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.
Listing of slave owners and their location are shown alphabetically below by: last name, first name, year. Slaves were counted in the 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, and 1860 census (bold means that those census records are included below). In the 1860 census, as slavery came to nearing its close, there were 3,950,450 registered slaves.
1810 Surry County NC — Genealogies have become blended for the parents of Lucinda “Lucy” Smith, b. 20 Jan 1832 Surry County NC; d. 26 Mar 1910 at Lone Jack, Jackson County MO. Her death certificate show Nancy Golden as her mother BUT it does appear that another name may have been written on the death certificate and then erased.
GoldenGenealogy.com — Family history and genealogy for surnames of Golden, Golding, Goulding, Goldman, Gouldman, Goleman, Golman, Golmon and other similar families arriving in America and the Carribean.
Descendants of Jonathan Gregory Kirkland, 1778–1837, and Eleanor (Ellen/Ellender) Warren, 1769–1855, can appear as DNA matches with our Golden family. This would be due to Eleanor Warren being the daughter of William (Charles William?) Warren, 1738–1807, and Eleanor “Nelly” Golden, 1745–1811.
My Golden line (R1b R-M269 R-U106 R-Z405 R-DF98 R-S18823 Y700: R-FGC20605 R-FGC20581 R-BY103979 R-BY61503)[1]Learn more Golden yDNA going back 5,000 years: https://goldengenealogy.com/wngb/our-dna-genetic-history/ — How did we get here? Where did we start? DNA and yDNA matching is helping stitch together that history. There are yet some loose threads. !! If it were not for an … Read more
Exploration of records and DNA matches linking the Golden and Golding families to Albemarle, Amherst, and Goochland area counties of Virginia.
Husband and wife? Brother and sister? … Thomas and Elizabeth Goulding are witness to LWT and/or probate of William Grant of Norfolk & c. Book I p. 29 (See original). Dated 16 May 1735. Proved 25 May 1736
1754 Virginia — Thomas Golden listed in the Admiralty Muster Book for Virginia … is unclear what role Thomas had in the militia during the French and Indian War.