Ancestry of
Gavin Newsom

40th Governor of California

Lucy Polly Barham

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• • 4th Great-grandmother of Gavin Newsom — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 65 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Barham 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Newsom   
  • Birth Date:
  • 2 May 1768 
  • Birth Location:
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  • Christening Date:
  • 12 Jun 1768 
  • Christening Location:
  • Albemarle Parish, Sussex Co., Virginia 
  • Death Date:
  • 1848 
  • Death Location:
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  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Newsom-Hendrix Cemetery, Tobaccoville, Forsyth, North Carolina 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Jacob Calvin Newsom II
  • Marriage Date:
  • 13 Jan 1786 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Sussex County, Virginia 
  • Child:

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

  • Notes: 

  • Lucy Polly Barham's given name is given as Lucy in her application for a widow's pension in which she gives the date of her marriage to Jacob Newsom. However, in the marriage register her given name is given as Polly/Poley. The marriage date in the pension and marriage records show that Lucy and Polly are the same woman.

• Sources for Lucy Polly Barham

  • 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, pp. 177-178.
  • ⁴ U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900, Pension application for husband Jacob Newsom.
  • ⁵ Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901, FHL No. 7579169, Image 445, Marriage record for Jacob Newsam and Poley Barham.
  • ⁶ Boddie, John Bennett, Southside Virginia Families, Vol. 2, Baltimore, Maryland: Reprinted for Clearfield Co., Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co. (2003, originally published 1956), 26-27.