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Noah Webster
Published first American Dictionary
3rd cousin 4 times removed via Katherine Chapin
Oliver Wolcott
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Newberry
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
4th cousin 1 time removed via Nathaniel Phelps
John Wellborn Root
1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition Architect
4th cousin 1 time removed via James Bridgeman
Wash Loomis
Leader of the Loomis Gang
4th cousin 2 times removed via Tahan Grant
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
4th cousin 3 times removed via William Loomis
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 3 times removed via Robert White
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
4th cousin 4 times removed via Matthew Noble Jr.
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
5th cousin via Samuel Stebbins
Frank W. Woolworth
Founder of F.W. Woolworth Company
5th cousin via Nathaniel Phelps
Samuel Colt
Inventor of the Colt Revolver
5th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Noble
Levi Parsons Morton
22nd U.S. Vice-President
5th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Stebbins
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
5th cousin 2 times removed via Isaac Sheldon
Clement Clarke Moore
Author of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
5th cousin 2 times removed via Simon Sackett
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
5th cousin 2 times removed via Isaac Sheldon
John Lithgow
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
5th cousin 2 times removed via James Bridgeman
Barbara Hutton
Socialite (aka “Poor Little Rich Girl”)
5th cousin 2 times removed via Nathaniel Phelps
Judson Harmon
45th Governor of Ohio
5th cousin 2 times removed via Isaac Sheldon
Sir Benjamin Thompson
Physicist and Inventor, aka Count Rumford
5th cousin 3 times removed via Robert Long
General William Tecumseh Sherman
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Taylor
Brigham Young
2nd President of the Mormon Church
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Bent
Dan Quayle
44th U.S. Vice-President
5th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Loomis
General Joseph Warren
Killed at Battle of Bunker Hill
5th cousin 4 times removed via William Chaplin
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
6th cousin via Moses Cleveland
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
6th cousin 1 time removed via Isaac Sheldon
Ulysses S. Grant
18th U.S. President
6th cousin 1 time removed via Matthew Grant
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
6th cousin 1 time removed via Isaac Sheldon
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Author of Tarzan and John Carter
6th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Rice
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
6th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Wright
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
6th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Wright
Frederick Upton
Co-Founder of Whirlpool Corporation
6th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Stebbins
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
6th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Stebbins
Joy Morton
Founder of Morton Salt Company
6th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Dewey Jr.
Admiral George Dewey
Admiral of the Navy
6th cousin 1 time removed via Joseph Loomis
Elias Howe
Inventor, Lockstitch Sewing Machine
6th cousin 1 time removed via John Woods
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
6th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Newberry
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
6th cousin 2 times removed via Benjamin Wright
Bess (Wallace) Truman
First Lady of President Harry S Truman
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Mosley Jr.
Julia Child
American Chef, Author and TV Personality
6th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Edson
Harry Chapin
Singer and Songwriter
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Bridgeman
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Bridgeman
Constance Fenimore Woolson
Victorian Novelist and Poet
6th cousin 2 times removed via Dr. Henry Woodward
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
6th cousin 3 times removed via John Sackett
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
6th cousin 3 times removed via Tahan Grant
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
6th cousin 3 times removed via Moses Cleveland
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
6th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Stebbins
Amy Grant
Christian/Pop Singer and Songwriter
6th cousin 4 times removed via Joseph Loomis
David Hyde Pierce
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
6th cousin 4 times removed via Joseph Loomis
Lucy (Webb) Hayes
First Lady of President Rutherford B. Hayes
7th cousin 1 time removed via Dr. Henry Woodward
Dr. Benjamin Spock
American Pediatrician and Author on Child Care
7th cousin 1 time removed via Isaac Sheldon
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 1 time removed via Matthew Grant
Henry Luce
Co-Founder of Time, Life, Fortune and Sports Illustrated magazines
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Root
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
7th cousin 1 time removed via Isaac Sheldon
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
7th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Dewey
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
7th cousin 2 times removed via William Gaylord
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
7th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Blott
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
7th cousin 2 times removed via Katherine Chapin
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 2 times removed via Robert White
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
7th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Plumb
Timothy Leatherman
Founder of Leatherman Tools
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Woods
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
7th cousin 2 times removed via George Phelps
Mike Huckabee
44th Governor of Arkansas
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Taylor
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
7th cousin 3 times removed via Robert Plumb
John Hinckley, Jr.
Shot President Ronald Reagan
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Root
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
7th cousin 3 times removed via Matthew Woodruff
Brian Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Bissell
Dennis Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Bissell
Carl Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Bissell
Mike Love
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Bissell
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Chaplin
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Chaplin
Margaret Hamilton
Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of OZ
8th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Kilbourn
Thomas J. Watson, Jr.
President and CEO of I.B.M.
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Bent
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
8th cousin 2 times removed via Sylvester Baldwin Jr.
Sarah Caldwell
1st Female Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Woodford
Steve Young
Football Hall of Fame Quarterback
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Bent
Mark David Chapman
Assassinated John Lennon
8th cousin 2 times removed via Dr. Henry Woodward
Clarence Day
Author of Life with Father
9th cousin 1 time removed via William Chaplin
Albert G. Spalding
Co-Founder of Spalding Sporting Goods Co.
9th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Frost
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey de Beauchamp