This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wUB.2ACE/487.489.1 Message Board Post: Joab, "Ab" Newsom , born 1770, was the son of William Newsom and Mary Jordan. William was the son of Joel Newsom and Rebecca Dickenson. Joel was the son of John Newsom and Sarah Patience Crawford, d/o Robert Crawford and Elizabeth Carter, Elizabeth is the d/o George Carter, George is the son of William, born 1600, Eng., died 1655 VA. John Newsom was the son of William Newsom and Anne Sheppard, William was the son of William who came to America in 1635 aboard the "George". Anne was the daughter of Robert Sheppard and Elizabeth Spencer, Elizabeth was the daughter of William Spencer, one of the original Jamestown settlers. My ancestor is Joseph Newsom, 1777-1848, brother of Ab.