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
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 Mrs. Damaris Shattuck
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
Lucretia (Coffin) Mott
Abolitionist and Women's Rights Advocate
5th cousin 6 times removed via Mrs. Damaris 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
Mary Lyon
Founder of Mount Holyoke College
6th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Treat
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
7th cousin 2 times removed via Jasper Crane
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Author of Tarzan and John Carter
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Bent
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Astronomer and Aviation Pioneer
7th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Treat
Louisa May Alcott
Author of Little Women
7th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Treat
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
7th cousin 4 times removed via Robert Plumb
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
8th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. Edward Holyoke
Grace Slick
Singer, Songwriter - Jefferson Airplane
8th cousin 1 time removed via Obadiah Wheeler Jr.
Steve Young
Football Hall of Fame Quarterback
8th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Howe
Gilbert Clifford Noble
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Bent
James Taylor
Singer-Songwriter
8th cousin 1 time removed via Obadiah Wheeler Jr.
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
8th cousin 2 times removed via William Chaplin
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
8th cousin 2 times removed via William Chaplin
Julius Sterling Morton
Founder of Arbor Day
8th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Loker alias Riddlesdale
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
8th cousin 3 times removed via Mrs. Damaris Shattuck
Grace (Goodhue) Coolidge
First Lady of President Calvin Coolidge
9th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Gould of Bovingdon
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
9th cousin 1 time removed via William Chaplin
Joy Morton
Founder of Morton Salt Company
9th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Loker alias Riddlesdale
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Plumb
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 2 times removed via Resolved White
Ethan Hawke
Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Novelist
9th cousin 2 times removed via Hugh Mason
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
9th cousin 2 times removed via Mrs. Damaris Shattuck
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
10th cousin via Richard Treat
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
10th cousin 1 time removed via Mrs. Damaris Shattuck
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
10th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Plumb
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
11th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Morse
Gerald Ford
38th U.S. President
13th cousin 1 time removed via Goodspeed of Wingrave, Buckinghamshire