Famous Kin of
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
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General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 2 times removed via Nicholas Frost
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. William Thompson
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin 1 time removed via Nicholas Frost
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 10 times removed via John de Welles
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 10 times removed via John de Mowbray
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
6th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Hutchinson
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
6th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John Wheelwright
Christopher Reeve
Movie Actor
6th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John Wheelwright
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 10 times removed via Alice de Audley
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 10 times removed via Alice de Audley
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
7th cousin via Edward Hutchinson
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
7th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Hutchinson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
7th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Hutchinson
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
7th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Hutchinson
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
7th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Hutchinson
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
7th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Hutchinson
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
7th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Hutchinson
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
7th cousin 5 times removed via Edward Hutchinson
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
7th cousin 5 times removed via Edward Hutchinson
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
7th cousin 6 times removed via Edward Hutchinson
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
7th cousin 6 times removed via Edward Hutchinson
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
7th cousin 6 times removed via Edward Hutchinson
Treat Williams
TV & Movie Actor
7th cousin 6 times removed via Edward Hutchinson
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
8th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Dymoke
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
8th cousin 7 times removed via John de Welles
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Lionel Dymoke
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Lionel Dymoke
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
11th cousin 6 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 4 times removed via Alice de Audley
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
12th cousin 4 times removed via Alice de Audley
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
12th cousin 4 times removed via Alice de Audley
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
12th cousin 5 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Patrick Henry
1st and 6th Governor of Virginia
12th cousin 5 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
13th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 2 times removed via John de Mowbray
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
13th cousin 2 times removed via John de Mowbray
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
13th cousin 2 times removed via John de Mowbray
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
14th cousin 1 time removed via John de Mowbray
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
14th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
14th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
14th cousin 1 time removed via John de Mowbray
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
14th cousin 2 times removed via Alice de Audley
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
14th cousin 2 times removed via Alice de Audley
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
14th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
14th cousin 4 times removed via Eudo la Zouche
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
14th cousin 4 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 4 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
14th cousin 7 times removed via Maud de St. Hilary
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
15th cousin via John de Mowbray
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
15th cousin via John de Welles
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
15th cousin 1 time removed via Alice de Audley
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
15th cousin 1 time removed via John de Mowbray
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
15th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
15th cousin 1 time removed via John de Mowbray
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
15th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
15th cousin 1 time removed via John de Mowbray
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
15th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
15th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
15th cousin 1 time removed via Alice de Audley
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
15th cousin 1 time removed via John de Mowbray
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
15th cousin 1 time removed via John de Mowbray
Lewis Carroll
Author of Alice in Wonderland
15th cousin 1 time removed via Alice de Audley
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
15th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Ros
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
15th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
15th cousin 2 times removed via John de Mowbray
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
15th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
15th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
15th cousin 2 times removed via Guy de Beauchamp
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
15th cousin 3 times removed via Eudo la Zouche
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
15th cousin 3 times removed via John de Mowbray
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
15th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
15th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
15th cousin 3 times removed via John de Mowbray
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
15th cousin 3 times removed via John de Mowbray
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
15th cousin 3 times removed via John de Mowbray
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
15th cousin 3 times removed via John de Mowbray
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
15th cousin 4 times removed via John de Mowbray
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
15th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
15th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
Thomas Pynchon
American Novelist
15th cousin 4 times removed via John de Mowbray
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
15th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
Tuesday Weld
TV and Movie Actress
15th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
15th cousin 5 times removed via John de Welles
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
15th cousin 5 times removed via John de Mowbray
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
15th cousin 5 times removed via John de Mowbray
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
15th cousin 6 times removed via John de Welles
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Geoffrey le Scrope
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
16th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Plantagenet
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
16th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Plantagenet
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
16th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Plantagenet
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
16th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Plantagenet
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Mortimer
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
16th cousin 2 times removed via Alice de Audley
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas de Beauchamp
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas de Beauchamp
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas de Beauchamp
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
16th cousin 3 times removed via Alice de Audley
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
16th cousin 3 times removed via Alice de Audley
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas de Beauchamp
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Geoffrey le Scrope
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
16th cousin 3 times removed via Alice de Audley
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
16th cousin 3 times removed via Alice de Audley
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Gilbert de Clare
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Meghan Markle
Duchess of Sussex, TV Actress
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas de Beauchamp
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
17th cousin via Sir William de Ros
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
17th cousin via Henry Plantagenet
James Youngs Smith
29th Governor of Rhode Island
17th cousin via Henry Plantagenet
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Ros
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
17th cousin 1 time removed via Edward I, King of England
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
17th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Plantagenet
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
17th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Plantagenet
William Sprague
27th Governor of Rhode Island
17th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Plantagenet
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
17th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Plantagenet
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
17th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Plantagenet
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
17th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Plantagenet
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
17th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Plantagenet
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
17th cousin 1 time removed via Edward I, King of England
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
17th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Plantagenet
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
17th cousin 1 time removed via Edward I, King of England
Guillermo Billinghurst
31st President of Peru
17th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Plantagenet
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
17th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
17th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
17th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
17th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
17th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Valerie Bertinelli
Television Actress
17th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
17th cousin 2 times removed via William de Beauchamp
Pete Seeger
American Folk Singer
17th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
17th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
17th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
17th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
17th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
17th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Jake Gyllenhaal
Movie Actor
17th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Movie Actress
17th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Susana Ferrari Billinghurst
Argentine Aviation Pioneer
17th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Amelia Earhart
Aviation Pioneer
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
18th cousin via Sir Robert de Ros
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
John Brown
American Abolitionist
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
18th cousin 1 time removed via Edward I, King of England
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
18th cousin 2 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
18th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Mainwaring
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolution
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Gilbert de Clare
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
18th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Mainwaring
Jesse James
Outlaw, Bank Robber, Murderer
18th cousin 3 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Vachel Lindsay
American Poet
18th cousin 3 times removed via Edward I, King of England
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
19th cousin via Sir William de Cantilupe
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Cantilupe
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
19th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Mainwaring
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Cantilupe
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
19th cousin 2 times removed via William de Beauchamp
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
20th cousin via Sir Roger de Quincy
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
20th cousin via Sir Roger de Quincy
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
20th cousin via Ralph de Mainwaring
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 Maud de St. Hilary
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
20th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Mainwaring
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy