Thomas Golden c1685 of Middlesex, Virginia

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A Probable History of the Golden Family
of Newberry, South Carolina Since 1761
Updated 2024.04.14

 

The individuals below may appear in your DNA matches.  

Thomas Golden of Middlesex County, Virginia began showing up in my DNA matches after numerous members of the Goare and Gore families took DNA tests. Matches with some Gore family male members exist and they have a well-documented line back to the 1600s, preceding Thomas Golden‘s existence in Middlesex.

As of 2022, the only two known records of Thomas Golden is his 12 Jan 1708 marriage at Christ Church Parish, Virginia, to Eliza Goare. Their daughter Mary Golden was christened on 5 Nov 1710 at Christ Church Parish, Virginia.  ^[1]Source: 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, … Continue reading Mary’s parents are listed as Thomas Golder and Elizabeth Golder.

As of Jan 2023, four living Gore surname lines have been identified as Ancestry DNA matches. ^[2]No doubt exists that many more Gore direct-line surname DNA matches exist with our Goldens; they just have not be explored yet. An initial review of other Goldens from different lines that separated … Continue reading Each lead to Joseph Joshua Gore, 1651–1717, and Phoebe Hughes, 1645–1679. Their son Joseph Joshua Goare/Gore, 1666–1726, and Mary Allison, 1671–1708, Elizabeth Goare/Gore, 1692–1709, who would marry Thomas Golden. In Joseph’s will of 1726 ^[3]Copy of original will in my records. Source:  Will Books, 1698-1870 ; General Index to Wills, 1675-1950; Author: Virginia. County Court (Middlesex County); Probate Place: Middlesex, Virginia. Will … Continue reading he names his daughter as Elizabeth Goader.

Goalder / Goader Mystery

There are living Goalders today (2024) and they come from the eastern James River region of Virginia, on both sides of the river. None of our Goldens have any DNA matches with ANY family named Goalder OR with any family that has Goalder or Goader in their trees. This includes Golder as well.

? The lone exception would seem to be  the Eliza Gore line which married Thomas Goalder, aka Golden, except it is not. If Eliza married a Goalder, instead of a Golden, then it would be our own tree that we match with. There are no existing genealogy trees that claim Eliza and Thomas as parents. For purposes of genealogy, their existence was terminal OR possibly our Thomas Golden born about 1720-1730, place unknown, is their genealogical descendant.

What we can very positively say is that we have substantial DNA matches with Eliza’s Gore family.

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PROFILE

• Parents:   Unknown. There were some Golden/ings in the area but no genealogy trees exist claiming documented or DNA descent from that time period. ^[4]John Golding settled at nearby Gloucester, Virginia about 1649. I have high confidence that we know his descendants based upon yDNA testing (R1b).
• DNA Tested?
  ~~~ There are no claimed descendants of the Thomas Golden / Goalder and Eliza Gore family.
  Mystery #1: Direct-line surnamed Gore family members are DNA matches with our Goldens; and trees with the same Gores are abundant (>10) for each Golden line that branched between 1770-1790.
  Mystery #2: Mystery #1 may be explainable by a Gore/Goare family member marrying a Meador family member. This seems unlikely to be the case but is worthy of exploring.
• Birth: before 1688. 12 Jan 1708 marriage at Christ Church Parish, Virginia, to Eliza Goare. ^[5]Source: Christ Church Parish, Virginia Marriages, 1653-1812 Males usually married at age 21+.
• Death: After 1710, when daughter Mary was born and christened.
• Children:
  ~~~ Mary Golden christened on 5 Nov 1710 at Christ Church Parish, Virginia. Mary’s parents are listed as Thomas Golder and Elizabeth Golder. There are no further known mentions of Mary in other records. No other children of Thomas and Elizabeth are claimed or mentioned in any records. ^[6]Middlesex, Virginia, has very goods record and I have not searched for further evidence of these Goldens. However, there are no claims of descendants other than Mary. There are the unusual DNA … Continue reading.
• Military: None known. Probably served in militia as it was required.
• Working Notes: Yes, will be added online with time.
• A Last Will and Testament and/or Probate documentation exists: No.
• Relationship WDGolden: Unknown. 

TIMELINE 

1708 Jan 12: Thomas Golden, aka Thomas Goalder, marries Eliza. Goare (Elizabeth Gore) on 12 Jan 1708 at Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia.^[7] 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^[8]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. ^[9]William and Nellie Golden descendant DNA matches from the Samuel Golden, b1770, Nathaniel Greene Golden, b1783, and Isaac Golden, b1785, lines are plentiful.

1710 Nov 5: Mary Golden, daughter of Thomas Golder and Elizabeth Golder is baptized at Christ Church, Middlesex County, Virginia.^[10]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.

1726 Dec 6: Elizabeth Golden (Elizabeth Goader) is mentioned in her father’s 1726 probate LWT.^[11]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 Elizabeth Gore Golden has a death date given in an online genealogy as 1766, but no place of death 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.^[12]Virginia Census, 1607-1890, Author: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.

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