Famous Descendants
painting by John Trumbull/ © cliff1066/ Flickr/ CC BY 2.0
PRES. JOHN ADAMS (1767–1848)
2nd U.S. President
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John Alden • Priscilla Mullins • William Mullins
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painting by Wm Hudson Jr./ © cliff1066/ Flickr/ CC BY 2.0
PRES. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1767–1848)
6th U.S. President
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John Alden • Priscilla Mullins • William Mullins
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© crown022002/ allstarpics.com/ PD-US​
MAUDE ADAMS (1872–1953)
actor
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John Howland • Elizabeth Tilley • Joan (Hurst) Tilley • John Tilley
© Joella Marano/ Flickr/ CC BY-SA 2.0
ALEC BALDWIN (1958–) and brothers Daniel, Billy and Stephen
actor, producer, and comedian
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William Bradford • John Howland • Elizabeth Tilley • Joan (Hurst) Tilley • John Tilley
© Yousuf Karsh / Library and Archives Canada / PA-212506
HUMPHREY BOGART (1899–1957)
actor
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John Howland • Elizabeth Tilley • Joan (Hurst) Tilley • John Tilley • Resolved White • Susanna (Jackson) White • William White
© Andre Portfolio / Flickr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0​​
JORDANA BREWSTER (1980–)
actor and model
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Mary Brewster • William Brewster • James Chilton • Mrs. Chilton • Mary Chilton • Edward Doty • John Howland • Thomas Rogers • Elizabeth Tilley • Joan (Hurst) Tilley • John Tilley • Richard Warren • William White • Susanna (Jackson) White • Resolved White
painting by D. Huntington / CC Brooklyn Museum 01.1507
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT (1794–1878)
poet, journalist, and magazine editor
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John Alden • Francis Cooke • Priscilla Mullins • William Mullins
Public Domain / Wikicommons
WARREN BUFFETT (1930–)
business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
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Edward Doty
© David Valdez / Library of Congress/ LC-USZC4-1701
BARBARA BUSH (1925–2018)
U.S. First Lady, wife of Pres. George H. Bush
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Henry Samson
© David Valdez / Library of Congress/ LC-USZ62-98302
PRES. GEORGE H. BUSH (1924–2018)
41st U.S. President
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Francis Cooke • John Howland • Elizabeth Tilley • Joan (Hurst) Tilley • John Tilley
© Eric Draper/ Library of Congress/ LC-DIG-ppbd-00371​​
PRES. GEORGE W. BUSH (1946–)
43rd U.S. President
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Francis Cooke • John Howland • Henry Samson • Elizabeth Tilley • Joan (Hurst) Tilley • John Tilley
©Daniel Benavides/ Flickr/ CC BY 2.0
JOHN CENA (1977–)
pro wrestler and actor
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Richard Warren • Edward Winslow • Susanna (Jackson) White Winslow
Photo 106751585 © Laurence Agron / Dreamstime.com
CHEVY CHASE (1943–)
actor, comedian, writer, and producer
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Mary Brewster • William Brewster • John Howland • Elizabeth Tilley • Joan (Hurst) Tilley • John Tilley
courtesy of PBS.org/ Cook for Julia
JULIA CHILD (1912–2004)
chef, author, and TV personality
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John Alden • William Bradford • Mary Brewster • William Brewster • Francis Cooke • Priscilla Mullins • William Mullins • Thomas Rogers • Richard Warren
Photo by Yousuf Karsh/ Public Domain
WINSTON CHURCHILL (1874–1965)
United Kingdom Prime Minister
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Samuel Fuller
Glenn Close News/ Flickr/ CC 2.0
GLENN CLOSE (1947–)
actor
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Mary Brewster • William Brewster • John Howland • Elizabeth Tilley • John Tilley
Lincoln Presidential Library/ Flickr/ CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED
JENNIFER COOLIDGE (1961–)
actor
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John Alden • Priscilla Mullins • William Mullins • Richard Warren
© Kingkongphoto & celebrity-photos.com/ CC BY-SA 2.0
CINDY CRAWFORD (1966–)
model and actor
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Francis Cooke
FDR Library/ PD-USgov/ 195573
BING CROSBY (1903–1977)
singer and actor, known for "White Christmas"
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Mary Brewster • William Brewster​
© Ibsan73 / CC BY 2.0
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH (1976–)
actor
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John Alden • Priscilla Mullins • William Mullins
Photo 46068752 © Jaguarps - Dreamstime.com
MATT DAMON (1970–)
actor, producer, and screenwriter
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Richard Warren
© Rob DiCaterino/ Flickr/ CC BY 2.0
TED DANSON (1947–)
actor, author, and producer
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Mary Brewster • William Brewster • John Howland • Elizabeth Tilley • Joan (Hurst) Tilley • John Tilley
© celebrityabc / CC BY-SA 3.0
ELLEN DEGENERES (1958–)
comedian and TV personality
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John Alden • Mary Brewster • William Brewster • Priscilla Mullins • William Mullins
AMELIA EARHART (1897–c 1937)
aviator
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Richard Warren
Public Domain / NBC Radio
photo courtesy of George Eastman House pressroom
GEORGE EASTMAN (1854–1932)
Eastman Kodak inventor
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William Bradford
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center/ ECN-15248/ PD-USGov-NASA
CLINT EASTWOOD (1930–)
actor, director, and producer
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William Bradford
Photo 22662579 © Featureflash / Dreamstime.com
ZAC EFRON (1987–)
actor and singer
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John Alden • Priscilla Mullins • William Mullins • Thomas Rogers
© Ralph PH/ Flickr/ CC BY 2.0
BILLIE EILISH (2001–)
singer and songwriter
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John Alden • Priscilla Mullins • William Mullins • Richard Warren
Library of Congress/ LC-DIG-pga-01425
RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803–1882)
poet, essayist, and lecturer
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John Howland • Elizabeth Tilley • Joan (Hurst) Tilley • John Tilley
painting by Ole Balling/ © cliff1066/ Flickr/ CC BY 2.0
PRES. JAMES A. GARFIELD (1831–1881)
20th U.S. President
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Eleanor Billington • Francis Billington • John Billington
© Christopher Macsurak/ CC BY SA-4.0
KAIA GERBER (2001–)
model and actor
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Francis Cooke
© spaceodissey/ Flickr/ CC BY 2.0/
RICHARD GERE (1949–)
actor and humanitarian activist
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Eleanor Billington • Francis Billington • John Billington • Mary Brewster • William Brewster • Francis Cooke • Francis Eaton • Samuel Eaton • Sarah Eaton • Samuel Fuller • Elizabeth (Fisher) Hopkins • Stephen Hopkins • Degory Priest • George Soule • Richard Warren
Library of Congress/ LC-USZ62-13018
PRES. ULYSSES S. GRANT (1822–1885)
18th U.S. President
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Richard Warren
© William Notman/ Library of Congress/ LC-USZ62-72116
GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL (1849–1938)
Audobon Society founder, anthropologist, naturalist, and writer
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John Alden • Priscilla Mullins • William Mullins
© Nicholas Genin/ CC BY SA-2.0
ETHAN HAWKE (1970–)
actor, director, screenwriter, and novelist
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Giles Hopkins • Stephen Hopkins
© Great Gabbot/ CC BY SA-2.0
MAYA HAWKE (1998–)
actor and model
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Giles Hopkins • Stephen Hopkins
© Glenn Francis/ www.PacificProDigital.com/ CC BY-SA 3.0
HUGH HEFNER (1926–2017)
Playboy Enterprises founder
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William Bradford
Public Domain
ERNEST HEMINGWAY (1899–1961)
novelist, short story-writer, and journalist
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Richard Warren
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/ Public Domain-US-not renewed
KATHARINE HEPBURN (1907–2003)
actor
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Mary Brewster • William Brewster
© Josh Hallett / Flickr/ CC BY 2.0
VANESSA HUDGENS (1988–)
actor
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Eleanor Billington • Francis Billington • John Billington • George Soule
© Eva Rinaldi/ CC BY-SA 2.0
LILY JAMES (1989–)
actor
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John Howland • Elizabeth Tilley • Joan (Hurst) Tilley • John Tilley
Photo 51586570 © Dwong1 / Dreamstime.com
ASHLEY JUDD (1968–)
actor
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Mary Brewster • William Brewster
© Lara Goncalves/ CC BY 2.0
AVRIL LAVIGNE (1984–)
singer and songwriter
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Giles Hopkins • Stephen Hopkins
© Alex Archambault/ Flickr/ CC BY 2.0
CHRISTOPHER LLOYD (1938–)
actor
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John Howland • Elizabeth Tilley • Joan (Hurst) Tilley • John Tilley
painting by Wm Marshall/ Library of Congress/ LC-DIG-det-4a26272
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (1807–1882)
poet and educator
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John Alden • Love Brewster • Mary Brewster • William Brewster • John Howland • Priscilla Mullins • William Mullins • Henry Samson • Elizabeth Tilley • Joan (Hurst) Tilley • John Tilley • Richard Warren
© Gage Skidmore/ CC BY 2.0/
SETH MACFARLANE (1973–)
actor, animator, writer, & producer
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Mary Brewster • William Brewster
painting by Wm Marshall/ Library of Congress/ LC-DIG-det-4a26272
GEN. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN (1826–1885)
U.S. military commander, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician
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William Bradford • Mary Brewster • William Brewster
© Alfred Eisenstaedt/ courtesy of Life Photo Archive
MARILYN MONROE (1926–1962)
actor and model
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John Alden • Francis Cooke • Priscilla Mullins • William Mullins
courtesy of Life Photo Archive
ANNA MARY "GRANDMA" MOSES (1860–1961)
artist
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Francis Cooke
© Alfred Stieglitz/ www.metmuseum.org/ 1997.61.36
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE (1887–1986)
artist
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Edward Fuller • Mrs. Edward Fuller • Samuel Fuller
© David Shankbone/ Flickr/ CC BY 2.0/
SARAH PALIN (1964–)
politician and author
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Mary Brewster • William Brewster • Giles Hopkins • Stephen Hopkins • John Howland • Henry Samson • Elizabeth Tilley • Joan (Hurst) Tilley • Richard Warren
© Gordon Correll/ Flickr/ CC BY-SA 2.0 Deed
AARON PAUL (1979–)
actor
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Isaac Allerton • Mary (Norris) Allerton • Mary Allerton • Eleanor Billington • Francis Billington • John Billington • Mary Brewster • William Brewster
Nationaal Archief Fotocollectie Anefo / CC BY-SA 3.0 NL
ANTHONY PERKINS (1932–1992)
actor
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Francis Cooke • Thomas Rogers
© David Shankbone/ CC BY 3.0
DAVID HYDE PIERCE (1959–)
actor
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John Alden • William Bradford • Priscilla Mullins • William Mullins • Thomas Rogers
courtesy of George Bush Presidential Library/ PD-USGov-Congress
VICE PRES. DAN QUAYLE (1947–)
44th U.S. Vice President
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John Alden • Constance Hopkins • Stephen Hopkins • Priscilla Mullins • William Mullins • Myles Standish
© J. B. Frankel/ Flickr/ CC BY-SA 3.0
CHRISTOPHER REEVE (1952–2004)
actor, director, producer, screenwriter, author, and activist
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William Bradford
Cokie Roberts/ Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives
COKIE ROBERTS (1943–2019)
journalist and author
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Mary Brewster • William Brewster
© David H. Kennerly/ Gerald Ford Library/ A4527-19/ PD-USGov
VICE PRES. NELSON ROCKEFELLER (1908–1979)
41st U.S. Vice-President
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Mary Brewster • William Brewster
Library of Congress/ LC-USZ62-111591/ PD-NYWT&S
NORMAN ROCKWELL (1894–1978)
artist
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Mary Brewster • William Brewster • Constance Hopkins • Stephen Hopkins
© J. Schloss/ Library of Congress/ LC-USZ62-17631
EDITH ROOSEVELT (1861–1948)
U.S. First Lady, wife of Pres. Theodore Roosevelt
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John Howland • Elizabeth Tilley • Joan (Hurst) Tilley • John Tilley
© Elias Goldensky/ Library of Congress/ LC-USZ62-117121
PRES. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (1882–1945)
32nd U.S. President
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Isaac Allerton • Mary (Norris) Allerton • Mary Allerton • Francis Cooke • John Howland • Degory Priest • Elizabeth Tilley • Joan (Hurst) Tilley • John Tilley • Richard Warren
Library of Congress/ LC-USZ62-78483/ PD-US
LILLIAN RUSSELL (1861–1922)
actor and singer
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John Howland • Elizabeth Tilley • Joan (Hurst) Tilley • John Tilley
NASA Johnson Space Center/ S70-55387/ PD-USGov-NASA
ALAN SHEPARD (1923–1998)
astronaut
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Richard Warren
© Bill Lile/ Flickr/ CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
GRACE SLICK (1939–)
singer and songwriter
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Myles Standish • Resolved White • Susanna (Jackson) White Winslow • William White
© David H. Kennerly/ Gerald Ford Library/ A4527-19/ PD-USGov
JOSEPH SMITH (1805–1844)
founder, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)
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Edward Fuller • Mrs. Edward Fuller • Samuel Fuller • John Howland • Elizabeth Tilley • Joan (Hurst) Tilley • John Tilley
courtesy of State Archives of Florida/ Florida Memory/ PR22287
DR. BENJAMIN SPOCK (1903–1998)
pediatrician and author
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John Howland • Elizabeth Tilley • Joan (Hurst) Tilley • John Tilley
Photo 26360507 © Featureflash / Dreamstime.com
TAYLOR SWIFT (1989–)
singer and songwriter
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Eleanor Billington • Francis Billington • John Billington • Richard Warren
painting by J. Lambdin/ © cliff1066/ Flickr/ CC BY 2.0/
PRES. ZACHARY TAYLOR (1784–1850)
12th U.S. President
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Isaac Allerton • Mary Brewster • William Brewster
Library of Congress/ LC-USZ61-361/ PD-US
HENRY DAVID THOREAU (1817–1862)
author, poet, philosopher, naturalist, and historian
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Francis Cooke • Richard Warren
celebrityabc/ CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
KATE UPTON (1992–)
model and actor
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Mary Brewster • William Brewster • John Howland • Elizabeth Tilley • Joan (Hurst) Tilley • John Tilley
© Dave Malkoff/ Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY 3.0
DICK VAN DYKE (1925–)
actor, comedian, writer, singer, dancer, and producer
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John Alden • Peter Brown • Francis Cooke • Priscilla Mullins • William Mullins • Degory Priest • George Soule • Myles Standish
Hulton Archive/ Getty Images
JOHN WAYNE (1907–1979)
actor
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Samuel Fuller
painting by J. Herring/ © Billy Hathorn/ Flickr/ CC BY 3.0
NOAH WEBSTER (1758–1843)
dictionary publisher, editor, and author
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William Bradford
RAQUEL WELCH (1940–2023)
actor
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Edward Doty • Francis Eaton • John Alden • Priscilla Mullins • William Mullins
© Carl Van Vechten/ Library of Congress/ LC-USZ62-119765
ORSON WELLES (1915–1985)
actor, director, writer, and producer
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John Alden • Francis Cooke • Priscilla Mullins • William Mullins • Richard Warren
courtesy of Encyclopedia of the Great Plains/ PD-US
LAURA INGALLS WILDER (1867–1957)
author, Little House on the Prairie
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Richard Warren
© Orlando Fernandez/ Library of Congress/ LC-USZ62-128957/
"TENNESSEE" WILLIAMS (1911–1983)
playwright and screenwriter
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Giles Hopkins • Stephen Hopkins
Heal the Bay/ Flickr/ CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
BRIAN WILSON (1942–)
singer, songwriter, and music producer
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Eleanor Billington • Francis Billington • John Billington • Peter Brown • Francis Cooke
20th Century Fox publicity photo/ Wikimedia Commons/ PD-US-not renewed
JOANNE WOODWARD (1930–)
actor, producer, and philanthropist
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Isaac Allerton • Mary (Norris) Allerton • Mary Allerton • Mary Brewster • William Brewster • Richard Warren