Ancestry of
Gavin Newsom

40th Governor of California

Jacob Calvin Newsom II

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Gavin Newsom — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 64 
  • Father:
  • Jacob Newsom 
  • Mother:
  • Tabitha Gilliam   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1762 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. Southampton County, Virginia 
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  • Death Date:
  • 16 Nov 1840 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Newsom-Hendrix Cemetery, Tobaccoville, Forsyth, North Carolina 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Lucy Polly Barham
  • Marriage Date:
  • 13 Jan 1786 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Sussex County, Virginia 
  • Child:

  James H. B. Newsom (Ahnentafel No:32 )

  • Notes: 

  • of Forsyth County, North Carolina

    Revolutionary War veteran

• Sources for Jacob Calvin Newsom II

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A083070.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/26/2023).
  • ³ The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Virginia Historical Society, 1940, Vol. 48, p. 178.
  • ⁴ U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, Pension application for Jacob Newsom.
  • ⁵ Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901, FHL No. 7579169, Image 445, Marriage record for Jacob Newsam and Poley Barham.