Famous Kin of
Ethan Hawke
Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Novelist
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William Stoughton
Chief Judge and Prosecutor, Salem Witch Trials 1692
1st cousin 12 times removed via Rev. Thomas Stoughton
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
2nd cousin 2 times removed via Dr. Edwin Francis Dakin
Lucretia (Coffin) Mott
Abolitionist and Women's Rights Advocate
3rd cousin 6 times removed via John Macy
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 7 times removed via Peter Tallman
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
4th cousin 5 times removed via John Akin
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
4th cousin 7 times removed via Samuel Lathrop
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 9 times removed via Stephen Hopkins
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
5th cousin 5 times removed via Joshua Coggeshall
Ulysses S. Grant
18th U.S. President
5th cousin 6 times removed via Samuel Lathrop
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
5th cousin 6 times removed via Samuel Lathrop
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin 7 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Elizabeth (Kortright) Monroe
First Lady of President James Monroe
5th cousin 7 times removed via Cornell
Gail Borden III
Inventor of Condensed Milk, Founder of the Borden Company
5th cousin 7 times removed via Richard Borden
Clement Clarke Moore
Author of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
5th cousin 7 times removed via Elizabeth Stoughton
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
5th cousin 7 times removed via Richard Borden
Rear Admiral William Folger
United States Navy
6th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Gardner
J. B. Lippincott
Founder of J.B. Lippincott & Co.
6th cousin 5 times removed via Mrs. Damaris Shattuck
Sir Robert Laird Borden
8th Prime Minister of Canada
6th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Borden
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
6th cousin 6 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Ezra Cornell
Co-Founder of Cornell University,
Founder of Western Union
6th cousin 6 times removed via Cornell
Henry A. Wallace
33rd U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 2 times removed via Benjamin Sabin
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
7th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Gardner
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
7th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Gardner
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
7th cousin 4 times removed via Anthony Shaw
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
7th cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Lathrop
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
7th cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Lathrop
Alonzo B. Cornell
25th Governor of New York
7th cousin 5 times removed via Cornell
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Cook Jr.
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
8th cousin 2 times removed via Peter Tallman
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Gardner
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
8th cousin 3 times removed via John Cook
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Gardner
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
8th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Dr. Hawley H. Crippen
Murderer in Erik Larson's “Thunderstruck”
8th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Cheney
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
9th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Gardner
James Spader
TV and Movie Actor
9th cousin 1 time removed via Valentine Huttleston
John Lithgow
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
9th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Macy
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
9th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Gardner
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Cheney
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Lathrop
Thomas J. Watson, Jr.
President and CEO of I.B.M.
9th cousin 2 times removed via Hugh Mason
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
9th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Borden
Amelia Earhart
Aviation Pioneer
9th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Laura Ingalls-Wilder
Author of Little House on the Prairie
9th cousin 4 times removed via Stephen Tracy
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
9th cousin 4 times removed via Stephen Tracy
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
9th cousin 7 times removed via John Denton
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
10th cousin via Joshua Brooks
Richard Nixon
37th U.S. President
10th cousin 1 time removed via Mrs. Damaris Shattuck
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
10th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. William Noyes
Elizabeth Smart
Founder of Elizabeth Smart Foundation
10th cousin 1 time removed via William Sabin
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
10th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Harris
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
10th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Harris
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
10th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth Stoughton
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
10th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Harris
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
10th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Borden
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
10th cousin 6 times removed via John Denton
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
10th cousin 11 times removed via Sir John Howard
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
11th cousin via Mrs. Damaris Shattuck
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
11th cousin 1 time removed via William Merrick
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Movie Actress
11th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John Lathrop
James Taylor
Singer-Songwriter
11th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. William Noyes
Brian Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
11th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John House
Dennis Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
11th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John House
Carl Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
11th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John House
Marie-Chantal Miller
Crown Princess of Greece
11th cousin 2 times removed via Stephen Hopkins
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
12th cousin 4 times removed via John Denton
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
12th cousin 5 times removed via John Brome
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
12th cousin 5 times removed via John Brome
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Hugh Shirley
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
13th cousin 4 times removed via John Brome
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Hugh Shirley
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Howard
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
15th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Howard
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Colepepper
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Howard
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Hugh Shirley
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Ethan Hawke photo by Nicolas Genin (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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