Golding / Golden / Goulding et al Family History on Facebook USA / Which ship did your Goldens come over on? My Goldens/Gouldens came over before 1770, probably well before 1760 — so we may never know. It was not until 1820 that shipmasters arriving in the USA were required to file a manifest naming their … Read more
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
Golding / Golden / Goulding et al Family History on Facebook James Goulden reported a trepassing brown cow. The cow trespassed on the land of John Goulden. Not sure though as to why James Goulden reported the cow to the Justice of the Peace instead of John Goulden … but he did. And another question: … Read more
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
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
Golding / Golden / Goulding et al Family History on Facebook Jacob Golden, Jr – 1780-1855 Parents: Jacob Golden, Sr (1756-1779) and Mary Ann Adams (1758-1853) Married: Elsie Elizabeth Starr (1781-1837) Elsie represents a unique piece of folklore within this Golden family. Some stories say that she was a full-blood Cherokee and could speak no … Read more
Golding / Golden / Goulding et al Family History on Facebook The following three YDNA tests all track back to John Gaulding c1665–1740 of New Kent, New Kent County, Virginia. John Gaulding (1665–1740) BIRTH 1665 • New Kent, Virginia DEATH 1740 • St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia married to Mary Anne Stuart (1680–1735) BIRTH 1680 … Read more
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
Golding / Golden / Goulding et al Family History on Facebook The oldest known Goulding of this line is Roger Goulding … or the name may have been originally spelt ‘Gowlding’. Roger was born about 1626 and passed in 1667. His son Roger Goulding would marry Penelope Arnold (1653-1713) of the Benedict Arnold family. Benedict … Read more
July 4th, 1776 — I haven’t a clue what our family was doing or thinking on that July 4th. Much of the backcountry and central Carolina where our family lived strongly favored the loyalist side. Our grandfather William Goulden (Golden) was approximately 26 in 1776. We really know nothing specific about our family until after … Read more