Distant Cousins
We have some famous cousins!
These are some people we are related to very distantly. I have included their closest connection to our family line. Please note that many of them are related to our family through multiple lines (as the Mayflower links often intersect). The closest relative known is in parenthesis; however, if they were equally distant to two individuals, I only listed one.
The Bush Family
(Elizabeth Mitchell, granddaughter of Francis Cooke)
George H.W. Bush - 41st U.S. President
George W. Bush - 43rd U.S. President
Jeb Bush - 43rd Governor of Florida
Royalty
Marie-Chantal Miller - Crown Princess of Greece (Elizabeth Mitchell)
Other Notable Government Officials
Charles Dawes - 30th U.S. Vice President (Roger Conant)
Nicholas Gilman - U.S. Constitution Signer (James Chilton)
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield - U.S. First Lady to Pres. Garfield (James Chilton)
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. - U.S. Supreme Court Justice (Roger Conant)
Military Figures
Commodore Matthew C. Perry - Led Black Ships Expedition to Japan (George Soule)
Oliver Hazard Perry - Hero of Lake Erie during War of 1812 (George Soule)
Art and Entertainment
(Elizabeth Mitchell, granddaughter of Francis Cooke)
Julia Child - Chef, Author, & TV Personality
William Cullen Bryant - "Fireside" Poet
Henry Fonda - Movie Actor
Jane Fonda - Movie Actress
Anthony Perkins - Movie Actor
Wil Wheaton - TV & Movie Actor
Pete Seeger - Folk Singer (connection "probable")
(John Soule, son of George Soule)
Richard Gere - Movie Actor
Dick Van Dyke - TV & Movie Actor
(Jane Cooke, daughter of Francis Cooke)
Marilyn Monroe - Actress, Model & Singer
(Francis Cooke)
Orson Welles - Radio, Stage, & Movie Actor
Anna Marie "Grandma Moses" Robertson - Folk Artist
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Singer & Songwriter
Paget Brewster - TV Actress
(James Chilton)
Vincent Price - Movie Actor
Christopher Lloyd - Movie Actor
Jordana Brewster - TV & Movie Actress
(William White)
Humphrey Bogart - Movie Actor
George Hamilton - TV & Movie Actor
Grace Slick - Singer & Songwriter in Jefferson Airplane
James Taylor - Singer & Songwriter
(Roger Conant)
John Cena - WWE Wrestler & TV Actor
The Folger Family
(Francis Cooke)
J.A. Folger - Founder of Folger Coffee Company
Henry Clay Folger - Chairman of Standard Oil
Abigail Folger - Charles Manson Murder Victim
CEOs/Company Founders/Business
Carly Fiorina - CEO of Hewlett-Packard (Francis Cooke)
Abel Head "Shanghai" Pierce - Texas Rancher (Francis Cooke)
Thomas J. Watson, Jr. - President/CEO of IBM (William White)
Other/Miscellaneous
Mark David Chapman - Assassinated John Lennon (William White)
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