Famous Kin of
Robert de Vere
Magna Carta Surety
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Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
1st cousin 17 times removed via Aubrey de Vere
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
1st cousin 18 times removed via Aubrey de Vere
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
1st cousin 18 times removed via Aubrey de Vere
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
1st cousin 19 times removed via Aubrey de Vere
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
1st cousin 19 times removed via Aubrey de Vere
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
1st cousin 19 times removed via Aubrey de Vere
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
1st cousin 19 times removed via Aubrey de Vere
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
1st cousin 19 times removed via Aubrey de Vere
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
1st cousin 20 times removed via Aubrey de Vere
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
1st cousin 20 times removed via Aubrey de Vere
Robert FitzWalter
Magna Carta Surety
2nd cousin 1 time removed via Richard Fitzgilbert
William the Conqueror
King of England
2nd cousin 4 times removed via Richard I of Normandy
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
2nd cousin 14 times removed via Gilbert Fitzrichard de Clare
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
2nd cousin 14 times removed via Gilbert Fitzrichard de Clare
George Washington
1st U.S. President
2nd cousin 17 times removed via Gilbert Fitzrichard de Clare
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
2nd cousin 18 times removed via Gilbert Fitzrichard de Clare
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
2nd cousin 18 times removed via Gilbert Fitzrichard de Clare
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
2nd cousin 18 times removed via Gilbert Fitzrichard de Clare
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
2nd cousin 18 times removed via Gilbert Fitzrichard de Clare
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 17 times removed via Richard Fitzgilbert
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
3rd cousin 18 times removed via Richard Fitzgilbert
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
3rd cousin 18 times removed via Richard Fitzgilbert
King Henry III
King of England
6th cousin 1 time removed via Richard I of Normandy
Hugh le Bigod
Magna Carta Surety
6th cousin 1 time removed via Rainier IV of Hainault
Sir Saher de Quincy
Magna Carta Surety
6th cousin 1 time removed via Richard I of Normandy
Sir William de Huntingfield
Magna Carta Surety
6th cousin 1 time removed via Richard I of Normandy
King Edward I
King of England
6th cousin 2 times removed via Richard I of Normandy
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
7th cousin 13 times removed via Rainier III of Hainault