Famous Kin of
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
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William Stoughton
Chief Judge and Prosecutor, Salem Witch Trials 1692
1st cousin 9 times removed via Rev. Thomas Stoughton
Benedict Arnold
Traitor of the American Revolution
2nd cousin 5 times removed via Samuel Lathrop Jr.
General Joseph Warren
Killed at Battle of Bunker Hill
2nd cousin 5 times removed via Samuel Williams
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
2nd cousin 5 times removed via Samuel Porter
Samuel Huntington
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
2nd cousin 6 times removed via Thomas Adgate
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
3rd cousin 1 time removed via Edmund Freeman
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
3rd cousin 1 time removed via Edmund Freeman
Admiral George Dewey
Admiral of the Navy
3rd cousin 2 times removed via Simeon Dewey
John Adams
2nd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 4 times removed via William Cogswell
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
3rd cousin 4 times removed via William Cogswell
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Richard Lyman
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
4th cousin 3 times removed via William Cogswell
Samuel Colt
Inventor of the Colt Revolver
4th cousin 3 times removed via William Lord
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
4th cousin 3 times removed via Israel Lathrop
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
4th cousin 3 times removed via William Cogswell
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 5 times removed via Nicholas Jacob
William Samuel Johnson
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
4th cousin 5 times removed via Francis Bushnell
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
5th cousin 1 time removed via Eleazer Lord
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin 2 times removed via William Pabodie
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
5th cousin 2 times removed via Israel Lathrop
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
5th cousin 2 times removed via William Cogswell
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
5th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Porter
Millard Fillmore
13th U.S. President
5th cousin 3 times removed via Jonathan Rudd
Ulysses S. Grant
18th U.S. President
5th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Lathrop
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
5th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John Russell Jr.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Author of The Scarlet Letter
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Cogswell
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
5th cousin 3 times removed via William Denison
L. Frank Baum
Author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
5th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Stanton Jr.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
5th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Lyman
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
5th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Stanton
Commodore Matthew C. Perry
Led Black Ships Expedition to Japan
5th cousin 4 times removed via Edmund Freeman
Oliver Hazard Perry
Hero of Lake Erie during the War of 1812
5th cousin 4 times removed via Edmund Freeman
Clement Clarke Moore
Author of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
5th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Stoughton
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
6th cousin 1 time removed via William Backus
Sir Robert Laird Borden
8th Prime Minister of Canada
6th cousin 1 time removed via George Denison
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
6th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Porter
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
6th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Burnham
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
6th cousin 1 time removed via George Denison
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
6th cousin 1 time removed via John Calkins
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 1 time removed via William Backus
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
6th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Porter
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
6th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Lathrop Jr.
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
6th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Lathrop Jr.
Julius Sterling Morton
Founder of Arbor Day
6th cousin 1 time removed via William Lord
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Astronomer and Aviation Pioneer
6th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Williams
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
6th cousin 2 times removed via Hugh Calkins
Louisa May Alcott
Author of Little Women
6th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Williams
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Cogswell
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
6th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Waterman
General William Tecumseh Sherman
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 3 times removed via Matthew Marvin
Alec Baldwin
Television and Movie Actor
6th cousin 3 times removed via Hannah Denison
Joseph Smith
Founder of the Mormon Church
6th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Levi Parsons Morton
22nd U.S. Vice-President
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Bliss
General Joseph Hooker
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 3 times removed via Matthew Marvin
John Wellborn Root
1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition Architect
6th cousin 3 times removed via John Russell
Henry Wells
Co-Founder of American Express and Wells Fargo and Co.
6th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Bingham
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Leffingwell III
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
6th cousin 4 times removed via Daniel Grinnell Jr.
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
7th cousin via William Cogswell
Dr. Hawley H. Crippen
Murderer in Erik Larson's “Thunderstruck”
7th cousin via William Lord
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
7th cousin 1 time removed via William Cogswell
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Otis Jr.
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
7th cousin 1 time removed via William Cogswell
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
7th cousin 1 time removed via William Pabodie
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
7th cousin 1 time removed via William Denison
Fannie Farmer
Author of original Fannie Farmer Cookbook
7th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Williams
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
7th cousin 1 time removed via William Pabodie
Philip Danforth Armour
Founder of Armour & Company
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Thompson
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Williams
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
7th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Leffingwell Jr.
Gilbert Clifford Noble
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
7th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Dewey
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Otis Jr.
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
7th cousin 1 time removed via William Backus
Florence (Kling) Harding
First Lady of President Warren G. Harding
7th cousin 2 times removed via Matthew Marvin
John Hinckley, Jr.
Shot President Ronald Reagan
7th cousin 2 times removed via George Denison
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
7th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Averell Harriman
48th Governor of New York
7th cousin 2 times removed via Matthew Marvin
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
7th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Porter
Clarence Day
Author of Life with Father
7th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Bliss
Brian Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
7th cousin 2 times removed via Josiah Dewey
Dennis Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
7th cousin 2 times removed via Josiah Dewey
Carl Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
7th cousin 2 times removed via Josiah Dewey
David Hyde Pierce
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
7th cousin 2 times removed via Josiah Dewey
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
7th cousin 2 times removed via George Denison
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
7th cousin 3 times removed via William Cogswell
Salmon P. Chase
Sec. of Treasury and Namesake of JP Morgan Chase
7th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Gilman
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
7th cousin 3 times removed via George Denison
Dan Quayle
44th U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Burnham
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
7th cousin 4 times removed via William Cogswell
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
7th cousin 5 times removed via William Lord
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Author of Tarzan and John Carter
8th cousin via John Thompson
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
8th cousin via Rev. John Russell Jr.
Margaret Hamilton
Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of OZ
8th cousin via Richard Bushnell
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
8th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Jones
Lucy (Webb) Hayes
First Lady of President Rutherford B. Hayes
8th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Ford
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Pratt
Clint Eastwood
TV & Film Actor and Director
8th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Lathrop
Frederick Upton
Co-Founder of Whirlpool Corporation
8th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Bliss
Lillian Gish
Stage, TV and Movie Actress
8th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Ford
Julia Child
American Chef, Author and TV Personality
8th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Gore
Grace Slick
Singer, Songwriter - Jefferson Airplane
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Thompson
Amy Grant
Christian/Pop Singer and Songwriter
8th cousin 1 time removed via Hepzibah Ford
Henry A. Wallace
33rd U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Williams
Harry Chapin
Singer and Songwriter
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Boreman Jr.
Marie-Chantal Miller
Crown Princess of Greece
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Alden
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
9th cousin via Matthew Marvin
Dr. Benjamin Spock
American Pediatrician and Author on Child Care
9th cousin via Richard Lyman
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
9th cousin 1 time removed via Nicholas Jacob
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
9th cousin 1 time removed via Matthew Marvin
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
9th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Stoughton
Mark David Chapman
Assassinated John Lennon
9th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Bliss
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
9th cousin 2 times removed via Nicholas Jacob
Sarah Caldwell
1st Female Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera
9th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Ford
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
9th cousin 2 times removed via Nicholas Jacob
George Washington
1st U.S. President
9th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Mike Love
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
9th cousin 4 times removed via Robert White
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
10th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Scudder
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
13th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
13th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Gilbert Pecche
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Gilbert Pecche
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger Lewknor
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
18th cousin 3 times removed via Alexander Comyn