Descendants of
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Seth Washburn - soldier who fought against the Indians in New Hampshire in 1749 and who fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill and in Lexington and Concord ( 4th cousin 6x removed )
James Thacher - American physician and surgeon during the Revolutionary War ; supported with President George Washington of the execution of a British spy John Andre ( husband of 5th cousin 5x removed )
Israel Washburn and five of his sons who went into politics - ( 6th cousin 4x removed )
Cephas Washburn - christian missionary ; educator who worked with the Cherokee Indians of northwest Arkansas and eastern Okalahoma ( 6th cousin 4x removed )
James Butler Hickok - lawman ; gunfighter ; gambler ( 6th cousin 4x removed )
Emory Washburn - Lawyer ; historian ( 6th cousin 4x removed )
William Cullen Bryant - Poet ; journalist ; editor for the New York Evening Post ( 6th cousin 4x removed )
Edward Payson Washburn - artist ; known for his painting "The Arkansas Traveller" ( 7th cousin 3x removed )
John Bartlett - writer ; publisher ; known for the "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations" ( 7th cousin 3x removed )
Henry Dana Washburn - leader and surveyor of the Washburn-Langford-Doane Yellowstone Expedition ( 7th cousin 3x removed )
Albert Henry Washburn - was one of the driving forces that opened Yosemite to the public ( 7th cousin 3x removed )
Mabel Thacher Rosemary Washburn - author of "Washburn Family Foundations in Normandy, England and America" ( 8th cousin 2x removed )
Cadwallader Lincoln Washburn - Artist ( 8th cousin 2x removed )
Henry Bradford Washburn - American explorer ; mountaineer ; photographer ; cartographer ( 9th cousin 1x removed )
Franklin Bryant Washburn - silent and non-silent film actor ( 9th cousin 1x removed )
Julia Child - American chef ; Television personality ; author ( 9th cousin 1x removed )
Marjorie Child - home economist ; Co-developer of the brand character Betty Crocker ( 10th cousin )
Peter Seeger - folk singer ( 10th cousin )
Henry Fonda - film and stage actor ( 10th cousin )
Anthony Perkins - actor ; musician ( 10th cousin )
George H. W. Bush ; George W. Bush - 41st U.S. President / 43rd U.S. President ( 10th cousin/10th cousin 1x removed )
Will Wheaton - actor ( 10th cousin 2x removed )