Famous Kin of
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
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Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
8th great-grandnephew via Thomas Boleyn
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
10th great-grandniece via Thomas Boleyn
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
1st cousin 8 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
1st cousin 8 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
1st cousin 10 times removed via Sir Thomas Howard
Sir William de Huntingfield
Magna Carta Surety
1st cousin 11 times removed via Maud de St. Liz
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
1st cousin 13 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
1st cousin 13 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Norman Rockwell
American Artist
1st cousin 13 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
1st cousin 13 times removed via Sir Thomas Howard
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
1st cousin 14 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
1st cousin 14 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
1st cousin 14 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
1st cousin 14 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
1st cousin 15 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
1st cousin 16 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
2nd cousin 6 times removed via Elizabeth Cheney
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
2nd cousin 14 times removed via Sir John Howard
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
2nd cousin 14 times removed via Elizabeth Cheney
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
2nd cousin 15 times removed via Sir John Howard
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
2nd cousin 15 times removed via Sir John Howard
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
3rd cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Cokayne
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 8 times removed via Sir Robert Howard
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
3rd cousin 9 times removed via Sir Robert Howard
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
3rd cousin 9 times removed via Sir Robert Howard
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
3rd cousin 10 times removed via Sir Robert Howard
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
3rd cousin 10 times removed via James Butler
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
3rd cousin 10 times removed via Sir Thomas Hoo
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
3rd cousin 11 times removed via Elizabeth Cokayne
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
3rd cousin 11 times removed via James Butler
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
3rd cousin 11 times removed via Elizabeth Cokayne
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
3rd cousin 11 times removed via James Butler
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
3rd cousin 11 times removed via Elizabeth Cokayne
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
3rd cousin 11 times removed via Sir Robert Howard
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
3rd cousin 12 times removed via Sir Thomas Hoo
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
3rd cousin 13 times removed via James Butler
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
3rd cousin 13 times removed via James Butler
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
3rd cousin 13 times removed via Sir Robert Howard
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
3rd cousin 13 times removed via James Butler
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
3rd cousin 14 times removed via James Butler
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
3rd cousin 14 times removed via Elizabeth Cokayne
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
3rd cousin 14 times removed via James Butler
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
3rd cousin 15 times removed via James Butler
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
3rd cousin 15 times removed via Sir Robert Howard
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
4th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 6 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
4th cousin 6 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
4th cousin 7 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
4th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Howard
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
4th cousin 8 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
4th cousin 8 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
4th cousin 9 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
4th cousin 9 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
4th cousin 9 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
4th cousin 11 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
4th cousin 11 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
4th cousin 11 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
4th cousin 12 times removed via Sir John Howard
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
4th cousin 12 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
4th cousin 12 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Robert Frost
Poet and Playwright
4th cousin 12 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
4th cousin 13 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
4th cousin 13 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
4th cousin 13 times removed via Sir John Howard
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
4th cousin 13 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
4th cousin 13 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
4th cousin 13 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
4th cousin 13 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
4th cousin 13 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
4th cousin 14 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
4th cousin 14 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
4th cousin 14 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
5th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
5th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
5th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
George Washington
1st U.S. President
5th cousin 7 times removed via John de Welles
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
5th cousin 7 times removed via John de Welles
James Madison
4th U.S. President
5th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
5th cousin 7 times removed via John de Welles
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
5th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
5th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
5th cousin 8 times removed via John de Welles
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
5th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
5th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
5th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
5th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
5th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
5th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
5th cousin 9 times removed via John de Welles
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
5th cousin 9 times removed via John de Welles
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
5th cousin 10 times removed via John de Welles
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
5th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
5th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
5th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
5th cousin 10 times removed via John de Welles
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
5th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
5th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
5th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
5th cousin 10 times removed via John de Welles
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
5th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
5th cousin 11 times removed via John de Welles
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
5th cousin 11 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
5th cousin 11 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
5th cousin 11 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
5th cousin 11 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
5th cousin 11 times removed via John de Welles
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
5th cousin 11 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
John Brown
American Abolitionist
5th cousin 11 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
5th cousin 11 times removed via John de Welles
Humphrey Bogart
Movie Actor
5th cousin 12 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
5th cousin 12 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
5th cousin 12 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
5th cousin 12 times removed via John de Welles
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
5th cousin 12 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
5th cousin 12 times removed via John de Welles
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
5th cousin 13 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
5th cousin 13 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
5th cousin 13 times removed via John de Mowbray
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
5th cousin 14 times removed via John de Welles
Herbert Hoover
31st U.S. President
5th cousin 14 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
5th cousin 14 times removed via John de Welles
George Hamilton
TV and Movie Actor
5th cousin 14 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Anna Gunn
TV and Movie Actress
5th cousin 14 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
J. K. Simmons
TV and Movie Actor
5th cousin 14 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
5th cousin 15 times removed via John de Welles
Keri Russell
TV and Movie Actress
5th cousin 15 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
5th cousin 16 times removed via John de Welles
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
5th cousin 16 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
6th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Roos
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
6th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
6th cousin 6 times removed via James Butler
Patrick Henry
“Give me liberty, or give me death!”
6th cousin 7 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
6th cousin 7 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
6th cousin 8 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
6th cousin 9 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
6th cousin 9 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
6th cousin 9 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
6th cousin 10 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
6th cousin 10 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
6th cousin 10 times removed via Sir John Howard
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
6th cousin 10 times removed via Sir John Howard
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
6th cousin 10 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
6th cousin 11 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
6th cousin 11 times removed via Sir John Howard
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
6th cousin 11 times removed via Sir John Howard
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
6th cousin 11 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
6th cousin 11 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
6th cousin 11 times removed via James Butler
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
6th cousin 12 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
6th cousin 12 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
6th cousin 12 times removed via James Butler
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
6th cousin 12 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
6th cousin 12 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
6th cousin 13 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
6th cousin 13 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
6th cousin 14 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
6th cousin 14 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
6th cousin 14 times removed via James Butler
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
6th cousin 15 times removed via James Butler
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
7th cousin 6 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
7th cousin 7 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
7th cousin 9 times removed via Sir William de Boteler
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
7th cousin 9 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Emily Post
American Author on Etiquette
7th cousin 12 times removed via Sir Richard de Burgh
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
7th cousin 13 times removed via Sir William de Boteler
Robert Louis Stevenson
Author of Treasure Island
7th cousin 14 times removed via Sir Richard de Burgh
James Spader
TV and Movie Actor
7th cousin 14 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
8th cousin via Edward I, King of England
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
8th cousin 3 times removed via John IV le Strange
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
8th cousin 9 times removed via John IV le Strange
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
8th cousin 9 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
8th cousin 12 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Jesse James
Outlaw, Bank Robber, Murderer
8th cousin 13 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Vachel Lindsay
American Poet
8th cousin 13 times removed via Edward I, King of England
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Humphrey de Bohun
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
9th cousin 9 times removed via William de Oddingseles
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
9th cousin 9 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
9th cousin 10 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
9th cousin 11 times removed via William de Oddingseles
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 6 times removed via Gilbert de Clare
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolutionary War Hero
10th cousin 8 times removed via Gilbert de Clare
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
11th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
11th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers
Frank Nelson Doubleday
Founder of Doubleday & Co.
11th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Author of The Scarlet Letter
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Walter Fitzrobert
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
12th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
12th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Saher IV de Quincy