Notes – Kirkland and Golden

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.

Golden 1690 Origins in Middlesex VA branch into Alabama, Kentucky and South Carolina

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

Notes – Keeling

A Probable History of the Golden Family of Newberry, South Carolina Since 1761 Updated 2024.12.22   Keeling DNA Matches There are multiple paths by which I and other Goldens are DNA matches with various Keeling lines. #1 ~~~ Intermarriage: Two generations of early Virginia Keelings are grandparents[1]How my Goldens descend from: 10th GGF: Leonard (George … Read more

Sgt. Nicholes Darwin Golding – KIA at Ghazni, Afghanistan – Feb 13, 2004

Sgt. Nicholes Darwin Golding – KIA at Ghazni, Afghanistan – Feb 13, 2004. SGT Nicholes Golding’s line of Goldings comes from Harry Golding, born in 1871. Harry immigrated to the USA in 1885 via the ship ‘City of Richmond’. Point of origination was Liverpool, England and destination point was Queens, New York. This ship brought a new line of Goldings to America.

John Golden, alias Golding, hung for piracy – a court case that reverberates today re ‘Stateless Combatants’

The trial of Golden/Golding and others is documented within A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason, Volume 12. The particular trial is “Trial of Thomas Jones and others as pirates, though acting under King James II. commission, 5 William and Mary, A. D. 1693”.

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