Famous Kin of
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
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Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
1st cousin 2 times removed via Sarah Bayly
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
2nd cousin 1 time removed via Col. Richard Lee
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
2nd cousin 1 time removed via Col. Richard Lee
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
2nd cousin 3 times removed via Col. James Taylor Jr.
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
2nd cousin 4 times removed via Francis Strother
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
3rd cousin 1 time removed via Col. Richard Lee
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
3rd cousin 1 time removed via Francis Thornton
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
3rd cousin 2 times removed via Col. Richard Lee
King Henry VIII
King of England
3rd cousin 10 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
4th cousin 3 times removed via Isaac Allerton
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
4th cousin 3 times removed via Francis Thornton
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
4th cousin 4 times removed via Francis Thornton
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
4th cousin 7 times removed via Isaac Allerton
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 9 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 9 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 9 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Commodore Matthew C. Perry
Led Black Ships Expedition to Japan
5th cousin 2 times removed via William Brewster
Oliver Hazard Perry
Hero of Lake Erie during the War of 1812
5th cousin 2 times removed via William Brewster
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
5th cousin 2 times removed via William Brewster
Steve McQueen
Movie Actor
5th cousin 3 times removed via William Thornton of The Hills, Yorkshire, England
Clarence Day
Author of Life with Father
5th cousin 3 times removed via William Brewster
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
5th cousin 4 times removed via William Brewster
Thomas Pynchon
American Novelist
5th cousin 4 times removed via William Brewster
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
5th cousin 4 times removed via William Brewster
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
5th cousin 4 times removed via William Brewster
Merrill C. Meigs
Publisher, Chicago Herald & Examiner
5th cousin 4 times removed via William Brewster
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
5th cousin 5 times removed via William Brewster
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
5th cousin 5 times removed via William Brewster
Julia Child
American Chef, Author and TV Personality
5th cousin 5 times removed via William Brewster
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
5th cousin 5 times removed via William Brewster
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
5th cousin 6 times removed via William Brewster
Pete Seeger
American Folk Singer
5th cousin 6 times removed via William Brewster
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
5th cousin 6 times removed via William Brewster
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
5th cousin 7 times removed via William Brewster
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
5th cousin 7 times removed via William Brewster
Seth MacFarlane
Actor, Animator, Writer and Producer
5th cousin 7 times removed via William Brewster
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
5th cousin 7 times removed via William Brewster
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
5th cousin 7 times removed via William Brewster
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
5th cousin 7 times removed via William Brewster
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
5th cousin 8 times removed via William Brewster
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
5th cousin 8 times removed via William Brewster
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
7th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Fray
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
8th cousin 3 times removed via Humphrey Stafford
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
8th cousin 3 times removed via Humphrey Stafford
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
8th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
9th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard Lygon
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
9th cousin 2 times removed via Humphrey Stafford
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
9th cousin 6 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard Lygon
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard Lygon
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
10th cousin 1 time removed via Humphrey Stafford
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Savage
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard Lygon
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Bourchier
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard Lygon
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 3 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
10th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
10th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard Lygon
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
10th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
10th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard Lygon
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard Neville
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
10th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Patrick Henry
1st and 6th Governor of Virginia
10th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard Lygon
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Richard Lygon
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Richard Neville
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Richard Lygon
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
10th cousin 6 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
10th cousin 6 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Savage
George Washington
1st U.S. President
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
11th cousin 2 times removed via Humphrey Stafford
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Savage
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
11th cousin 3 times removed via Humphrey Stafford
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Savage
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Savage
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Savage
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
11th cousin 4 times removed via Humphrey Stafford
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
11th cousin 4 times removed via Humphrey Stafford
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
11th cousin 4 times removed via Humphrey Stafford
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
12th cousin via Sir Thomas Stanley
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Bourchier
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Fray
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Bourchier
Robert Frost
Poet and Playwright
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Fray
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Fray
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
13th cousin via Sir Ralph Neville
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
13th cousin 1 time removed via Katherine Pabenham
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
13th cousin 1 time removed via Katherine Pabenham
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
13th cousin 2 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
13th cousin 2 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
13th cousin 3 times removed via Joan Beaufort
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
13th cousin 3 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
13th cousin 3 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 3 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
13th cousin 5 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
13th cousin 5 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
14th cousin via John of Gaunt
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
14th cousin via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
14th cousin 1 time removed via Robert de Ferrers
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
14th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
14th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
14th cousin 1 time removed via Robert de Ferrers
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
14th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
14th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 2 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
14th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Christopher Reeve
Movie Actor
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Wernher von Braun
Rocket Scientist
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
Treat Williams
TV & Movie Actor
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
15th cousin via Robert de Ferrers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Henry de Percy
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Henry de Percy
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
15th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
15th cousin 2 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Amelia Earhart
Aviation Pioneer
15th cousin 2 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
15th cousin 2 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
Guillermo Billinghurst
31st President of Peru
15th cousin 2 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
15th cousin 3 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
Tuesday Weld
TV and Movie Actress
15th cousin 3 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
15th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Henry de Percy
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
15th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
15th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
15th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Susana Ferrari Billinghurst
Argentine Aviation Pioneer
15th cousin 4 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Henry de Percy
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Gerald Ford
38th U.S. President
15th cousin 6 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
William Stoughton
Chief Judge and Prosecutor, Salem Witch Trials 1692
15th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William de Huntingfield
Meghan Markle
Duchess of Sussex, TV Actress
15th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
16th cousin via Humphrey de Bohun
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
16th cousin via Ralph de Stafford
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Mortimer
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter de Beauchamp
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
16th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
16th cousin 3 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 3 times removed via Gilbert de Clare
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
16th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
16th cousin 4 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Anna Gunn
TV and Movie Actress
16th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
17th cousin via Sir James de Audley
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
17th cousin via Sir James de Audley
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
17th cousin via Edward I, King of England
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter de Beauchamp
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Eugene Foss
45th Governor of Massachusetts
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter de Beauchamp
John Brown
American Abolitionist
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Jesse James
Outlaw, Bank Robber, Murderer
17th cousin 4 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Vachel Lindsay
American Poet
17th cousin 4 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Bette Davis
Movie Actress
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter de Beauchamp
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolution
18th cousin 1 time removed via Gilbert de Clare
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
19th cousin via Sir Humphrey de Bohun
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
19th cousin via Sir Roger de Quincy
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey de Bohun
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
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 Humphrey de Bohun
Benedict Arnold
Traitor of the American Revolution
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Huntingfield
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
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
Clement Clarke Moore
Author of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Huntingfield