Thomas Miner b. 23 Apr 1608 married   Grace Palmer

John Miner b. 1636                      brother to  Joseph Miner b. 1644
Grace (Miner) Grant b. 1669     1st cousin of  Benjamin Miner b. 1673
Noah Grant b. 1693                 2nd cousin of  Clement Miner b. 1706
Noah Grant, Jr. b. 1718            3rd cousin of  Benjamin Miner b. 1742
Noah Grant, III b. 1748            4th cousin of  William Bott Miner b. 1770
Jesse Grant b. 1794                   5th cousin of  James Miner b. 1805
Ulysses S. Grant b. 1822           6th cousin of  Helen (Miner) Wilder Schilling b. 1882
                             6th cousin once removed   Falko Max Schilling b. 1918
                             6th cousin twice removed  Falko Allan Schilling b. 1947
                            6th cousin thrice removed  Falko Erich Schilling
                                                                   & Nilsen John Halsted Schilling
                                                                   & Brian Mark Allan Schilling

Please note: As remarkable as it seems, when my great grandmother Helen (Miner) Schilling was born, her father James Miner was 77 years old. Her grandfather, Benjamin fought in the American Revolution. 

Sources:
    Schilling/ Miner Family Bible
    History of Stonington, CT by Richard A. Wheeler