Charles Barham Gent (abt. 1626 - bef. 1684)

Born about 1626 in Kent, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Ridley) Barham — married before 2 Feb 1667 in Surry, Virginia [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 1 Jan 1684 before about age 58 in Colony of Virginia [uncertain]

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Biography

Capt. Charles Barham, Gent., son of Robert Barham and Katherine Filmer,^[1] was born in Kent, England in about 1626.^[2]

Charles was descended from a long line of royalty dating back to Alice of Normandy, sister of William the Conqueror,^[3] Edward I, and the Emperor Charlemagne.^[2]

Charles was named in the wills of both of his maternal grandparents, Sir Edward Filmer (will proved 5 December 1629) and Dame Elizabeth Argall Filmer (will dated 23 March 1635, proved 16 August 1638), each grandparent leaving him 40 s.^[4]

Charles was also named in the 31 October 1657 will of his brother, Edward Barham of Gray's Inn, Middlesex. Edward appointed his mother, Mrs. Katherine Barham, as sole executor and left his lands in Sussex to his mother and then to his sister, Mrs. Susan Barham, with instruction that his brother Charles should receive all his lands after paying £500 to Susan. Edward's will was proved 27 October 1661 by their mother. His mother made her will in Kent on 1 November 1662 and it was proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 19 December 1662 by her son, Richard.^[5]

Life in America

Richardson states that Charles immigrated to Virginia in 1661,^[1] however, a Charles Barham is first found in Surry County, Virginia in 1654, in a bond of Andrew Robinson to Dorothy Kew. He is next found on a 24 May 1661 list of vestrymen of Lawnes Creek Parish. Charles is named in a deed dated 2 February 1663 from Thomas Smith, et al, to Charles Barham, Gent., of Lawnes Creek Parish, for 300 acres at Hog Island, in which his brother Richard Barham of London is named.^[6][7]

He may have been a business partner with Capt. William Cockerham, as they received joint land grants in 1665 and 1666 and Charles was in charge of Capt. Cockerham's estate on his death. He was appointed Justice of Surry County on 20 December 1668, confirmed in that position 31 March 1677 by Governor Berkeley and likely served until his death.^[7] He served as Sheriff of Surry in 1673^[6] and is last found there on 4 September 1683 in Cockerham estate papers.^[7] His family was last listed among the tithables in 1680, so they may have moved from Surry before 1683. In the 1691 will of John Barnes of Surry County, he names "my kinsman Robert Barham ye sonne of Charles Barham late of Marchts. Hundrd, decd", so it is thought Charles and family removed to Merchants Hundred in James City County in the last years of his life.^[7]

Marriage and Children

He married Elizabeth _____ (possibly Ridley) before 2 February 1666/7.^[1] It is thought that his wife was a Ridley because Charles Barham was appointed executor of the will of William Ridley of Isle of Wight County in 1671 and bequests were left for his daughters, Elizabeth and Perilee.^[7] Charles and Elizabeth had two sons and two daughters:

• Charles,^[1] born before 1673^[7]
• Robert,^[1] their only surviving son, was born 1678-1679, died before 14 August 1760 (probate), married Elizabeth Clark and had at least nine children^[7]
• Elizabeth,^[1] born before 1671^[7]
• Perilee,^[1] born before 1671^[7]

Death

Charles died shortly before 1 January 1683/4,^[1] when Elizabeth was appointed the executor his estate.^[6][7] Elizabeth, died 3 July 1694.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), Vol II page 166, FILMER 16.ii.a.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Aileen Langston and J. Orton Buck, comp. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. II. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974). Online at Ancestry.com, chapter 5, page 28 (born 1626 in Kent), chapter XXVII, pp. 132-133; chapter XLI, pp. 185-186; and chapter XLV, pp. 202-203.
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), vol. III, pages 581-582, FILMER.
4. ↑ Lothrop Withington. Virginia Gleanings in England: Abstracts of 17th and 18th-Century English Wills and Administrations Relating to Virginia and Virginians. (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1998). Online at Google Books, pp. 346-347: will of Dame Elizabeth Filmer; pp. 395-396: will of Sir Edward Filmer
5. ↑ Robert Young Barham. The Pedigree of the Family of Barham of England and Virginia. (New York: Salisbury Press, 1963). Online at Archve.org, pages xiv-xv.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} John Bennett Boddie. Southside Virginia Families. Vol. I. (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999). Online at Ancestry.com pages 56-57.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9} "The Newsom Family, Appendix C: The Barham Family", in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 48, No. 3 (Jul., 1940), pp. 276-280. Online at JSTOR.

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

See also:

• Boddie, John Bennett. Southside Virginia Families, Vol. II, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1966, pp. 25-26, Google Books
• Colket, Meredith B., Jr. Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657. (Cleveland: General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, 1975), page 17 - not available online.
• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 21 November 2020), memorial page for CPT Charles Barham (1626–Sep 1683), Find A Grave: Memorial #172165540, citing Southwark Parish Cemetery, Surry County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by John Wilhite (contributor 48140210).

Acknowledgments

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed and approved for the Magna Carta Project 21 Nov 2020 by Thiessen-117.

Charles Barham Gent is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (vol. I, pages xxiii-xxix) in a Richardson-documented trail to Magna Carta Surety Baron William de Huntingfield (vol. II, pages 165-166 FILMER). This profile was developed by the Magna Carta project in February 2018 by EuGene Smith, reviewed 12 February by Liz Shifflett and badged 21 Nov 2020 by Thiessen-117. The trail is outlined below.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".

Magna Carta Trails

Badged Richardson-documented trail to William de Huntingfield (MCA II:165-166 FILMER):

Gateway Ancestor Charles Barham (trail pending/100% 5-star)

1. Charles is the son of Katherine Filmer (trail pending/100% 5-star)

2. Katherine is the daughter of Elizabeth Argall (badged 2019)

3. Elizabeth is the daughter of Mary Scott (badged/100% 5-star)

4. Mary is the daughter of Reynold Scott (badged/100% 5-star)

5. Reynold is the son of John Scott (badged/100% 5-star)

6. John is the son of Sibyl Lewknor (badged/100% 5-star)

7. Sibyl is the daughter of Thomas Lewknor (badged/100% 5-star)

8. Thomas is the son of Roger Lewknor (badged/100% 5-star)

9. Roger is the son of Thomas Lewknor (badged/100% 5-star)

10. Thomas is the son of Roger Lewknor (badged/100% 5-star)

11. Roger is the son of Thomas de Lewknor (badged/100% 5-star)

12. Thomas is the son of Roger de Lewknor (badged/100% 5-star)

13. Roger is the son of Thomas de Lewknor (badged/100% 5-star)

14. Thomas is the son of Joan de Keynes (badged/100% 5-star)

15. Joan is the daughter of Richard de Keynes (badged/100% 5-star)

16. Richard is the son of Sarah de Huntingfield (badged/100% 5-star)

17. Sarah is the daughter of Magna Carta Surety William de Huntingfield

See also: Argall and Filmer trails.