There are 20 out of 44 (45%) of the United States Presidents

Who have a relationship to our family, distant as they may be!

Also, there are two related Vice Presidents

This is a list of all the Presidents of the United States and the dates of their terms of service.

If they have a relationship to our family, such is described below

One observation of interest is to see the relationships Presidents had to each other. Though many connections could be examined, one interesting one is to note that twelve of the fourteen Presidents, included himself, are related to the first President, General George Washington. Though he had no descendents, he certainly came for fine genealogical stock that spawn significant leadership in the life of our nation.

By D. A. Sharpe

George Washington 1789-1797 He is my 26th cousin, seven times removed. He is the 11th great grandson of English King Edward I, the last of the three Kings to issue the Magna Carta that had such place in the documents of governance as the New World developed. Our common ancestors are Eystein Glumra and his wife, Aseda, who are my 32nd great grand parents and George's 25th great grand parents

John Adams 1797-1801 He is the husband of Abigail Smith, a 29th cousin, four times removed to me. The ancestors in common for Abigail and me are Eystein Glumra, the Earl of More, and his wife, Aseda. They are the 28th great grandparents of Abigail and the 32nd great grandparents to me. They are Vikings of Norway who lived in the 800's.

Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809 He is my 28th cousin, five times removed. Our ancestor in common is Eystein Glumra and his wife, Aseda. They are President Jefferson's 27th great grandparents, whereas they are my 32nd great grandparents. Eystein Glumra was Earl or Jarl of the Uplands in Norway about the year 830 AD. Eystein is the ancestor the Abney's have in common with the line of William the Conqueror. It was Eystein Glumra's grandson, Ganger Rolf, who was in the expedition that launched from Norway and came to the shores of France to conquer what became known as Normandy.

James Madison 1809-1817 He is the 31st cousin, twice removed to me. He is the 13th cousin, five times removed to President George Washington. He is the 15th cousin, three times removed to President Thomas Jefferson. James Madison is the third cousin, once removed, to President Zachary Taylor. James Madison's relationship to President Zachary Taylor is extended in that President Taylor is the father-in-law of President Jefferson Davis of the Confederate States of America.

James Monroe 1817-1825 He is the 13th Cousin 2 times removed of first President, George Washington. President Monroe is my 31st cousin, twice removed. He is the 18th cousin, seven times removed to my son-in-law, Steven O. Westmoreland.

John Quincy Adams 1825-1829 He is the 30th cousin, three times removed to me. Our ancestors in common are Ragnvald I (died in 890 AD) and his wife, Hild, who were the 28th great grandparents to John Quincy Adams. They were the 31st great grandparents to me. This Ragnvald I was also known as Ragnvald the Mighty or Ragnvald the Wise. He was Jarl of the Uplands from Norway, a Viking. He became one of King Harald's men in 866. Rangwold gave the king the name of Harfager (Fair Hair). Ragnvald defeated Solve Kold of More and King Novke of Romsdal at the Battle of Solskel in 867. He was given those districts by King Harald "Fair Hair." President Adams is the 17th cousin, eight times removed to my son-in-law, Steve O. Westmoreland.

Andrew Jackson 1829-1837

Martin Van Buren 1837-1841

William Henry Harrison 1841

John Tyler 1841-1845

James Polk 1845-1849

Zachary Taylor 1849-1850 Zachary Taylor is my 32nd cousin, once removed. In addition, Zachary Taylor is the father-in-law of Confederacy President Jefferson Davis, the Uncle to Susanah Elizabeth Davis Abney, wife of James (Jim) Addison Abney of Lufkin, Texas. Jim is a brother-in-law of Martha Jane Dixon Abney, daughter of Judge Felix Benedict Dixon, my great, great grandfather, the ancestor by whom my qualification was documented for membership in the Sons of the Republic of Texas. President Davis' first wife, Sarah Knox Taylor, is my 33rd cousin. Sarah is the third cousin, five times removed to my son-in-law, Steven O. Westmoreland.

Millard Fillmore 1850-1853 President Millard Fillmore is my fourth cousin, four times removed. The ancestors in common between President Fillmore and myself are Dorcas Bronson and her husband, Stephen Hopkins. They are the third great grandparents of President Fillmore, and they are my seventh great grandparents. President Fillmore also is the sixth cousin, three times removed to my wife, Suzanne Margaret Boggess. Their ancestors in common are George Hills and Mary Symonds, the fifth great grandparents of President Fillmore. They also are the eighth great grandparents to Suzanne.  

Franklin Pierce 1853-1857 President Franklin Pierce is the sixth cousin, three times removed to my wife, Suzanne Margaret Boggess Sharpe. Their ancestors in common are George Hills and Mary Symonds, who are President Pierce's fifth great grandparents. George and Mary are the eighth great grandparents to me wife, Suzanne. Notice that both Presidents Fillmore and Pierce have the same ancestors in common, thus creating a sixth cousin relationship between the two Presidents.  

James Buchanan 1857-1861

Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865 Abraham Lincoln is my 30th cousin, three times removed. Our ancestors in common are Eystein Glumra and Aseda. They are ninth century Vikings of Norway who are Lincoln's 29th great grandparents and my 32nd great grandparents. Lincoln's tenth great grandparents were English King Henry VII and Elizabeth Plantagenet (Elizabeth of York). The fourth child of their eight children was King Henry VIII. Henry VIII’s second of six wives was Anne Boleyn, the sister of Mary Boleyn. Mary was the wife of William Carey, who is my 20th cousin, 13 times removed. Henry VIII is my 19th cousin, 14 times removed, having Eyestein Glumra and Aseda as his 18th great grandparents. Lincoln is the ninth great grand nephew of King Henry VIII. Lincoln is the half fourth cousin, ten times removed to William Cary, my 30th cousin, 13 times removed. Lincoln is the 17th cousin, eight times removed to my son-in-law, Steven O. Westmoreland and 30th cousin, four times removed to Steve's wife (our daughter), Tiffany Lenn Sharpe Westmoreland.

Andrew Johnson 1865-1869

Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1877

Rutherford B. Hayes 1877-1881

James Garfield 1881 U. S. President James A. Garfield's wife, Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, is the sixth great grandchild of George Hills and Mary Symonds, who, of course, are the eighth great grandparents of my wife, Suzanne Margaret Boggess Sharpe. You can note that these sixth great grandparents as the same sixth great grandparents of Presidents Fillmore and Pierce. Quite an unusual heritage for this English born family to give to America three sixth great grandchildren to serve in the White House! 

Chester Arthur 1881-1885

Grover Cleveland 1885-1889

Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893

Grover Cleveland 1893-1897

William McKinley 1897-1901

Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909 He is a fifth cousin to the 32th President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. FDR is my half eighth cousin. His other relation to us is through his niece, Eleanor Roosevelt, who married Franklin Delano Roosevelt. So, President Roosevelt is a cousin to a cousin.
 

William H. Taft 1909-1913 He is the father-in-law of Eleanor Kellogg Chase, my 7th cousin, once removed. The ancestors in common with Eleanor and me are Joseph Kellogg and Joanne Foote, both born in the 1620's, born in England and immigrated to Massachusetts. They are her sixth great grandparents and my seventh great grandparents.

Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921

Warren Harding 1921-1923

Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929

Herbert Hoover 1929-1933

Franklin Delano Roosevelt 1933-1945 He is my half eighth cousin. The ancestor in common is Alice Carpenter, who emigrated from England to Plymouth Colony in 1623. She is the seventh great grandmother of Roosevelt and of me. Roosevelt is descended through Alice and her first husband, Edward Southworth. I am descended through Alice and her second husband, William Bradford. He is the eleventh cousin, once removed from England's Sir Winston Churchill. The ancestor in common to President Roosevelt and Sir Churchill is Vicsount Anthony Browne III. Viscount Browne is the tenth great grandfather of President Roosevelt and is the eleventh great grandfather of Sir Churchill.

Harry S. Truman 1945-1953

Dwight Eisenhower 1953-1961

John F. Kennedy 1961-1963

Lyndon Johnson 1963-1969

Richard M. Nixon 1969-1974

Gerald R. Ford 1974-1977 He is the 17th cousin, four times removed, to President James Monroe. President Monroe is my 31st cousin, twice removed. President Monroe is the 18th cousin, seven times removed to my son-in-law, Steven O. Westmoreland.

Jimmy Carter 1977-1981

Ronald Reagan 1981-1989 President Ronald Wilson Reagan is the seventh cousin, once removed to me. The Ancestors in common between President Reagan and me are Susannah Coldman and her husband, John Bishiop. They are the sixth great grandparents of United States President Ronald Wilson Reagan. They are my seventh great grandparents, once removed.  

George H. W. Bush 1989-1993 He is a tenth cousin, seven times removed, to the first President of the United States, George Washington, a 26th cousin, seven times removed to me.

William J. Clinton 1993-2001

George W. Bush 2001-2009 He is a tenth cousin, eight times removed to the first President of the United States, George Washington, who is my 26th cousin, seven times removed.

Barack Obama 2009-2012

VICE PRESIDENTS:

Charles Curtis 1929-1933 He is my half sixth cousin, twice removed. Our connection of common ancestry is through the Kellogg family. Charles is the fifth great grandson of Joseph Kellogg (1626-1708) and Joseph Kellogg, an English immigrant to America, is the seventh great grandfather of mine.

Nelson A. Rockefeller 1974-1977 Nelson Rockefeller was the fourth grand nephew of Johann Philip Rockefeller, the husband of Cartharina Sharp. Philip and Cartharina are my third grand aunt and uncle.

D. A. Sharpe

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