Famous Descendants of Stephen Hopkins:
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Through the diligent and laborious efforts of my grandfather (Gramps), Dr. Edwin S. Flinn, my family's lineage has been traced to one of the passengers who came over to the new world on the Mayflower in 1620 - a man named Stephen Hopkins. Hopkins had also ventured to America, on an earlier voyage to the Jamestown colony, in 1609. If my arithmetic is correct, my sisters and I are the 11th Great-Grandchildren of Stephen Hopkins.
Actually, according to a statistic that I read somewhere, approximately 10% of the people in the United States are Mayflower descendants, they just don't know it. So it's not surprising, really, that my family is related to some famous people. A signer of the Declaration of Independence, a couple of former Vice Presidents, Governors, some entertainers and artists - that's pretty impressive. But please, in the name of all that is Holy, tell me I'm not really related to Howard "YEAH!" Dean.
I've been looking for this information for quite a while. Originally, the only famous relative I could find was Sarah Palin. I knew there had to be some more famous relatives out there somewhere. Thanks to the FamousKin website, I found a treasure-trove of genealogy information, and in particular information about the pilgrims and their descendents. Enjoy!
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd Great-Grandson
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Levi Parson Morton
22nd U.S. Vice-President
5th Great-Grandson
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Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
7th Great-Grandson
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William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
7th Great-Grandson
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Richard Gere
Movie Actor
9th Great-Grandson
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Norman Rockwell
American Artist
9th Great-Grandson
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Tennessee Williams
Author of "A Streetcar Named Desire"
10th Great-Grandson
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Taylor Swift
Singer and Songwriter
11th Great-Granddaughter
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Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
11th Great-Grandson
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Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
11th Great-Granddaughter
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Anna Gunn
TV and Movie Actress
11th Great-Granddaughter
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Avril Lavigne
Singer and Songwriter
12th Great-Granddaughter
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Ethan Hawke
Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Novelist
12th Great-Grandson
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