Famous Kin of
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
Click on the names below to see their relationship charts
Lucretia (Coffin) Mott
Abolitionist and Women's Rights Advocate
2nd cousin 7 times removed via Nathaniel Coffin
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Richard Treat
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
4th cousin 4 times removed via Joseph Stanton
Gilbert Clifford Noble
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
4th cousin 4 times removed via Matthew Noble Jr.
Noah Webster
Published first American Dictionary
4th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Treat
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 8 times removed via Robert Parke
King Ferdinand II of Aragon
1st King of a united Spain
4th cousin 16 times removed via Diego Gomez de Toledo
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
5th cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Bliss
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
5th cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Ely
James Youngs Smith
29th Governor of Rhode Island
5th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Stanton
Samuel Colt
Inventor of the Colt Revolver
5th cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Lord
Levi Parsons Morton
22nd U.S. Vice-President
5th cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Stebbins
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
5th cousin 6 times removed via William Brewster
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
5th cousin 6 times removed via John Sayles
Gail Borden III
Inventor of Condensed Milk, Founder of the Borden Company
5th cousin 7 times removed via Roger Williams
Thomas Pynchon
American Novelist
6th cousin 2 times removed via Benjamin Brewster
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
6th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Edwards
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
6th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Ely
Frank Nelson Doubleday
Founder of Doubleday & Co.
6th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Edwards
L. Frank Baum
Author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Stanton
Lewis Henry Morgan
Pioneering Anthropologist
6th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Treat
Mary Lyon
Founder of Mount Holyoke College
6th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Treat
Julius Sterling Morton
Founder of Arbor Day
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Dewey Jr.
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
6th cousin 3 times removed via Robert Badcock
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
6th cousin 4 times removed via Joseph Morgan
Ulysses S. Grant
18th U.S. President
6th cousin 4 times removed via George Partridge
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
6th cousin 4 times removed via James Coffin
Warren G. Harding
29th U.S. President
6th cousin 4 times removed via Joseph Morgan
Judson Harmon
45th Governor of Ohio
6th cousin 4 times removed via William Brooks
Eugene Foss
45th Governor of Massachusetts
6th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Noble
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
6th cousin 5 times removed via Samuel Wright
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
6th cousin 5 times removed via Samuel Wright
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
6th cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Parke
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 5 times removed via James Morgan
John Sargent Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
6th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Kimball Jr.
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
6th cousin 6 times removed via Peter Coffin
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
6th cousin 13 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 15 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
7th cousin 1 time removed via Matthew Noble Jr.
Frederick Upton
Co-Founder of Whirlpool Corporation
7th cousin 1 time removed via Joseph Morse
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 2 times removed via Ebenezer Witter
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Astronomer and Aviation Pioneer
7th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Treat
Louisa May Alcott
Author of Little Women
7th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Treat
Julia Child
American Chef, Author and TV Personality
7th cousin 2 times removed via Ebenezer Witter
Joy Morton
Founder of Morton Salt Company
7th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Dewey Jr.
William Robbins Barnes
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
7th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Treat
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
7th cousin 2 times removed via Nathaniel Coffin
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
7th cousin 3 times removed via Joseph Morgan
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
7th cousin 3 times removed via James Coffin
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Author of Tarzan and John Carter
7th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund Rice
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
7th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Holbrook
Agatha Christie
Murder Mystery Author
7th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Noble
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Stebbins
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
7th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Bliss
Admiral George Dewey
Admiral of the Navy
7th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Dewey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
7th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Hutchinson
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
7th cousin 4 times removed via James Morgan
Commodore Matthew C. Perry
Led Black Ships Expedition to Japan
7th cousin 4 times removed via William Brewster
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
7th cousin 4 times removed via William Collier
Oliver Hazard Perry
Hero of Lake Erie during the War of 1812
7th cousin 4 times removed via William Brewster
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
7th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Kimball Jr.
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
7th cousin 5 times removed via William Hutchinson
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
7th cousin 6 times removed via Rev. Francis Marbury
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
7th cousin 6 times removed via Edward Hutchinson
David Hyde Pierce
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
8th cousin via Rev. James Noyes Jr.
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
8th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Rice
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Wilcockson
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
8th cousin 1 time removed via Joseph Morse
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
8th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. James Noyes Jr.
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
8th cousin 1 time removed via Ebenezer Witter
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
8th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Treat
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
8th cousin 1 time removed via Nathaniel Coffin
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 1 time removed via Jasper Crane
Merrill C. Meigs
Publisher, Chicago Herald & Examiner
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Wilcockson
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
8th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. William Noyes
Laura Ingalls-Wilder
Author of Little House on the Prairie
8th cousin 2 times removed via George Partridge
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
8th cousin 2 times removed via George Partridge
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
8th cousin 2 times removed via Love Brewster
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
8th cousin 2 times removed via Joseph Morse
George Eastman
Founder of Eastman Kodak Company
8th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Morse
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Bliss
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Bliss
Henry Luce
Co-Founder of Time, Life, Fortune and Sports Illustrated magazines
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Leonard
Barbara Hutton
Socialite (aka “Poor Little Rich Girl”)
8th cousin 2 times removed via William Brooks
Dr. Hawley H. Crippen
Murderer in Erik Larson's “Thunderstruck”
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Lord
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Dewey
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
8th cousin 3 times removed via Tristam Coffin
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
8th cousin 3 times removed via Tristam Coffin
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
8th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Wright
William Sprague
27th Governor of Rhode Island
8th cousin 3 times removed via William Collier
Brigham Young
2nd President of the Mormon Church
8th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Frost
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
8th cousin 3 times removed via Jane Clark
Fannie Farmer
Author of original Fannie Farmer Cookbook
8th cousin 4 times removed via John Thompson
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
8th cousin 4 times removed via William Hutchinson
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
8th cousin 5 times removed via Rev. Francis Marbury
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
9th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. William Noyes
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
9th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Day
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
9th cousin 1 time removed via George Partridge
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
9th cousin 1 time removed via James Coffin
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
9th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Bliss
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
9th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Bliss
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 1 time removed via William Brewster
Thomas J. Watson, Jr.
President and CEO of I.B.M.
9th cousin 1 time removed via Jasper Crane
John Hinckley, Jr.
Shot President Ronald Reagan
9th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Parke
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
9th cousin 2 times removed via John Sayles
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
9th cousin 3 times removed via William Hutchinson
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
9th cousin 3 times removed via William Hutchinson
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
9th cousin 4 times removed via John Collamore
George Washington
1st U.S. President
9th cousin 8 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
9th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
9th cousin 11 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Seth MacFarlane
Actor, Animator, Writer and Producer
10th cousin via Samuel Morse
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
10th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Hutchinson
Stephen King
Author of The Stand
10th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Starbuck of Dover, New Hampshire
Albert G. Spalding
Co-Founder of Spalding Sporting Goods Co.
10th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Frost
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
10th cousin 1 time removed via William Brewster
Alexandra Breckenridge
TV and Movie Actress
10th cousin 1 time removed via Jasper Crane
Ethan Hawke
Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Novelist
10th cousin 1 time removed via Tristam Coffin
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
10th cousin 2 times removed via William Hutchinson
Dr. Benjamin Spock
American Pediatrician and Author on Child Care
10th cousin 3 times removed via William Chaplin
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William Cope
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
10th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Thomas Greene Jr.
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
10th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Thomas Greene Jr.
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
10th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Thomas Greene Jr.
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
10th cousin 11 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
11th cousin 1 time removed via Stephen Tracy
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
11th cousin 1 time removed via William Brewster
Steve Young
Football Hall of Fame Quarterback
11th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Frost
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir William Cope
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 7 times removed via Robert Poyntz
James Madison
4th U.S. President
11th cousin 9 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 9 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 9 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 9 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 9 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
12th cousin 6 times removed via Robert Poyntz
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Nicholas Poyntz
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
13th cousin 8 times removed via John de Welles
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 8 times removed via John de Welles
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
15th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Spencer
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Greene Jr.
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Greene Jr.
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
16th cousin 4 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
17th cousin via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Nicholas Poyntz
Paris Hilton
Socialite and TV Personality
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
17th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
18th cousin via Sir Thomas Blount
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
18th cousin 2 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
19th cousin via Sir Baldwin Freville
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
19th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
19th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
Jake Gyllenhaal
Movie Actor
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Movie Actress
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Meghan Markle
Duchess of Sussex, TV Actress
21st cousin via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Elisabeth Shue photo by Joi (CC BY-SA 3.0)
