There are some well known historical relatives in the Johnston/Mann family tree.  While the connections are distant, the 

genealogical information is a treasure.  

Click on the name to see the genealogical connection.

George Washington

(1st President of the United States), 7th cousin twice removed.

John Adams

(2nd President of the United States), 7th cousin seven times removed.

Thomas Jefferson

(3rd President of the United States), 5th cousin nine times removed.

James Madison

(4th President of the United States), 8th cousin six times removed.

James Monroe

(5th President of the United States), 6th cousin seven times removed.

John Quincy Adams

(6th President of the United States), 8th cousin six times removed.

William Henry Harrison

(9th President of the United States), 7th cousin seven times removed.

John Tyler 

(10th President of the United States), 7th cousin five times removed.

James K. Polk 

(11th President of the United States), 3rd cousin six times removed.

Zachary Taylor

(12th President of the United States), 11th cousin three times removed.

Millard Fillmore

(13th President of the United States), 5th cousin five times removed.

Franklin Pierce

(14th President of the United States), 5th cousin five times removed.

Abraham Lincoln

(16th President of the United States), 5th cousin four times removed.

Andrew Johnson

(17th President of the United States), 9th cousin five times removed.

Ulysses S. Grant

(18th President of the United States), 6th cousin four times removed.

Rutherford B. Hayes

(19th President of the United States), 5th cousin four times removed.

Benjamin Harrison

(19th President of the United States), 10th cousin twice removed.

Theodore Roosevelt

(27th President of the United States), 8th cousin twice removed.

William Howard Taft

(26th President of the United States), 7th cousin four times removed.

Warren G. Harding

(29th President of the United States), 10th cousin.

Herbert Hoover

(31st President of the United States), 10th cousin.

Franklin D Roosevelt

(32nd President of the United States), 9th cousin twice removed.

Harry S. Truman

(33th President of the United States), 12th cousin twice removed.

Dwight D. Eisenhower 

(34th President of the United States), 11th cousin twice removed.

Lyndon B. Johnson

(36th President of the United States), 10th cousin.

Richard M. Nixon

(37st President of the United States), 11th cousin once removed.

Ronald Reagan

(40th President of the United States), 10th cousin once removed.

....continuing on to other notable people....

Myles Standish

(Mayflower Passenger), 3rd cousin eleven times removed.

Samuel Morse

(Inventor of Single-Wire Telegraph), 5th cousin five times removed.

Harper Lee

(Author of To Kill a Mockingbird), 6th cousin twice removed.

Mary Tyler Moore

(American Actress), 6th cousin, once removed.

Eli Whitney

(American Actress), 6th cousin, six times removed.

Walt Disney

(American Animator and Producer), 7th cousin twice removed. 

Booker T. Washington

(American Author and Educator), 7th cousin three times removed.

Susan B. Anthony

(American Civil Rights Activist), 7th cousin four times removed.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

(American Author), 7th cousin five times removed.

Henry David Thoreau

(American Civil Rights Activist), 7th cousin six times removed.

Annie Oakley

(Sharpshooter & Entertainer), 8th cousin four times removed.

Amelia Earhart

(Aviation Pioneer), 8th cousin twice removed.

Mark Twain

(American Author), 8th cousin four times removed.

Winston Churchill

(UK Primer Minister), 8th cousin twice removed. 

Shirley Temple

(American Actress), 9th cousin once removed.

Adam West

(American Actor), 9th cousin once removed.

Helen Keller

(Disability Rights Activist), 9th cousin twice removed. 

Bing Crosby

(American Entertainer), 9th cousin twice removed. 

Lucille Ball

(American Actress), 9th cousin twice removed.

Queen Elizabeth II

(UK Monarch), 9th cousin three times removed.

Katharine Hepburn

(American Actress), 9th cousin three times removed.

Emily Dickinson

(American Poetess), 9th cousin four times removed.

John Wayne

(American Actor), 10th cousin.

Buster Keaton

(American Actor), 10th cousin.

Marilyn Monroe

(American Actress), 10th cousin.

Ginger Rogers 

(American Actress), 10th cousin twice removed.

Judy Garland 

(American Actress), 10th cousin four times removed.

Edgar Allan Poe

(American Author), 10th cousin four times removed.

In addition to these well known individuals, 

we also claim Jamestown  and Mayflower descent.  

Click here to view our Jamestown descent.

Click here to view our Mayflower descent.

Again, while connections are distant, 

the genealogical information is a treasure. 

Other notables in extended family whose genealogies 

 are not included at this time are........

Bob Ross

(Television Host & Artist), 10th cousin once removed.

Cecil B. DeMille

(Film Maker), 10th cousin once removed.

Charles Lindbergh 

(Aviation Pioneer), 10th cousin twice removed.

Charles Darwin

(Creator of Evolution Theory), 10th cousin four times removed.

Margaret Thatcher 

(British Politician), 11th cousin.

T.S. Eliot

(American Author), 11th cousin twice removed.

Orville and Wilbur Wright

(American Aviation Pioneers), 11th cousin three times removed.

Thomas Edison

(American Inventor), 11th cousin three times removed.

Alexander Graham Bell

(American Inventor), 11th cousin three times removed.

Agatha Christie

(American Author), 12th Cousin

Fred Rogers

(Television Host), 12th Cousin

John Browning

(Firearms Inventor), 12th Cousin

Grace Kelly

(Princess of Monaco), 12th cousin once removed.

Princess Diana 

(Princess of Wales), 12th cousin once removed.

Bruce McLaren 

(Formula 1 Auto Racing Legend), 12th cousin twice removed.

Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis

(First Lady to the 35th president of the United States), 

13th cousin once removed.

John Lennon

(British Musician), 13th cousin once removed.

George Harrison

(British Musician), 14th cousin

Babe Ruth

(American Baseball Player), 14th cousin

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