Ancestors
of American Presidents, a 456-page bookcompiled by Gary Boyd Roberts, is available from the publisher,
Carl Boyer, 3rd,
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Here's how I am related to Presidents Millard Fillmore (6th cousin, 5 times removed), Ulysses S. Grant (7th cousin, 5 times removed), Grover Cleveland (8th cousin, 4 times removed) and Gerald R. Ford (10th cousin, twice removed):
| Robert WHITE chr. 1560, Messing, Essex, ENG and his wife Bridget ALLGAR chr. 11-Mar-1651/52, Shalford, Essex, ENG | ||||||||
| Anna Rosanna WHITE chr. 13-Jul-1600, Shalford, Essex, ENG d. 1647, Windsor, Hartford, CT | Mary WHITE b. 1590, Shalford, Essex, ENG d. 23-Aug-1652, Windsor, Hartford, CT | |||||||
| Samuel PORTER Sr. b. 1635 b. 1689, MA | Mary PORTER b. about 1638 | Sarah PORTER
| Joseph LOOMIS b. 1-Mar-1614/15, Braintree, Essex, ENG d. 26-Jun-1687, Windsor, Hartford, CT | Sarah LOOMIS b. about 1617, Braintree, Essex, ENG d. 1667, Hartford, Hartford, CT | ||||
| Samuel PORTER Jr. b. 6-Apr-1660, Hadley, Hampshire, MA d. 29-Jul-1722, Hadley, Hampshire, MA | Samuel GRANT Jr. b. 20-Apr-1659, Windsor, Hartford, CT d. 8-May-1710 | Ruth JUDSON b. 1664, Stratford, Fairfield, CT d. 1744 | James LOOMIS b. 31-Oct-1669, Windsor, Hartford, CT | Elizabeth OLMSTEAD d. 12-Oct-1681, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT | ||||
| Aaron PORTER b. 19-Jul-1689, Hadley, Hampshire, MA d. 24-Jan-1721/22, Medford, Middlesex, MA | Noah GRANT Sr. b. 11-Dec-1693, Windsor, Hartford, CT d. 10-Oct-1727, Tolland, Tolland, CT | Ruth WELLS b. 29-Jan-1696/97, Hartford, Hartford, CT d. 2-Apr-1731, Lyme, New London, CT | Matthew LOOMIS b. 25-Oct-1703, Windsor, Hartford, CT d. 31-Jul-1764, Bolton, Tolland, CT | Mary BUTLER b. about 1670, Waterbury, New Haven, CT d. 17-May-1744 | ||||
| Susanna PORTER b. 26-Apr-1716, Medford, Middlesex, MA d. 1-Mar-1788, Salem, Essex, MA | Noah GRANT Jr. b. 12-Jul-1719, Tolland, Tolland, CT d. 20-Sep-1756, Tolland, Tolland, CT | Wells ELY b. about 1729, Lyme, New London, CT d. before 1-Sep-1804, Lyme, New London, CT | Christiana LOOMIS b. 5-Feb-1735/36, Bolton, Tolland, CT d. 6-Oct-1801, Bolton, Tolland, CT | Ebenezer HOPKINS, Jr. b. 24-Jun-1699, Hartford, Hartford, CT d. about 1784, Shaftesbury, Bennington, VT | ||||
| Aaron CLEVELAND 4th b. 2-Feb-1743/44, East Haddam, Middlesex, CT d. 21-Sep-1815, New Haven, New Haven, CT | Noah GRANT 3rd b. 20-Jun-1748, Tolland, Tolland, CT d. 14-Feb-1819, Maysville, Mason, KY | Amy ELY b. about 1777, probably Lyme, New London, CT d. about 1876 | Anna CONE b. 6-Oct-1757, Bolton, Tolland, CT d. between 1830 and 1840, NY | Tabitha HOPKINS b. 16-Oct-1745, Harwinton, Litchfield, CT | ||||
| William CLEVELAND 4th b. 20-Dec-1770, Norwich, New London, CT d. 18-Aug-1837, Black Rock, Cayuga, NY | Jesse Root GRANT b. 23-Jan-1794, near Greensburg, Westmoreland, PA d. 29-Jun-1873, Covington, Covington, KY | Elizabeth Ely GRIDLEY b. about 1819, Clinton, Oneida, NY d. after 1912 | Jesse STRICKLAND b. 29-May-1789, Bolton, Tolland, CT d. 11-May-1865, Carlton, Orleans, NY | Phoebe MILLARD b. 12-Aug-1781, Pittsfield, Berkshire, MA d. 2-Apr-1831, Aurora, Cayuga, NY | ||||
| Richard Falley CLEVELAND 4th b. 19-Jun-1804, Norwich, New London, CT d. 1-Oct-1853, Holland Patent, Oneida, NY | Hiram Ulysses GRANT a.k.a. Ulysses Simpson GRANT 18th President, USA b. 27-Apr-1822, Point Pleasant, OH d. 23-Jul-1885, Mt. McGregor (near Saratoga Springs), NY | Amy Gridley BUTLER b. 1848, NY | Elizabeth STRICKLAND b. 22-Feb-1833, Carlton, Orleans, NY d. 1-Oct-1893, Gaines, Orleans, NY | Millard FILLMORE 13th President, USA b. 7-Jan-1800, Locke (now Summerhill), Cayuga, NY d. 8-May-1874, Buffalo, Erie, NY | ||||
| Stephen Grover CLEVELAND 22nd and 24th President, USA b. 18-Mar-1837, Caldwell, Essex, NJ d. 24-Jun-1908, Princeton, Mercer, NJ | Adele Augusta AYER b. Dec-1867, Youngstown, Mahoning, OH | James Henry HOBBS b. 11-Dec-1851, Hartland, Niagara, NY d. 16-Feb-1929, Carlton, Orleans, NY | ||||||
| Dorothy Ayer GARDNER b. Jul-1892, Harvard, McHenry, IL d. 17-Sep-1967, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI | Edd Harrison HOBBS b. 13-Mar-1878, Carlton, Orleans, NY d. 3-May-1955, Gaines, Orleans, NY | |||||||
| Leslie Lynch KING Jr. a.k.a. Gerald Rudolf FORD Jr. 38th President, USA b. 14-Jul-1913, Omaha, Douglas, NE | Fern Loretta HOBBS b. 13-May-1906, Kenyonville, Orleans, NY d. 20-Oct-1996, Greece, Monroe, NY | |||||||
| (living) MURPHY b. 1931, NY | ||||||||
| Douglas John MURPHY b. 1962, NY | ||||||||
Ancestors
of American Presidents, a 456-page book
compiled by Gary Boyd Roberts, is available from the publisher,
Carl Boyer, 3rd,
$37.50 postpaid*
*(California residents must
add sales tax).
RootsWeb also has its own section containing extracts from his work.
Doug Murphy
Omaha, Nebraska, USA