Cousin to Bill Gates and President Bush

A line of descent for Bill Gates, founder and chairman of Microsoft Corp., from the immigrant Henry Whitney (1620-1673) who came from England to Long Island, NY in 1635, has recently turned up on the internet. I have combined this with information posted a few years ago showing President Bush's line of descent from Henry Whitney and also, in my modest way, my line of descent.

Henry Whitney m. Sarah Salmon	Henry Whitney m. Sarah Salmon	Henry Whitney m. Sarah Salmon
John Whitney m.Elizabeth Smith	John Whitney m.Elizabeth Smith	John Whitney m.Elizabeth Smith
Elizabeth Whitney m. Joseph Keeler	Elizabeth Whitney m. Joseph Keeler	Joseph Whitney m. Hannah Hoyt
Silas Keeler m. Abigail Elmer	Elijah Keeler m Sarah	David Whitney m. Elizabeth Hyatt
Lydia Keeler m. Jeremiah Keeler	Rebecca Keeler m. Lemuel Bangs	Ebenezer Whitney m. Ruth Raymond
Polly Keeler m. George Brush	Elijah Bangs m. Esther Stackhouse	Aaron Whitney m. Sarah Bennet
Emeline Brush m. Harvey Woodworth	Mary Bangs m. Joseph Beaky	Bennet Whitney m. Susan Curtice
Louisa Woodworth m. Thomas Maxwell	Martha Beaky m. David Walker	Henry Whitney Bertha Stoddard
James Maxwell m. Belle Oakley	George Walker m. Lucretia Wear	Edith Whitney M Jay Whitson
James Maxwell m. Adele Thompson	Dorothy Walker m. Prescott Bush	Bertha Whitson m. Hugh Barrett
Mary Maxwell m. William Gates	George H.W. Bush m. Barbara	David Barrett
“Bill” Gates	George W. Bush

I only vouch for my own line of descent. The descent shown above for Presidents Bush has been on the internet for a few years with no challenges that I am aware of. The descent shown for Bill Gates has just appeared and some experts have expressed reservations about one of the marriages. If correct it would make Bill Gates and President George W. Bush 8th cousins and I would be 9th cousin once removed to both of them.