Reuben Golding and the Stokes County Mining Company, Stokes County, North Carolina + a mystery

Golding / Golden / Goulding et al Family History on Facebook Reuben Golding and the Stokes County Mining Company,  North Carolina Note: Stokes was once part of Surry County which is a where a large group of Goldings live today. They are descendent from William Golding, oldest son of William and Elizabeth Foster Golding. Mystery: … Read more

Book (Online/PDF) Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800, by Nell Marion Nugent

Golding/Golden/Goulding Family History on Facebook This book is an 850 page treasure trove of who came to Virginia when, and under what conditions and where they went. A transported person was an immigrant that usually agreed to work for their transporter for as many as seven years. The tradeoff is that they got their passage … Read more

Virginia – Ships sailing from England bound for Virginia

Golding/Golden/Goulding Family History on Facebook Ships sailing from England bound for Virginia before 1650 Index of Ships to Virginia 1619-1620 The Bona Nova, August 1619 The Duty, January 1620 The Jonathan, February 1620 The Triall, February 1620 The Falcon, February 1620 The Merchant of London, March 1620 The Swan of Barnstaple, March 1620 The Bonaventure, … Read more

George Golding – Jamestown – and notes on other early Jamestown Golding/Gouldings of possible relation

Golding/Golden/Goulding Family History on Facebook Commentary by Catherine Gauldin George Golding did not survive according to the information I have about him. He was probably a relation of Bartholomew Gosnold. Below is all of the information I have regarding the Goulding/Golding immigrants to Jamestown. I’m looking for more information about THOMAS GOLDING/GOULDING, listed in the … Read more

George Golding – A 1607 First Wave Jamestown, Virginian

Golding/Golden/Goulding Family History on Facebook George Golding (or Goulding) was among the very first settlers at Jamestown in 1607. His Virginia Company status was ‘Laborer’. Each member of the 1607 Jamestown settlement (almost all men) had specific roles to play within the company. While laborer seems rather trivial, there were only 13 designated laborers and … Read more

Slaves – Thomas Golding of ‘Missouri Mill’ Prince William County, Virginia advertises for a runaway – 1851

Golding/Golden/Goulding Family History on Facebook Alexandria Gazette 22 Aug 1851 RANAWAY, on Saturday night last, 16th of the present month, August, from my place of residence, MISSOURI MILLS, four and a half miles from Dumfries, Prince William County, Va. my Negro man, who calls himself GEO. POSEY. He is about five feet seven inches in … Read more

Goldings of Virginia before they became Goldens of South Carolina

Golding/Golden on Facebook The Golding and Foster families had numerous intermarriages while living in Virginia. The Golding and Tinsley families were also close, with one Revolutionary war member of the Tinsley family even being named Golding Tinsley. All three families migrated together en mass from Virginia to South Carolina just prior to or during the … Read more

c1704-1782 (John) William Golding, Rev War DAR Patriot, South Carolina

Golding/Golden/Goulding et al on Facebook  Updated 2014.04.02 (John) William Golding Born: 1703-05 at Essex County, Virginia; usually listed as 1704 Died: 23 Sep 1782 at Ninety-Sixth District (Pickens Co.), South Carolina — Last Will and Testament Note: In almost all genealogies John William is listed as ‘William’. ‘John William’ was probably also his father’s name, … Read more

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