Gary Boyd Roberts, of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, contributed some of the material below.
Sen. John Forbes Kerry,
the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 2004,
is related, in a number of ways, to
George Walker Bush, the current (2004) US President, and
the Republican Party nominee for President of the United States in 2004.
The closest relationships known at this time are in the 10th cousin range.
In several cases, Sen. Kerry is descended from one child of a
Seventeenth-century New England colonial immigrant,
while Pres. Bush is descended from another child of the same
Seventeenth-century New England colonial immigrant.
Henry Herrick m. Edith Laskin | ||
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Zachariah Herrick m. Mary Dodge | Siblings | Ephraim Herrick m. Mary Cross |
Mary Herrick m. John Bachelder | 1st Cousins | Samuel Herrick m. Mehitabel Woodward |
Mary Bachelder m. Paul Thorndike | 2nd Cousins | Daniel Herrick m. Elizabeth Rust |
Andrew Thorndike m. Anna Morgan | 3rd Cousins | Samuel Herrick m. Silence Kingsley |
Israel Thorndike m. Mercy Trask | 4th Cousins | Sarah Herrick m. Rev. Nathaniel Butler |
Elizabeth Thorndike m. Ebenezer Francis | 5th Cousins | Samuel Herrick Butler m. Judith Livingston |
Sarah Ellen Francis m. Robert Means Mason | 6th Cousins | Courtland Philip Livingston Butler m. Elizabeth Slade Pierce |
Elizabeth Mason m. Robert Charles Winthrop | 7th Cousins | Mary Elizabeth Butler m. Robert Emmet Sheldon |
Margaret Tyndal Winthrop m. James Grant Forbes | 8th Cousins | Flora Sheldon m. Samuel Prescott Bush |
Rosemary Isabel Forbes m. Richard John Kerry | 9th Cousins | Prescott Sheldon Bush m. Dorothy Walker |
JOHN FORBES KERRY | 10th Cousins | George Herbert Walker Bush m. Barbara Pierce |
10th Cousins Once Removed | GEORGE WALKER BUSH |
John Dwight m. Hannah ---- | ||
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Mary Dwight m. Henry Phillips | Siblings | Hannah Dwight m. Nathaniel Whiting |
John Phillips m. Mary Gross | 1st Cousins | Nathaniel Whiting m. Joanna Gay |
Abigail Phillips m. John Erving | 2nd Cousins | Samuel Whiting m. Mary Clark |
Elizabeth Erving m. James Bowdoin | 3rd Cousins | Ephraim Whiting m. Abigail Mason |
Elizabeth Bowdoin m. John Temple | 4th Cousins | Susanna Whiting m. Benjamin Butler |
Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple m. Thomas Lindall Winthrop | 5th Cousins | Nathaniel Butler m. Sarah Herrick |
Robert Charles Winthrop m. Elizabeth Cabot Blanchard | 6th Cousins | Samuel Herrick Butler m. Judith Livingston |
Robert Charles Winthrop m. Elizabeth Mason | 7th Cousins | Courtland Philip Livingston Butler m. Elizabeth Slade Pierce |
Margaret Tyndal Winthrop m. James Grant Forbes | 8th Cousins | Mary Elizabeth Butler m. Robert Emmet Sheldon |
Rosemary Isabel Forbes m. Richard Kohn Kerry | 9th Cousins | Flora Sheldon m. Samuel Prescott Bush |
JOHN FORBES KERRY | 10th Cousins | Prescott Sheldon Bush m. Dorothy Walker |
10th Cousins Once Removed | George Herbert Walker Bush m. Barbara Pierce | |
10th Cousins Twice Removed | GEORGE WALKER BUSH |
Thomas Richards m. Wealthean (Loring?) | ||
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Ann Richards m. Ephraim Hunt | Siblings | Mary Richards m. Thomas Hinckley |
Thomas Hunt m. Judith Torrey | 1st Cousins | Samuel Hinckley m. Sarah Pope |
Samuel Hunt m. Mary Langdon | 2nd Cousins | Mary Hinckley m. Samuel Bangs |
Elizabeth Hunt m. Joshua Blanchard | 3rd Cousins | Joseph Bangs m. Thankful Hamlin |
Samuel Blanchard m. Elizabeth Gardner | 4th Cousins | Lemuel Bangs m. Rebecca Keeler |
Francis Blanchard m. Mary Ann Cabot | 5th Cousins | Elijah Keeler Bangs m. Esther Stackhouse |
Elizabeth Cabot Blanchard m. Robert Charles Winthrop | 6th Cousins | Mary Ann Bangs m. Joseph Ambrose Beaky |
Robert Charles Winthrop m. Elizabeth Mason | 7th Cousins | Martha Adela Beaky m. David Davis Walker |
Margaret Tyndal Winthrop m. James Grant Forbes | 8th Cousins | George Herbert Walker m. Lucretia Wear |
Rosemary Isabel Forbes m. Richard John Kerry | 9th Cousins | Dorothy Walker m. Prescott Sheldon Bush |
JOHN FORBES KERRY | 10th Cousins | George Herbert Walker Bush m. Barbara Pierce |
10th Cousins Once Removed | GEORGE WALKER BUSH |
Edmund Reade m. Elizabeth Cooke | ||
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Elizabeth Reade m. John Winthrop | Siblings | Margaret Reade m. John Lake |
Wait Still Winthrop m. Mary Browne | 1st Cousins | Hannah Lake m. John Gallup |
John Winthrop m. Ann Dudley | 2nd Cousins | Elizabeth Gallup m. Henry Stevens |
John Still Winthrop m. Jane Borland | 3rd Cousins | Henry Stevens m. Elizabeth Fellows |
Thomas Lindall Winthrop m. Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple | 4th Cousins | Lucy Stevens m. Ephraim Smith |
Robert Charles Winthrop m. Elizabeth Cabot Blanchard | 5th Cousins | Sanford Smith m. Priscilla Whippo |
Robert Charles Winthrop m. Elizabeth Mason | 6th Cousins | Harriet Smith m. Obadiah Newcomb Bush |
Margaret Tyndal Winthrop m. James Grant Forbes | 7th Cousins | James Smith Bush m. Harriet Eleanor Fay |
Rosemary Isabel Forbes m. Richard John Kerry | 8th Cousins | Samuel Prescott Bush m. Flora Sheldon |
JOHN FORBES KERRY | 9th Cousins | Prescott Sheldon Bush m. Dorothy Walker |
9th Cousins Once Removed | George Herbert Walker Bush . Barbara Pierce | |
9th Cousins Twice Removed | GEORGE WALKER BUSH |
Rev. Edward Bulkeley m. Olive Irby | ||
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Sarah Bulkeley m. Oliver St. John | Siblings | Rev. Peter Bulkeley m. Jane Allen |
Elizabeth St. John m. Rev. Samuel Whiting | 1st Cousins | Edward Bulkeley m. Lucian ---- |
Elizabeth Whiting m. Jeremiah Hobart | 2nd Cousins | Peter Bulkeley m. Rebecca Wheeler |
Dorothy Hobart m. Daniel Mason | 3rd Cousins | Rebecca Bulkeley m. Jonathan Prescott |
Jeremiah Mason m. Mary Clark | 4th Cousins | Abel Prescott m. Abigail Brigham |
Jeremiah Mason m. Elizabeth Fitch | 5th Cousins | Lucy Prescott m. Jonathan Fay |
Jeremiah Mason m. Mary Means | 6th Cousins | Samuel Prescott Phillips Fay m. Harriet Howard |
Robert Means Mason m. Sarah Ellen Francis | 7th Cousins | Samuel Howard Fay m. Susan Shellman |
Elizabeth Mason m. Robert Charles Winthrop | 8th Cousins | Harriet Eleanor Fay m. James Smith Bush |
Margaret Tyndal Winthrop m. James Grant Forbes | 9th Cousins | Samuel Prescott Bush m. Flora Sheldon |
Rosemary Isabel Forbes m. Richard John Kerry | 10th Cousins | Prescott Sheldon Bush m. Dorothy Walker |
JOHN FORBES KERRY | 11th Cousins | George Herbert Walker Bush m. Barbara Pierce |
11th Cousins Once Removed | GEORGE WALKER BUSH |
Christian ---- m2. Richard Clapp m1. ---- | ||
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Nicholas Clapp m. Elizabeth ---- | Half Siblings | William Clapp m. Joan Channon |
Barbara Clapp m. Joseph Weld | Half 1st Cousins | Jane Clapp m. George Weeks |
Daniel Weld m. Bethia Mitchelson | Half 2nd Cousins | William Weeks m. Elizabeth ---- |
Elizabeth Weld m. John Gardner | Half 3rd Cousins | Renew Weeks m. Benjamin Carpenter |
John Gardner m. Elizabeth Putnam | Half 4th Cousins | Keziah Carpenter m. Thomas Horton |
John Gardner m. Elizabeth Pickering | Half 5th Cousins | Submit Horton m. Jeremiah Wheeler |
Elizabeth Gardner m. Samuel Blanchard | Half 6th Cousins | Jarvis Wheeler m. Sarah Horton |
Francis Blanchard m. Mary Ann Cabot | Half 7th Cousins | Betsy S. Wheeler m. Levi Pierce |
Elizabeth Cabot Blanchard m. Robert Charles Winthrop | Half 8th Cousins | Elizabeth Slade Pierce m. Courtland Philip Livingston Butler |
Robert Charles Winthrop m. Elizabeth Mason | Half 9th Cousins | Mary Elizabeth Butler m. Robert Emmet Sheldon |
Margaret Tyndal Winthrop m. James Grant Forbes | Half 10th Cousins | Flora Sheldon m. Samuel Prescott Bush |
Rosemary Isabel Forbes m. Richard John Kerry | Half 11th Cousins | Prescott Sheldon Bush m. Dorothy Walker |
JOHN FORBES KERRY | Half 12th Cousins | George Herbert Walker Bush m. Barbara Pierce |
Half 12th Cousins Once Removed | GEORGE WALKER BUSH |
Henry Sherman m. Agnes (Butter?) | ||
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Edmund Sherman m. Anne Pellatte | Siblings | Henry Sherman m. Susan Lawrence |
Anne Sherman m. John Angier | 1st Cousins | Samuel Sherman m. Philippa (Ward?) |
Mary Angier m. Nathaniel Sparhawk | 2nd Cousins | Philip Sherman m. Sarah Odding |
Anne Sparhawk m. John Cooper | 3rd Cousins | John Sherman m. Sarah Spooner |
Lydia Cooper m. John Francis | 4th Cousins | Hannah Sherman m. William Bourn |
Ebenezer Francis m. Rachel Whitmore | 5th Cousins | William Bourn m. Mary Sheffield |
Ebenezer Francis m. Judith Wood | 6th Cousins | Hannah Bourn m. William Fitch |
Ebenezer Francis m. Elizabeth Thorndike | 7th Cousins | Anna Fitch m. Isaac Pierce |
Sarah Ellen Francis m. Robert Means Mason | 8th Cousins | Levi Pierce m. Betsy S. Wheeler |
Elizabeth Mason m. Robert Charles Winthrop | 9th Cousins | Elizabeth Slade Pierce m. Courtland Philip Livingston Butler |
Margaret Tyndal Winthrop m. James Grant Forbes | 10th Cousins | Mary Elizabeth Butler m. Robert Emmet Sheldon |
Rosemary Isabel Forbes m. Richard John Kerry | 11th Cousins | Flora Sheldon m. Samuel Prescott Bush |
JOHN FORBES KERRY | 12th Cousins | Prescott Sheldon Bush m. Dorothy Walker |
12th Cousins Once Removed | George Herbert Walker Bush m. Barbara Pierce | |
12th Cousins Twice Removed | GEORGE WALKER BUSH |
John Manning m. Agnes Petley | ||
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Henry Manning m. Catherine Kerkener | Siblings | George Manning m. Joanna Wallys |
Fortuna Mildred Manning m. Thomas Whitfield | 1st Cousins | Phebe Manning m. James Waters |
Rev Henry Whitfield m. Dorothy Sheafe | 2nd Cousins | Richard Waters m. Joyce ---- |
Sarah Whitfield m. Rev. John Higginson | 3rd Cousins | Susannah Waters m. Benedict Pulsifer |
John Higginson m. Sarah Savage | 4th Cousins | Richard Pulsifer m. Ruth Gold |
John Higginson m. Hannah Gardner | 5th Cousins | William Pulsifer m. Mary Lovell |
John Higginson m. Ruth Boardman | 6th Cousins | Elizabeth Pulsifer m. Daniel Hill |
Elizabeth Higginson m. Joseph Cabot | 7th Cousins | Daniel Hill m. Mercy Hayward |
Francis Cabot m. Anna (Nancy) Clarke | 8th Cousins | Mercy Hill m. John Holbrook |
Mary Ann Cabot m. Francis Blanchard | 9th Cousins | Chloe Holbrook m. Gen James Pierce |
Elizabeth Cabot Blanchard m. Robert Charles Winthrop | 10th Cousins | Jonas James Pierce m. Kate Pritzel |
Robert Charles Winthrop m. Elizabeth Mason | 11th Cousins | Scott Pierce m. Mabel Marvin |
Margaret Tyndal Winthrop m. James Grant Forbes | 12th Cousins | Marvin Pierce m. Pauline Robinson |
Rosemary Isabelle Forbes m. Richard John Kerry | 13th Cousins | Barbara Pierce m. George Herbert Walker Bush |
JOHN FORBES KERRY | 14th Cousins | GEORGE WALKER BUSH |