring