Famous Kin of
Alan Ladd
Movie Actor
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King Henry VIII
King of England
1st cousin 14 times removed via Elizabeth Woodville
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
3rd cousin 5 times removed via John Gilman
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Simon Willard
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
3rd cousin 13 times removed via Sir Richard Neville
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
4th cousin 5 times removed via Gov. Simon Bradstreet
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
4th cousin 6 times removed via Gov. Thomas Dudley
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 12 times removed via Sir John Howard
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 12 times removed via Sir John Howard
Ferdinand II of Aragon
1st King of a united Spain
4th cousin 15 times removed via Diego Gomez de Toledo
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
5th cousin 1 time removed via William Sumner
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin 2 times removed via William Sumner Jr.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
5th cousin 4 times removed via William Wilcockson
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin 4 times removed via Gov. Simon Bradstreet
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
5th cousin 5 times removed via Edward Gilman
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
5th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 14 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Astronomer and Aviation Pioneer
6th cousin 2 times removed via William Sumner
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
6th cousin 3 times removed via Joseph Jewett
Salmon P. Chase
Sec. of Treasury and Namesake of JP Morgan Chase
6th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Gilman
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
6th cousin 3 times removed via Gov. Simon Bradstreet
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Gilman
Laura Ingalls-Wilder
Author of Little House on the Prairie
7th cousin 1 time removed via Daniel Ladd
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
7th cousin 1 time removed via William Sumner Jr.
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
7th cousin 1 time removed via William Sumner Jr.
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
7th cousin 2 times removed via William Sumner Jr.
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
7th cousin 3 times removed via William Sumner Jr.
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
7th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Willard
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
7th cousin 3 times removed via Gov. Thomas Dudley
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
7th cousin 3 times removed via William Sumner Jr.
Brian Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
7th cousin 4 times removed via William Sumner Jr.
Dennis Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
7th cousin 4 times removed via William Sumner Jr.
Carl Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
7th cousin 4 times removed via William Sumner Jr.
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Wilcockson
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 1 time removed via Gov. Simon Bradstreet
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
8th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Gilman
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
8th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Willard
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
8th cousin 2 times removed via Gov. Thomas Dudley
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
8th cousin 2 times removed via Gov. Thomas Dudley
George Washington
1st U.S. President
8th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
8th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Howard
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
8th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
9th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Gilman
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
9th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Gilman
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
9th cousin 1 time removed via William Wilcockson
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
9th cousin 1 time removed via Joseph Jewett
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
9th cousin 1 time removed via Gov. Thomas Dudley
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
10th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Willard
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
10th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Gilman
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
10th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Gilman
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
10th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Grey
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 7 times removed via Richard Woodville
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir William Bonville
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
10th cousin 7 times removed via Richard Woodville
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
10th cousin 8 times removed via John of Gaunt
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
10th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
10th cousin 8 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Richard Neville
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William Bonville
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
James Madison
4th U.S. President
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
11th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Woodville
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
12th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Woodville
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
12th cousin 7 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
13th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Woodville
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William Bonville
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
13th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
14th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
14th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
14th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Shanghai Pierce
Texas Cattleman
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
15th cousin via Elizabeth Woodville
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
15th cousin via Elizabeth Woodville
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard Sergeaux
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard Sergeaux
Guy Ritchie
British Filmmaker
15th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Woodville
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Bonville
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Woodville
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Paris Hilton
Socialite and TV Personality
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
15th cousin 2 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard de Vere
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Reynold Grey
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
15th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard de Vere
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
15th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 6 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
16th cousin via Sir John Howard
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
16th cousin via Sir John Howard
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
16th cousin via Sir Richard Sergeaux
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
16th cousin via Sir John Sutton VI
Richard Nixon
37th U.S. President
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Woodville
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Woodville
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
16th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Woodville
Warren G. Harding
29th U.S. President
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Woodville
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
16th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Henry de Percy
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John de Harington
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 5 times removed via Gilbert de Clare
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Edmund Mortimer
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir William de Boteler
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
17th cousin via Richard Woodville
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
17th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
17th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Bonville
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Tuesday Weld
TV and Movie Actress
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
17th cousin 2 times removed via John de Vere
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
17th cousin 2 times removed via John de Vere
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John de Harington
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
17th cousin 4 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
18th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
18th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
18th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
18th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolutionary War Hero
18th cousin 3 times removed via Gilbert de Clare
Tom Hanks
Movie Actor
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Emily Post
American Author on Etiquette
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard de Burgh
Dave Cowens
NBA Hall of Famer
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Henry de Percy
Meghan Markle
Duchess of Sussex, TV Actress
19th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
20th cousin via Sir Robert de Holland
Robert Louis Stevenson
Author of Treasure Island
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard de Burgh
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Boteler