A Probable History of the Golden Family
of Newberry, South Carolina Since 1761
Updated 2024.06.13
The individuals below may appear in your DNA matches.
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Our William and Nellie Golden descendant branches from 1770-1790 all share DNA matches with Goare, aka Gore, family of Middlesex County, Virginia, and Prince Georges County, Maryland. These DNA matches can include living Gores — the Goare name appears to have disappeared from use by the Revolutionary War.[1]There are several Kentucky lines of 1820s and 1830s that annotate Gore as being Goar. This appears to be more of a reference to the older family line. The last documentary evidence for usage of Goar … Continue reading
2024 June: Within my Ancestry.com tree, I added Thomas Golden that married Elizabeth Gore in 1708 as parents (or grandparents) to our Thomas Golden born circa 1730. This is an unconfirmed parentage but is circumstantially a viable hypothesis based upon DNA connections across our Golden branch lines of 1770-1790 AND the knowledge that yDNA now says we did have a pre-South Carolina male line in Virginia — and that male line lived where Thomas Golden lived in the Albemarle, Virginia area[2]Our Virginia pre-South Carolina roots links via yDNA to William Golden (1745 VA – 1810 KY) married to Alice Peggy Maupin (1745 VA – aft.1788), both of Albemarle, Virginia. Coincidentally, … Continue reading. An additional benefit of adding the Golden-Gore family as grandparents is that Ancestry discovers information based upon established connections. [3]Golden Ancestry DNA matches from the Samuel Golden (b1770), Nathaniel Greene Golden (b1783), and Isaac Golden (b1784) lines can show descent from Joseph Joshua Gore (1666-1726) and Mary Allison … Continue reading
The great majority of DNA matches are going to be found in trees while searching for Goar, Goare or Gore. The match should lead back to Lancaster and/or Middlesex counties, Virginia, or to Prince George’s County, Maryland.
I recommend that you start searching your own tree using the following on Ancestry.
There appear to be two kindred Gore lines, one from Maryland and Virginia. DNA matches can lead to both — and both exist in time and regional proximity to have come from the same original Gore immigrant. Approximately 140 miles separate the two families, with travel common in both directions up/down the Potomac River. Our branched Golden lines of 1770-1790 have numerous and plentiful DNA matches with both the Gore lines of Maryland and Virginia.
The two Gore lines are:
- Joseph Joshua Gore, 1651-1717, of Lancaster/Middlesex, Virginia, married to Margaret Phoebe Hughes, 1645–1679.
- James Henry Gore, 1680-1717, of Prince Georges, Maryland, married to Mary Manning Burke, 1680–1769, also of Maryland.
Needs research: It is common for online genealogies to claim that both lines descend from John Gore II ‘Master of the Mayflower’ and Sarah Margaret Gardener. Certainly the Gore family of Middlesex, Virginia has a descendant relationship with a Gardener family and a Gore was an executor for the Gardiner estate. I have collected legal records on this Virginia Gardener-Gore kinship. Have not explored origin of the Gardeners of Middlesex, Virginia.
Gores of South Carolina
There are kindred DNA matches with Gore family members from South Carolina that are themselves of Virginia origin from one of the two Gore lines listed above.
- Thomas Levi Gore, 1772–1850, married to Lydia Walton, 1780–1860. They may have been Quakers — just a guess as they relocated to Illinois by 1816. Quakers abandoned South Carolina between 1795-1820 over the issue of slavery and moved north. Moving north rather than further west across the South was the common path for Quakers.
- Susannah Gore, 1796–1876, married to Jesse McClure, 1785–1811.
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TIMELINE
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1634 May 23 /1638: John Gore was probably born Donegal, Ireland, or, possibly born 1638,[4]Can find no documentary info about any John Gore being born 1638 or soon before/thereafter in Virginia., Christ Church Parish, Middlesex County, Virginia. Documented as arriving in 1654 at Virginia, usually indicating the Williamsburg or Elizabeth City [5]Elizabeth City was renamed in 1952 when it merged with Hampton, Virginia. [6]GREER, GEORGE CABELL. Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666. Richmond [Va.]: W.C. Hill Printing Co., 1912, 376p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1978. Repr. 1982. … … Continue reading He passed away by 1674 in Lancaster County, Virginia [7]Widow Margaret was named as his executrix and would spend much time answering to the court for failing perform her duties in settling the estate., although some genealogies have blended him with another John Gore and dubbed him ‘John Gore, Master of The Mayflower‘.[8]Massachusett’s John Gore passed away 26 Jun 1705 at Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Was married to Margaret Jane Dingess; some online genealogies claim that she died in 1688, but obviously did not as she is alive, well and mentioned in new and dying husband George Ransome‘s 1687/8 last will and testament (LWT). In Ransome’s LWT, Margaret Gore is directly referenced as George Ransome’s wife by his ‘predecessor John Gore‘. [9]Source: Mason, Polly Cary. Records of Colonial Gloucester County, Virginia. Vol. I and II. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2000. … Ransome is a family that would play an … Continue reading John Ashcough / Aschcough would be the final husband of Margaret Dingess, the widow of John Gore and George Ransome[10]John Ashcough and his wife Margaret Gore / Ransome / Ashcough left a very long paper trail of legal records in Middlesex, Virginia due to a string of lawsuits for failing to settle estate(s) for … Continue reading(1625–1725). Both are of interest to the larger story of our Golden kinship to the Gores and to other ties to the region at the same time in history.
1654: John Gore arrives Virginia.[11]U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s; GREER, GEORGE CABELL. Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666. Richmond [Va.]: W.C. Hill Printing Co., 1912, 376p. Reprinted by … Continue reading
1708 Jan 12: Thomas Golden, aka Thomas Goalder, marries Eliza. Goare (Elizabeth Gore) on 12 Jan 1708 at Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia.[12] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, available on Ancestry.com; FHL Film Number 873777 Eliza / Elizabeth is the daughter of Joseph Joshua Goare Gore, 1666–1726[13]Joseph Gore leaves a probated last will and testament which outlines his family; residence Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia; Probate Date 6 Dec 1726 at Middlesex, Virginia; Item Description Will … Continue reading, and Mary Allison, 1671–1708. [14]William and Nellie Golden descendant DNA matches from the Samuel Golden, b1770, Nathaniel Greene Golden, b1783, and Isaac Golden, b1785, lines are plentiful.
1726 Dec 8: Joseph Joshua Gore was born in 1666, married to Mary Allison, dies at Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia. He left us a last will and testament naming daughter Eliza being married to a Goalden (Golden): Will of Joseph Goare of the Parish of Christ Church in the county of Middlesex being of sick and weak, dated December 6, 1726. Unto my two daughters Elizabeth Goalden and Sarah Anderson, each one shilling. Unto my daughter Mary Shelton, one Negro boy, Robin. Unto my loving wife, all my land during her natural life. After her decease, all my land unto my son John, and if he died, my son William and if he dies without heirs unto my son John. All the rest of my estate equally divided between my loving wife and my six children John, William, Henry, Jose, Ann, and Lucretia, each to possess their part as they marry or come to the age of one and twenty. My wifes part shall be in text of her power.[15]WILL OF Joseph GORE Vol. 5, pages 73-74 Middlesex Co. Va. Wills 1713-1734.
1710 Nov 5: Mary Golden, daughter of Thomas Golder and Elizabeth Golder is baptized at Christ Church, Middlesex County, Virginia.[16]Christ Church Parish, Virginia Births, 1653-1812; National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Virginia … Continue reading There is no known later record of Mary Golden‘s life beyond her baptism. As for Mary’s parents, am still researching records for them. Mother Elizabeth Golden (Elizabeth Goader) is mentioned in her father’s 1726 probate LWT.[17]December 1726, Joseph Gore names Elizabeth Goader as a daughter in his probated last will and testament; residence Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia; Probate Date 6 Dec 1726 at Middlesex, Virginia; … Continue reading Mother Elizabeth Gore Golden has a death date given in an online genealogy as 1766, but no place or source for that info is provided. … NOTE: There were Goalder family in the area in 1783: a Thomas Goalder is documented as living in Petsworth Parish, Gloucester, Virginia. The distance between Christchurch, Middlesex County and Petsworth, Gloucester County, Virginia is approximately 16 miles.[18]Virginia Census, 1607-1890, Author: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.
1773 Jan 6: Clement Gore, 1740–1802, married to (Mary) Charity Duering, 1740–1801, is listed in a land survey as living at ‘in Craven Co., south side of Enoree, waters of Indian Creek’ in the Newberry Laurens area. [19]Land survey was done for Janet Smith with her property bordering Clement Gore, Richard Brooks, William Largan, and Thomas Garret. Source: Scotch-Irish Migration to South Carolina, 1772, Settlement in … Continue reading
1780: Clement Gore, 1740–1802, living at Little River bottom, Broad and Saludy, Ninety Six District, South Carolina. He is on “A List of Petit-Jury Men and Jury Men in Civil Causes” from “Little River between Broad & Saludy.” [20]U.S., Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820; Ancestry.com. U.S., Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 [database on-line].
1790: Clement Gore, 1740–1802, living at Newberry, South Carolina, in 1790 census. [21]1790; Census Place: Newberry, South Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 11; Page: 67; Family History Library Film: 0568151
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References
| ↑1 | There are several Kentucky lines of 1820s and 1830s that annotate Gore as being Goar. This appears to be more of a reference to the older family line. The last documentary evidence for usage of Goar is 19 Jun 1732 when William Goar married Lucy Crockford at Middlesex, Virginia. |
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| ↑2 | Our Virginia pre-South Carolina roots links via yDNA to William Golden (1745 VA – 1810 KY) married to Alice Peggy Maupin (1745 VA – aft.1788), both of Albemarle, Virginia. Coincidentally, Albemarle is where folklore from the Warren family of Newberry, South Carolina claims Eleanor Golden came from after marrying into the Warren family in 1762 |
| ↑3 | Golden Ancestry DNA matches from the Samuel Golden (b1770), Nathaniel Greene Golden (b1783), and Isaac Golden (b1784) lines can show descent from Joseph Joshua Gore (1666-1726) and Mary Allison (1671-1708). See https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/173427102/person/142254164832/facts |
| ↑4 | Can find no documentary info about any John Gore being born 1638 or soon before/thereafter in Virginia. |
| ↑5 | Elizabeth City was renamed in 1952 when it merged with Hampton, Virginia |
| ↑6 | GREER, GEORGE CABELL. Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666. Richmond [Va.]: W.C. Hill Printing Co., 1912, 376p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1978. Repr. 1982. … Includes 25,000 names from records of the Virginia State Land Office. Excerpts of the Irish names from the Greer list were published in no. 6258, O’Brien, Early Immigrants to Virginia. |
| ↑7 | Widow Margaret was named as his executrix and would spend much time answering to the court for failing perform her duties in settling the estate. |
| ↑8 | Massachusett’s John Gore passed away 26 Jun 1705 at Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts. |
| ↑9 | Source: Mason, Polly Cary. Records of Colonial Gloucester County, Virginia. Vol. I and II. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2000. … Ransome is a family that would play an important role in the Gouldman family; Ransome also are in our DNA |
| ↑10 | John Ashcough and his wife Margaret Gore / Ransome / Ashcough left a very long paper trail of legal records in Middlesex, Virginia due to a string of lawsuits for failing to settle estate(s) for which they were executor(s). |
| ↑11 | U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s; GREER, GEORGE CABELL. Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666. Richmond [Va.]: W.C. Hill Printing Co., 1912, 376p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1978. Repr. 1982; Includes 25,000 names from records of the Virginia State Land Office. Excerpts of the Irish names from the Greer list were published in no. 6258, O’Brien, Early Immigrants to Virginia. |
| ↑12 | Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, available on Ancestry.com; FHL Film Number 873777 |
| ↑13 | Joseph Gore leaves a probated last will and testament which outlines his family; residence Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia; Probate Date 6 Dec 1726 at Middlesex, Virginia; Item Description Will Book, Vol B, 1713-1734; Will Book, Vol C, 1740-1748 |
| ↑14 | William and Nellie Golden descendant DNA matches from the Samuel Golden, b1770, Nathaniel Greene Golden, b1783, and Isaac Golden, b1785, lines are plentiful. |
| ↑15 | WILL OF Joseph GORE Vol. 5, pages 73-74 Middlesex Co. Va. Wills 1713-1734. |
| ↑16 | Christ Church Parish, Virginia Births, 1653-1812; National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Parish Register of Christ Church, Middlesex County, Virginia from 1653 to 1812. Richmond, VA, USA: Christ Church, 1897. |
| ↑17 | December 1726, Joseph Gore names Elizabeth Goader as a daughter in his probated last will and testament; residence Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia; Probate Date 6 Dec 1726 at Middlesex, Virginia; Item Description Will Book, Vol B, 1713-1734; Will Book, Vol C, 1740-1748 |
| ↑18 | Virginia Census, 1607-1890, Author: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. |
| ↑19 | Land survey was done for Janet Smith with her property bordering Clement Gore, Richard Brooks, William Largan, and Thomas Garret. Source: Scotch-Irish Migration to South Carolina, 1772, Settlement in South Carolina. |
| ↑20 | U.S., Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820; Ancestry.com. U.S., Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 [database on-line]. |
| ↑21 | 1790; Census Place: Newberry, South Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 11; Page: 67; Family History Library Film: 0568151 |