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) 

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)