Well Known
Family Members
A few well-known people have been discovered
to be relatives:
Ellen MacGregor
(1906-1954) Early science-fiction
children's author. Wrote Miss Pickerell
books.
Dr. Stephen Tainter (1752-1847) Through the Noble side, fought in the
Revolutionary War.
Governor Robert Treat (1621-1710) was Deputy Governor
of Connecticut from 1678-1683, Governor from 1683 to 1698, and Deputy Governor
again from 1698-1708.
Robert Treat Paine Through
the Ives side, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Lousia May Alcott (1832-1888) On the Ives side (Street), author of Little Women.
Zephaniah
(1761-1841), Samuel (1729-1791) & Caleb (1695-1789) Hull,
Through the Ives side, fought in the Revolutionary
War.
King
Henry Plantagenet, Eleanor of Aquataine, Richard the Lionhearted, and King John
Lackland (the bad guy in Robin Hood)
Through the Ives side.
Frank
Goodwin (1865-1954), John Goodwin (1867-1940), and Ervin Goodwin
(1869-1937)
Designed, built, and operated the Pike Place Market
in Seattle.
Susannah North Martin Through
the Goodwin side, sentenced in the Salem Witch trials to be hung until dead
Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867-1957) Through the Goodwin side (Colby) children’s
author (Little House on the Prairie).
7th cousin of Mary Margaret Goodwin
Chester Arthur (1830-1886) Through the Goodwin side (Hadley and Colby), President of the United States. 5th cousin of Frank Goodwin
Hannah (1760-?) and Thomas Lisson (1773-1827), Ann
Bradwell (1770-1860) & William Hopkins (1797-1862)
Through the Bonamy side,
sentenced to be shipped as the convicts to Australia.