The genealogical relationships between
George Walker Bush
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John Forbes Kerry
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by William Addams Reitwiesner �
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Gary Boyd Roberts, of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, contributed some of the material below.
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William Addams Reitwiesner
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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. �
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The closest relationships known at this time are in the 10th cousin range. �
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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. �
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Henry Herrick m. Edith Laskin
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
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So through their shared descent from Henry Herrick of Salem, Massachusetts, Pres. Bush is a 10th cousin once removed of Sen. Kerry. �
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John Dwight m. Hannah ----
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
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So through their shared descent from John Dwight of Dedham, Massachusetts, Pres. Bush is a 10th cousin twice removed of Sen. Kerry. �
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Thomas Richards m. Wealthean (Loring?)
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
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So through their shared descent from Thomas Richards of Weymouth, Massachusetts, Pres. Bush is a 10th cousin once removed of Sen. Kerry. �
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In other cases, Sen. Kerry is descended from a seventeenth-century New England colonial immigrant who is closely related to a seventeenth-century New England colonial immigrant that Pres. Bush is descended from. For example, Mrs. Elizabeth Reade Winthrop of Connecticut, an ancestor of Sen. Kerry, was a sister of Mrs. Margaret Reade Lake of Connecticut, an ancestor of Pres. Bush. Edmund Reade m. Elizabeth Cooke
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
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So through their shared descent from Edmund Reade of Wickford, co. Essex, Pres. Bush is a 9th cousin twice removed of Sen. Kerry. �
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Mrs. Elizabeth St. John Whiting of Lynn, Massachusetts, an ancestor of Sen. Kerry, was a niece of Rev. Peter Bukleley of Concord, Massachusetts, an ancestor of Pres. Bush. �
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Rev. Edward Bulkeley m. Olive Irby
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
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So through their shared descent from Rev. Edward Bukleley of Odell, Bedfordshire, Pres. Bush is an 11th cousin once removed of Sen. Kerry. �
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Mrs. Barbara Clapp Weld of Roxbury, Massachusetts, an ancestor of Sen. Kerry, was a half first cousin of Mrs. Jane Clapp Weeks of Dorchester, Massachusetts, an ancestor of Pres. Bush. �
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Christian ---- m2. Richard Clapp m1. ----
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
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So through their shared descent from Richard Clapp of Sidbury, Devon, Pres. Bush is a half 12th cousin once removed of Sen. Kerry. �
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Mrs. Mary Angier Sparhawk of Cambridge, Massachusetts, an ancestor of Sen. Kerry, was a second cousin of Philip Sherman of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, an ancestor of Pres. Bush. �
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Henry Sherman m. Agnes (Butter?)
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
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So through their shared descent from Henry Sherman of Dedham, Essex, Pres. Bush is a 12th cousin twice removed of Sen. Kerry. �
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In addition, Rev. Henry Whitfield of Guilford, Connecticut, an ancestor of Sen. Kerry, was a second cousin of Richard Waters of Salem, Massachusetts, an ancestor of Pres. Bush. �
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John Manning m. Agnes Petley
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
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So through their shared descent from John Manning of Downe, Kent, Pres. Bush is a 14th cousin of Sen. Kerry. �
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Relationships such as these between Sen. Kerry and Pres. Bush are typical for any two random living (2004) persons with significant New England colonial ancestry. Other, more distant, relationships between these two are easy to trace. �
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For further information on the ancestry of Pres. Bush, see http://members.aol.com/wreitwiesn/candidates2004/bush.html. �
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For further information on the ancestry of Sen. Kerry, see http://members.aol.com/wreitwiesn/candidates2004/kerry.html. �
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William Addams Reitwiesner �
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