Ford family tree

Edsel and Eleanor Ford House on Lake St. Clair.

Today the descendants of Henry Ford control the Ford Motor Company,[1] although they have a minority ownership of 2%.[2] Also, a member of the Ford family has controlled the Detroit Lions NFL franchise since 1963. Based on a market cap of $59.83 billion,[3] the Ford family holds $1.2 billion worth of common stock.[4] The following is the family tree of Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company.

Ford family tree

 
 
Isaac Ford
(1749—?)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
William Ford
(1775—1818?)
 
 
 
Rebecca Jennings
(1776—1851)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Samuel Ford
(c.1792—1842)
 
John Ford
(c.1799—1864)
 
Thomasina Smith
(1803—1847)
 
Henry Ford
 
Robert Ford
(1803—1877)
 
George Ford
(c.1811—1863)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rebecca Ford
[Flaherty]
(1825—1895)
 
William Ford
(1826—1905)
 
Mary Litogot O'Hern
(c.1839—1876)
 
Jane Ford
[Smith]
(1829—1851)
 
Henry Ford
(c.1830—1901)
 
Mary Ford
[Ford]
(c.1832—1882)
 
Nancy Ford
[Flaherty]
(1834—1920)
 
Samuel Ford
(1837—1884)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Infant
(1861—1861)
 
Henry Ford
(1863—1947)
 
Clara Jane Bryant
(1866—1950)
 
John Ford
(c.1865—1927)
 
Margaret Ford [Ruddiman]
(1867—1960)
 
Jane Ford
(c.1869—1906)
 
William Ford
(1871—1959)
 
Robert Ford
(1873—1934)
 
Infant
(c.1876—1876)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Edsel Bryant Ford
(1893—1943)
 
Eleanor Lowthian Clay
(1896—1976)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Harvey S. Firestone Jr.
(1898—1973)
 
Elizabeth Parke
(1897—1990)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Henry Ford II
(1917—1987)
 
Anne McDonnell
(1919—1996)
 
Benson Ford Sr.
(1919—1978)
 
Edith McNaughton
(1920—1980)
 
Josephine Clay Ford [Ford]
(1923—2005)
 
Walter Buhl Ford II
(1920—1991)
 
William Clay Ford Sr.
(1925—2014)
 
Martha Parke Firestone
(b. 1925)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Charlotte M. Ford
(b. 1941)
 
Anne Ford
(b. 1943)
 
Edsel B. Ford II
(b. 1948)
 
 
Walter Buhl Ford III
(1943—2010)
 
Eleanor Clay Ford [Sullivan]
(b. 1946)
 
Josephine Clay Ford [Ingle]
(b. 1949)
 
Alfred Brush Ford
(b. 1950)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Elena Anne Ford
(b. 1966)
 
 
 
 
 
Benson Ford Jr.
(b. 1949)
 
Lynn Ford [Alandt]
(b. 1951)
 
Martha Parke "Muffy" Ford [Morse]
(b. 1948)
 
Sheila Firestone Ford [Hamp]
(b. 1951)
 
William Clay Ford Jr.
(b. 1957)
 
Elizabeth Ford Kontulis
(b. 1961)

References

  1. ↑ Ford Family's Stake Is Smaller, But They're Richer And Still Firmly In Control
  2. ↑ Ford Family Shuffles Wealth
  3. ↑ The Wall Street Journal - Ford Motor Company (F)
  4. ↑ Ford Family's Stake Is Smaller, But They're Richer And Still Firmly In Control

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