Ellender / Eleanor Golden, c1750-aft.1811

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A Probable History of the Golden Family
of Newberry, South Carolina Since 1761
Updated 2023.09.25

 

The individuals below may appear in your DNA matches.

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Ellender / Eleanor / Nellie Golden

Ellender is the confirmed name for the wife of William Golden, c1750-1809.^[1]1809 court filing for an 1807 land transaction,  Ellander Goolden (sic) was interviewed by Elijah Watson on 13 Feb 1808 to confirm that ‘… Elleander Goolden the wife of the within named … Continue reading Ellender appears to have gone by Eleanor as well.  ‘Nellie‘ is a common nickname for Eleanor.

As a proper name, Eleanor Ellender and Ellender Eleanor was popular during this time period. Google Ellender Eleanor and you will find no shortage of women with this name combination.

>> There are some loose ends to research. A William Golden and wife Ellender Golden lived fairly close by in Wilkes County, Georgia. ^[2]Georgia’s Ellender Golden appears to have passed away in 1778 (or not, some genealogies claim she had a child in 1782) at Lincoln, Georgia …. this is the marriage of former Virginians … Continue reading ‘Close by’ being within 90 miles. Georgia’s William Golden died within a year of South Carolina’s William Golden passing away. Assuming that William inhabited his Keowee 800 acre plantation purchased 30 Jun 1806, then he would have lived within the same approximate distance … just a few extra miles.

PROFILE

• Parents:   Unknown. No documentary hints known. Discussion below.
• DNA Tested? 
  ~~~ Yes. One or more descendants are DNA (atDNA) tested. There are at least 70+ descendant trees that are atDNA-tested.
  ~~~ Wanted! Female descendant DNA test results for a descendant that has an unbroken mother-to-daughter descent from Ellender Golden.
• Birth: … about or before 1755. Born where is unknown.
• Death: … after 1812. Living 1812 in South Carolina per land record. See 1811 and 1820 below in the timeline.
• Children:
  ~~~ Yes, see husband William Golden who had two groupings of children with a seven year gap between groups. Whether Eleanor Ellender was mother to all or just some is unknown.
• Military: … No.
• Working Notes: Yes, will be added online with time.
• A Last Will and Testament and/or Probate documentation exists: … No
• Relationship to Research Author: 4th Great-Grandmother. 

POTENTIAL PARENTS

The only known documentary hint as to Eleanor Ellender Golden‘s ancestry and identity is that she was age 45+ in the 1800 census. ^[3]Year: 1800; Census Place: Edgefield, South Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 47; Page: 177; Image: 343; Family History Library Film: 181422 The 1810 census was the one and only that she appears in by name, as Nelly Goldin, and again falls into the category of ‘female, age 45+’. ^[4]Nelly Goldin listed in census with Year: 1810; Census Place: Edgefield, South Carolina; Roll: 62; Page: 123; Image: 00096; Family History Library Film: 0181421

DNA testing indicates familial relationships across Golden lines with families listed below. Could be potential parents of Eleanor Ellender LNU, born 1755 or earlier (age 45+ in 1800).

~~~ ETHEREDGE, a former Virginia family: There are no known intermarriages among our Goldens and the Etheredges aka Etheridges. There are numerous DNA matches with trees having Newberry area (Edgefield District) Etheridge-surnamed descendants. Living near to William and Nelly Golden was Joel, John, Lott, Samuel and illegible (Lewis?) Etheridge, as well as Michael DeLoach ^[5]Michael DeLoach is most probably Michael Allison DeLoach, the only Michael in the Newberry area. He passed away very soon after the 1800 census was taken at/after 4 Aug 1800. Our Goldens were close … Continue reading in the 1800 census. ^[6]1800 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. … Original data:Second Census of the United States, … Continue reading

~~~~~~ Ellender Eleanor Etheredge born c1760? Parents: Samuel Etheredge, 1730–1832, and Sarah Mayson (Mason), 1736–1810. Ellender is listed in five online Ancestry genealogies (2023). All are without any documentation. There is no claim of marriage or that she lived beyond 1760. There is no evidence that she existed at all … but she certainly lived at the right place at the right time. The Etheredges lived approximately five miles from our Goldens.

~~~~~~ Ellender Etheredge born c1754, died 1819. Parents: … Lott Etheredge, 1720–1813, and Rachel Clarke, 1725–1813. This Elender did exist and is named in her father’s probate. ^[7] Add source info

~~~ DELOACH, a former Virginia family: Michael DeLoach in the 1800 census is most probably Michael Allison DeLoach, the only Michael in the Newberry area. He passed away very soon after the 1800 census was was taken at/after 4 Aug 1800. Our Goldens were close to the DeLoach family. Michael had a cousin named Eleanor DeLoach.

~~~~~~ Eleanor DeLoach, born c1746 in  Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina. Her death is given in genealogies as 1800 — she is not known to have married and there is no documentation of her life. Eleanor was daughter of William Deloach Jr, 1695–1765, and Judith Wall, 1707–1765.

~~~ NALLE, a former Virginia family: Nathan Nalle, 1721–1802 and Sarah Eldridge, 1725–1802, had a daughter named Elizabeth Nall, born c1755 in Virginia. She is known to have married William L (Levi ?) Fielder, 1748–1781. Fielder died in Revolutionary War. Elizabeth is referenced in her father’s 1802 will as Elizabeth Fielder. Before we had confirmed that Nelly’s name was Ellender / Eleanor, it was strongly considered that Elizabeth Nall could be Nelly. Certainly there are no shorage of DNA matches between both the Nalle and Eldridge families and our Goldens. This family is intermarried with Gouldmans of Virginia and there is no shortage of Old Virginia blood thus DNA in this family line.

Other Eleanor and Ellenders

~~~ SUMMERS, a former Maryland family: Ellen Eleanor “Nelly” Summers, 1766-1789. Died 1789 and was married to Thomas Willoughby Walters, 1763–1806. She is actual kin to our Goldens, granddaughter of William Deveron, 1680–1733, and Eleanor Loftin, 1691–1743, and our shared grandparents from Maryland: … Robert Thomas Loftin, 1691–1751, and Ellinor Ives, 1691–1741. The name Eleanor was very popular in the Clary and Loftin families. This family would be very important in our family history as Major Daniel Clary (1710 MD – 1795 SC) would marry into the family, marrying Eleanor Ann Deveron, 1715–1761. Our William Golden served in the Dutch Fork militia commanded by Daniel Clary, his neighbor.

TIMELINE 

1740:

~~~ c1745: … Unsourced genealogies of the Warren family claim that their mother of the era was Nelly Golden, born c1745 and marrying into the Warren family c1762 in Albemarle, Virginia. ^[8]Albemarle County records are near non-existant. Have found some early 1800s Goldens there, but without genealogies of ancestry. The Warrens have linkage to the Surry County, Virginia area — so … Continue reading Nelly (Golden) Warren is documented in the 1802 will of her son, and a witness to this document was our Eleanor Golden, as well as William DeLoach. ^[9]LWT recorded in Edgefield County Book #22, pg 252-253. Witnesses Elenor Golden and William DeLoach. Recorded by Russell Wilson JP, 21 Oct 1802.

~~~ c1748: … Organized foreign immigrant settlement began in the The Dutch Fork region (German People, aka ‘Deutsches Volk’). The western area of The Dutch Fork is where our family story starts in 1760. The ‘fork’ refers to the area between modern Columbia SC and what is eastern Newberry SC, bounded by the Broad and Saluda Rivers. Before 1748, settlement was not further west than the Fairfield area ^[10]Fairfield is about 40 miles northeast of Newberry. of the Dutch Fork. Foreign-born settlers of the Dutch Fork are well documented. ^[11]We know the ship names, the day they left Europe, when they arrived, family member names. Some 483 families were imported. No Goldens or any similar name are among the 483 families. This does not … Continue reading There are no Golden or similarly pronounced surnames among them. A great many of the families that settled in the Newberry area on Beaverdam Creek appear to have come primarily from Virginia, with some few Maryland and Pennsylvania families. Some of the foreign-born immigrants to South Carolina would also settle in this area — but we usually know more about them than those that settled from elsewhere in the English colonies. Foreign-born settlers received two years of assistance and were registered upon arriving.

1750:

~~~ 1755 or earlier: birth of Ellender Golden. Assuming that the woman in the 1800 census with William Golden at Edgefield, South Carolina (no town listed in census) is his wife and is Ellender: she is age 45+ in 1800, so born about 1755 or earlier.^[12]Year: 1800; Census Place: Edgefield, South Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 47; Page: 177; Image: 343; Family History Library Film: 181422

1760:

~~~ 1760: … Age 5 or older: Ellender Golden. ^[13]Assuming that the woman in the 1800 census with William Golden at Edgefield, South Carolina (no town listed in census) is his wife and is Ellender: she is age 45+ in 1800, so born about 1755 or … Continue reading

~~~ 1760: … Ellender Eleanor Etheredge born c1760. Claimed parents per various genealogies: Samuel Etheredge LWT, 1730–1832, and Sarah Mayson (Mason), 1736–1810. There is no known claim that Ellender Eleanor Etheredge ever married. In a family bible (image available)^[14]Original Etheredge family bible page image provided by Ancestry user KDShelfer., the children of Samuel and Sarah Etheredge are listed. There is no daughter by name of, or similar name of, Ellender Eleanor. Within that same family bible page it is shown that a son, Aaron Etheredge, married a DeLoach that the bible inscriptionist declared was daughter or sister to the Rev. Thomas DeLoach. Our Goldens were close to these DeLoaches.

1770:

~~~ 1770: … Age 15 or older: Ellender Golden. Mother to Samuel Golden, c1770-1857? ^[15]Assuming that the woman in the 1800 census with William Golden at Edgefield, South Carolina (no town listed in census) is his wife and is Ellender: she is age 45+ in 1800, so born about 1755 or … Continue reading

1780:

~~~ 1780: … Age 25 or older: Ellender Golden. ^[16]Assuming that the woman in the 1800 census with William Golden at Edgefield, South Carolina (no town listed in census) is his wife and is Ellender: she is age 45+ in 1800, so born about 1755 or … Continue reading

1790: 

~~~ 1790: … Age 35 or older: Ellender Golden. ^[17]Assuming that the woman in the 1800 census with William Golden at Edgefield, South Carolina (no town listed in census) is his wife and is Ellender: she is age 45+ in 1800, so born about 1755 or … Continue reading

1800: 

~~~ 1800: … Ellender Golden. Assuming that the woman in the 1800 census with William Golden at Edgefield, South Carolina (no town listed in census) is his wife and is Ellender: she is age 45+ in 1800, so born about 1755 or earlier.^[18]Year: 1800; Census Place: Edgefield, South Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 47; Page: 177; Image: 343; Family History Library Film: 181422

~~~ 1802: Eleanor Golden was witness to the 1802 last will and testament of Charles Warren (born before 1781-1802) naming Eleanor Warren as his mother and witnessed by Eleanor Golden. Supposedly, Eleanor Warren was Eleanor ‘Nellie’ Golden per undocumented Warren family genealogies. A fellow witness to the 1802 LWT was William DeLoach — See 1807 for William and Ellender Golden association with the DeLoach family^[19]LWT recorded in Edgefield County Book #22, pg 252-253. Witnesses Elenor Golden and William DeLoach. Recorded by Russell Wilson JP, 21 Oct 1802.

~~~ 1807 / 1808 Dec 30: …Edgefield District, William Golden sells 120 acres of land for ‘sixty pounds sterling money to me in hand paid by Nathan Boddie‘^[20]Nathan Boddie is a distant cousin; relationship to author is 7th cousin 6x removed via Belcher line married with Henry Roosevelt Golden, 1904-1987 and Readie Mae Belcher, 1907-1993. Any relationship … Continue reading. This 120 acres of land came from “… part of two tracts eighty acres in each was granted unto William Johnson (Esq) …” on 5 Jun 1790 by Governor Charles Pinckney, Esq. … Thomas DeLoach and William DeLoach were witnesses. Other names are referenced; will research those. ^[21]Copy of this transaction document shared by Tom Young. A big thank you to Tom as this document confirms that Ellender (Elander) Golden was wife to William Golden. This document does not seem findable … Continue reading ^[22]William DeLoach is probably William Pinkney DeLoach, 1781–1849, born 22 APR 1781 in Edgefield County, South Carolina, moving to Harris County, Georgia circa 1835, where he passed 19 Jun 1849 at … Continue reading

~~~~~~ It can be that this land transaction transpired in 1807 and for whatever reason was just being finalized or recorded in the records for submission in late 1809. Ellander Goolden (sic) was interviewed by Elijah Watson on 13 Feb 1808 to confirm that ‘… Elleander Goolden the wife of the within named William Goolden did th(is) appear before (me) and after being privately and seperately examined by me did declare that she freely, voluntarily and without any complusion, dread or fear of any person(ages) whatsoever, renounce, release and forever relinquish unto the within named Nathan Body his heirs and assigns all her intrust (sic: interest) and estate as also all her right and (???) of dower of in or to all and singular the premises within mentioned and release given under my hand and (seal) this 13 day of Frebruary 1808 …” … Ellander Gooden made her mark of agreement and Elijah Watson made his seal. // It appears that the entire transaction was entered in to court record as of ‘Recorded 25th November 1809’.

1810: 

~~~ 1810 Aug 6, Edgefield District: It is presumed that William Golden died during 1809 and prior to 6 Aug 1810 as he does not appear in the census. Wife Ellender ‘Nelly’ Golden is head of household in the 1810 census. ^[23]Census for our Golden family taken on 6 Aug 1810. Head of household was Nelly Goldin, with five (5) persons in the household; see Year: 1810; Census Place: Edgefield, South Carolina; Roll: 62; Page: … Continue reading

~~~ 1811 Oct: … Ellender Golden referenced as being a bordering neighbor in a land transaction plat for John Blaney. The plat was for 58 acres on Beaver Dam Creek, Edgefield District. Surveyed by Thomas Cargill in October 1811 and plat filed or drawn up in final form 31 Dec 1811. Ellender Golden lived on the southwestern corner of Blaney’s 58 acres. Other of Blaney’s neighbors included Luna Bell, Mary Dunkin, William McCarty and Stephen Williams. ^[24]A copy of this plat is available online in the South Carolina Archives: https://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/ 

1820: 

~~~ 1820: Some suggestions are that Ellender Golden moved to Georgia with one of her children. If so, she does not appear within any identified census record for her children. She could have passed away after her 1811 appearance in a land record showing that she still lived in the Newberry, SC area and before 1820. No known documentary evidence for what or where Ellender did after 1811.

~~~~~~ Isaac Golden‘s household in 1820 at Baldwin, Georgia: two males under age 10, a female age 10-15, a female age 16-25, and one each male and female age 45 or older. Isaac Golden would have been about age 35 not 45 —per his generally accepted birth year of 1784-1786. However he would be 45+ if really born c1775-1776. Isaac’s wife Ruth Sheehan, was age 45+ in 1820 (b1774–1860). It is possible that this census record is not for our Isaac Golden. If this is not our Isaac then there is no known 1830 census record for him.

~~~~~~ Could Ellender Golden have gone to Georgia with son Abraham Golden? Perhaps. No known evidence for that. Abraham’s family does not appear in any census record until 1850, living at Wilkinson County, Georgia. Abraham is age 60 in 1850; family members are named and there is no Ellender or any older woman in the household.

~~~~~~ No known census record exists in 1800, 1810 or in 1820 for son Nathaniel Greene Golden, born c1783. Is not believed to have ever left South Carolina. Nathaniel was probably living in Keowee, South Carolina in 1820.

~~~~~~ Son or nephew Thomas Golden living at Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina in 1820 census. He is the only adult in the household. There are two females: one is age under 10, and one is age 16-25.

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