Relations to Presidents and Founding Fathers of the United States, et al.

On the following pages, our relationship to various Presidents and Founding Fathers of the United States and other notable persons are outlined. All of the relationships are summarized below, ordered from the closest to the farthest relationship in each section, with the ancestor having the closest relationship listed in parentheses. Entries in bold have a subsequent page (in parentheses) that illustrates the relationship in detail. The distance of the other relationships is so great and well beyond my capacity and ability to prove that they really should not be given more than the passing mention below (at some distance we are all related anyhow). When more than one relationship to the person exists, the closest relationship is listed.

Founding Fathers of the United States (0)

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Presidents of the United States (4)

• (2) Zachary Taylor - maternal 5th cousin 8 times removed (Polly Brewster) • (3) Chester Arthur - maternal 6th cousin 7 times removed (Lucy Sterling) • (4) Franklin D. Roosevelt - maternal 7th cousin 4 times removed (Orren Melvin Chauncey)

Other notables (1)

• (5) Laura Ingalls Wilder - maternal 8th cousin 5 times removed (Rosetta Barney)

There are other possible relationships, but the common ancestors are so distant it is difficult to know the truth of them: Aaron Burr, Samuel Huntington, Robert Paine, the Bush family, Richard Nixon, Calvin Coolidge, William Taft, Gerald Ford How We Are Related to President Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor is Bethany's maternal 5th cousin 8 times removed, meaning he was a 5th cousin of Bethany's 6th great-grandmother Polly Brewster. This is a relationship that has supporting evidence for all generations in both lines (a certain relationship).

• President of the United States (12th) • Major General in the United States Army

William Brewster, Jr. m. Mary ______Jonathan Brewster m. Lucretia Oldham siblings Fear Brewster m. Isaac Allerton, Sr. Benjamin Brewster, Sr. m. Ann Addis 1st Isaac Allerton, Jr. m. Elizabeth Willoughby Daniel Brewster, Sr. m. Hannah Gager 2nd Sarah Allerton m. Hancock Lee Jonathan Brewster, Sr. m. Mary Parish 3rd Elizabeth Lee m. Zachary Taylor Ephraim Brewster, Sr. m. Margery Parke 4th Richard Lee Taylor m. Sarah Dabney Strother

Polly Brewster m. Seth Sterling 5th President Zachary Taylor Lucy Sterling m. Jonathan Webster (1) Margery Bailey Webster m. Abial Barney (2) Rosetta Barney m. David Wakeman Chauncey (3) Orren Melvin Chauncey m. Mary Ellen Bryan (4) Harry David Chauncey m. Louise Ellen Kittel (5)

Elizabeth Ellen Chauncey m. Richard Herman Ufheil (6)

Luellen Mae Ufheil m. William Ray Penton (7)

Bethany Dawn Thompson (8)

2 How We Are Related to President Chester Arthur

Chester Arthur is Bethany's maternal 6th cousin 7 times removed, meaning he was a 6th cousin of Bethany's 5th great-grandmother Lucy Sterling.

• President of the United States (21st, assuming office after the assassination of James Garfield) • Vice President of the United States (20th, under James Garfield)

Anthony Colby m. Susanna ______Sarah Colby m. Orlando Bagley, Sr. siblings Isaac Colby m. Martha Parratt Sarah Bagley m. John Mack, Jr. 1st Dorothy Colby m. Samuel Hadley, Jr. John Mack, III m. Love Bennett 2nd Samuel Hadley, III m. Judith Flanders Sarah Mack m. Joseph Sterling, Sr. 3rd Hepzibah Hadley m. Uriah Stone, Sr. Joseph Sterling, Jr. m. Lydia Ransom 4th George Washington Stone m. Judith Stevens Seth Sterling m. Polly Brewster 5th Malvina Stone m. William Arthur

Lucy Sterling m. Jonathan Webster 6th President Chester Alan Arthur Margery Bailey Webster m. Abial Barney (1) Rosetta Barney m. David Wakeman Chauncey (2) Orren Melvin Chauncey m. Mary Ellen Bryan (3) Harry David Chauncey m. Louise Ellen Kittel (4)

Elizabeth Ellen Chauncey m. Richard Herman Ufheil (5)

Luellen Mae Ufheil m. William Ray Penton (6)

Bethany Dawn Thompson (7)

3 How We Are Related to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

FDR is Bethany's maternal 7th cousin 4 times removed, meaning he was a 7th cousin of Bethany's 2nd great- grandfather Orren Melvin Chauncey.

• President of the United States (32nd) • Governor of New York (44th)

John Gager m. Elizabeth Gore Hannah Gager m. Daniel Brewster, Sr. siblings Lydia Gager m. Simon Huntington Jonathan Brewster, Sr. m. Mary Parish 1st Joshua Huntington m. Hannah Perkins Ephraim Brewster, Sr. m. Margery Parke 2nd Lydia Huntington m. Ephraim Bill Polly Brewster m. Seth Sterling 3rd Lydia Bill m. Joseph Howland, Sr. Lucy Sterling m. Jonathan Webster 4th Susan Howland m. John Aspinwall, Jr. Margery Bailey Webster m. Abial Barney 5th Mary Rebecca Aspinwall m. Isaac Daniel Roosevelt Rosetta Barney m. David Wakeman Chauncey 6th James Roosevelt, Sr. m. Sarah Ann Delano

Orren Melvin Chauncey m. Mary Ellen Bryan 7th President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Harry David Chauncey m. Louise Ellen Kittel (1) Elizabeth Ellen Chauncey m. Richard Herman Ufheil (2) Luellen Mae Ufheil m. William Ray Penton (3)

Bethany Dawn Thompson (4)

4 How We Are Related to Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls is Bethany's maternal 8th cousin 5 times removed, meaning she was an 8th cousin of Bethany's 3rd great-grandmother Rosetta Barney. She is known for writing the "Little House on the Prairie" series of books.

Anthony Colby m. Susanna ______Sarah Colby m. Orlando Bagley, Sr. siblings John Colby, Sr. m. Frances Hoyt Sarah Bagley m. John Mack, Jr. 1st John Colby, Jr. m. Sarah Eldridge John Mack, III m. Love Bennett 2nd Joseph Colby m. Anne Bartlett Sarah Mack m. Joseph Sterling, Sr. 3rd Nathan Colby m. Hannah Worthen Joseph Sterling, Jr. m. Lydia Ransom 4th Ezekiel Colby, Sr. m. Sarah Fowler Seth Sterling m. Polly Brewster 5th Nathan Colby m. Eunice Blood Lucy Sterling m. Jonathan Webster 6th Laura Louise Colby m. Lansford Whiting Ingalls Margery Bailey Webster m. Abial Barney 7th Charles Phillip Ingalls m. Caroline Lake Quiner

Rosetta Barney m. David Wakeman Chauncey 8th Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Orren Melvin Chauncey m. Mary Ellen Bryan (1) Harry David Chauncey m. Louise Ellen Kittel (2)

Elizabeth Ellen Chauncey m. Richard Herman Ufheil (3)

Luellen Mae Ufheil m. William Ray Penton (4)

Bethany Dawn Thompson (5)

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