I've been to WARGS before. (Acronym for William Addams Reitwiesner Genealogical Services) However, I didn't browse through the lineage of every politician and celebrity he's researched on the site. (That would take awhile, and I still haven't.) However, spurred by Randy's post, I searched a few more genealogies today. Trusting his research, I am ninth cousins with Senator John Kerry. (This would have been nice to know 4 years ago.)
Below is a table illustrating our shared ancestry, with ahnentafel numbers.
| John Kerry's Descent | My descent |
| 8th Great Grandparents 1578 Capt. Richard Betts 1579 Joanna Chamberlain 7th Great Grandparents 788 Capt. Joseph Sackett 789 Elizabeth Betts 6th Great Grandparents 394 Joseph Sackett 395 Hannah Alsop 5th Great Grandparents 196 Col. Jacob Blackwell 197 Frances Sackett 4th Great Grandparents 98 Joseph Blackwell 99 Mary Hazard 3rd Great Grandparents 48 Col. James Grant Forbes 49 Frances Elizabeth Blackwell 2nd Great Grandparents 24 Rev. John Murray Forbes 25 Anne Howell Great Grandparents 12 Francis Blackwell Forbes 13 Isabel Clark Grandparents 6 James Grant Forbes 7 Margaret Tyndal Winthrop Parents 2 Richard John Kerry 3 Rosemary Isabel Forbes 1 John Forbes Kerry | 8th Great Grandparents 1890 Capt. Richard Betts 1891 Joanna Chamberlain 7th Great Grandparents 944 Joseph Swazey 945 Mary Betts 6th Great Grandparents 472 Samuel Swayze 473 Penelope Horton 5th Great Grandparents 236 Israel Swayze 237 Mary Pitney 4th Great Grandparents 118 Israel Swayze 119 Abigail Coleman 3rd Great Grandparents 58 Elihu Stuart 59 Johanna Swayze 2nd Great Grandparents 28 Samuel Van Every 29 Abigail Stewart Great Grandparents 14 Melvin Van Every 15 Mary Jane Denyer Grandparents 6 Martin Deutsch 7 Myrtle Van Every Parents 2 Dad 3 Mom 1 Me |
After showing Kerry's ancestry, Reitwiesner takes selected ancestors and mentions other people descended from the same, and behold, he chooses Betts and Chamberlain. So I know I am also related to actors Thomas Edward Hulce, and William Franklin Beedle (better known as William Holden.) I already knew about Patrick Swayze. And apprently, Lincoln's Secretary of State, William Henry Seward (Responsible for the purchase of Alaska), is also a descendant.
Interestingly, Reitwiesner doesn't talk about other descendants of Kerry's ancestors:
3534 Barnabas Horton
3535 Mary Langton
I am also descended from them (as is Patrick Swayze, William Holden, and William Henry Seward) All of us are more closely related through Betts and Chamberlain. However, descended from Horton and Langton is also Anna Tuthill Symmes, the wife of William Henry Harrison, and grandmother of Benjamin Harrison. At least according to the research at Sweezey.com
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