Famous Kin of Maj. Gen.
Nathanael Greene

American Revolution

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Exclude: Great Migration Magna Carta Royalty

Edmund Freeman

(1596 - 1682)
Abigail passenger 1635

2nd great-grandfather

John Greene

(c1594 - c1658/9)
James passenger 1635

2nd great-grandfather

Samuel Gorton

(c1592/3 - c1674)
Great Migration Immigrant 1637

2nd great-grandfather

Adam Mott

(c1596 - 1661)
Defence passenger 1635

2nd great-grandfather

Robert Potter

(c1609 - c1656)
Great Migration Immigrant 1634

2nd great-grandfather

Commodore Matthew C. Perry

Led Black Ships Expedition to Japan

2nd cousin 1 time removed
via Edward Perry

Oliver Hazard Perry

Hero of Lake Erie during the War of 1812

2nd cousin 1 time removed
via Edward Perry

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Lizzie Borden

Accused Murderess

2nd cousin 4 times removed
via Edward Perry

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Willis Carrier

Inventor of Air Conditioning

2nd cousin 4 times removed
via James Greene

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Marilyn Monroe

Actress, Model, and Singer

2nd cousin 6 times removed
via Edward Perry

Nelson Eddy

Movie Actor and Singer

2nd cousin 6 times removed
via Edward Perry

Edmund Sears

Boston Tea Party Participant

3rd cousin
via Edmund Freeman

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William Greene

2nd Governor of Rhode Island

3rd cousin
via John Greene

J. A. Folger

Founder of Folger Coffee Company

3rd cousin 2 times removed
via Giles Slocum

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Samuel Ward King

15th Governor of Rhode Island

3rd cousin 2 times removed
via John Greene

Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield

First Lady of President James Garfield

3rd cousin 3 times removed
via John Greene

Henry Clay Folger

Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil

3rd cousin 3 times removed
via Giles Slocum

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Julia (Ward) Howe

Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”

3rd cousin 3 times removed
via John Greene

Hetty Green

“The Witch of Wall Street”

3rd cousin 3 times removed
via Giles Slocum

John Torrey

Co-founder, NY Academy of Science

3rd cousin 3 times removed
via John Greene

Colonel Robert Gould Shaw

U.S. Civil War leader of film “Glory” fame

3rd cousin 4 times removed
via Edmund Freeman

Mary Winthrop Gooding

Prolific Mayflower Descendant

3rd cousin 4 times removed
via Edmund Freeman

Wilbur Wright

Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer

3rd cousin 5 times removed
via Edmund Freeman

Orville Wright

Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer

3rd cousin 5 times removed
via Edmund Freeman

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Warren G. Harding

29th U.S. President

3rd cousin 5 times removed
via Giles Slocum

Clarence Darrow

Lawyer, Scopes Monkey Trial

3rd cousin 5 times removed
via Edmund Freeman

Merrill C. Meigs

Publisher, Chicago Herald & Examiner

3rd cousin 5 times removed
via Edmund Freeman

Lucille Ball

TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”

3rd cousin 6 times removed
via Samuel Gorton

George Romney

43rd Governor of Michigan

3rd cousin 6 times removed
via John Greene

Bing Crosby

Singer and Movie Actor

3rd cousin 6 times removed
via Edmund Freeman

Nathanael Greene photo by Charles Willson Peale