Famous Kin of
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
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Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
2nd great-grandniece via Peter Jefferson
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
1st cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Jefferson Jr.
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
2nd cousin 1 time removed via Col. William Randolph of Turkey Island
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
2nd cousin 2 times removed via Col. William Randolph of Turkey Island
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
2nd cousin 5 times removed via Col. William Randolph of Turkey Island
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
2nd cousin 7 times removed via Col. William Randolph of Turkey Island
Henry de Bohun
Magna Carta Surety
2nd cousin 19 times removed via Maud of Northumberland
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
3rd cousin 5 times removed via Richard Cave
Prince George
Prince of Cambridge
4th cousin 9 times removed via George Lilburne
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 7 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
8th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Cave
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
8th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Cave
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
8th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Cave
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
8th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Cave
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
8th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
8th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Cave
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
8th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Cave
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
8th cousin 7 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
9th cousin 6 times removed via Edward I, King of England
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
10th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Neville
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
10th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
10th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Neville
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
10th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Neville
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
10th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Neville
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin via Ralph de Neville
Thomas Nelson
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
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
11th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Neville
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
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 Ralph de Neville
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
11th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Neville
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
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
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
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
11th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Neville
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
11th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Neville
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
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
11th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Neville
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
11th cousin 5 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
11th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
11th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
11th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
11th cousin 7 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
11th cousin 7 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
11th cousin 7 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
11th cousin 7 times removed via Ralph de Neville
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
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Neville
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
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
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
12th cousin 6 times removed via John of Gaunt
Sally Ride
1st American Woman in Space
12th cousin 6 times removed via James Touchet
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 2 times removed via Alice de Audley
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
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
13th cousin 5 times removed via Alice de Audley
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
13th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
13th cousin 6 times removed via Alice de Audley
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
13th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
13th cousin 7 times removed via Alice de Audley
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
13th cousin 8 times removed via Alice de Audley
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 1 time removed via Edward I, King of England
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
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
14th cousin 4 times removed via Hugh de Kevelioc
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
14th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
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
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin via Edward I, King of England
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
15th cousin 1 time removed via Edward I, King of England
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
15th cousin 1 time removed via Edward I, King of England
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Mortimer
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
15th cousin 2 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
15th cousin 2 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
15th cousin 2 times removed via Edward I, King of England
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
15th cousin 3 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
15th cousin 3 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
15th cousin 3 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
15th cousin 3 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
15th cousin 4 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
15th cousin 4 times removed via Edward I, King of England
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
15th cousin 4 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
15th cousin 4 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
15th cousin 4 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
15th cousin 5 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
15th cousin 5 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Valerie Bertinelli
Television Actress
15th cousin 5 times removed via Edward I, King of England
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
15th cousin 5 times removed via Edward I, King of England
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
15th cousin 5 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Ellen Louise (Axon) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
15th cousin 6 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
15th cousin 6 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
15th cousin 6 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Vincent Price
Movie Actor
15th cousin 6 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
15th cousin 6 times removed via Edward I, King of England
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
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
16th cousin 3 times removed via Blanche of Artois
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
16th cousin 4 times removed via Blanche of Artois
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
16th cousin 5 times removed via Blanche of Artois
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
16th cousin 5 times removed via Blanche of Artois
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Marshal
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
17th cousin 1 time removed via William de Braiose
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
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolutionary War Hero
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Marshal
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
18th cousin 2 times removed via Hugh de Kevelioc
Aaron Burr
Killed Alexander Hamilton
20th cousin 1 time removed via Aubrey de Vere II