Thomas Gouldman – 1665–1698

A General History of the Thomas Gouldman Family
of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia
Updated 2023.10.01
Table of Contents

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PROFILE

• Parents: Thomas Gouldman, 1640–1684, and Alice Awbrey, 1643–1698.
• DNA Tested?
  ~~~ yDNA: No, no male descendants. Male descendants of grand-nephew Francis B Gouldman, 1695–1763, has two lines that are yDNA tested: I-M253.
  ~~~ atDNA: Yes. Descendants of Thomas’ daughter Elizabeth Gouldman are DNA (atDNA) tested.
  ~~~ DNA linkage to William Golden family: Yes. At least seven (7) descendants of daughter Elizabeth Gouldman are matches.
• Birth: c1665-1670, probably at Goldsboro, St Anne’s Parish, Essex County, Virginia.
• Death: Before 10 Nov 1698, probably at Goldsboro, Saint Ann’s Parrish, Essex County, Virginia. LWT is proven in Essex County Court on 10 Nov 1698.
• Spouse: Mary Meador, 1683–1800.
• Children:
  ~~~ Yes, only one child: Elizabeth Gouldman, 1698-1748. Elizabeth would marry Richard Thomas (Thomas) Waring, 1673–1754. ^[1]Thomas Waring, 1673–1754 would play a major role across Gouldman family lines  in the years following his 20 Mar 1713 marriage to Elizabeth Gouldman. Not only did he inherit by marriage the … Continue reading
• Military: N/A.

TIMELINE 

1651: 

~~~ 1692: Thomas Gouldman made his home on the south side of the Rappahannock River, in that part of the county that became Essex County in 1692. ^[2]Torrence, Clayton, (1927) “Winston of Virginia” Richmond: Whittet & Shepperson HathiTrust.org (pages 169-77).

~~~ 1695 Sep 10:  Thomas Gouldman Jr buys a young boy named Patrick Magnirahaty (sic Partrick) age 13, from Captain William Fletcher, ^[3]A general overview of the genealogy and rather well documented life of Captain William Fletcher: https://www.geni.com/people/William-Fletcher-I/6000000003490617788 and registers him at the Essex County courthouse. Registration was important as the boy would be taxed as of age 16 — so this registration established three years of no ‘head tax’ being due. ^[4]There is no defacto documentation of purchase but that is implicit as it was the way things worked. Purchase was probably via barter, tobacco being the primary legal tender in Virginia, which Captain … Continue reading

~~~ 1698 May 22: Thomas Gouldman‘s drafts and signs his LWT, naming his wife Dorothy Gouldm and brother Francis Gouldman as executors. Witnesses were John Moodies, Willam T. Dear, and Thomas Hucklescott.

~~~ 1698 Nov 10: Thomas Gouldman‘s LWT is proven in Essex County Court on 10 Nov 1698. A full copy of Thomas’ LWT exists as does a transcription.

~~~~~~ Thomas notes that ‘my beloved wife Dorothy Gouldman‘ is with child or children.

~~~~~~ Thomas names his mother as Alice Forbes. ^[5]

~~~~~~ Slaves are not mentioned but servant Patrick (Magnirahaty, see 1695 Sep 10), age 16, is given in Thomas Gouldman Jr’s 1698 last will and testament to his brother Robert Gouldman, himself not yet an adult. ^[6]Robert Gouldman was on the cusp of being an adult in late 1698 (age 20) making it approximately 1677 when he was born. Another young lad named Kelly was given to Thomas’ brother Edward Gouldman. ^[7] Robert Gouldman would die in 1700. What happened to Patrick Magniraty, age 18 in 1700, is unknown. Patrick was probably English as Captain Fletcher regularly sailed in and out of Liverpool, England.

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