Famous Kin of
Thomas J. Watson, Jr.
President and CEO of I.B.M.
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Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
2nd cousin 7 times removed via Gov. Robert Treat
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
2nd cousin 8 times removed via John Chipman
Brigham Young
2nd President of the Mormon Church
4th cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Howe
Nathaniel Gorham
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
4th cousin 7 times removed via John Howland
Horace Gray
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
5th cousin 3 times removed via George Abbott
Henry Crapo
14th Governor of Michigan
5th cousin 4 times removed via Resolved White
General Joseph Warren
Killed at Battle of Bunker Hill
5th cousin 5 times removed via William Chaplin
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
5th cousin 5 times removed via William Chaplin
Hannibal Hamlin
15th U.S. Vice-President
5th cousin 5 times removed via William Shattuck
Lucretia (Coffin) Mott
Abolitionist and Women's Rights Advocate
5th cousin 6 times removed via Shattuck
Jonathan Worth
39th Governor of North Carolina
5th cousin 6 times removed via Shattuck
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
6th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Howe
Elias Howe
Inventor, Lockstitch Sewing Machine
6th cousin 3 times removed via John Howe
Clara Barton
Founder of the American Red Cross
6th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Loker alias Riddlesdale
Joseph Smith
Founder of the Mormon Church
6th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Gould of Bovingdon
Mary Lyon
Founder of Mount Holyoke College
6th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Treat