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Coats of Arms for Golding and Goulding but not for Gaulding
There are quite a few webpages on the internet that claim to define the derivation of English surnames, but as there is no way to verify...
Catherine Gauldin
May 267 min read


Who was Thomas Steward of Gloucestershire, England and was he related to Anne Steward?
THOMAS "OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE" STEWARD was born about 1630 in Westbury on Severn, Gloucestershire, England and he died after 1671. His...
Catherine Gauldin
May 2510 min read
Parish Register for East Sussex: Goldinge, Breach and Olliver
SUSSEX, ENGLAND The Parish Register for East Sussex: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1538-1812 for Golding, Gouldinge, Goldinge, Breache...
Catherine Gauldin
May 232 min read


Quaker Links for Gaulding in Campbell County, Virginia
Samuel Gaulding was the son of John of New Kent Gaulding. Some of his children were Quakers. This does not prove that Samuel’s children...
Catherine Gauldin
Apr 97 min read


Allen Robinett of Chester, Pennsylvania
Allen Robinett was not a Quaker but he was allowed to purchase a plot of land in William Penn's Chester community of Quakers . There was...
Catherine Gauldin
Apr 910 min read
Susanna Robinett of Wiltshire and William Goldinge
This posted is associated with the chapter entitled The Quaker Line: Quaker Roots Robinett and Dove . The surname Robinett is of...
Catherine Gauldin
Apr 911 min read


Ward, Arnold, Goulding, Cutler and Saltonstall during the Great Migration
7:3 The Family of Peter Goulding of Sudbury: The Family Line There are a number of family connections that link the family of Captain...
Catherine Gauldin
Apr 410 min read


The Descendants of Captain Peter GOULDING of Sudbury
CAPTAIN PETER GOULDING was born in 1639 in Shipdam, Essex, England. He died in 1703 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He...
Catherine Gauldin
Apr 44 min read


List of Clergy named Golding in England
7:6 New England Connections: Rev. Thomas Goulding of Dorchester, Massachusetts John Jegon, was a later Bishop of Norwich and was related...
Catherine Gauldin
Apr 44 min read


The family of John “of Essex” Golding
1.2 Origins in England: Golding of Essex The family of John “of Essex” Golding JOHN "OF ESSEX" GOLDING was born about 1470 to 1475 in...
Catherine Gauldin
Apr 310 min read


Rev. Thomas Shepard
5.6.b.3 New England Connections According to most references, Roger Harlakenden was a protector of Rev. Thomas Shepard , also of Earl's...
Catherine Gauldin
Mar 3110 min read


Two Lines of the Olliver Family: Are they related?
5.6.b.2 New England Connections I have two distinct lines of the family called Olliver in my database, but I am looking primarily for...
Catherine Gauldin
Mar 316 min read


Captain Thomas “Trooper” Prentice
5.6.b.1 New England Connections Captain Thomas “Trooper” Prentice was born in about 1620 in Nazeing, Epping Forest District, Essex,...
Catherine Gauldin
Mar 3115 min read


Who was the man named “Goldinge” named in the 1638 will of Roger Harlakenden?
5.6.b. New England Connections Roger Harlakenden has for a long time been of interest to me as he relates to what I believe to be a...
Catherine Gauldin
Mar 319 min read


John “Captain of the Diamond” Goulding
Captain John Goulding played a crucial role in battles during the First and Second Dutch Wars. He was killed in a naval skirmish on April...
Catherine Gauldin
Mar 919 min read


DNA Evidence: The possible origin of John "of New Kent" Gaulding
According to DNA Analysis, John Gaulding of New Kent, Virginia may have originated in the area around Manchester, England.
Catherine Gauldin
Jan 1, 20245 min read


Captain John Mason, Captain Richard Southcote, Quarter Master John Smith and the Fighting Veres
SOUTHCOAT, SOUTHCOTE; Captain, came in the Mary and John with the church-colony that founded Dorchester in 1629-30. Had been a LOW...
Catherine Gauldin
Sep 23, 202212 min read


Reverend John White and the Great Migration to Dorchester, Massachusetts
Reverend Thomas Goulding of Dorchester England is described as follows in Dr. Charles H. Gaulden’s book The Gaulden, Gauldin, Gaulding...
Catherine Gauldin
Sep 18, 202214 min read


Golding Cottage in Pentlow and the Parmenter Family
While reading about the rise of the wool trade in Suffolk, England I came across some very interesting information. The Golding Family...
Catherine Gauldin
Sep 17, 20223 min read


Looking for the missing pieces in New Kent County, Virginia
In 2019 a friend and I were on Interstate 64 on our way to Newport News when I noticed we were a short distance from the little community...
Catherine Gauldin
Sep 7, 20224 min read
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