Notes – Marcum

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A Probable History of the Golden Family
of Newberry, South Carolina Since 1761
Updated 2025.01.26

 

The individuals below may appear in your DNA matches. 

DNA matches with the Marcum / Markham family of early Virginia are strong. Whether they exist across all early pre-1800 branches of our Golden family is not something I have yet researched. Early records will usually indicate that the surname arrived in Virginia as Markham and within a generation or two became Marcum.

!! 2025: It appears almost certain that our earliest discernible Golden origins was in Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia, at a time when the Marcum / Markham family also lived there via the family of Lewis Markham / Marcum  Jr, 1650–1713, and Catherine Newton, 1665–1779.

Per the Markham / Marcum yDNA project^[1]See https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/markham-marcumetal/dna-results for Markham / Marcum yDNA project data , there are at least five (5) different lineages. One DNA match (DNADB343) is closely associated with a Belcher line, my grandmother line. This particular Marcum line, identified as Marcum Family Group 5, does not appear to be related to the Middlesex County, Virginia Markhams.^[2]Markham / Marcum and Belcher DNA match DNADB343

The Marcum line that is closely associated with our Goldens and early Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia are fairly well yDNA-tested. Y700 testing indicates that this line is R1b R-L21 R-FT163313 R-FTE50517. See Marcum / Markham yDNA Project: https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/markham-marcumetal/dna-results

DNA MATCHES: DNADB344WDG, DNADB345WDG, DNADB346WDG, DNADB347AXG, DNADB365AXG,

Genealogical and DNA influences which may explain the many DNA matches our Goldens have with the Marcum family are timelined below.

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TIMELINE

~~~ 1696: William Markham / Marcum (1696–1717) born at Middlesex, Virginia. Married to Elizabeth Wharton (1694–1783). One known son, William; see 1714. Married 9 Jan 1714 at Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia.^[3]Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, available online at Ancestry.com and FamilySearch. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City. Name index to marriage … Continue reading

~~~ 1715: William Markham / Marcum (1715–1779) born at Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia. Married in 1739 to Mary Walton / Wathen (1737–1781). Four children listed within family and atDNA matches with descendants of three of the four.

~~~  1717 Dec 17: William Marcum (Wharton) passes away at Christ Church, Virginia.

~~~ 1814 Feb 4: Marriage of Barnett Marcum (1769–1821) and Lucy Elizabeth Belcher (1773–1857) at Green County, Kentucky, USA. Their Marcum descendants would carry DNA of Lucy’s parents: Isham Alexander Belcher Sr. (1732–1798) and Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Clay (1735–1793).

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