Bastardy Bonds and Goldens and Goldings and Wayward Fathers

Golding / Golden / Goulding et al Family History on Facebook Goldens – Bastardy Bonds – Public Policy – Family History – Heritage There are some Goldens and Goldings et al in the records that had to post Bartardy Bonds. Most colonial-era American states once had a system of ‘Bastardy Bonds’. North Carolina kept the … Read more

Moore Family Line of Ninety Six District, South Carolina

Golding / Golden / Goulding et al Family History on Facebook Moore Family Line of Ninety Six District, South Carolina My great-great-grandmother Arzela Moore descends from the Patrick Gent Moore family (1681 Antrim, Ireland – 1752 Lunenberg, Virginia), who immigrated by 1746 from Antrim, Ulster, Ireland to Plymouth, Massachusetts. Patrick’s son Joseph Moore (1715-1785) and his oldest son William … Read more

James Goulden of Glossop, England searches for his siblings in Ohio, 1874

Golding / Golden / Goulding et al Family History on Facebook James Goulden, recently arrived from England, is advertising and searching for his brother John Goulden, and sisters: Catherine Goulden Trimble, Mary Goulden Mulvey, and Margaret Goulden Couglin. They were supposed in the Cinncinati, Ohio area. “The Boston Pilot” newspaper, Vol 7, 1871-1876, published Dec … Read more

Ulster Scot settlement in South Carolina, 1761-1770

Misc sources and notes. Will turn into a story and outline later. List of ships and general history of the logistics of how settlement happened. Abbeville / Boonesborough settler list and plat info Earl of Donegal petitioners (1767) History of Londonborough Township, South Carolina Two Acts that established new Townships in South Carolina – 1730 … Read more

John Goulding of Pennsylvania – Revolutionary War Service 1777, 1779 and 1781-82

Golding / Golden / Goulding et al Family History on Facebook Updated 2016.07.04 John Goulding (Goulden) of Franklin County, Pennsylvania served in Revolutionary War service in 1777, 1779 and from 1781-1782. He was married, although we do not know his wife’s name. His wife appears to be alive in 1801 (see below) but John dies in 1806 … Read more

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