Famous Kin of Susannah Palmes (c1665–1747) 8th Great-grandmother
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
4th great-grandson
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
6th great-grandson
King Edward I
King of England
12th great-grandfather
King Henry III
King of England
13th great-grandfather
Hugh le Bigod
Magna Carta Surety
14th great-grandfather
John de Lacy
Magna Carta Surety
14th great-grandfather
Gilbert de Clare
Magna Carta Surety
14th great-grandfather
William de Mowbray
Magna Carta Surety
14th great-grandfather
William d’Aubeney
Magna Carta Surety
15th great-grandfather
Richard de Clare
Magna Carta Surety
15th great-grandfather
Robert de Ros
Magna Carta Surety
15th great-grandfather
Saher de Quincy
Magna Carta Surety
15th great-grandfather
Roger le Bigod
Magna Carta Surety
15th great-grandfather
Henry de Bohun
Magna Carta Surety
15th great-grandfather
Robert de Vere
Magna Carta Surety
15th great-grandfather
Robert Fitz Walter
Magna Carta Surety
16th great-grandfather
King Louis VI
King of France
17th great-grandfather
William the Conqueror
King of England
18th great-grandfather
King Robert I
King of France
23rd great-grandfather
Alfred the Great
King of the Anglo-Saxons
25th great-grandfather
Charlemagne
King of the Franks
27th great-grandfather
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
4th great-grandaunt via Thomas Boleyn
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
1st cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Howard
William de Lanvallay
Magna Carta Surety
1st cousin 15 times removed via Maud de Mandeville
William de Huntingfield
Magna Carta Surety
1st cousin 17 times removed via Saher I de Quincy
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
2nd cousin 6 times removed via Elizabeth Cheney
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
2nd cousin 11 times removed via Sir Herbert Pelham
John Fitz Robert
Magna Carta Surety
2nd cousin 16 times removed via Aubrey de Vere
King Henry VIII
King of England
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Beaufort
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas West
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
4th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Francis Knollys
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
4th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Francis Knollys
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
4th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Francis Knollys
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
4th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Francis Knollys
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
4th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Francis Knollys
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
4th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Francis Knollys
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
4th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Francis Knollys
Prince Harry
Duke of Sussex
4th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Francis Knollys
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
5th cousin 7 times removed via Sir George West
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
6th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Thomas West
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
6th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Thomas West
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
6th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Thomas West
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
6th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Thomas West
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
7th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth Cokayne
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
7th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
7th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
7th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Howard
Horace Gray
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
7th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
7th cousin 6 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
7th cousin 7 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Norman Rockwell
American Artist
7th cousin 7 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Louis Auchincloss
Author
7th cousin 7 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
7th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Howard
Tilda Swinton
Movie Actress
7th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Howard
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
7th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Howard
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
7th cousin 8 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
7th cousin 8 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
7th cousin 8 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
7th cousin 8 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Anne Baxter
Movie Actress
7th cousin 9 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Ted Danson
TV Actor – “Cheers”, “CSI”
7th cousin 9 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
7th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Thomas Howard
Guy Ritchie
British Filmmaker
7th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Robert Spencer
Hugh Grant
Movie Actor
7th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Robert Spencer
Kit Harington
TV Actor – “Game of Thrones”
7th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Robert Spencer
Treat Williams
TV & Movie Actor
7th cousin 9 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Story Musgrave
NASA Astronaut
7th cousin 9 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
7th cousin 10 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
7th cousin 10 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
8th cousin via Elizabeth Cheney
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
8th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
8th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas de Berkeley
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
8th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Robert Hungerford
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
8th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Hoo
Joan Fontaine
Movie Actress
8th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Hoo
Lewis Carroll
Author of Alice in Wonderland
8th cousin 5 times removed via Edmund Beaufort
Guillermo Billinghurst
31st President of Peru
8th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Robert Hungerford
E. M. Forster
English Novelist
8th cousin 6 times removed via Edmund Beaufort
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
8th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Robert Hungerford
Susana Ferrari Billinghurst
Argentine Aviation Pioneer
8th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Robert Hungerford
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
8th cousin 8 times removed via Elizabeth Cheney
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
8th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Robert Hungerford
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Robert Hungerford
Luciana Pedraza
Argentine Movie Actress
8th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Robert Hungerford
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
8th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Robert Hungerford
Johnny Carson
TV Host – “The Tonight Show”
8th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Robert Hungerford
David Angell
TV Producer – 9/11 Victim
8th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Robert Hungerford
George Washington
1st U.S. President
9th cousin via Sir Lionel de Welles
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
9th cousin via Sir John Beaufort
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin via Sir Lionel de Welles
Patrick Henry
1st and 6th Governor of Virginia
9th cousin via Sir John Beaufort
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
9th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Howard
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Hungerford
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
9th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Howard
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army – U.S. Civil War
9th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Beaufort
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
9th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
9th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Howard
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
9th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
9th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley
Founder of Aetna Insurance
9th cousin 3 times removed via James Butler
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Beaufort
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Hungerford
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Beaufort
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Beaufort
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
9th cousin 4 times removed via James Butler
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
9th cousin 4 times removed via James Butler
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Hungerford
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Hungerford
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Hungerford
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Beaufort
Morgan Bulkeley
54th Governor of Connecticut
9th cousin 4 times removed via James Butler
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Beaufort
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army – World War II
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Susan B. Anthony
Women’s Rights Advocate
9th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth Cokayne
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
9th cousin 5 times removed via James Butler
Robert Frost
Poet and Playwright
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
9th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth Cokayne
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
9th cousin 5 times removed via James Butler
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
9th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth Cokayne
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
9th cousin 6 times removed via James Butler
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Beaufort
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Beaufort
Melvyn Douglas
Movie Actor
9th cousin 6 times removed via James Butler
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Walter Hungerford
Lucille Ball
TV Actress – “I Love Lucy”
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
9th cousin 7 times removed via James Butler
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
9th cousin 7 times removed via James Butler
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress – “Bewitched”
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Sandra Day O’Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Paget Brewster
TV Actress
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
9th cousin 7 times removed via James Butler
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
9th cousin 7 times removed via James Butler
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Robert Howard
Dick Clark
Radio and TV Host
9th cousin 7 times removed via James Butler
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Beaufort
Owen Brewster
54th Governor of Maine
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Dick Cheney
46th U.S. Vice-President
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Walter Hungerford
Christopher Reeve
Movie Actor
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Beaufort
Oliver Platt
Movie Actor
9th cousin 8 times removed via James Butler
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
9th cousin 8 times removed via Elizabeth Cokayne
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 8 times removed via James Butler
Bob Taft
67th Governor of Ohio
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Dave Cowens
NBA Hall of Famer
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Tuesday Weld
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Walter Hungerford
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
9th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
9th cousin 9 times removed via James Butler
James Spader
TV and Movie Actor
9th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Walter Hungerford
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
9th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Robert Howard
Edward Norton
Movie Actor
9th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Robert Howard
Wernher von Braun
Rocket Scientist
9th cousin 9 times removed via Sir John Beaufort
Marie-Chantal Miller
Crown Princess of Greece
9th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Walter Hungerford
Richard Gere
Movie Actor
9th cousin 10 times removed via James Butler
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin via Katherine Pabenham
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
10th cousin via Katherine Pabenham
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
10th cousin 1 time removed via Katherine Pabenham
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
10th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 1 time removed via Katherine Pabenham
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
10th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
10th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride
10th cousin 2 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
10th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
10th cousin 2 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
10th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
10th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
10th cousin 3 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
10th cousin 3 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
10th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
10th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
10th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army – World War II
10th cousin 5 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
10th cousin 5 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
10th cousin 5 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
10th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Richard Nixon
37th U.S. President
10th cousin 6 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Howard
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
10th cousin 6 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
10th cousin 6 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Warren G. Harding
29th U.S. President
10th cousin 6 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
10th cousin 6 times removed via John of Gaunt
Randolph Scott
Movie Actor
10th cousin 6 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
10th cousin 6 times removed via John of Gaunt
Alan Ladd
Movie Actor
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Howard
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
10th cousin 6 times removed via John of Gaunt
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
10th cousin 7 times removed via John of Gaunt
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
10th cousin 7 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Raquel Welch
Movie Actress
10th cousin 7 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Jesse James
Outlaw, Bank Robber, Murderer
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
Vachel Lindsay
American Poet
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Howard
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
10th cousin 7 times removed via John of Gaunt
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
10th cousin 7 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
10th cousin 7 times removed via John of Gaunt
Jake Gyllenhaal
Movie Actor
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Howard
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Movie Actress
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Howard
Thomas Pynchon
American Novelist
10th cousin 7 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
10th cousin 7 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
10th cousin 7 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
10th cousin 7 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
10th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
10th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
10th cousin 8 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
10th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
10th cousin 8 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
James Taylor
Singer-Songwriter
10th cousin 8 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Linda Hunt
TV and Movie Actress
10th cousin 8 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Gerald Ford
38th U.S. President
10th cousin 9 times removed via Sir John de Beaumont
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
10th cousin 9 times removed via Sir John de Beaumont
Amy Adams
Movie Actress
10th cousin 9 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Brian Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
10th cousin 10 times removed via Sir John Howard
Dennis Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
10th cousin 10 times removed via Sir John Howard
Carl Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
10th cousin 10 times removed via Sir John Howard
Sally Ride
1st American Woman in Space
10th cousin 10 times removed via John of Gaunt
Mike Love
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
10th cousin 10 times removed via Sir John Howard
Meghan Markle
Duchess of Sussex, TV Actress
10th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
Kevin Love
NBA All-Star Player
10th cousin 11 times removed via Sir John Howard
Mickey Rourke
Movie Actor
10th cousin 11 times removed via John of Gaunt
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
James Madison
4th U.S. President
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
11th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
11th cousin 2 times removed via John IV le Strange
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
11th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
11th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
James Youngs Smith
29th Governor of Rhode Island
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
11th cousin 5 times removed via John de Welles
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
William Sprague
27th Governor of Rhode Island
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Humphrey Bogart
Movie Actor
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Valerie Bertinelli
Television Actress
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army – U.S. Civil War
11th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
11th cousin 7 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
11th cousin 7 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Vincent Price
Movie Actor
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Sigourney Weaver
Movie Actress
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Pete Seeger
American Folk Singer
11th cousin 7 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Ken Burns
Documentary Filmmaker
11th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Ed Helms
TV and Movie Actor
11th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Anna Gunn
TV and Movie Actress
11th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Barack Obama
44th U.S. President
11th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Brad Pitt
Movie Actor
11th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
11th cousin 10 times removed via John de Welles
Andrew Shue
TV Actor
11th cousin 10 times removed via John de Welles
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
12th cousin via Thomas de Berkeley
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver’s Travels
12th cousin via Sir James le Boteler
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Hugh de Courtenay
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Hugh de Courtenay
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
12th cousin 3 times removed via John de la Warre
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert de Holland
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Eugene Foss
45th Governor of Massachusetts
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Howard
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Howard
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Robert de Holland
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Howard
John Brown
American Abolitionist
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Howard
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Howard
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
12th cousin 6 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Shanghai Pierce
Texas Cattleman
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir James le Boteler
Liza Minnelli
Singer and Actress
12th cousin 7 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
12th cousin 7 times removed via John de la Warre
Tom Hanks
Movie Actor
12th cousin 8 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Herbert Hoover
31st U.S. President
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Howard
Paris Hilton
Socialite and TV Personality
12th cousin 8 times removed via Thomas de Berkeley
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Robert de Holland
Amelia Earhart
Aviation Pioneer
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir James le Boteler
George Hamilton
TV and Movie Actor
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Howard
Carole Lombard
Movie Actress
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Howard
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir James le Boteler
J. K. Simmons
TV and Movie Actor
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Howard
Cokie Roberts
Author and TV Journalist
12th cousin 8 times removed via John de la Warre
Keri Russell
TV and Movie Actress
12th cousin 9 times removed via Sir John Howard
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
12th cousin 9 times removed via Sir James le Boteler
Ethan Hawke
Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Novelist
12th cousin 9 times removed via Sir John Howard
Richard Hatch
TV and Movie Actor
12th cousin 9 times removed via Sir John Howard
Jordan Peele
TV and Movie Actor
12th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Hugh de Courtenay
Anna Faris
TV and Movie Actress
12th cousin 9 times removed via Sir John Howard
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Alan la Zouche
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
13th cousin 4 times removed via John IV le Strange
Emily Post
American Author on Etiquette
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Richard de Burgh
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
13th cousin 6 times removed via John IV le Strange
Bette Davis
Movie Actress
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir William de Boteler
Robert Louis Stevenson
Author of Treasure Island
13th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Richard de Burgh
Mizuo Peck
TV and Movie Actress
13th cousin 8 times removed via John IV le Strange
Tim Robbins
TV and Movie Actor
13th cousin 8 times removed via John IV le Strange
Orson Bean
TV Actor
13th cousin 8 times removed via Sir William de Boteler
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Mortimer
Truman Capote
Author of In Cold Blood
14th cousin 6 times removed via Eudo la Zouche
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin via Alexander Comyn
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Gilbert de Clare
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Aaron Burr
Killed Alexander Hamilton
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolution
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Gilbert de Clare
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
15th cousin 3 times removed via Alexander Comyn
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers – Aviation Pioneer
15th cousin 4 times removed via Alexander Comyn
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers – Aviation Pioneer
15th cousin 4 times removed via Alexander Comyn
Samuel Colt
Inventor of the Colt Revolver
15th cousin 4 times removed via Alexander Comyn
Lewis Henry Morgan
Pioneering Anthropologist
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers
Admiral George Dewey
Admiral of the Navy
15th cousin 5 times removed via Alexander Comyn
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
15th cousin 5 times removed via Alexander Comyn
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
15th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers
Frank Nelson Doubleday
Founder of Doubleday & Co.
15th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers
Dr. Benjamin Spock
American Pediatrician and Author on Child Care
15th cousin 6 times removed via Alexander Comyn
Clarence Day
Author of Life with Father
15th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers
Georgia O’Keeffe
American Artist
15th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
15th cousin 6 times removed via Alexander Comyn
George Ross
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 1 time removed via William Comyn
Nathaniel Philbrick
Author of In the Heart of the Sea
16th cousin 4 times removed via William Comyn
William Stoughton
Chief Judge and Prosecutor, Salem Witch Trials 1692
17th cousin 1 time removed via Saher I de Quincy
Edwin D. Morgan
21st Governor of New York
17th cousin 4 times removed via Llywelyn ap Iorwerth
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Author of The Scarlet Letter
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Fitzrobert
Benedict Arnold
Traitor of the American Revolution
18th cousin 3 times removed via Saher I de Quincy
SOURCES:
1. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 [database on-line on Ancestry.com]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
Original data: Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004