The Barham family, who took it's name from the village, contributed two members to the early settlers in Virginia: -

Anthony Barham who arrived on the Abigail in 1621, his future wife Elizabeth Pierce having arrived on the William and Thomas in 1618.   Anthony's father was Thomas Barham (1565 - ????) who was the son of another Thomas Barham (1537 - 1595).   Anthony actually returned to England after serving his community in Virginia but died in 1641.
This Thomas Barham was also an ancestor of the other member of the family -

Charles Barham who arrived on the John and Ambrose in 1653, he married Elizabeth Ridley in Virginia.   Charles' father was Robert Barham (c1599 - 1648) whose father was also Robert Barham (1572 - c1631), he being the son of Thomas Barham (1537 - 1595) and hence joins Anthony's family tree.

The Barham family has been at the centre of British history over many generations.   Below is the family line which has been continued back to most proven generations (although it is possible that it eventually goes back to Icelandic legends such as Edda).   As with America itself, the Barham family draws itsancestry from many countries across Europe.

The Barham family name is widely held across America and many family trees now exist on the internet.   This line goes back from Charles Barham and runs back in time taking the ancestry of the most historically interesting directions.   As with any genealogy there can be errors and this ancestry is presented with entries gained from a number of sources.   Where differences have been found then judgment of the most reputable source  has been taken.
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Charles Barham

c1626
East Sutton, Kent, England

?
Elizabeth Ridley
after arrival in America

1683
Merchant's Hundred, James County, Virginia

Robert Barham

c1599
?
Boughton-Monchelsea

1 Aug 1620
Catherine Filmer
East Sutton, Kent

c1648
?
London

Robert Barham

1572
?
Boughton-Monchelsea

7 Jan 1594
Susanna Sare
Canterbury, Kent

c1631
?
?

Thomas Barham

c1537
?
?

c1562
Mildred Frankelyn
?

c1595
?
?

During this time the family name started to change from Berham to Barham

John Berham

1500
?
Broughton, Kent

c1532
Thomasyne
Wadhurst, East Sussex

c1555
Buttes,
Wadhurst, East Sussex

Nicholas Berham

1450
Bivelham Manor,
Wadhurst, East Sussex

?
Name not known
?

c1500
Chillingham Manor, Maidstone, Kent

Richard Berham

Feb 1425
Bivelham Manor
Wadhurst, East Sussex

?
Anna Busse
?

Jan 1480
Bivelham Manor, Wadhurst, East Sussex

During this time the family name started to change from Bereham to Berham

Thomas Bereham

1400
Sissinghurst Castle,
Sissinghurst, Kent

?
Isabella
?

27 Jan 1480
Bivelham Manor, Wadhurst, East Sussex

John Bereham

c1370
Sissinghurst Castle,
Sissinghurst, Kent

before 1400
Constance Courcy
?

?
?
?

Richard de Bereham

c1345
?
Cranbrook, Kent

?
Constance Gibun
?

c1418
Probably at
Sissinghurst Castle

Henry de Bereham

c1285
?
?

?
Name not known
?

?
?
?

Henry de Bereham

c1258
?
?

?
Elizabeth Colepepper
?

?
?
?

After this date the line of family which landed in Jamestown left the village.
Other decendents have been recorded in the parish until the 19th century.

Henry de Bereham

c1225
?
Barham, Kent

?
Name not known
?

before 1276
?
Cranbrook, Kent

Gilbert de Bereham

c1200
?
Barham, Kent

c1220
Lucy de Ocholte
?

before 24 Jun 1255
?
?

Warin de Bereham

c1175
?
Barham, Kent

?
Name not known
?

after 1210
?
?

During this time Richard Fitz Urse (below) changed his name to Richard de Bereham.
Bereham was his residence at the time and this marks when the present Barham family name started.
His half-brother was Sir Reginald Fitz Urse who owned Barham Court.   He was one of the murderers of St Thomas a Beckett and it is most likely that this event caused his nephew, Richard, to this course of action.

Richard Fitz Urse

c1150
Probably at
Bulwick, Northamptonshire

?
Name not known
?

?
?
Barham, Kent

It is most likely that this period marks the residency of the Barham family in the village from which it took its name.

Robert Fitz Urse

c1130
?
Bulwick, Northamptonshire

?
Name not known
?

?
?
?

The direct line then follows the mother of Matilda de Boullers

Sibylia de Falaise

c1090
?
?

Baldwin de Boullers
(Lord of Montgomery)

?
?
?

The direct line then follows her father

Henry Beauclerc
(King Henry I of England)
Acceeded to the throne
6 Aug 1100
Westminster Abbey

Sep 1068
?
Selby,Yorkshire

Henry produced 26 children from nine women.
Sybylia de Falaise was conceived outside marriage during an association with Sybilla Corbet

1 Dec 1135
St Denis-le-Fermont, near Gisors, France

William of Normandy
“The Conqueror”
William I of England

1028
Falaise
Normandy, France

1053
Matilda of Flanders
Cathedral of Notre Dame
Eu, France

9 Sep 1087
Hermentrube, Near Rouen, France

William was the result of an association with Herleva (Arlette), Servant of the Duke’s household.

Robert of Normandy II
“The Devil”
6th Duke of Normandy

c1008
?
Normandy, France

1031
Estrith of Denmark
(see note above)

22 Jun 1035
Nice
Bithynia (now France)

Richard of Normandy II
“The Good”
4th Duke of Normandy

?
?
?

c1000
Judith of Brittany
(see her ancestry below)

28 Aug 1026
?
?

Richard I
“The Fearless”
3rd Duke of Normandy

933
?
Fecamp, France

960
Emma of Paris
?

20 Nov 996
?
Fecamp, France

Richard I was the result of an association with William I “Longsword”, 2nd Duke of Normany (see below)

Sprota (Adela) de Senlis

?
?
Bretange, France

No known marriage

?
?
?

Sprota was the result of an association with a presently unnamed woman

Hubert I
Count of Senlis
Count of Vermandois

c850
?
?

?
Name not known
?

900
?
?

Seigneur Pepin II of Peronne
Count of Peronne

817
?
?

?
Name not known
?

c840
?
?

Bernhard
King of Italy

c797
?
?

813
Kunigunda Cunegonde
?

17 Aug 818
St Amrosius
Milano, Italy

Pepin I
King of Italy
King of the Langobardians

Apr 773
?
?

795
Bertha of Toulouse
?

8 Jul 810
?
?

Charlemagne
Emperor of the West
King of Franks

2 Apr 742
?
Ingolheim, Germany

?
Hildegarde of Vinzgau, Aix-la-Chapelle

28 Jan 814
?
Aix-la-Chapelle Germany

Pepin III
"The Short"
King of Franks

715
?
?

740
Bertrada II of Laon
?

24 Sep 768
St. Denis
France

Charles Martel
"The Hammer" of Franks

676
?
?

?
Chrotrud
?

22 Oct 741
?
Ciersy, France

Pepin d'Heristal II 
of Austrasia

?
?
?

?
Elphide (Chalpaida)
?

714
?
?

Anchises (Ansegisel)

?
?
?

Doda (St Begga)
After her husband's death she undertook a pilgrimage to Rome then founded an abbey and 7 churches.

629, while hunting - 
some sources say 640

Arnold (St. Arnulf)
Bishop of Metz

No found details

No found details other than a record of having had 3 children.

No found details

This marks just one ancestral line of the present Barham family members within America.
There are others, of course, and if there is any interest they may be put on-line at a later date.