Famous Kin of
James Madison
4th U.S. President
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General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
2nd cousin 3 times removed via Col. James Taylor Jr.
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 1 time removed via Richard Eltonhead
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 1 time removed via Richard Eltonhead
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
3rd cousin 4 times removed via Francis Thornton
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
3rd cousin 4 times removed via Francis Thornton
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
3rd cousin 5 times removed via Edwin Conway of Virginia
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
3rd cousin 5 times removed via Francis Thornton
King Henry VIII
King of England
3rd cousin 8 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
4th cousin via Richard Eltonhead
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
4th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Eltonhead
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
4th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Eltonhead
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
4th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Eltonhead
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
4th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Francis Bernard of Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
4th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Eltonhead
Steve McQueen
Movie Actor
4th cousin 4 times removed via William Thornton of The Hills, Yorkshire, England
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
4th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Eltonhead
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
4th cousin 5 times removed via William Underwood
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
4th cousin 6 times removed via William Underwood
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
4th cousin 6 times removed via William Underwood
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 9 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 9 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 9 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
5th cousin via Francis Bernard
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
5th cousin 1 time removed via Francis Bernard
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
5th cousin 3 times removed via Francis Bernard
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
5th cousin 4 times removed via Francis Bernard
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
5th cousin 4 times removed via Francis Bernard
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
5th cousin 7 times removed via Francis Bernard
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
5th cousin 7 times removed via Francis Bernard
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
7th cousin 4 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
8th cousin 1 time removed via Sir James Harington
Sir Arthur Wellesley
Duke of Wellington and Victor at Waterloo
8th cousin 2 times removed via William Gerard
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
8th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Robert Frost
Poet and Playwright
8th cousin 5 times removed via Sir James Harington
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
8th cousin 7 times removed via Sir James Harington
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
8th cousin 8 times removed via Sir James Harington
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
8th cousin 8 times removed via Sir James Harington
Anna Gunn
TV and Movie Actress
8th cousin 9 times removed via Sir James Harington
Elizabeth Smart
Founder of Elizabeth Smart Foundation
8th cousin 10 times removed via Sir James Harington
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
9th cousin via Sir Richard Lygon
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
9th cousin 2 times removed via William Cornwallis
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
9th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard Lygon
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
9th cousin 2 times removed via William Cornwallis
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
9th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard Lygon
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
9th cousin 3 times removed via William Cornwallis
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
9th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
9th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard Lygon
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard Lygon
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Roos
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Savage
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
9th cousin 5 times removed via William Cornwallis
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Savage
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Richard Lygon
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin via John le Scrope
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Goushill
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
10th cousin 2 times removed via Hugh de Stafford
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
10th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William Harington
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
10th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 3 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
10th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
10th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William Harington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Norman Rockwell
American Artist
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
10th cousin 6 times removed via John le Scrope
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
10th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin via Sir Ralph Neville
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin via Sir Ralph Neville
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
11th cousin via Sir Ralph Neville
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
11th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Savage
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
11th cousin 3 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
John Brown
American Abolitionist
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
11th cousin 3 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
11th cousin 4 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Savage
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Herbert Hoover
31st U.S. President
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
George Hamilton
TV and Movie Actor
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
11th cousin 6 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
J. K. Simmons
TV and Movie Actor
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Keri Russell
TV and Movie Actress
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Tuesday Weld
TV and Movie Actress
11th cousin 7 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
11th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Savage
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
11th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
11th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Paris Hilton
Socialite and TV Personality
11th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
11th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard Sergeaux
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
12th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
12th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
12th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Raquel Welch
Movie Actress
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
12th cousin 6 times removed via John de Welles
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
12th cousin 6 times removed via Hugh de Stafford
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
12th cousin 6 times removed via Hugh de Stafford
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
12th cousin 6 times removed via Hugh de Stafford
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
12th cousin 7 times removed via John de Welles
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
12th cousin 7 times removed via John de Welles
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
12th cousin 8 times removed via John de Welles
Meghan Markle
Duchess of Sussex, TV Actress
12th cousin 8 times removed via Hugh de Stafford
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
12th cousin 9 times removed via John de Welles
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
13th cousin 1 time removed via Humphrey de Bohun
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 1 time removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
13th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
13th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
13th cousin 3 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Roos
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard Sergeaux
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
13th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
13th cousin 4 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
13th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
13th cousin 5 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir William de Roos
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
13th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Wernher von Braun
Rocket Scientist
13th cousin 7 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Gerald Ford
38th U.S. President
13th cousin 8 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
13th cousin 8 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin via Humphrey de Bohun
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
14th cousin 2 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
14th cousin 4 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
14th cousin 4 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Liza Minnelli
Singer and Actress
14th cousin 5 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Jake Gyllenhaal
Movie Actor
14th cousin 6 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Movie Actress
14th cousin 6 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
14th cousin 6 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin via Sir Alan la Zouche
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Mortimer
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
15th cousin 3 times removed via Robert de Ros
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
15th cousin 4 times removed via Robert de Ros
William Stoughton
Chief Judge and Prosecutor, Salem Witch Trials 1692
15th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William de Huntingfield
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
16th cousin via Sir Walter de Beauchamp
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 1 time removed via Gilbert de Clare
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter de Beauchamp
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolutionary War Hero
17th cousin 1 time removed via Gilbert de Clare
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Somery
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey de Bohun
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Humphrey de Bohun
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Humphrey de Bohun
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers
Frank Nelson Doubleday
Founder of Doubleday & Co.
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers
Benedict Arnold
Traitor of the American Revolution
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Huntingfield
Clement Clarke Moore
Author of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Huntingfield