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THE GOLDING FAMILY OF ENGLAND

Point of Origin: Glemsford but divided into the Suffolk branch and the Essex branch.

Family Connection: Golding Family of Glemsford

Connection to John and Anne of New Kent, Virginia – None

This family began as Cloth Merchants and they became very wealthy and influential with ties to the powerful de Vere family.  They also had family ties with some of the founders of the Virginia Company, the Bacon family and the Gosnold Family from Otley in Suffolk.  The most famous member of that family was Captain Bartholomew Gosnold, who led the first flotilla of ships to Jamestown.

The Golding Family of Glemsford

John "of Essex" Golding

Golding of Suffolk

Thomas "of Greys Cavendish" Golding

Roger Golding of Greys Cavendish

Thomas "of Poslingford" Golding

Robert "of Bury St. Edmunds" Golding

John "of Beauchamp" Golding

The Bacon Family

The Bacon Family of Suffolk

Descendants of James Bacon

Sir James Bacon of Friston Hall

Gosnold of Otley

Bartholomew Gosnold of Jamestown

John Jegon, Bishop of Norwich

 

NEW ENGLAND CONNECTIONS

Point of Origin: Probably Suffolk

Family Connection: Probably the Golding Family of Suffolk

Connection to John and Anne of New Kent, Virginia – None

This family line probably originated with the Suffolk branch of the Golding family.  Dr. Sherburne Anderson originally claimed there was a connection between the Virginia line that originated with a man he said immigrated to Dorchester, MA in the 1630’s but there is no evidence to support that claim.  Peter Goulding of Sudbury and Boston was the original immigrant to New England.  There was no such person as Rev. Thomas Goulding of Dorchester. 

Thomas Goulding and Peter Goulding

Chancery Suit filed by Roger Golding

Peter Goulding of Sudbury

Zachariah Gaulden and Palmer Goulding

Captain Roger Goulding

Rev. Thomas Goulding of Dorchester

Rev. Robert Peck and Bacon of MA

 

THE GOLDING FAMILY OF BERMUDA

Point of Origin: Essex, England

Family Connection: The Golding Family of England

Connection to John and Anne of New Kent, Virginia – None

After the death of Arthur Golding, his descendants went to Bermuda and then to New York where some of them left descendants.  The line of the Golding Family of Essex in England ended but continued in America. 

The de Vere Family of Essex

Arthur Golding the Translator

Percival the Schoolmaster of Bermuda

William the Clergyman Goulding

The Story of William Goulding

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GOLDING OF NEW YORK

Point of Origin: Bermuda, but originally Essex, England

Family Connection: The Golding Family of England

Connection to John and Anne of New Kent, Virginia – None

The Golding Family line from Essex ends here, with John “of” Huntington Golding who was the last link to Arthur Golding the Translator. 

John of Huntington Golding

William "of Gravesend" Goulding

 

VIRGINIA CONNECTIONS

Point of Origin: Essex, Suffolk and other places

Family: Undecided

Connection to John and Anne of New Kent, Virginia – None 

These immigrants came to Virginia with a purpose and not as indentured servants.  They came as Adventurers and to get a headright. 

Connections in New England

Captain John Mason

William Ripley and John Golding

Mason, Bacon, John Golding of Barbados

Treaty of Jamestown 1651

The Halloms of Burnham Essex

Llewellyns of Chelmsford and Virginia

William Mason  

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THE IMMIGRANTS TO VIRGINIA

Point of Origin: Essex, Suffolk, Lincolnshire, other places in England

Family Connection: Undetermined which family in England they belong to, if any. 

Connection to John and Anne of New Kent, Virginia – None

Unlike John Gaulding from Warwickshire, these men came to get a headright. 

Original Immigrant Deeds and Patents

Possible Quaker Roots

Thomas Goulding of Jamestown

John Gaulding of Burnham, Essex

Two men named John Golding

Point of Origin: Essex, Suffokk, Lincolnshire, other places in England

Family Connection: Undetermined which family in England they belong to, if any. 

Connection to John and Anne of New Kent, Virginia – None

 

THE GOULDEN FAMILY OF OXFORDSHIRE/WARWICKSHIRE

Point of Origin: Banbury, Oxfordshire and South Warwickshire, England

Family Connection: The Goulden Family of Oxfordshire/Warwickshire can trace their origin to 1275.  This is my conclusion as to where John Gaulding came from.  He was probably an indentured servant who went directly to Virginia from Bristol on a tobacco ship and was taken to Eltham Plantation where he served his indenture and lived for the rest of his life. There is no primary documentation to support my conclusion that John Gaulding of New Kent came from Warwickshire but my genealogical proof arguments are published on this website. 

Connection to John and Anne of New Kent, Virginia – Yes

John and Anne Gaulding of New Kent

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