John And Anne Galding Of New Kent

9:6 The Immigrants to Virginia

John Gaulding and Anne Stuart of New Kent County, Virginia

The first mention I’ve found in a printed book of a John Gaulding married to Anne living in New Kent County, Virginia is in a book called Men of Matadequin: Three Hundred Years from New Kent County (Virginia) by June B. Evans. The book was published by Bryn Ffyliaid Publications in 1984 and the few remaining copies are on sale through various booksellers and eBay. Men of Matadequin has long been a sourcebook for the related family lines of Banks, Blackwell, Burnett, Durvin, GAULDING, Goodman, Lipscomb, McGhee, Parsley, Slaughter, Weisiger, Wood, Zall and others as well as the genealogies of several of the early colonists and their families who resided in Hanover and Kent County, Virginia. The book itself is very scarce, but I was able to find it in the Clayton Library for Genealogy Research, located in Houston, Texas and also in the DAR Library in Washington, DC.

The following information about the division of Hanover County from New Kent County is from the Find a Grave entry for John "of New Kent" Lewis maintained by Cherie Lynn.

"Hanover County was formed on November 26, 1720 by "An Act for Dividing New Kent County." Hanover County was named in honor of King George I, the first British monarch from the House of Hanover, who ruled over Great Britain and its colonies from 1714 to 1727… upper New Kent County near the Matedequin Creek, an area which, in 1720, became a part of the newly formed Hanover County. To meet the needs of the growing and scattered population, St. Peter's Parish was divided in 1704, the upper part becoming the new St. Paul's Parish. Until 1720, St. Paul's parish was in New Kent County when it then became parish for the new Hanover County. ("Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish - Hanover County, Virginia 1706-1786", C. G. Chamberlayne, Virginia State Library, 1940). The names of many parishioners in the early St. Peter's Parish Register appear in the later St. Paul's Vestry book ("Men of Matadequin: Three Hundred Years from New Kent County", June Banks Evans, p. 101). Of the fifteen or so names of John Jones' neighbors which appear on the processing lists for his precinct in St. Paul's Parish in Hanover County, at least seven are in the early St. Peter's Parish register. (Fisher, p. 289)

1. John Johnson, baptized November 22, 1702

2. William Walker, married June 19, 1713

3. John Jones son of John Jones, baptized May 30, 1706

4. John Brown, married Mary Wharton, January 1708/9

5. Abraham Lewis son of John Lewis, baptized November 27, 1698

6. Lewis Watkins married Margaret Stone, January 6, 1711

7. George Adams, died August 26, 1709

It is not likely that all of these people moved. The change of parish and county reflects only boundary changes. Both New Kent and Hanover are "burned counties" and few records of either from the colonial era still exist. This paucity of records combined with the lack of a parish register for St. Paul's made genealogical research for New Kent/Hanover County a challenge."

The excerpt from the text of Men of Matadequin says John Gaulding who married Anne was probably from England but Judith Evans does not give the location. There is a baptism record for John Goldin, son of Thomas recorded in the Wiltshire, England Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials but that is in no way proof the John Gaulding of New Kent was originally from Wiltshire. He may even have been born in Virginia, the records seem to be non-existent that would give any definitive proof one way or the other. Anything beyond the record of his name in the St. Peter’s Parish Vestry is pure speculation. There are, however, property records and many of the placenames mentioned are still in existence.

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church is located about 7.3 miles from New Kent Courthouse, off the New Kent Highway.

Matadequin Creek is known as where The Battle of Old Church took place during the Civil War when on May 30, 1864 Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant opposed Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. The armies faced each other across Totopotomy Creek were a Union cavalry division under Brig. Gen. Alfred T. A. Torbert clashed with a brigade of cavalry under Brig. Gen. Matthew C. Butler. The outnumbered Confederates were driven back to within 1.5 miles of Old Cold Harbor, an important crossroads that fell to Union forces the following day.

John Gauling is first mentioned in the St. Peter’s Parish Vestry Book when his daughter Anne was born sometime between 1705 and 1710. The last record of the family is in 1735 when Ann his wife died on October 27, 1735. John Gauling and his family arrived at St. Peter’s close to the time when the Parish was divided and part of the Congregation moved to St. Paul’s Episcopal in Hanover County.

“To meet the needs of the growing and scattered population, St. Peter's Parish was divided in 1704, the upper part becoming the new St. Paul's Parish.”

Referring back to the previous information regarding the division of St. Peter’s Parish after 1704:

St. Peter’s Vestrybook, New Kent, Virginia

John Gaulding and his wife Anne are found in the Vestrybook in New Kent in numerous places:

The entries with pages numbers:

The link to the Vestry Book

Gaulin, See Gaulding

Gauling, See Gaulding

Gawlin, See Gaulding

Gawling, See Gaulding

Also listed on page 573 of the Vestry Book are:

1769 1769 “Sarah, Daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Gaulding born August 5 and baptized September 17”

1772 1772 “Child of Jacob and Elizabeth Gaulding born February 4”

John "of New Kent" Gaulding is my 6th Great-Grandfather. He was born about 1670 in England and he died in 1742 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia. The place of his burial is not known. He married Anne and her last name may be Stewart. She was born about 1685 and the Parish Register records her death as 1735. They had several children:

Anne Gaulding 1707– Her baptism is recorded in the St. Peter's Vestry Book, date not given but sometime between 1705 and 1710. She probably died young.
Matthew "John II" Gaulding 1709–1773 - There is a Christ Church Parish Virginia Record 1653-1812 that lists Matthew, son of John Galling, baptized 9 Feb. 170_. Matthew Gaulding was married to Sarah Elizabeth Geers sometime before 1735 and she is probably the Sarah listed in the Vestry Book of St. Peters. After Alexander Gaulding was executed in Williamsburg, Matthew and his wife Sarah petitioned the court for custody of Alexander's children. This happened in Prince Edward County, Virginia. John "Patriot" Gaulden, who was with General Marion during the Revolutionary War was their son.
Martha Gaulding 1711–1721 - Martha died at around the age of 10 years. The date of her death is recorded in the St. Peter’s Vestry Book.
Honour Gaulding 1714– Her birth is recorded in the Parish Register of St. Peter's as 4 June 1714 but her death date is not recorded. It is assumed she died young.
Alexander Gaulding Sr. 1717–1753 - Alexander Gauldin, Sr., son of John Goldinge and Anne Stuart was hanged for highway robbery in 1752. He left two orphaned children. Susannah was bound out to Thomas Scott and JAMES STUART was awarded custody of either but it is not known which, perhaps Jacob. He would have been the brother of Anne Stuart and grand-uncle of Jacob and Susannah. Matthew (John II) Goldinge and his wife, Sarah Elizabeth Geers petitioned the court for custody but they were denied. This supports the assumption that his mother Anne's name was Stuart or Stewart.
Elizabeth Gaulding 1720–1729 - Christ Church Parish, Virginia Records, 1653-1812 "Elizabeth, daughter of John Gawling b 7 Jun 1720". She probably died young.
Samuel Gaulding 1732–1785 - Samuel Gaulding is my direct ancestor. He was born about 1732 in New Kent, Virginia and he died in 1785 in Campbell County. He was my 5th Great Grandfather. He married Elizabeth and her name was probably Turner. William T. Gaulding, a Patriot of the American Revolution was their son. In 1742 Samuel Gaulding was apprenticed to Thomas Edwards of St. Northam Parish in Goochland, Virginia. "Goochland Oct. 1742 Court Case: 'Ordered that Churchwardens of St. James Parish do bind Saml. Gauling, and Orphan boy, to Thos. Edwards, a carpenter.”

Jacob Gaulding listed in the Parish Register may be the son of Alexander Gaulding who was executed. If that is the case then his wife’s name was Elizabeth.

A brief history of St. Peter’s in New Kent

A History of St. Peter's Parish Church is available on vimeo.com and in it is the following description:

"The Parish itself was created in 1679. A church was constructed near the current area of Eltham, Virginia across the Pamunkey River from West Point. That church was in use from 1679 until its destruction in around the 1690's. At that point in time the Vestry of the Church decided to build a new Church and this was the result of that decision." (Gauldin) Source: Gleanings from St. Peter’s Episcopal

Additional information is found on the St Peters Church website. (Early History of St. Peter's Church)

This is an early history article presented by Steve Avent to the New Kent Historical Society

"The parish of St. Peter's was established by the general court of Virginia on April 29, 1679. There were at that time two churches in the parish: one was the "upper church", located about three miles west of the present village of Old Church, near a town on the Pamunkey River named Newcastle, now vanished. The second was called the "lower church" to distinguish it from the other and was also called the "broken back'd" church, referring apparently to some structural weakness in the building. This Church was the precursor to present day St. Peter's, and was most likely located some three 1/2 miles west of the present church, near where routes 608 and 606 meet. St. Peter's parish must have been a rather difficult place for its ministers. From 1680 to 1700 the parish had 12 ministers. In a letter to the Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, dated April 12, 1697, the Rev. Nicholas Moreau, who had come to St. Peter's in 1696, said that he had "got in the very worst parish of Virginia and the most troublesome". Hopefully, things have settled down a bit since then." (St. Peter's Parish Vestry Book and Register, 1684-1786)

Going back to the entry on page 247 of the Vestry Book of St. Peter's Parish, St. Peter's Episcopal church in New Kent, Virginia that reads:

“To Captain Joseph FOSTER for 1 sheet delivered to JOHN GAWLIN to bury his daughter 9 in to be about 12/6 79”

I put in a general search for the name "Foster" and a few names came up, including Colonel Joseph Foster, Captain John Foster, Major William Macon and William Bassett.

Joseph Foster and William Bassett were vestrymen. "..vestry held at house of John Park, Jr. 84; vestry held at house of JOSEPH

FOSTER, 81; vestry held at house of WILLIAM BASSETT, 53.." (St. Peter's Episcopal Church Vestry Book)

This occurrence would have been in about the year 1735-6 as the events are recorded sequentially by year. This entry may refer to Elizabeth, who was born around 1720 as the date of her death is not recorded. This is not confirmed, however. This does not mean there was any link between John Gaulding and either Joseph Foster or William Bassett. They were merely carrying out one of the many said duties required of them as Vestrymen of the Church.

The England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980 has an entry for JOHN GOLDIN christened 27 October 1670 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, the son of Thomas Goldin. That doesn't necessarily mean it is the correct christening date for John "of New Kent" Gaulding. I've seen reference in various family trees giving his place of origin as Wiltshire and there was a branch of the Golding/Gouldinge family from there but never are any sources given. A notation without sources is the same as no notation at all.

There is also a marriage record for a man named JOHN GWALTNEY born in Virginia who married Mary. Again, some claim that Gwaltney is synonymous for the name Gaulding, but there's no proof of that being the case as far as I can determine. Dr. Charles H. Gaulden, a descendant of John Gaulding’s son Matthew wrote in his book The Gaulden, Gauldin, Gaulding Family History; a Seven Hundred Year Study, Volume 1

"Mr. John Goldinge was born ca. 1665 in England. This is a guess for I cannot find any Gauldens proven to be in a direct line before that date. He died about 1748 in New Kent Co. Virginia." The church records listed in St. Peter's Parrish Register of New Kent show that a John Goldinge and Anne (Stuart) had a son named Alexander and possibly one named Matthew. A belief is that Matthew's full name must have been John Matthew Goldinge. Some basis of the belief centers on a particular court record in which John Goldinge and Elizabeth Geers of Prince Edward county, Virginia are seeking the custody of Alexander Goldinge's children, John and Susannah, upon Alexander's tragic death in December of 1752 (Court of Dyer and Terminer in Williamsburg, VA Library)" Furthermore, Dr. Goldinge writes, "William Goldinge of Kansas concludes that John and Alexander must have been brothers, ..and I think he is correct." (Gaulden, 1999, p. 23)

He also makes this comment “"Another interesting note comes from a record in Gloucester, England, Westburg-on-Sevren (CO 32752-6397) listing a John and Ann Goldinge/Goldinge having a son John, born 2-17-1688. Could this be the same John and Anne of New Kent with a son John II?" (Gaulden, 1999, pp. 23-4)

Dr. Gaulden also made the following note on page 22 of his book. "There is an interesting note in a book entitled THE PIONEERS OF WIREGRASS GEORGIA by Huxford, vol eight p. 115. (Huxford, 1988-2006) The note is on the Gaulden family, stating the family came from England and arrived first in Chester County, Pennsylvania and then moved to Virginia. I also found a similar note in Laura Gaulden's (b. 1854) HISTORY OF THE GAULDEN FAMILY, which is filed with the Daughters of the American Revolution… Dr. Gaulden said in his book that Laura Gaulden was amazingly accurate with most of her family traditions. He confirmed several of them with court records. She wrote that the family was from England, were Quakers and first arrived in Chester County, Pennsylvania before moving to Virginia. Vols. 8-12 compiled and published by the Huxford Genealogical Society, Homerville, Georgia.

Out of curiosity and a desire to see Laura Gaulden's document, I went to the DAR Library in Washington and asked if such a manuscript existed in their catalogue and I was told no, there was no such listing nor had there even been one, so that part of Dr. Gaulden's narrative is incorrect. The paper was probably kept by her Chapter and not in the National Library. Laura Jane "Lucy" Gaulden, the author of the Gaulding Family History was several generations away from John "of New Kent" Gaulding and his wife Anne. She was born January 18, 1854 in Abbeville, South Carolina, USA and she lived until June 1, 1932 and died at Rock Hill, York, South Carolina. She was the daughter of John Gaulden (1808-1889) and Jane Elizabeth McFall (1821-1880) and the granddaughter of James Gaulden (1761-1827) and Frances Johnson (1789-1879). Her great-grandparents were John "Patriot" Gaulden (1735-1782) and Susannah Brumfield (1740-1827). John "Patriot" Gaulden was the son of Matthew Gaulding and Sarah Elizabeth Geers and the grandson of John "of New Kent" Gaulding and his wife Anne Stewart.

She was certainly closer to John Gaulding than anyone in the 21st century is, so her information may be correct. I'd still like to see the paper for myself, though. Research in Virginia is difficult. Colonial records in New Kent County were decimated first in a fire that happened in 1787 and again when the records were moved to Richmond and were burned during the Civil War.

First of all, the name of the place in Gloucester is “Westbury-0n-Severn”, not “Westburg-on-Sevren”, and the following is some information from Wikipedia. “Westbury-on-Severn is a rural village in England that is the center of the large, rural parish, also called Westbury-on-Severn. The village is situated on the A48 road (between Minsterworth and Newnham on Severn) and bounded by the River Severn to the south and west. Westbury is also bounded to the West by the Newport to Gloucester railway line, although Westbury does not have a railway station, the closest stations being Gloucester and Lydney. Westbury is just over a mile long and has one only housing estate to the south of the main A48 road which was constructed in the 1980s.[2] The village also has a primary school, post office cum village store, a pub "The Red Lion" and doctor's surgery and dentist surgery. Geoff Sterry, a coal and solid fuel merchant, is also based in the village. Westbury falls within the District of the Forest of Dean although the forest itself does not extend to the village.

The village has a large parish church, which is distinctive, as the steeple is not attached to the main building because of a fire which burned down the old wooden building soon after the new steeple was completed. Within the porch of the church are several markings of crosses and full crosses made during the English Civil War. The north porch and north aisle are the oldest parts of the church, having been built around 1290. Just to the East of the village center is the National Trust owned Westbury Court Garden. (Westbury-on-Sev)

Crumpe, John, Rodley, Westbury [1548]

Wikipedia describes Rodley in Gloucestershire as “a settlement in Westbury-on-Severn parish, Forest of Dean District, Gloucestershire, England. It lies to the south east of Westbury-on-Severn, surrounded on three sides by a loop of the River Severn”[See my discussion of Westbury-on-Severn and the religious dissent their at Quakers in Gloucestershire and Other Possible Ties with New Kent County VA.] A map of the Severn River, showing locations of Bristol, Gloucester and Cheltenham. Westbury-on-Severn is a red dot at the Northeast curve at the Severn’s source.

In a blog post on Vikings and Virginians located at entitled "Quakers in Gloucestershire and Other Possible Ties with New Kent County, Virginia (Quakers in Gloucestershire and Other Possible Ties with New Kent County, Virginia) the author writes:

"On March 6, I posted a “speculative genealogy” from Anthony Crump, based on various hints he received from ancestry.com forums etc. and other internet research. Although his summary of his findings is loosely documented, there are some clues to further research. The first clue is the presence of what appear to be documentable ancestors in New Kent County, Virginia (Saint Peters parish) one of whom may have been born in the County of Gloucestershire, England. (I am descended from persons who lived in Gloucestershire.) Because I also have ancestors whom I have documented in New Kent County I coded every page mentioning that county so that one can hit the category “New Kent County VA” on the side of the front-page to immediately access every corresponding reference. One notes immediately that many of the persons who were associated with Saint Peters Parish (near the county line of Hanover County VA) came to be associated with the Quaker churches of Virginia. A second clue suggests a new line of research – identifying Thomas Crump as (possibly) from Westbury-on-Severn in Gloucestershire. What is striking about Westbury in Gloucester is that in 1668 at Westbury a Quaker community was established.

Westbury or Forest Monthly Meeting Westbury on Severn Society of Friends Formed: 1668.

I have discussed religious dissent in Gloucestershire (and adjoining counties of Southern England) on these pages. These include the religious dissent of Gloucestershire men surnamed Saunders (my ancestral surname), which is a closely related surname (i.e., with a Most Recent Common Ancestor likely within historical time) to Crump according to DNA studies conducted of myself and Anthony Crump. One obvious subject for further research is to determine what the relationships might have existed between the Gloucestershire Society of Friends and those of Society of Friends of Virginia."

NONCONFORMITY

Westbury-on-Severn has a history of attracting Non-Conformists. “In 1603 there were said to be 40 recusant Puritans (including Joseph Baynham) at Westbury. There was a Quaker meeting in the parish by 1670, and most of the 12 nonconformists recorded in 1676 presumably belonged to it. The Quakers registered a meeting-house at Elton in 1690, (fn. 4) and acquired a burial ground there in 1724. (Westbury-on-Severn: Non-Conformity)

The original source of this information is A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 10, Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1972. (A History of the County of Gloucester, Vol 10, Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds, 1972)

It would be too much to hope to find an actual list of people who were associated with that Quaker community in Westbury on Severn. I next looked for information about the Joseph Baynham mentioned. Interestingly enough the existence of Joseph Baynham is confirmed in the VISITATION OF THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER, taken in the year 1623 by Chitting, Henry, d. 1638; College of Arms (Great Britain); Philipot, John, 1589?-1645; Camden, William, 1551-1623; Heane, William Crawshay, 1849- joint ed; Maclean, John, Sir, 1811-1895; Publication date 1885.

The Visitation says that Joseph Baynham of Westbery, who married Ann Hampton was the son of William Baynham of Westbery and Anne, the daughter of Raffe Blanerhassett of Princethorpe in County Norfolk. The surname “Baynham” was not familiar to me, but the name Blanerhassett or “Blenerhassett” certainly was.

I knew that Katherine, the fifth daughter of Sir Thomas Blennerhasset of Barham had married John Gosnold of Shryblonge in County Suffolk because of the mention in the 1554 will of John Gosnold. The footnote on page 97 of Gleanings from English Archives (Gleanings from English Archives, p. 97) reads: "Margaret, fourth daughter of Sir Thomas Blennerhasset by his second wife Margaret Braham and sister of KATHERINE, wife of the testator, married first John Spillman, judge and second John Eyre of Bury St. Edmunds. John Blennerhasset was the eldest son and heir of Sir Thomas (Blenerhassett)."

If this is true it means John Gaulding and Anne his wife immigrated to America after 1688 but before 1707 when their daughter Anne was born. If they had a son John before coming to this country, he must have died early because he is not listed in the Vestry Records of St. Peter's.

The other theory put forward by Sherwood Anderson was that John "of New Kent" was the son of Rev. Thomas Goulding 'who came from Dorchester, England in the great migration of more than 1000 Puritans who helped establish Dorchester, Massachusetts..."

The only reference I've come across who could be that person is the "Goldinge" named in the will of R. Harlackenden. That discussion is listed in 5:6 - New England Connections: Rev. Thomas Goulding of Dorchester, Massachusetts. The timeline for this theory doesn’t seem to fit, however. For one thing, if Rev. Thomas Goulding did indeed migrate to Massachusetts during the Great Migration which happened in the 1630’s, then how could he be the father of a man who was still living in England in Westbury-on-Severn in 1688? Thomas Goulding if he were to have taken part in the Migration to New England must have been born around 1600 and John of New Kent, if he had a young son in England in 1688 must have been born around 1670 at the earliest. I’m sure there must have been a generation in between, either in England or in Virginia. Since virtually nothing is known about the life of John Gaulding who came from Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex, England to oversee the lands of William Hallom, it’s not possible to directly link him to the John who was living in New Kent in the early 1700’s.

That information, if it still exists, probably resides in England because it doesn’t seem to be available in Virginia anymore.

The Burned Counties of Virginia, including New Kent County

New Kent County may have been named for either the English county of Kent or for Kent Island in the upper waters of Chesapeake Bay. William Claiborne was a native of Kent who had been driven from Kent Island by Lord Baltimore and he was a prominent resident of the area when the county was formed from York County in 1654. Part of James City County was added in 1767.

Irreplaceable colonial records were destroyed in New Kent when the clerk’s office was destroyed by fire on July 15, 1787 and additional damage was done when the courthouse was partially destroyed by fire again in 1862 during the War Between the States. The archives were then moved to the Confederate Capitol and further damage was done when Richmond was burned on April 3, 1865. (A Guide to the New Kent (VA) Circuit Court Records, 1688-1858)

On July 12, 1787 John Price Posey escaped from the New Kent County Jail with help from Thomas Green. On July 15th they returned, accompanied by two slaves named Hercules and Sawney. They burned the jail and then turned their attention to the county clerk's office two miles down the road, which they burned to the ground, destroying all the county's records. Posey did not leave the area after the crime and Green let it be known who the arsonist was. Posey was arrested and placed under strong guard and on August 15 was brought before eight justices of the New Kent County Court who acted as an examining court. After deliberating all afternoon, Posey was remanded to stand trial for arson and was sent to the Richmond jail. (Courthouse burned 1787)

The 1787 fire was a disaster but the culprit John Price Posey was justifiably hung for what he did.

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A Guide to the New Kent (VA) Circuit Court Records, 1688-1858. (n.d.). Retrieved from Library of Virginia: https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=lva/vi01564.xml

A History of the County of Gloucester, Vol 10, Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds. (1972). London, England: Originally published by Victoria County History.

Chamberlayne, C. (1940). Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish - Hanover County, Virginia 1706-1786. Virginia State Library.

Courthouse burned 1787. (n.d.). Retrieved from New Kent Historical Society, "Newsletter 2004": https://docslib.org/doc/5573302/john-price-posey-burns-the-jail-at-brickhouse

Early History of St. Peter's Church. (n.d.). Retrieved from St. Peters Church website: http://stpetersnewkent.thediocese.net/About_Us_Mission_and_Ministries/History/Early_History_Articles/

Fisher, C. b. (n.d.). Vital Records of Three Burned Counties, 1680-1860.

Gaulden, D. C. (1999). The Gaulden, Gauldin, Gaulding Family History, A Seven Hundred Year Study, Vol 1. Self Published.

Gauldin, C. (n.d.). Gleanings from St. Peter's Episcopal Church Vestry Book.

Huxford, F. c.-1. (1988-2006). In The Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol 8-12. Homerville, Georgia, USA: Huxford Genealogical Society. Retrieved from https://aigensoc.org/library/pioneers-of-the-wiregrass/

Quakers in Gloucestershire and Other Possible Ties with New Kent County, Virginia. (n.d.). Retrieved from Vikings and Virginians: https://vikingsandvirginians.com/2015/03/07/quakers-in-gloucestershire-and-other-possible-ties-with-new-kent-county-va/

St. Peter's Episcopal Church Vestry Book. (n.d.). Retrieved from ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7469/images/StPeters-VA_0806?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&queryId=5d3b5e23dcb7fb97b86531142bfdaa19&pId=1645&rcstate=StPeters-VA_0806%3A1055%2C2082%2C1158%2C2115

St. Peter's Parish Vestry Book and Register, 1684-1786. (n.d.). Retrieved from ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7469/

Westbury-on-Sev. (n.d.). Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westbury-on-Severn

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Gaulding Origins

by Catherine L. Gauldin