Sam Elliott
Elliott in 2006, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Samuel Pack Elliott
Place of Birth: Sacramento, California, United States
Date of Birth: August 9, 1944
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, distant Swiss, Dutch, and Swedish
Sam Elliott is an American actor. His roles include the films Frogs, The Legacy, Gettysburg, Tombstone, The Contender, Hulk (2003), Up in the Air, I’ll See You in My Dreams, and A Star is Born (2018), and the shows Justified and 1883.
He is the son of Glynn Mamie, a teacher, and Henry Nelson Elliott, who was a predator control specialist for the Department of the Interior. His parents were both from Texas. Sam is married to actress Katharine Ross, with whom he has a daughter.
Sam has said:
…my family has deep roots in Texas. One of my ancestors was a surgeon at the Battle of San Jacinto with Sam Houston… It was always a thrill when we got [to El Paso, during his childhood]. My family was a fun bunch to be around. The women cooked great Mexican food. Every time we went to El Paso, we walked across the bridge to Juárez… My mother’s family, the Sparks family, grew up in a cabin with a dirt floor, but my mom said they never knew that they were poor. The Sparks girls were all beauties. My mother was a top athlete at UTEP in basketball, volleyball and tennis. The day after she graduated, my parents moved to Marfa and my sister was born there, but I was born in California.
Sam’s great-great-great-uncle, Edward F. Mitchusson, was a doctor who died at the Alamo.
Sam’s paternal grandfather was Hardy/Hardie Bishop Elliott (the son of Thomas Henry Bishop Elliott and Mary Elizabeth Mitchusson/Hutchinson/Connell). Hardy was born in Texas. Henry was the son of John Nealy/Neely Elliott and Mary “Pollie” Cook. Sam’s great-grandmother Mary Elizabeth was the daughter of Jacob Robert Mitchusson and Elizabeth Betsy Connell.
Sam’s paternal grandmother was Leona Pack (the daughter of Samuel Owen Pack and Mary Frances McPhail). Leona was born in Tennessee. Sam’s great-grandfather Samuel Pack was the son of Joseph Owen Pack and Uphema/Euphemia/Euphama Edwards/Nelson. Mary was Canadian.
Sam’s maternal grandfather was Samuel D. “Sam” Sparks, Jr. (the son of Samuel D. “Sam” Sparks and Susan Amanda “Sue” Burden). Sam’s grandfather Sam was born in Texas. Sam’s great-grandfather Samuel Sparks was the son of Anderson West Sparks and Martha Adaline “Mattie” Akin/Aiken. Susan was the daughter of William Carrol Burden and Clarissa/Clara Kenney.
Sam’s maternal grandmother was Zora/Zorah Ada/Ida Pope (the daughter of John Marshall Pope and Lucy/Lucie Ann Whatley). Zora was born in Texas. John was the son of Silas Pope and Edna/Edney Griffin. Lucy was the daughter of William Hardy Whatley and Sarah “Sally” Lee.
Sources: Genealogies of Sam Elliott – https://gw.geneanet.org
https://www.geni.com
Genealogies of Sam’s parents – https://www.findagrave.com
Sam’s father on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Sam’s paternal grandparents, Hardy/Hardie Bishop Elliott and Leona Pack, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Sam’s paternal grandfather, Hardy/Hardie Bishop Elliott – https://www.familysearch.org
Sam’s mother on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Sam’s maternal grandparents, Samuel D. “Sam” Sparks, Jr. and Zora Ada/Ida Pope, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogies of Sam’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Anderson West Sparks and Martha Adaline “Mattie” Akin/Aiken – https://www.findagrave.com
look like a southern anglosaxon, english and scottish.
He looks cowboy most of all. The guy should have been born in the 1800s
Yes, I do believe he has Cherokee Native American in his veins. I am a Sparks. I’m a direct descendant to Princess Pocahontas’s sister and mother. Her sister’s name is Cleo. My mother’s name is Cleo Sparks. Plus, we are related to Andrew Jackson who sent the Cherokee and Creek on “The Trail of Tears.” That I’m ashamed!!!! Plus Sam Elliott and me carry the same Genetic Disease. Remember, you’re an actor. That’s it!
Sparks line evidently traces back to England, according to this: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LHZN-2VK
The same line has also Swedish ancestry from Delaware.
https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&pz=mary&nz=bromley&ocz=1&m=A&p=samuel+pack&n=elliott&siblings=on¬es=on&t=T&v=6&image=on&marriage=on&full=on
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31337083
waiting for someone to say “he has has native in him”….
Very droll. You rarely get anything original from your average North American.