Famous Kin of
Alan Ladd
Movie Actor
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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
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
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
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
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
5th cousin 1 time removed via William Sumner
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
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
5th cousin 11 times removed via John Brome
King Henry VIII
King of England
5th cousin 13 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
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 Jr.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
6th cousin 3 times removed via John Meigs
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
6th cousin 3 times removed via Gov. Simon Bradstreet
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 13 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
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.
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Gilman
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
Samuel Colt
Inventor of the Colt Revolver
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Webster
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
7th cousin 3 times removed via William Sumner Jr.
John Brown
American Abolitionist
7th cousin 3 times removed via Gov. Thomas Dudley
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
7th cousin 3 times removed via Gov. Thomas Dudley
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.
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
7th cousin 11 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
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 Jr.
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
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
8th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Howard
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
9th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Gilman
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
9th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Gilman
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
9th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Gilman
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
9th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Gilman
Clint Eastwood
TV & Film Actor and Director
9th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Hosmer
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
Keri Russell
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Gilman Jr.
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
10th cousin 1 time removed via Gov. Thomas Dudley
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
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
10th cousin 8 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
11th cousin 7 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
11th cousin 7 times removed via William de Montagu
Patrick Henry
1st and 6th Governor of Virginia
11th cousin 7 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
12th cousin 3 times removed via John Denton
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
12th cousin 4 times removed via John Brome
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
12th cousin 4 times removed via John Brome
Eugene Foss
45th Governor of Massachusetts
12th cousin 4 times removed via John Brome
George Washington
1st U.S. President
12th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Hugh Shirley
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Hugh Shirley
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Hugh Shirley
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
12th cousin 7 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
James Madison
4th U.S. President
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard Sergeaux
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 5 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
13th cousin 5 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
14th cousin 1 time removed via John Denton
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Horace Gray
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 4 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 4 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
14th cousin 4 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
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
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
14th cousin 7 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 7 times removed via Edward I, King of England
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
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard de Vere
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
15th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
15th cousin 3 times removed via William de Montagu
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
15th cousin 3 times removed via William de Montagu
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard de Vere
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
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
16th cousin via Sir John Howard
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
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
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard Sergeaux
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
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Lewis Carroll
Author of Alice in Wonderland
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
James Youngs Smith
29th Governor of Rhode Island
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
16th cousin 4 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Gilbert de Clare
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Gilbert de Clare
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
16th cousin 5 times removed via William de Odingsells
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
17th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
William Sprague
27th Governor of Rhode Island
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
17th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
17th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
17th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
17th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
17th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
17th cousin 2 times removed via John de Vere
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Susana Ferrari Billinghurst
Argentine Aviation Pioneer
17th cousin 2 times removed via John de Vere
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
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 George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
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
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
18th cousin via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
18th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
18th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
18th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
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
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
18th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Raquel Welch
Movie Actress
18th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
18th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
18th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
18th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
18th cousin 3 times removed via William de Montagu
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William Longespee
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
18th cousin 3 times removed via William de Odingsells
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
19th cousin via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
19th cousin via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Tom Hanks
Movie Actor
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
19th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Emily Post
American Author on Etiquette
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard de Burgh
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
19th cousin 2 times removed via William de Odingsells
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Longespee
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
19th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
19th cousin 2 times removed via Edward I, King of England
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
20th cousin 1 time removed via William de Odingsells
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Gilbert de Clare
Robert Louis Stevenson
Author of Treasure Island
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard de Burgh
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
20th cousin 1 time removed via Edward I, King of England
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
21st cousin via William de Odingsells