1663 – The Monmouth Patent, New Jersey – William Goulding (Golding),1613-1672, Land Speculator On December 3rd, 1663, 20 men travelled from Gravesend, Long Island (now New York) to what is now Navesink, New Jersey. One of these 20 included William Goulding. These gentlemen set their sights upon colonizing New Jersey, then under Dutch control, and … Read more
Thank you to Michelle Thompson for sharing photos of her Golding great-grandparents. Edward and Maria Gee Golding from Cambridgeshire England at some time after immigrating to South Australia. Jacob Golding, son of Edward and Maria Gee Golding with wife Rebecca Ann Taylor and daughter Priscilla Golding. — Photos from collection of Michelle Thompson, great-great-grandaughter of Priscilla Golding
It was once popular to name children after American presidents. That seems to have passed away after the Roosevelt era. Abraham Lincoln Golden, Rev Birth 13 Jul 1860 in Iowa City, Wright, Iowa Death 20 Jun 1917 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa Married to Jennie Gay Funk (born Aug 27, 1864 in Iowa Center, Story, Iowa; Death … Read more