A. Verified
Direct ancestors and close cousins with probed descent chains and primary-source documentation.
| Name | Born | PID | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●Benjamin Franklin | 1706 | LJLQ-WRC | 1st cousin, 10 times removed through Peter Folger |
| ●Lucretia Coffin Mott | 1793 | LRBB-TZH | Coffin line: abolitionist, Seneca Falls |
| ●Sir Henry Maynard | 1547 | PS5C-88J | Advisor to Queen Elizabeth I |
| ●William de La Roche | 1483 | KPHP-L4P | Speaker + Lord Mayor of London |
| ●Capt. William Hawkins | 1495 | LY7K-GW3 | Trade pioneer to Brazil |
How They Are Connected
Benjamin Franklin is the Long brothers’ 1st cousin, 10 times removed. The connection runs through Peter Folger of Nantucket, their shared ancestor.
Lucretia Coffin Mott is the Long brothers’ 4th cousin, 7 times removed. Both lines descend from Tristram Coffin (c. 1605), founder of Nantucket, hers through Tristram’s son James Coffin (1640) → Capt. Nathaniel Coffin (LZN4-BJG, 1671) → Benjamin Coffin (LZG8-84H, 1705) → Capt. Thomas Bartlett Coffin (LJGB-X29, 1766) → Lucretia; the brothers’ through his son John Coffin (KNZ2-13G, 1647) → John’s daughter Hannah Coffin → Robert Gardner → Eunice Gardner → Peggy Macy → Frederick William Folger → Harriet Ann Folger → the Perrys. The Benjamin Coffin (1705) → Thomas Bartlett → Lucretia segment is on her side only; it is not in the brothers’ direct line. A 2026 review read Hannah’s father as James; Starbuck and Allen Coffin name John.
General John Coffin is the Long brothers’ 4th cousin, 7 times removed. Both lines descend from Tristram Coffin (c. 1605), founder of Nantucket, his through Tristram’s son James Coffin (1640) → Capt. Nathaniel Coffin (1671) → William Coffin (1699) → Nathaniel ‘the Cashier’ (1725) → General John; the brothers’ through his son John Coffin (KNZ2-13G, 1647) → John’s daughter Hannah Coffin → Gardner → Macy → Folger → the Perrys. He fought at Bunker Hill and became a Major General in the British Army. A 2026 review read Hannah’s father as James; Starbuck and Allen Coffin name John.
B. Traditional
Nantucket founding-family descendants named in published genealogies, the Barney Genealogical Record, Peckham Genealogy(1922), and the Nantucket Historical Association’s collections. Institutional-grade by published-source standards. The descent paths from the family’s line to these figures remain traditional attribution pending primary-source verification on the family’s side of the bridge.
Families descend from the nine original purchasers of Nantucket Island (1659).
| Name | Born | PID | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●Rowland Hussey Macy | 1822 | – | Macy line: founder of Macy's department store |
| ●Herman Melville (literary) | 1819 | – | Named Moby-Dick's Starbuck after the Nantucket Starbucks, the brothers’ line (Edward Starbuck → Mary Coffin Starbuck) |
| ●Phebe Ann Coffin Hanaford | 1829 | – | Coffin line: first woman ordained as minister in New England |
| ●Mayhew Folger | 1774 | – | Folger line: discovered HMS Bounty mutineers on Pitcairn Island |
| ●Anna Gardner | 1816 | – | Gardner line: abolitionist, opened integrated school in Massachusetts |
| ●Joseph Gardner Swift | 1783 | – | Gardner/Swift line: first graduate of West Point |
| ●Eliza Starbuck Barney | 1807 | – | Starbuck line: abolition and suffrage reformer |
Maria Mitchell has been promoted out of this traditional tier to a documented cousin: under the FS-verified maternal depth her descent computes to 5th cousin, 6 times removed via Tristram Coffin (graded sourced, at the inclusion boundary). Her dedicated proof page is the canonical entry.
C. Research in Progress
Names collected from genealogical databases or family tradition but awaiting the descent-chain work that would move them to Traditional or Verified. Listed here for transparency.
Famous Relatives. U.S. Presidents
Relationships identified through genealogical database relative- matching, sorted by degree of kinship. No MRCA named on either side yet.
| Name | Born | PID | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1882 | – | 5th cousin, 5 times removed |
| Ulysses S. Grant | 1822 | – | 5th cousin, 5 times removed |
| Zachary Taylor | 1784 | – | 5th cousin, 8 times removed |
| James Garfield | 1831 | – | 5th cousin, 5 times removed |
| Abraham Lincoln | 1809 | – | 6th cousin, 6 times removed |
| Franklin Pierce | 1804 | – | 6th cousin, 7 times removed |
| Millard Fillmore | 1800 | – | 6th cousin, 8 times removed |
| William Howard Taft | 1857 | – | 7th cousin, 3 times removed |
| Winston Churchill | 1874 | – | 7th cousin, 3 times removed (PM, United Kingdom) |
| Calvin Coolidge | 1872 | – | 7th cousin, 5 times removed |
| Theodore Roosevelt | 1858 | – | 7th cousin, 7 times removed |
| John F. Kennedy | 1917 | – | 10th cousin, twice removed |
| Rutherford B. Hayes | 1822 | – | 8th cousin, 6 times removed |
| John Quincy Adams | 1767 | – | 8th cousin, 6 times removed |
| Warren G. Harding | 1865 | – | 9th cousin, 4 times removed |
| Herbert Hoover | 1874 | – | 9th cousin, 3 times removed |
| Richard Nixon | 1913 | – | 9th cousin, 3 times removed |
Individual Ancestors
| Name | Born | PID | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles A. Coffin | 1844 | – | Co-founder, 1st President of General Electric |
| Sir Isaac Coffin | 1759 | – | Admiral, British Royal Navy |
| Sir William Coffin | 1495 | – | Master of the Horse to Anne Boleyn |
Other Notable Figures
| Name | Born | PID | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Robinson | c. 1576 | – | 11th great-grandfather, Pastor of the Mayflower passengers |
| Diana, Princess of Wales | 1961 | – | 10th cousin, 4 times removed |
| Nancy Reagan | 1921 | – | 10th cousin, once removed |
These relationships are very distant (5th-10th cousins, many times removed) and are common among families with deep New England colonial roots. They are documented in primary genealogical records and reflect shared ancestry many generations back.