Famous Kin of
Burl Ives
Singer and Actor
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Lavinia Warren
Dwarf Circus Performer
4th cousin 2 times removed via John Willis
William Cullen Bryant
American “Fireside” Poet
4th cousin 4 times removed via John Washburn Jr.
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
4th cousin 5 times removed via Edward Gilman Jr.
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 6 times removed via Edward Winslow
Edwin Bryant
California Expedition Journalist
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Washburn Jr.
Cadwallader Washburn
Co-founder of General Mills and 11th Governor of Wisconsin
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Washburn Jr.
Israel Washburn
29th Governor of Maine
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Washburn Jr.
Elihu Washburne
25th U.S. Secretary of State
5th cousin 3 times removed via John Washburn Jr.
Henry David Thoreau
American Author and Poet
5th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Hayward
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
6th cousin 3 times removed via John Winslow
Samuel F. B. Morse
Painter and Co-Inventor of Morse Code
6th cousin 3 times removed via John Johnson
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
6th cousin 3 times removed via William Cheney
Salmon P. Chase
Sec. of Treasury and Namesake of JP Morgan Chase
6th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Gilman Jr.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
7th cousin 1 time removed via Humphrey Johnson
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
7th cousin 1 time removed via Humphrey Johnson
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Leavitt
Julia Child
American Chef, Author and TV Personality
7th cousin 2 times removed via Experience Mitchell
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Johnson
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Winslow
Marie-Chantal Miller
Crown Princess of Greece
7th cousin 3 times removed via Joseph Washburn
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
8th cousin via Humphrey Johnson
Laura Ingalls-Wilder
Author of Little House on the Prairie
8th cousin via John Emery
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Washburn Jr.
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
8th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Gilman Jr.
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
8th cousin 1 time removed via Humphrey Johnson
Dick Cheney
46th U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 1 time removed via George Martin
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Johnson
Barbara Hutton
Socialite (aka “Poor Little Rich Girl”)
8th cousin 1 time removed via Humphrey Johnson
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Washburn Jr.
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
8th cousin 2 times removed via Francis Cooke
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Washburn Jr.
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
8th cousin 2 times removed via Humphrey Johnson
Annie Proulx
Novelist and Short Story Writer
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Washburn Jr.
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
9th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Winslow
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
9th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Gilman
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
9th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Gilman
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 1 time removed via Experience Mitchell
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Johnson
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
10th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Gilman