Politicians:
Presidents of the USA:
George W. Bush - Clark of New Haven
Harry S Truman - Duval and Brassier of Maryland
Vice Presidents of the USA:
Richard "Dick" Chaney - Duval and Brassier of Maryland
First Ladies of the USA:
Barbara Bush - Clark of New Haven
Supreme Court Justices:
William Hubbs Rehnquist, Chief Justice - Henry Peck and Joan Allen of New Haven
Senators:
Barack Obama - Creekmore of Kentucky - Duval and Brassier of Maryland
Willard Mitt Romney - Richard Sperry and Dennis, of New Haven
Representatives:
Carl Dewey Perkins, Kentucky - Perkins
Carl Christopher Perkins, Kentucky - Perkins
Governors:
Willard Mitt Romney, Massachusetts - Richard Sperry and Dennis, of New Haven
Howard Dean, Vermont - Henry Peck and Joan, and John Thompson and Dorothy, of New Haven
State Legislators:
Joseph Peck of New Haven - Peck.
Harrison White, Kentucky - Perkins.
Joseph Phipps, member of 1st Pennsylvania and 1st Delaware Legislatures. Of Reading, Berkshire, England.
Thomas Farley, Virginai General Assembly, 1628 and 1630, Grand Assembly 1632 of Archer's Hope, Jamestown, Viginia, and Worchester, Worchestershire, England.
Other Officials:
Daniel Strunk - Constable of Ashe Co, North Carolina - Strunk
Benois Brasseur - Justice of the Peace of Talbot Co., Maryland - Brasseur
Ministers/Religious figures:
Sarah Benfield Phipps - Quaker Activist - England and Pennsylvania - Benfield and Phipps
James Sullivan - Methodist Circuit Rider, ordained by Bishop Asberry in Nashville, Tennessee in 1792 - Sullivan
Emma Hale Smith - Wife of Joseph Smith founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - She was active in the Relief Society and the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints of which her son, Joseph Smith III, was elected President. 3 connections - Thomas Barnes and Abigail Frost of New Haven - Samuel Hotchkiss and Elizabeth Cleverly of New Haven - John Thompson and Dorothy of New Haven.
John "Blind John" Moses - Old Style Baptist Minister - Moses of South Carolina.
Socialites:
The three Cushing Sisters:
Mary Benedict "Minnie" Cushing, wife of W. Vincent Astor and James Whitney Fosburgh;
Elizabeth 'Betsey" Cushing, wife of James Roosevelt and John Hay "Jock" Whitney;
Barbara "Babe" Cushing, wife of Stanley Grafton Mortimer and William S. Paley;
Descendants of Deacon William Peck of New Haven.
Pioneers:
Daniel Boone - George Boone of Pennsylvania and Bradnich, Devonshire, England.
Industrialists:
Elmer Ambrose Sperry, founder of Sperry Corp. - Richard Sperry and Dennis, of New Haven.
Military Officers:
Brig. General Edward Stephens - Stephens of South Carolina.
Entertainers:
John Wayne - Sperry of New Haven.
Richard Gere - William and ELizabeth Peck of New Haven.
Robert Duval - Duval and Brassier of Maryland.
Michael Edward Love, of the Beach Boys - William and Elizabeth Peck of New Haven.
Julie Harris, - William Peck and Elizabeth, of New Haven.
Cole Porter, - William Peck and Elizabeth, of New Haven.
Charles Edward Ives, composer - William Peck and Elizabeth, of New Haven.
Sports:
Ray Boone - Baseball third baseman and All-Star - Boone.
Robert Boone - Baseball catcher and manager and All-Star - Boone.
Aaron Boone - Baseball infielder and All-Star - Boone.
Bret Boone - Baseball second baseman and All-Star - Boone.
Genealogists:
John Insley Coddington, President of the American Society of Genealogists - Samuel Hotchkiss of New Haven and Doddington, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England.
Donald Lines Jacobus, founder of the New Haven Genealogical Magazine, now The American Genealogist - Edward Perkins of New Haven.
Gary Boyd Roberts, Librarian EMeritus at the New England Historic genealogical Society - William Peck of New Haven.
Nathaniel Taylor, - Thomas Barnes, John Frost, Samuel Hotchkiss, William Payne and Richard Sperry of New Haven.
Additions and Corrections are welcome.

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