Presidential Connections
This sounds a bit like the six degrees of separation of Kevin Bacon. Conducting research, I have found the following connections to former United States Presidents:
PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON
George Washington was my 7th cousin 7x removed through my maternal grandfather's side of the family. We connect through my 12th great-grandparents William Lyncolne Hunt (1493-1552) and Anne Knighton (1500-1568)
PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON
Thomas Jefferson was my 6th cousin 8x removed through my maternal grandmother's side of the family. We connect through my 13th great-grandfather Reverend John Rogers (1507-1555) and Ariana van der Weede (1511-1572)
PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS
John Adams was my 2nd cousin 9x removed through my maternal grandmother's side of the family. We connect through my 10th great-grandparents Captain John Bass (1630-1716) and Ruth Alden (1637-1674)
PRESIDENT JAMES MADISON
John Adams was my 6th cousin 8x removed through my maternal grandfather's side of the family. We connect through my 13th great-grandparents Thomas Throckhorton (1509-1586) and Margaret Whittington (1518-1578)
PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE
James Monroe was my 12th cousin 4x removed through my maternal grandmother's side of the family. We connect through my 15th great-grandparents George Munro, the 10th Baron of of Fowlis (1410 - 1452) and Christian (McCulloch) Munro (1414 - ?) of Ross, Scotland.
PRESIDENT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
John Adams was my 3rd cousin 8x removed through my maternal grandmother's side of the family. We connect through my 10th great-grandparents Captain John Bass (1630-1716) and Ruth Alden (1637-1674)
PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
Andrew Jackson was my 5th cousin 7x removed through my maternal grandmother's side of the family. We connect through my 11th great-grandparents Robert Isaac Newton (1565-1641) and Carol Anne Wood (1578-1649)
PRESIDENT WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
William Henry Harrison was my 4th cousin 8x removed through my maternal grandfather's side of the family. We connect through my 11th great-grandfather John Cary Sr (1583-1617)
PRESIDENT JOHN TYLER
John Tyler was my 7th cousin 6x removed through my maternal grandfather's side of the family. We connect through my 12th great-grandfather Samuel Lennard (1553-1618) and Elizabeth Ann Ursula Slany (1554-1606)
PRESIDENT MILLARD FILLMORE
Millard Fillmore was my 7th cousin 6x removed through my maternal grandmother's side of the family. We connect through my 12th great-grandparents Henry Squire (1558-1649) and Charlotte Mackrell (1565-1660)
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN PIERCE
Franklin Pierce was my 7th cousin 5x removed through my maternal grandmother's side of the family. We connect through my 11th great-grandparents Edward Frost (1560-1616) and Thomasine Belgrave
PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Abraham Lincoln was my 8th cousin 7x removed through my maternal grandfather's side of the family. We connect through my 14th great-grandparents John Bernard III (1491-1549) and Lady Cecily Muscorte (1495-1557)
PRESIDENT ULYSSES S GRANT
Hiram Ulysses Grant was my 7th cousin 6x removed through my maternal grandmother's side of the family. We connect through my 12th great-grandmother Katherine Booth (1580-1667)
PRESIDENT RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD HAYES
Abraham Lincoln was my 7th cousin 5x removed through my maternal grandmother's side of the family. We connect through my 11th great-grandparents Edward Frost (1560-1616) and Thomasine Belgrave
PRESIDENT JAMES GARFIELD
James Garfield was my 7th cousin 6x removed through my maternal grandfather's side of the family. We connect through my 12th great-grandparents Humphrey Wythe (1595 - 1638) and Susan Pakeman (1597-1678)Â
PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND
Stephen Grover Cleveland was my 5th cousin 6x removed through my maternal grandmother's side of the family. We connect through my 10th great-grandparents Samuel Porter (1650 - 1722) and Johannah (Cook ) Porter (1665 - 1713) of Hadley, Massachusetts
PRESIDENT BENJAMIN HARRISON
Benjamin Harrison was my 6th cousin 6x removed through my maternal grandfather's side of the family. We connect through my 11th great-grandfather John Cary Sr (1583-1617)
PRESIDENT WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
William Howard Taft was my 7th cousin 4x removed through my maternal grandfather's side of the family. We connect through my 10th great-grandparents Deacon Samuel Chapin (1598-1675) and Cicely Penney (? - ?)
PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE
John Calvin Coolidge Jr. was my 9th cousin 4x removed through my maternal grandmother's side of the family. We connect through my 12th great-grandparents Peter Foster (1550-1609) and Ellen Greenway (1556-1642)
PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER
Herbert Clark Hoover was my 8th cousin 3x removed through my maternal grandmother's side of the family. We connect through my 9th great-grandmother, Anne (Wood) Price-Bradstreet (1647-1707)
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was my 5th cousin 6x removed through my maternal grandmother's side of the family. We connect through my 10th great-grandparents Isaac Sheldon (1629-1708) and Mary Woodford (1636-1684)
PRESIDENTS GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH AND GEORGE WALKER BUSH
George Herbert Walker Bush was my 11th cousin 2x removed through my maternal grandmother's side of the family. We connect through my 12th great-grandparents James Chilton (1556 - 1620) and Susanna (Furnar) Chilton (1564 - 1621) of Provincetown, Massachusetts
ENGLISH HERITAGE
PRIME MINISTER WINSTON CHURCHILL
Winston Churchill was my 8th cousin 4x removed through my maternal grandfather's side of the family. We connect through my 11th great-grandparents Edward Howe (1573-1639) and Elizabeth Pike (1592-1632)
