Famous Kin of
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
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Sir William Wallace
Scottish Knight “Braveheart”
3rd cousin 14 times removed via Sir Reginald de Crawford
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 9 times removed via John of Gaunt
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 9 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
7th cousin 5 times removed via William Cunningham
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
7th cousin 8 times removed via Edward III of England
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
8th cousin 2 times removed via James Hamilton
Patrick Henry
“Give me liberty, or give me death!”
9th cousin 2 times removed via James II, King of Scotland
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
9th cousin 3 times removed via James Hamilton
Robert Louis Stevenson
Author of Treasure Island
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Sempill of Eliotstoun
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
9th cousin 8 times removed via Edward I, King of England
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
11th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
11th cousin 2 times removed via James II, King of Scotland
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 3 times removed via Robert II, King of Scotland
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
11th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
11th cousin 4 times removed via Edward III of England
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
11th cousin 5 times removed via James II, King of Scotland
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
12th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
12th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
12th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
George Washington
1st U.S. President
12th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
12th cousin 2 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
12th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
12th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
12th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
12th cousin 4 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
12th cousin 5 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
12th cousin 5 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
13th cousin via John Beaufort
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
13th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
13th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
13th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
13th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
13th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolutionary War Hero
13th cousin 1 time removed via Robert II, King of Scotland
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
13th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
13th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
13th cousin 2 times removed via John Beaufort
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 2 times removed via Edward III of England
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
14th cousin via John of Gaunt
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
14th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
14th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
James Madison
4th U.S. President
14th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
14th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
14th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
14th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
14th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
14th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
14th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
14th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
14th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 3 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
14th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
14th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
14th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
14th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
14th cousin 3 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
14th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
14th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
14th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
14th cousin 4 times removed via Robert II, King of Scotland
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
14th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
14th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
14th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
14th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
14th cousin 5 times removed via Robert II, King of Scotland
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
14th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
14th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
14th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
14th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
14th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
14th cousin 5 times removed via Robert II, King of Scotland
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
14th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Sally Ride
1st American Woman in Space
14th cousin 6 times removed via John of Gaunt
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
14th cousin 7 times removed via John FitzGilbert (the Marshal)
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
15th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
15th cousin via Edward III of England
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
15th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
15th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Plantagenet
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
15th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
15th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
15th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
15th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
15th cousin 2 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 2 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
15th cousin 2 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Alan la Zouche
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Ellen Louise (Axon) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Valerie Bertinelli
Television Actress
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
15th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
15th cousin 4 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
15th cousin 4 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
15th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
15th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
15th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
15th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
15th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
15th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
15th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
15th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
15th cousin 5 times removed via Edward III of England
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
15th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
15th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
15th cousin 5 times removed via Edward III of England
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
15th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
16th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Holland
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 1 time removed via Edward I, King of England
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
16th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Plantagenet
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
16th cousin 1 time removed via Edward I, King of England
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
16th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
16th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Plantagenet
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
16th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
16th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Robert Frost
Poet and Playwright
16th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
16th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert de Holland
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
16th cousin 5 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
17th cousin via Edward I, King of England
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
17th cousin 1 time removed via Edward I, King of England
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
17th cousin 2 times removed via William de Beauchamp
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
17th cousin 2 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
17th cousin 3 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
19th cousin via Isabelle of Angouleme
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
19th cousin 1 time removed via Isabelle of Angouleme
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Marshal
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
19th cousin 2 times removed via William de Beauchamp
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers
Frank Nelson Doubleday
Founder of Doubleday & Co.
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
20th cousin 1 time removed via John FitzGilbert (the Marshal)
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
21st cousin via Henry of Huntingdon