Famous Kin of
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
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Robert FitzWalter
Magna Carta Surety
1st cousin 18 times removed via Maud de St. Liz
Henry de Bohun
Magna Carta Surety
2nd cousin 18 times removed via Maud of Northumberland
King Henry VIII
King of England
3rd cousin 8 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Ferdinand II of Aragon
1st King of a united Spain
4th cousin 9 times removed via Diego Gomez de Toledo
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
6th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
6th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Edward Clinton (or Fiennes)
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
6th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Edward Clinton (or Fiennes)
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
6th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Edward Clinton (or Fiennes)
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
6th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Edward Clinton (or Fiennes)
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 8 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Prince George
Prince of Cambridge
6th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Edward Clinton (or Fiennes)
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
7th cousin 7 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
8th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
George Washington
1st U.S. President
9th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin via Sir Henry Percy
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
10th cousin via Sir John Sutton VI
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
10th cousin via Sir John Sutton VI
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Henry Percy
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Henry Percy
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Sutton VI
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
10th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
10th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
10th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
John Brown
American Abolitionist
10th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
10th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
10th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
10th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
Herbert Hoover
31st U.S. President
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
George Hamilton
TV and Movie Actor
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Christopher Reeve
Movie Actor
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
Keri Russell
TV and Movie Actress
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Paris Hilton
Socialite and TV Personality
10th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
10th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
10th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
10th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
10th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin via Sir Ralph Neville
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin via Sir Ralph Neville
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin via Sir Ralph Neville
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
11th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
11th cousin 4 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
11th cousin 5 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
11th cousin 7 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
12th cousin via Sir Walter Blount
Patrick Henry
“Give me liberty, or give me death!”
12th cousin via John of Gaunt
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
12th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
12th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
12th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
12th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Shanghai Pierce
Texas Cattleman
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
12th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
12th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
12th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
12th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
12th cousin 6 times removed via John of Gaunt
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
12th cousin 6 times removed via John of Gaunt
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
12th cousin 6 times removed via John of Gaunt
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Wernher von Braun
Rocket Scientist
12th cousin 7 times removed via John of Gaunt
Sally Ride
1st American Woman in Space
12th cousin 8 times removed via John of Gaunt
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
13th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
13th cousin 3 times removed via Alice de Audley
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
13th cousin 3 times removed via Alice de Audley
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Robert Frost
Poet and Playwright
13th cousin 5 times removed via Alice de Audley
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
13th cousin 6 times removed via Alice de Audley
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
13th cousin 7 times removed via Alice de Audley
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
13th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
13th cousin 8 times removed via Alice de Audley
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
14th cousin via Ralph de Stafford
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
14th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
14th cousin 1 time removed via Edward I, King of England
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
14th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
14th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
14th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
14th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
14th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
14th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
14th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
14th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
14th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
14th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Valerie Bertinelli
Television Actress
14th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
14th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
14th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
14th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
14th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Vincent Price
Movie Actor
14th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
14th cousin 5 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
14th cousin 6 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
14th cousin 6 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
14th cousin 6 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Pete Seeger
American Folk Singer
14th cousin 6 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
14th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
14th cousin 6 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Anna Gunn
TV and Movie Actress
14th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin via Edward I, King of England
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
15th cousin 1 time removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Mortimer
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Cantilupe
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
15th cousin 2 times removed via Edward I, King of England
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Cantilupe
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
15th cousin 4 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir William de Cantilupe
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
15th cousin 5 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Jake Gyllenhaal
Movie Actor
15th cousin 5 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Movie Actress
15th cousin 5 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
15th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William de Cantilupe
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
15th cousin 6 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
15th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William de Cantilupe
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 2 times removed via Gilbert de Clare
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
17th cousin 3 times removed via John, King of England
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
17th cousin 4 times removed via John, King of England
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolutionary War Hero
18th cousin via Gilbert de Clare
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers
Frank Nelson Doubleday
Founder of Doubleday & Co.
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers