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CONCLUSIONS

The chart below is an outline of the pages and blog posts on Gaulding Origins.  In it are some conclusions as to who is definitely not related to JOHN 'of New Kent' GAULDING as well as the Family lines that are possibly related to John Gaulding, but the connection has not been proved.  

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This information was last updated on May 19, 2025

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GAULDING ORIGINS

 

by Catherine L. Gauldin

 

http://www.gauldingorigins.com

 

 NO FAMILY CONNECTION TO JOHN "of New Kent" GAULDING

 

PART I - GOLDING OF ENGLAND 

Chapter 1 - ORIGINS IN ENGLAND 

Tracing Multiple Family Lines 

1 - The Golding family of Glemsford

 

THE GLEMSFORD GOLDINGS LINE 

https://www.gauldingorigins.com/the-golding-family-of-glemsford

This family accumulated a fortune as cloth merchants.  The family divided between Poslingford and Essex.  The Essex, England line (which included Arthur Golding the translator) married into the DeVere aristocracy.  

 

Chapter 2 - GOLDING OF SUFFOLK 

https://www.gauldingorigins.com/golding-of-suffolk

Golding of Suffolk line were connected to many of the founders of the Virginia Company.  No family connection with John Gaulding of New Kent. 

Golding of Poslingford and Beauchamp 

  • 1- Thomas of "Grey's Cavendish" Golding 

  • John "of Essex" Golding - Daughter Margery married John De Vere, powerful member of the aristocracy. 

  • John Goulding, Captain of the ship of the line Diamond - He is probably related in some way to the Golding family of Suffolk, because of their social connections.  He was the Captain of several ships during the war between the Dutch and the English and ranked high in the court of Charles II.  He  

  • 2- Roger Golding "of Grey's" Cavendish 

  • 3 - Thomas “of Poslingford” Golding 

  • 4 - Robert "of Bury St. Edmunds" Golding - He was a Bury lawyer.  He knew the Essex line of the Golding family because he acted as lawyer for them. 

  • 5 - John "of Beauchamp" Golding

 
 Chapter 3 - THE BACON FAMILY 

https://www.gauldingorigins.com/the-bacon-family

There were men of this direct line who immigrated to Virginia and who were among the membership of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, but there is no evidence to suggest they knew or were related to John "of New Kent" Gaulding or his wife Anne Steward.  

 

  • 1 - The Bacon Family of Suffolk 

  • Descendants of Robert "of Drinkstone" BACON 

  • 2 - Descendants of James "Alderman of London" Bacon 

  • 3 - Sir James Bacon of Friston Hall, Suffolk 

 

Chapter 4 - GOSNOLD OF OTLEY 

https://www.gauldingorigins.com/gosnold-of-otley

 

Gosnold and the Founders of the Virginia Company - They were related by marriage with the Golding Family of Poslingford.  No family connection to John of New Kent, VA. 

  • 1 - The family of Bartholomew Gosnold of Jamestown - Gosnold of Otley were related by marriage with the Golding family of Poslingford.  Bartholomew Gosnold was the Captain of the first ship to Jamestown. 

  • 2 - John Jegon, the Bishop of Norwich - There is a core of truth to the story that the family line of Peter Goulding of MA and his descendants were themselves descendants of the “Clerk of the Bishop of Norwich”, but I believe that connects them to the powerful Golding family of Poslingford. 

 

 Chapter 5 - THE GOLDING FAMILY OF BERMUDA 

https://www.gauldingorigins.com/the-golding-family-of-bermuda

This family intermarried with founders of the Virginia Company and were influential members of society during their time.  There is no connection between this family and the Gaulding Family of Virginia. 

  • 1 - The De Vere Family of Essex - Golding family of Essex, which included Arthur Golding the Translator and the Golding family of Suffolk, influential and powerful family but no family connection with Gaulding family of Virginia through John of New Kent.

  • Mason, Southcote, Smith and the Fighting Veres -  This is an interesting history of the relationship between some people related to the Golding family of Essex and Suffolk and cousins of Edward De Vere called the "Fighting Veres".   

  • DeVere of Essex - DeVere married daughter of Golding of Poslingford.  No family link to Gaulding of Virginia. 

  • Sir Edward Harwood, a soldier of the low country 

  • 2 - Arthur Golding the Translator and his descendants - This page tells the story of Arthur Golding, one of the last of the line of the Essex branch of the Golding Family.  He led an academic life and was famous in his time as a translator of the classics.  He died in poverty and in debt, but he left descendants.   

  • The Descendants of Arthur "The Translator" Golding - They moved to America and settled in Bermuda and New York.  Louis Thorne Golding was a direct descendant.   

  • Golding, Goulding and Goldynge who matriculated - Several members of the family matriculated at Oxford with Divinity degrees.   

  • 3 - Percival Golding the Schoolmaster of Bermuda - He was one of the known descendants of Arthur Golding, the translator. 

  • 4 - William "The Clergyman" Goulding and Bartholomew Goulding - This is an interesting story, but no known connection to Gaulding of New Kent, Va.  His descendants settled in New York.  He was connected to the Golding family of Suffolk. 

  • 5 - The Story of William "The Clergyman" Goulding of Eleuthera - This page tells the story of how Rev. William Goulding and his followers settled on the island of Eleuthera, seeking religious freedom from the Church of England.

 

THE BERMUDA LINE - This Line includes the descendants of Arthur Golding, the translator as well as the only descendant of Rev. William Goulding, a son named John who eventually settled in Huntington, New York.  

  • Connected to William “the Clergyman” Golding. 

  • John Sayle and Tobias Goulding - Associated with the story of William “the Clergyman”. 

  • Richard Bennett and the Nansemond Puritans

 

 Chapter 6 - GOLDING OF NEW YORK

 

https://www.gauldingorigins.com/golding-of-new-york

Descendants of William “the Clergyman” Golding through his son John settled in New York. 

  • 1 - The family line of John "of Huntington" Golding - He was the only son of Rev. William Goulding of Eleuthera.  He was a mariner and eventually migrated to Huntington, New York where he left descendants.  

  • 2 - William "of Gravesend" Goulding or Goulder - He was probably a solder in the English Civil War who fled to Ireland after that conflict.  He eventually was associated with Deborah "Lady Moody" Dunch and was one of the first property owners in her Gravesend, NY community.  

  • Deborah “Lady Moody” Dunch - Religious leader.  She established Gravesend, seeking religious freedom.   

 

PART II - NEW ENGLAND CONNECTIONS

 

Chapter 7 - NEW ENGLAND CONNECTIONS 

https://www.gauldingorigins.com/new-england-connections

 

1 - Thomas Goulding, Clerk of the Bishop of Norwich and Peter Goulding - Thomas Goulding or Golding was of the Poslingford branch of the Golding family.  Several reputable sources state Peter Goulding and his descendants were related to him.  No known connection to John “of New Kent” however. 

2 - Chancery Suit filed by Roger Golding and relationship to Parmenter Family - I think Parmenter is related to the Golding who is named in the will of Harlakenden. 

Ancestors of Daughter PARMENTER who married Roger Golding 

Golding Cottage in Pentlow and the Parmenter Family 

Deacon John Parmenter of Sudbury 

3 - The family line of Peter Goulding of Sudbury - There was an early settler to Massachusetts named Captain Peter Goulding and 

 

Descendants of Captain Peter Goulding of Sudbury

 

Ward, Arnold, Goulding, Cutler and Saltonstall during the Great Migration

 

Saltonstall and Manchester Origin

 

4. Zachariah Brumfield Gaulden and Palmer Goulding

The only known connection between Gaulding of Virginia through Matthew, son of John of New Kent and the Goulding descendants of Captain Peter Goulding.  Members of both families are seen in a will recorded in Georgia. 

6 - Rev. Thomas Goulding of Dorchester, Massachusetts

No records to prove his existence. 

Captain Roger Goulding: A Man for Business

He was the brother of Peter Goulding of Sudbury.  Very interesting story connected with him and his role in King Philip’s War.

Reverend John White and the Great Migration to Dorchester, Massachusetts

Rev. Thomas Goulding, if he existed, may have been associated with Rev. John White. 

Who was the man named "Goldinge" named in the will of Roger Harlakenden?

 

Captain Thomas "Trooper" Prentice

 

Bullock of Shipdham and Jamestown

 

Thomas "of Shipdam" Bullock

 

Two lines of the Olliver Family: Are they related?

One line went to Virginia and one line went to MA

Goldinge of Sussex: Warbleton

 

Goldinge of Sussex: Dallington

 

Goldinge of Sussex: Herstmonceaux

 

Rev. Thomas Shepard

 

7 - Reverend Robert Peck and the Bacon Family of Massachusetts

 

 THE GREAT MIGRATION LINE

 

Descendants of Major Samuel APPLETON

 

 POSSIBLE CONNECTIONS

 

PART III - VIRGINIA CONNECTIONS - There are known Virginia immigrants. 

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Chapter 8 - VIRGINIA CONNECTIONS

https://www.gauldingorigins.com/virginia-connections 

 

1 - Family Connections in New England and Virginia 

Descendants of Rev. James Fitch

 2 - Captain John Mason of Connecticut 

Descendants of Captain John Mason of Connecticut 

3 - William Ripley of Hingham and John Golding of Essex, Virginia - There is no family connection between John Golding of Essex and John Gaulding m Anne (Steward) of New Kent.  They are not the same person. 

 

 

THE LINCOLNSHIRE LINE

 

  • Descendants of Robert GOLDINGE to John “of Essex” 

  • Descendants of John "of Essex Virginia" Golding - Associated names are Moss, Ripley and Foster. 

  • Ancestors of Elizabeth FOSTER 4 - Mason, Bacon and John Golding of Barbados 

  • 5 - The Treaty of Jamestown 1651 

  • 6 - The Hallom Family of Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, England - Hallom brothers employed John “of Burnham” Gaulding to act as overseer on their failing plantation in Virginia.  They were associated with Thomas Goodrich. 

  

THE BURNHAM ESSEX and NEW KENT LINES

  • John “of Burnham, Essex” Gaulding was associated with the well-documented Hallam brothers.  Undecided as to who he was and who he might have been connected to. 

  • New Kent Line: Honniwood 

  • New Kent Line: Bugg Sherwood 

  • New Kent Line: Goodrich 

  • New Kent Line: Lyddal 

  • New Kent Line: John "of New Kent" Gaulding 

  • New Kent Line: Edward "of New Kent" Moss 

  • Burnham Essex Line: Hallom of Burnham Essex 

  • Descendants of John STACE - Elizabeth (Payne) Hammond traveled with John Barnard on the ship “Francis” 

  • 7 - The Llewellyns of Chelmsford and Virginia 

  • 8 - William Mason

 

 Chapter 9 - IMMIGRANTS TO VIRGINIA

https://www.gauldingorigins.com/the-immigrants-to-virginia

 

These are primary records, lists name and date of immigration. 

1 - Original Immigrant Deeds and Patents

Primarily deeds and patents in Virginia. 

a.  Olliver of Sussex and Massachusetts

 

 THE SUSSEX LINE

 

  • Matthew Goldinge of Dallington, Sussex 

  • Descendants of Edward "of Dallington" OLLIVER 

  • 3 - Thomas of Jamestown Golding and the East India School - He is listed as a Jamestown settler, arrived just after the Massacre. 

  • 4 - John Gaulding, named in the will of William Hallam - Possible.  Still undetermined

  • Bartholomew Hoskins of Lynnhaven - Connection to John "of Burnham, Essex" Gaulding

  • 5 - Two men named John Golding - John of New Kent and John “of Essex VA” are not the same person.  Both lived at about the same time in Virginia. 

  • 6 - John Galding and Anne Stuart of New Kent County - Direct line Immigrants to Virginia.  Supposedly came to Virginia from Chester, PA.  Quakers.  This is not proved, but there was a couple named John and Anne who had a son at Westbury-on-Severn, a known Quaker Community.  They left no records in New Kent, Virginia except entries in the Parish records of St. Peter's Episcopal Church.  

  • Looking for the missing pieces in New Kent - A trip I made to visit St. Peter's Church in New Kent.  This is a blog post.  

  • Blog post.  Visit to St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in New Kent. 

 

 

THE VIRGINIA COMPANY LINE

This line is connected to the Suffolk branch of the Golding Family.  No apparent relationship.  

  • The Jamestown Line - No known connection to Thomas of Jamestown Goulding who is listed as a Jamestown settler with a town lot.  No info is given on Jamestown site other than to make mention of him. 

  • Captain Thomas Osbourne of Henrico 

  • The Doggett of Suffolk Line 

  • The Bacon of Hesset Line 

  • The Gosnold of Otley Line - There is no family connection. The Gosnold family are related to the Suffolk branch of the Golding family.  No connection to

  • George Golding of Jamestown

  

 PART IV - POSSIBLE QUAKER ROOTS

Possible connection, per information that Laura Gaulden noted in her short “History of the Gaulden Family”

Chapter 10 - POSSIBLE QUAKER ROOTS

 

1 - Quaker Roots in Westbury-on-Severn and New Kent

John and Anne with a son who died in Westbury-on-Severn, may have moved from there to Chester, PA first and then to New Kent.  Possible connection. 

Westbury on Severn in Gloucestershire, England

This was a known Quaker community in England. 

John Baynham and the Blenerhasset Line

 

Who was Thomas Steward of Westbury-on-Severn? - There is a birth record for a Thomas Steward in Westbury-on-Severn.  Anne, the wife of John "of New Kent" Gaulding was named Steward or Stewart and she had a brother of the same county in Virginia who tried to obtain custody of his nephew Alexander's children after the death of Alexander, the son of John Gaulding and Anne Steward.  Still working on this, to find out who Thomas Steward of Westbury was and if he had any family connection with Anne Steward.   

 

THE QUAKER LINE - Possible connection

1 - John Bigge of Dorchester, Massachusetts 

2 - Quaker Roots: Robinett and Dove 

2.a - Robinett Purchase from William Penn - He was not actually a Quaker, but he was able to purchase a lot from William Penn. 

2.b - Susanna Robinett of Wiltshire and William Goldinge 

2.c - John Dove of Malford, Wiltshire and Margaret Goldinge 

2.c.1. Dove Immigrants to Virginia 

3 - Quaker links for Gaulding in Campbell County, Virginia - Some of the family of Samuel Gaulding, the son of John of New Kent married Quakers.  This does not prove that John of New Kent and Anne his wife were Quakers, however. 

  

PART V - OTHER GOLDING/GOULDING/GAULDING FAMILY LINES

Working on, specifically in Gloucestershire and Wiltshire

Chapter 11 - OTHER GOLDING/GOULDING/GAULDING FAMILY LINES

 

GOLDINGE FRAGMENTS

 

  • Colonel Joseph "Immigrant" Foster - The Foster family was related to John “of Essex, VA” Golding m Elizabeth Ripley.  This John Golding and John “of New Kent” Gaulding are not the same person and there is no known family connection. 

  • George and Thomas Golding of Berkshire 

  • William and Thomas Gouldinge of Letcombe Regis, Berkshire 

  • Descendants of Alexander GOLDING* ** of Hadleigh,

  • Related to the Golding Family of Suffolk.  No known connection to John “of New Kent”. 

  • Descendants of Thomas "of Cambridgeshire" 

  • Descendants of Edward "of Buckinghamshire" 

  • Descendants of John GOLDING, Ancestor of William 

  • Nicholas Goldinge of Shipdham - Peter Goulding of Massachusetts was from Shipdham. 

  • Richard Goldinge of Leicestershire, England 

  • Thomas Goldinge and Joane Normanton 

  • Matthew Goldinge and Joane Breach

 

Other Fragments

 

THE WILTSHIRE LINE - Possible connections.  

Descendants of Unknown GOLDINGE of Wiltshire, Possible connection, currently investigating

THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE/WILTSHIRE LINE** - Possible

1 - Descendants of Robert of Meysey Hampton - Possible connection, currently investigating.  

  

PART VI - DNA EVIDENCE

 

Chapter 12 - DNA EVIDENCE

 

1 - Early Gaulding Gateway Ancestor DNA Mutations

https://www.gauldingorigins.com/post/dna-evidence-the-possible-origin-of-john-of-new-kent-gaulding

Info from Mags Gaulden, Genetic Genealogist. 

2 - Tracing Gaulding in Manchester England - Have found very few people named Goldinge in the Births/Deaths/Marriages records around 1600 in this area. 

Blog Posts - https://www.gauldingorigins.com/blog

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