Occupacia, Caroline and Essex County, Virginia

Daniel Noel, 1665–1755
and
Elizabeth Elliott, 1670–1752

Daughter Elizabeth Noel married a FNU Gouldman per the Winston Family History, 1924. No year is given for the marriage. Elizabeth would have been approximately 17 in 1730

— Martha Tomlin, 1680–1721, widow of Edward Gouldman, 1660–1710, would marry into the Winston family.

— It is unlikely that FNU Gouldman was named Thomas as Edward and Martha Gouldman had a son named Thomas Gouldman, 1705-1729. This Thomas died young, probably not long prior to FNU Gouldman and Elizabeth Noel marrying. Their son may have named in his honor.

The Gouldmans and Noels were neighbors in the Occupacia, Virginia area. This is a difficult area to place exactly on a map as Occupacia creek winds through the countryside. There is no actual place called ‘Occupacia’. Google Maps will show you Occupacia North, Virginia if you try to look for it — this is generally the center of the Occupacia Creek area.

Daniel Noel, father of Elizabeth Noel, his land is better defined as ‘… Popoman Swamp adjoining lands of Benjamin Boulware, and land of Smith and Vawter …’