Famous Kin of
William Robbins Barnes
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
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Noah Webster
Published first American Dictionary
2nd cousin 3 times removed via John Webster
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 4 times removed via Richard Treat
Deborah Samson
Female Revolutionary War Veteran
3rd cousin 4 times removed via Gov. William Bradford
John Sargent Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
5th cousin 2 times removed via John Clough
Salmon P. Chase
Sec. of Treasury and Namesake of JP Morgan Chase
5th cousin 2 times removed via Aquila Chase
Nathaniel Currier
Lithographer (Currier & Ives)
5th cousin 2 times removed via Nathaniel Merrill
Lucretia (Coffin) Mott
Abolitionist and Women's Rights Advocate
5th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Kimball Jr.
Richard Hatch
TV and Movie Actor
5th cousin 3 times removed via Daniel Merrill Jr.
Clint Eastwood
TV & Film Actor and Director
5th cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Steele
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
6th cousin 1 time removed via John Clough
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
6th cousin 1 time removed via William Bradford Jr.
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
6th cousin 2 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
Julia Child
American Chef, Author and TV Personality
6th cousin 2 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
Peter Fonda
TV and Movie Actor
6th cousin 2 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
Christopher Reeve
Movie Actor
6th cousin 3 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
John Lithgow
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
6th cousin 3 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
6th cousin 3 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
6th cousin 3 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
Anna Gunn
TV and Movie Actress
6th cousin 5 times removed via William Bradford Jr.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
7th cousin 1 time removed via Alice Carpenter
Charles Edward Merrill
Co-Founder of Merrill Lynch & Company
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Dunham
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
7th cousin 1 time removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
7th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Treat
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Dunham
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
7th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Treat
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
7th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Hutchinson
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
7th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Hutchinson
Harry Chapin
Singer and Songwriter
7th cousin 3 times removed via Nathaniel Merrill
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
7th cousin 4 times removed via John Dunham
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
8th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Kimball Jr.
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
8th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Kimball Jr.
Clarence Day
Author of Life with Father
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Talcott Jr.
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Kimball Jr.
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
8th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Kimball Jr.
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
8th cousin 4 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire