Ashton Holmes

Holmes in 2010, photo by Prphotos.com

Place of Birth: Albany, New York, U.S.

Date of Birth: February 17, 1978

Ethnicity: English, Irish, Scottish, distant German, Welsh, and Dutch

Ashton Holmes is an American actor.

Ashton is a ninth cousin, once removed, of English actor Sam Claflin, through Ashton’s maternal grandmother, and a fourth cousin, five times removed, of American suffragist Victoria Woodhull. Daniel Claflin and Sarah Edwards were the eight times great-grandparents of Austin, the nine times great-grandparents of Sam, and the three times great-grandparents of Victoria.

Ashton’s maternal grandfather was Alfred Randall Heath, Jr. (the son of Alfred Randall Heath and Florence P. Orr). Ashton’s grandfather Alfred was born in New York. Ashton’s great-grandfather Alfred was the son of Alfred Brown Heath and Margaret A. Dunphy, who was born in New York, to Irish parents. Florence was the daughter of William Charles Orr, who was born in New York, to Irish parents, and of Emma C. Philbin, who was also born in New York, also to Irish parents.

Ashton’s maternal grandmother is Barbara Claflin (the daughter of Allan Avery Claflin and Marion Dorothea Carroll). Barbara was born in New York. Allan was the son of Alan Avery Claflin and Mabel Gertrude Nash. Marion was the daughter of Royal Phelps Carroll and Marion Dorothea Langdon.

Marion Langdon’s great-grandfather was John Jacob Astor (Johann Jakob Astor), the famous German-born American businessman. John was therefore Ashton’s great-great-great-great-great-grandfather.

Ashton is also a descendant of Scottish-born colonial official Robert Livingston the Elder and of Dutch-born New York mayor/governor Wilhelmus Beekman.

Sources: Ashton’s maternal great-grandfather, Alfred Randall Heath, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Ashton’s maternal great-grandmother, Florence P. Orr, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org