Thomas Godwin (Bridger), born c1640 at New Kent, New Kent, Virginia; Death 27 May 1713-1714 at Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia. Multiple DNA matches link two lines of our Goldens with Thomas Godwin’s descendants, which are themselves named Godwin. DNA matches exist with male descendants of Nathanael Greene Golden (b1783) and Samuel Golden (b1770 SC).
Collected notes on the family of Thomas Golden who settled at Newberry, South Carolina by 1761, if not a year or two earlier. Wife’s and children’s names are unknown … but DNA creates a path back in time as to Thomas’s origins and family associations. Multiple males branches descending from Thomas Golden are yDNA Y700 tested.
Book — by Waters and Milam, Philemon Barry Waters , Herbert M. Milam, South Carolina Historical Society … A well written and researched history of the Waters family from time of immigration to Virginia, subsequent relocation to South Carolina, and the family genealogy through the Civil War and in the years thereafter. Publication 1903 by Publisher Foote & Davies Co. Available for download from multiple sources online or can be purchased through Amazon. Book is not in copyright.
Book — by Chapman, Blanche Adams Chapman, 1938 … 387 pages. Excellent indexing of names; some 40 pages devoted just to the index. Reprinted 2003; Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Company.
NOTE TO SELF: No Gfolks or K. Goodwins and Godwins. Hollands galore but no N.
Book — by Wilkinson; Marcellus McEwin Wilkinson, 1949 … 547 pages — well indexed.
Book — by Bentley, Elizabeth Petty Bentley, 1984 … 804 pages … An index of marriage records from the ‘The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler’s Quarterly’ … this is a very large collection but should not be considered definitive or even close. There are many Virginia marriages documented elsewhere that do not appear in this book — but certainly this an outstanding book for you to have access to for this time period.
Book — by William and Mary College Quarterly … 897 pages — Source: Virginia Land Records, excerpted and reprinted from The Virginia Magazine of History and Beiography, the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine and Tyler’s Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine with notes by Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1982. … NOTE TO SELF: Reviewed entries for John Goddin (pg128, 1658), Edward Goulding (pg 658, 1654), Stanley and Francis Goar (pg 303, 1712)
Book — by Fleet; Beverly Fleet … 833 pages — The Original 34 Volumes Reprinted in 3, Volume III, Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc, 1988.
Book — by Fleet, Beverly Fleet … The Original 34 Volumes Reprinted in 3, Volume I, Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc, 1988.
Book — by Unknown … This collection consists of images of index cards of Confederate officers acquired from the ‘Military Order of the Stars and Bars’ … also available on Ancestry at https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61982/