Famous Kin of
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
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Henry de Bohun
Magna Carta Surety
2nd cousin 19 times removed via Maud of Northumberland
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
6th cousin 5 times removed via Edward Clinton
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 8 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
8th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
9th cousin 6 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
10th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
10th cousin 5 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin via Ralph de Neville
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin via Ralph de Neville
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
11th cousin via Ralph de Neville
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
11th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Neville
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
11th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Neville
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
11th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Neville
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
11th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Neville
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
11th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Neville
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
11th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
11th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
11th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
11th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
11th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
11th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
11th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
11th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Neville
John Brown
American Abolitionist
11th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Neville
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
11th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
11th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
11th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
11th cousin 4 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
11th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
11th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Neville
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
11th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
11th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Neville
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
11th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
11th cousin 4 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
11th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
11th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de 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 Ralph de Neville
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
11th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
11th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
11th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Herbert Hoover
31st U.S. President
11th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
11th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
11th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Neville
George Hamilton
TV and Movie Actor
11th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Alan Turing
WWII German Enigma Codebreaker
11th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
11th cousin 7 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
11th cousin 7 times removed via Ralph de 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 Ralph de Neville
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
11th cousin 7 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Paris Hilton
Socialite and TV Personality
11th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Patrick Henry
“Give me liberty, or give me death!”
12th cousin via John of Gaunt
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
12th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
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
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
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
12th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
12th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
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 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
12th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
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
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
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
Robert Frost
Poet and Playwright
13th cousin 5 times removed via Alice de Audley
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
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
14th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
14th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Plantagenet
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
14th cousin 1 time removed via Edward I, King of England
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
14th cousin 1 time removed via Edward I, King of England
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
14th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
14th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
14th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
14th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
14th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
14th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
14th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
14th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
14th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
14th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
14th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Joan Fontaine
Movie Actress
14th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
14th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
14th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
14th cousin 4 times removed via Hugh de Kevelioc
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
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
14th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
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
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
14th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
14th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
14th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Vincent Price
Movie Actor
14th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
14th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
14th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
14th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
14th cousin 6 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
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
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
14th cousin 6 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
14th cousin 7 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Jesse James
Outlaw, Bank Robber, Murderer
14th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Vachel Lindsay
American Poet
14th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
14th cousin 7 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
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
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
15th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
15th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
15th cousin 2 times removed via Edward I, King of England
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
15th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
15th cousin 3 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
15th cousin 4 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
15th cousin 4 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
15th cousin 4 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Ellen Louise (Axon) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
15th cousin 5 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
15th cousin 5 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Shanghai Pierce
Texas Cattleman
15th cousin 5 times removed via Edward I, King of England
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
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
15th cousin 5 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
15th cousin 6 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 1 time removed via Alan la Zouche
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 2 times removed via Gilbert de Clare
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
17th cousin via William de Beauchamp
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
17th cousin 2 times removed via Isabelle of Angouleme
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
17th cousin 3 times removed via Isabelle of Angouleme
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
17th cousin 4 times removed via William de Beauchamp
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolutionary War Hero
18th cousin via Gilbert de Clare
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
18th cousin 2 times removed via Hugh de Kevelioc
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