Famous Kin of
Gerald Ford
38th U.S. President
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Mary (Ayer) Parker
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
8th great-grandaunt via John Ayer of Salisbury and Haverhill
Mary (Perkins) Bradbury
Convicted of Witchcraft, Salem 1692
9th great-grandaunt via John Perkins Sr.
General Joseph Hooker
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
3rd cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Seymour
Samuel Huntington
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Matthew Marvin
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 6 times removed via John Porter
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
3rd cousin 6 times removed via John Gilman
John Sargent Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
4th cousin 3 times removed via William Davis
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American “Fireside” Poet
4th cousin 4 times removed via William Longfellow
Henry Wells
Co-Founder of American Express and Wells Fargo and Co.
4th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Welles
Samuel Colt
Inventor of the Colt Revolver
4th cousin 5 times removed via William Lord
Elbridge Gerry
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 7 times removed via Edmund Greenleaf
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
4th cousin 7 times removed via Henry Howland
Nathaniel Gorham
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
4th cousin 7 times removed via Tristam Coffin
Lucretia (Coffin) Mott
Abolitionist and Women's Rights Advocate
4th cousin 7 times removed via Tristam Coffin
Ferdinand II of Aragon
1st King of a united Spain
4th cousin 16 times removed via Diego Gomez de Toledo
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
5th cousin 2 times removed via James Ayer
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
5th cousin 2 times removed via William Davis
Louisa May Alcott
Author of Little Women
5th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Hickock
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
5th cousin 3 times removed via Ebenezer Gove
General William Tecumseh Sherman
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
5th cousin 3 times removed via Matthew Marvin Jr.
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
5th cousin 4 times removed via James Davis Jr.
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
5th cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Hyde
Salmon P. Chase
Sec. of Treasury and Namesake of JP Morgan Chase
5th cousin 4 times removed via Aquila Chase
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
5th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Sewall III
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
5th cousin 5 times removed via Henry Howland
Samuel Adams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
5th cousin 8 times removed via Thomas Perkins
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
5th cousin 11 times removed via John Brome
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
6th cousin 1 time removed via John Noyes Jr.
William Durant
Co-Founder of General Motors and Founder of Frigidaire
6th cousin 1 time removed via Jonathan Ricketson
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
6th cousin 2 times removed via Barnabas Wines Jr.
Florence (Kling) Harding
First Lady of President Warren G. Harding
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Bouton
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
6th cousin 3 times removed via William Pratt
Lewis Henry Lapham
Co-Founder of Texaco
6th cousin 3 times removed via Zoeth Howland
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
6th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Sewall III
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Bliss
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
6th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Church
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Welles
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
6th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Lord
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
6th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Bliss
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
6th cousin 5 times removed via Edmund Greenleaf
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
6th cousin 6 times removed via Peter Coffin
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 14 times removed via Sir John Howard
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
7th cousin via Matthew Seymour
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Seymour
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
7th cousin 2 times removed via William Pratt
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Porter
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Porter
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
7th cousin 2 times removed via William Pratt
Averell Harriman
48th Governor of New York
7th cousin 2 times removed via Matthew Marvin
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
7th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Bliss
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
7th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Bliss
Charles Curtis
31st U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Adams
Frank W. Woolworth
Founder of F.W. Woolworth Company
7th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Adams
Joseph Smith
Founder of the Mormon Church
7th cousin 3 times removed via Robert White
Clarence Day
Author of Life with Father
7th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Bliss
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 3 times removed via Roger Goodspeed
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
8th cousin 1 time removed via Dirck Vanderburgh
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Pratt
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
8th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Adams
Duane Eddy
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Guitarist
8th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Adams
Frederick Upton
Co-Founder of Whirlpool Corporation
8th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Church
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
8th cousin 1 time removed via Dirck Vanderburgh
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Pratt
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
8th cousin 1 time removed via Matthew Marvin
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Pratt
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
8th cousin 2 times removed via Joseph Judson
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
8th cousin 2 times removed via Simon Tuttle
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
8th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. William Eddy of Bristol, England
John Hinckley, Jr.
Shot President Ronald Reagan
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Welles
George Eastman
Founder of Eastman Kodak Company
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Lord
Clarence Darrow
Lawyer, Scopes Monkey Trial
8th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. William Eddy of Bristol, England
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Pratt
Grace (Goodhue) Coolidge
First Lady of President Calvin Coolidge
8th cousin 3 times removed via John Perkins Sr.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
8th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Howland
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
8th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Howland
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
8th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Wood
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
8th cousin 3 times removed via John Perkins Sr.
Nathaniel Philbrick
Author of In the Heart of the Sea
9th cousin via John Sanborn
Barbara Hutton
Socialite (aka “Poor Little Rich Girl”)
9th cousin via Robert Adams
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
9th cousin 1 time removed via Matthew Marvin
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
9th cousin 1 time removed via Matthew Marvin
Johnny Carson
TV Host - “The Tonight Show”
9th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Howland
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
9th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Bliss
Grace Slick
Singer, Songwriter - Jefferson Airplane
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Moulton
Nelson Eddy
Movie Actor and Singer
9th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. William Eddy of Bristol, England
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
9th cousin 1 time removed via Matthew Marvin
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 1 time removed via Nicholas Noyes
David Hyde Pierce
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Porter
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 1 time removed via Matthew Marvin
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
9th cousin 2 times removed via John Bouton
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
9th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Church
Amy Grant
Christian/Pop Singer and Songwriter
9th cousin 2 times removed via John Porter
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
10th cousin via Edward Marvin
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
10th cousin via Simon Tuttle
John Steinbeck
Author of The Grapes of Wrath
10th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Howland
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
10th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Lord
Elizabeth Smart
Founder of Elizabeth Smart Foundation
10th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. William Eddy of Bristol, England
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
10th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
10th cousin 10 times removed via Sir John Howard
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
11th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
11th cousin 10 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 9 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
13th cousin 1 time removed via Goodspeed of Wingrave, Buckinghamshire
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
13th cousin 3 times removed via John Brome
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
James Madison
4th U.S. President
13th cousin 8 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 8 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Patrick Henry
“Give me liberty, or give me death!”
13th cousin 8 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 8 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 8 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Donnie Wahlberg
Singer and Movie Actor
14th cousin 2 times removed via Goodspeed of Wingrave, Buckinghamshire
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Howard
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
14th cousin 7 times removed via Eudo la Zouche
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
14th cousin 7 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
14th cousin 7 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 7 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 7 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
14th cousin 7 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 7 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William Willoughby
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William Willoughby
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John de Beaumont
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Howard
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
15th cousin 6 times removed via Eudo la Zouche
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
15th cousin 6 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
15th cousin 6 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
15th cousin 6 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
15th cousin 6 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Prince George
Prince of Cambridge
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Sutton VI
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John de Beaumont
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John de Beaumont
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
16th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas de Berkeley
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William Willoughby
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
16th cousin 5 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
16th cousin 5 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
16th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
16th cousin 5 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Guy Ritchie
British Filmmaker
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John de Beaumont
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Willoughby
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Willoughby
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
17th cousin 4 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
17th cousin 4 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
18th cousin via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Steve McQueen
Movie Actor
18th cousin via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
18th cousin via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
18th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
18th cousin 3 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
18th cousin 3 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
18th cousin 3 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
18th cousin 3 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
19th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
19th cousin 2 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
19th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
19th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford