Vardel Virgil Golden is not a known William and Nelly Golden descendant but there are DNA matches with descendant trees. Vardel/Virgil’s wife Barbara Cane (Cain) and her family are of South Carolina origin from the Laurens area (1810/20/30 census).
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.
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).
William Moody Golden appears in some 50 pages of legal documents. At no time does he have a middle name. His surname can appear as Golden or Goulding, a variation of Golding. William Moody Golden (WMG) was mostly likely South Carolina born. Was living in the Newberry, South Carolina area where he met and married Mary Elizabeth (Elizabeth) Lagrone, first child born 1812 at Newberry.
GoldenGenealogy.com Homepage A Probable History of the Golden Family of Newberry, South Carolina Since 1761 Updated 2024.04.14 The individuals below may appear in your DNA matches. Thomas Golden of Middlesex County, Virginia began showing up in my DNA matches after numerous members of the Goare and Gore families took DNA tests. Matches with some … Read more
Nicholas Martiau, LWT 1657, Freed Slaves, Virginia Nicholas Martiau is my 11th grandfather. Nicholas Martiau, 1591–1657, married to Jane Elizabeth Berkeley (DeBerkely), 1593–1686. His last will and testament (LWT) dated 1 Mar 1656/7, proven and recorded 24 Apr 1657. No sons, names three daughters. Two negroes Phill: and Nicholas to be free. Land for their use … Read more
Caraway Grandparents — As of July 2023, plentiful (10+) DNA matches have been made between our Goldens living near (Newberry SC) to the Smith-Caraway family (Abbeville SC). These matches strongly indicate that our Goldens had a Caraway grandparent within 1-2 generations preceding 1776.
Rains vs Gouldman Estate, 1718 ~~~ Goulden is Result? The following is mostly fact and part theory. I have tried to clearly delineate between the two. This is an article in active research. Have discovered a number of relevant legal documents in the Essex County archives … access will depend upon COVID-19 cooperating so that … Read more
Golding / Golden / Goulding et al Family History on Facebook Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Bridges, 1879–1958 Born: October 25, 1879, Centerpoint, Monroe, Kentucky — 1880 is commonly listed as her birth year, even on official documents. Mary Elizabeth is recorded in the 1880 census as an infant less than one year old. The census was … Read more
William and Nellie Golden of Edgefield, South Carolina, c1780-1810 ISSUES — This page needs serious update. Check with Bill Golden before quoting — we all want to be as correct as possible. Thank you, Bill Golden [email protected] Original Post is here: https://goldengenealogy.com/revise-of-william-and-nellie-golden-info/ We reinclude all material once I have reviewed. Bill Golden, 2021.06.16