5:3 New England Connections
The family line of Peter Goulding of Sudbury
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Captain Peter Goulding of Sudbury, Massachusetts
In The Gaulden, Gauldin, Gaulding Family History, A Seven Hundred Year Study, Dr. Charles H. Gaulden observes on p.
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“Dr. Sherburne Anderson, a descendant of Zachariah Gaulden, has also done extensive research on the Gaulden and Goulding family. He is convinced that the first Gaulden to come to America was Reverend Thomas Goulding in 1630, who came from Dorchester England in the great migration of more than 1000 Puritans to helped establish Dorchester, Massachusetts. Dorchester preceded Boston as a town. In 1633 the settlers organized the first township form of government in New England. A map of New England will show that Dorchester England is directly across the English channel from France.
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Thomas Gaulding had a son named Peter Goulding born circa 1640 in America and probated 1703. Peter was in Boston in 1665 and was in Virginia in 1667. He had a brother Captain Roger Gaulding, who was a sea captain of Rhode Island, 1676. Peter Goulding married for his second wife, Sarah Palmer. Contemporaries were John Goulding of Long Island, New York and Jacob Goulding of Boston, Mass.
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Reverend Thomas Goulding, son of Jacob, was born January 2, 1677. I have wondered if Jacob, along with Peter and Roger, was also a son of the 1630 Reverend Thomas Goulding, Sr. Jacob would have then named his son Thomas after his father. The birth dates and names lend to such a conclusion. Reverend Thomas Goulding, son of Jacob, moved with the church from Dorchester,Massachusetts to Dorchester, South Carolina which the Congregationalists (Puritans) founded circa 1720. Dorchester, South Carolina is today up the Ashley River, above Charleston, a ghost town with only brick foundations still remaining. The Dorchester church decided to abandon the area because of the burned out land, and settled in Midway (Liberty County) Georgia, near Savannah, in 1754 where they built the still standing and today a museum, Midway Church.
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John Goulding (here the name changes to Gaulding) was born circa 1698 and ultimately moved with his parents to York County, New Kent County, Virginia. John Gaulding as a young man moved to the then Amelia County (later changed to Prince Edward County in 1754), Virginia. John married Elizabeth Geers and she was the relict when John’s estate was probated in Prince Edward County in 1772.”
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Another source, Genealogical and family history of the state of Vermont edited by Hiram Carleton, p. 450 gives the following account:
“Peter Goulding was of Boston in 1665. Captain Roger Gaulding, master of a vessel was of Rhode Island in 1676 and rendered eminent services in King Philip’s war, in acknowlegement of which the court of Plymouth granted him one hundred acres of land at Pocasset, east of Mount Hope Bay. John Golding was of Huntington, Long Island, 1683. Joseph and William Goulding were the same year of Graves End, Long Island and owners of land and stock. Jacob Goulding and wife, Elizabeth had Jacob, born at Boston January 11, 1699 and are no further reported. George Goulding was of Westerly, Rhode Island 1738-1739. Circumstances favor the belief that Peter Goudling, born in England in 1635 and who died October 11, 1703 was the brother of the valiant Captain Roger and originally from Shipdham, six miles from Norwich, England and a descendant of Rev. Thomas Goulding, Co-executor with the bishop of Norwhich yet nothing reliable on either point has been ascertained. He settled in Boston as a saddler and he often acted as an attorney in the court of sessions. No record exists of his admission to either of the churches, or to his taking an oath of fidelity, and he must be excepted in the list of Puritans, not more for his non-profession and late arrival, than from his will and failure to impress traits of Puritanism upon his descendants. He must have been, however, a man of morality and talent and of rare enterprise and courage, and by his marriage connected with the aristocracy of the colony. In 1667 he was in Virginia. October 21, 1670 he acted as attorney to Joseph Deakin of Boston, in a suit against Thomas Jenner, mariner, for the recovery of a negro slave, to the sale of whom, three years before in Virginia, he testified and again September 10, 1672 to Henry Harris and Richard Travis in an action against Thomas Edsell…
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..A second attempt to settle Quinsigamond (Worcester) was undertaken in 1683, and he purchased a town right of Thomas Ball and probably took up his residence there until the settlement was a second time broken up. By this right he, at the dirst division of lands, drew five planting lots of ten acres each for a homestead where the city of Worcester now stands and at the second division seventy-nine acres and at the third time the same, one hundred and fifty seven acres,to which his son Palmer, in behalf of himself and two brothers, revived a claim in 1713, which was allowed. Besides this town right he became the owner of three thousand and twenty acres at Assanamesset (Grafton) which seems to have been included in the south part of Worcester. About 1694 the settlers of Worcester were again dispersed, and Peter Goulding appeared at Sudbury where he died October 11, 1703, aged 68 years. He was born in England about 1635. September 4, 1694 he was appointed guardian of Mary Eagins (or Higgins) daughter of John Eagins (or Higgins), late of Boston. This indicates that he had been restored to his civil rights by the court.”
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The following article regarding Peter Goulding is from Genealogies and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, MA, Vol. I, pg. 693:
"There were a number of emigrants to New England in the middle of the seventeenth century, but none of them appear to have left descendants by the name of Goulding except Peter. He came from England, probably from Shipdam, six miles from Norwich. He was a descendant of Rev. Thomas Goulding, who was coexecutor to the Bishop of Norwich. He was a saddler by trade, but seems to have been an attorney at law with a considerable practice in the courts. He was not a Puritan, never took the oath of fidelity, nor joined the church. He was a man of morality, as his Puritan critics described his virtues, of talent and rare enterprise and courage. By marriage he was connected with the aristocratic families of the colony. He was in Virginia in 1667. He is said to have become one of the earliest anti-slavery men of Massachusetts, after visiting his brother in the south. He was in 1670 attorney for Joseph Deakin, of Boston, in a suit against Thomas Jenner, mariner, for the recovery of a negro slave, to the sale of whom three years before in Virginia he testified. His writing is mentioned as beautiful, and as more than a generation in advance of his New England contemporaries. He had a serious difference with the Suffolk county court and was prosecuted and fined "for charges that he divulged against the court and clerk of Suffolk county." In consequence, October 18, 1681, he addressed a complaint and petition to the general court, but instead of sustaining his appeal the general court sentenced him to make public acknowledgment of his fault, to satisfy the court, or pay a fine of twenty pounds to the treasurer of the colony. But the general court accepted a very ambiguous and dubious acknowledgment, and the fine was remitted."
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"He bought of Isaac Negus, April 11, 1682, two hundred acres of land north of the Merrimac river, on Beaver Brook creek. He was also interested in the second attempt to settle Worcester in 1683, and bought the town rights of Thomas Hall. He probably took up his residence there until the settlement was the second time broken up. He had several grants of land in Worcester, and his son Palmer revived his claim to one hundred and fifty-seven acres when the third settlement was made in 1713, and the claim was allowed. The family has been prominent in Worcester ever since. Goulding was the owner also of three thousand and twenty acres in Hassanamesset (Grafton), which at that time was included in the south part of Worcester. In 1694, when he left Worcester at the time the settlement was abandoned, he went to Sudbury, where he died in 1703, eleven years before the successful settlement of Worcester. He was only a sojourner in Sudbury, expecting to return some time to Worcester. He was a cordwainer as well as a farmer."
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"Peter Goulding married Jane (???), who was the mother of three and probably five of his children. He married (second) Sarah Palmer, sister of Hon. Thomas Palmer, of Boston, and in succeeding generations Palmer was a common name for the sons."
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From this article and the one above we learn the following information:
1. Captain Peter Goulding was born (probably) at Shipdam, near Norwich, England. The text says he was a descendant of Rev.Thomas Goulding, but it does not state that he was the son of Rev. Thomas Goulding.
2. He had family connections in Virginia. He was there in 1667 and he had a brother who lived in Virginia. The reason for his visit was that he was testifying on the behalf of Joseph Deakin of Boston in a suit against Thomas Jenner, mariner, for the recovery of a slave. That experience made him one of the earliest anti-slavery men of America. The name of his brother is not named, but Peter did name one of his sons John.
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The Will of Peter Goulding
I, Peter Goulding, of Sudbury, in the county of Middlesex, in the province of Massachussets Bay, in Northeast, gentleman, being in good health and sound memory and understanding, do make and publish and declare this instrument to be my last will and testament as first followest. I freely and willingly yield and give up my soul to God, who gave it, trusting, hoping and praying that it may be saved in, by and through the meritorious death and passion of Jesus Christ, who died for the same and in hopes of my resurrection unto life with Him. And my body I commit to the earth from whence it came, therein to be decently buried by my executrix herein named, the expense there of not amounting to more than forty shillings. And my small estate that God has given me
I do give and bequeath as followeth:
Unto my loving daughter, Martha Smith, the wife of John Smith of Hadley, I do give one piece of eight, and do entreat her and her good husband to accept of the same (God having given them good estate), who never displeased me worth the remembrance.
Unto Elizabeth, ye wife of William Henison, of Sudbury, I give one shilling, or the value thereof, and no more, she having had higher keeping than the rest and much oot of my little at her marriage and I believe and partly know from her own moth she hath sought the ruin of me and my poor family in this life.
Unto my eldest son, Windsor, I do give and forgive and acquit him of all that he oweth me and do request him to be contented therewith and with what my executrix will give him.
Unto my son, John Goulding, I give one piece of eight as a token of my live and do entreat him to accept of the same unto full contentment and with what more his mother will give him. And God hath already given him by honest labor and means an estate surmounting mine.
Unto my sons Thomas, Peter and Palmer I give all the real estate I shall die legally possessed of after the decease of my executrix, unto them, each one, an equal proportion, for quantity and quality consideration being had, and unto each of their heirs forever.
Unto my daughters, Sarah, Jane, Mercy, Abigail and Arabella, I do give unto each of them one good cow, not above six years old, as each of them shall attain the age of twenty-one years or are married sooner with the approbation of their mother, Sarah, my executrix.
All the remainder of my estate, (my just debts being first paid or secured to be paid), I give unto my loving and beloved wife, Sarah Goulding, during her natural life, and afterward unto all or any of my sons and daughters as unto her shall seem best to bequeath the same by will. And lastly, I do make and appoint my said wife sold executrix of this, my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto put my hand and seal on the 27th day of April, in the 2nd year of the reign of our sovereign lady of England, Queen Anne (April 1703)
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His estate consisted of lands at Grafton and Worcester and the usual personal property of a farmer at Sudbury was appraised at 265 pounds seventeen shillings. His pewter and brass furniture was valued at ten pounds. His stock consisted of 23 swine, 3 cows, one heifer, one yoke of oxen and 8 steers.
A timeline of his life:
Abt 1635 – He was born in England, That he left from Shipdam for America does not necessarily mean that he was born there however. No connection with certainty has be made to his parentage or early life, but this reference suggests he was well-educated “He was was held in high esteem by his fellow citizens. His handwriting, probably acquired in some English school, was "most Beautiful."
Before 1665 – Left Essex, England and settled in Worcester, Massachussets. Did he come to America with his parents (Rev. Thomas Goulding and unknown mother) or did he come on his own?
1665 – He is living in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts October 12, 1681 – He appeared in court in Boston, Suffolk, Massachussets and was charged with the illegal practice of law. He acted as an attorney in the Court of Sessions. He was prosecuted and fined for charges that he had divulged against the Court and clerk of Suffolk County. The occurrence not improbably disgusted him into a resolve to remove from Boston. The Massachusetts Bay Colony court barred him from pleading any cases except his own, but he later petitioned for a revocation of his disbarment.
In 1667, he was in Virginia. Oct. 21, 1670, he acted as attorney to Joseph Deakin of Boston, in a suit against Thomas Jenner, mariner, for the recovery of a negro slave, to the sale of whom, 3 years before in Virginia, he testified; and again, Sep. 10, 1672, to Henry Harris and Richard Travis, in an action against Tho. Edsell. On 1 (2) 1673, he was engaged for Edward Michelson and Mathew Bridge, who, as his assignees, had sued Thomas Edsell. [Rec. of Court of Sessions.]The Genealogy of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans by Abner Morse (Morse, 1857)
Sep. 1671, in the Court of Assistants, he acted as sub-attorney unto Thomas Bullock and wife of Shipham, Norfolk Co., Eng., in a suit against John Check- ley of Boston, which was carried before the Gen. C. at their session, Oct. 1672, and decided in favor of the plaintiffs. [Suf. Deeds.] From his admission to these several Courts and the standing of some of his employers it is evident that he was for his day a real lawyer, and an advocate of ability. His caligraphy was without vanity, plain, and most heautiful ; and must have been acquired in some favored school in England, for in style it was more than a generation in advance of that of his New England cotemporaries. But the proceedings of the Courts were not always to his mind, and he was too independent to avoid collision with their Honors. He was prosecuted and fined for charges that he had divulged against the Court and Clerk of Suffolk Co.
1681 - In consequence of this, he, Oct. 18, 1681, addressed a complaint and petition to the G. C. who, instead of affording him relief, hastily sentenced him to make a pub- lic acknowledgment of his fault, to the satisfaction of the Court, or to pay a fine of £20 to the treasurer of the colony, and to stand committed until the sentence should be performed. The Court, however, as if conscious of rashness, suddenly became more tolerant, and so far satisfied with an ambiguous acknowledgment, if it was any at all, as to resolve that, " at the petitioner's request, this sentence, as to the fine and the petitioner's acknowledgment, is respited till the next Gen- eral Court or Sessions that comes first." [E,ec. of Mass., Vol. V. p. 330.] We hear nothing more of the case. The occurrence not improbably disgusted him into a resolve to remove from Boston, for on the 11th of April following, before the next session of the G. C, he bought of Isaac Negus of Taunton, 200 acres north of Merrimack River, on a branch of Beaver Creek. It is not ascertained that he attempted a settlement here, yet it is highly probable; and if so, that he was again induced to remove by the prevalence of witchcraft at that time among his neighbors. [Midd. D., 8, 21.]
1683 - A second attempt to settle Quinsigamond (Worcester) was undertaken in 1683. Besides his town right, which he purchased of Thomas Hall. At the first division of lands he drew five planting lots of ten acres each for a homestead where the city of Worcester stands and at the second division 79 acres and at the third an additional 79 acres. 157 acres to which his son Palmer, on behalf of himself and two brothers, revived a claim in 1713 which was allowed. Beside his town right, he became the owner of 3020 acres at Hassanamesset, (Grafton) which seems to have been included in the south part of Worcester. About 1694 the settlers of Worcester were again dispersed and he appeared at Sudbury where he died in 1703.
1693 – He was living in Worcester, Massachusetts.
1694 – After the Worcester settlement disbanded, he moved to Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachussets. He must have made considerable improvements here, for his homestead of 70 acres, after having been abandoned to the enemy was appraised at 2 pounds, while his 3020 acres was valued at 4 pounds.
Sep. 4, 1694, he was appointed guardian of Mary Eagins or Higgins, dg. of John A. or H., late of Boston. This indicates that he had been made rectus in curia, and died in civil communion with the powers there were. The Genealogy of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans by Abner Morse (Morse, 1857)
1694-1703 - He seems to have been living in Sudbury, waiting an opportunity to reoccupy his homestead at Worcester, and had already waited nine years. During this time he probably returned to his trade, uniting therewith shoemaker, for one of his sons, who must have grown up in the interim, was early styled cordwainer and others saddler, and his youngest lived in Sudbury as a cordwainer twenty years after the death of his father.
April 27, 1703 – He writes his will
October 11, 1703 – He died in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
Nov. 8, 1703 – Will is probated. His estate, consisting of lands all at Hassanamesset and Worcester, and tht- usual personal property of a farmer at Sudbury, was appraised at cl*265 17s. His pewter and brass furniture was valued at £10. His stock consisted of 23 swine, 3 cows, 1 heifer, 1 yoke of oxen, and 8 steers. [Mid. Prob. L. X. p. 355-7.] The value of his property was appraised at 265 pounds.
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Sources for this information [History of Grafton, pg. 492]. [From Historic Homes and Institutions, pg. 152]
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From the WILL OF PETER GOULDING we can determine the following information about his children:
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Martha Goulding – Is named in the will as married to John Smith of Hadley, Mass. She received “one piece of eight” from her father.
Frances Goulding – Frances was born 22 Feb. 1668 and she died on the same day so of course she is not mentioned in the will. Some references state she was the daughter of Peter Goulding and Sarah and others suggest that Jane was her mother.
Elizabeth Goulding – Is named in her father’s will as married to William Henison, of Sudbury. She received only one shilling and there seems to have been some animosity between Elizabeth and her father because he states “sought the ruin of me and my poor family”. References list the husband of Elizabeth Goulding as either “William Jennison” or “William Jameson”. There is some confusion here and while there is a similarity with the names, they both appear to have different lineages so they can’t be immediately assumed to be the same person. References, however give the date of marriage to Elizabeth Goulding as the same date, June 20, 1700.
Windsor Goulding – Windsor was the eldest son and he is named in the will and the only bequest he receives is that he is relieved of the debts he has incurred with his father.
Thomas Goulding – Is named in the will and along with his brothers Peter and Palmer were given the residual of the estate, assuming all the land.
Sarah Goulding – Is named in the will. She received “one good cow”
John Goulding – Is named in the will and received a piece of eight. His father states that he was very successful in life at the time of his father’s will and had “an estate surmounting mine”
Jane Goulding - named in the will. She received “one good cow”
Mercy "Mary" Goulding - named in the will. She received “one good cow”
Peter II Goulding - Is named in the will and along with his brothers Thomas and Palmer were given the residual of the estate, assuming all the land.
Captain Palmer Goulding, Sr. - Is named in the will and along with his brothers Thomas and Peter were given the residual of the estate, assuming all the land.
Abigail Goulding - named in the will. She received “one good cow”
Arabella Goulding - named in the will. She received “one good cow”
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Shared Facts: Jane, his wife
Marriage: 1665 in Massachusetts, USA; Boston, Suffolk
Children: Goulding*, Frances- Frances died in infancy. (not sure if Frances was the child of Sarah or of Jane. Needs further investigation)
Goulding*, Peter (not sure if Peter was the son of Sarah or Jane. Needs further investigation)
The sons and daughters of Captain Peter Goulding and his wives Jane and Sarah Palmer can be traced easily enough because they are a well-documented family. The story is interesting, as many of them migrated to Georgia to Midway Church.
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Sarah Palmer, sister to the Honorable Thomas Palmer
Sarah Palmer is not so easily traced, although it seems that it shouldn’t be so difficult to find information about her because her brother Thomas is identified as the “Honorable Thomas Palmer of Boston”, nevertheless I have not been able to find much about him on the internet. He may be the person recorded as investing in shipbuilding in the early 1700’s.
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The History of Shipbuilding on North River, Plymouth County, Massachusetts by Lloyd Vernon Briggs, available on googlebooks has the following:
"also in 1705, the brig't'n ABIGAIL AND SARAH, 60 tons; owners, Edward Martyn and William Hutchinson, merchants and THOMAS PALMER of Boston..In 1706, the brig't's TYGER, 60 tons, was built at Scituante; owners THOMAS PALMER and Edward Martyn of Boston..."
Source: History of Shipbuilding on North River, Plymouth County, Massachusetts: With ... - Lloyd Vernon Briggs - Google Books
https://books.google.com/books?id=lgsWDUXvU2QC&pg=PA339&lpg=PA339&dq=Honorable+Thomas+Palmer+of+Boston+1640&source=bl&ots=P1JR2utv-1&sig=wPsQKqOx1Y3EMixdYs1yZEZBrcw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDsQ6AEwBmoVChMInpi8ivLVxwIVh1mSCh3g6QzF#v=onepage&q=Honorable%20Thomas%20Palmer%20of%20Boston%201640&f=false
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The New England Historical and Genealogical Register; Vol 46, 1892, published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society Staff, available on googlebooks has the following information about Captain Palmer Goulding, the son of Captain Peter Goulding.
"Captain Palmer Goulding, the 15th child of Peter and Sarah Goulding, was of Sudbury, Mass. July 17, 1722 when he made a conveyance to John Biglo of Marlboro, his interest in 'land situated in the north part of Worchester, to which town he removed the next year...and there carried on the business of tanning, shoemaking, making malt, curing hams, etc and on an extended scale for his day. Tradition represents him and his children to have been of extreme size, very ingenious and capable of doing anything. He was on a committee to seat the meeting and was included with Adam Winthrop, Esq, JUDGE THOMAS PALMER and 13 other of the aristocracy to whom pews were allowed..."
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The information does confirm that both the Goulding family of Massachusetts and the Palmers were considered to be of high social standing. So far the most compelling information to continue searching for is that which concerns the Thomas Palmer of Boston who was involved in shipbuilding. If the TYGER was built in 1706 and Hon. Thomas Palmer was born about 1640 (not confirmed), that would mean he was about 60 when the ship was built.
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The other is the man who is reported to have been Peter Goulding’s brother, the gallant Captain Roger Goulding of Rhode Island, a mariner who played an instrumental part in King Philip’s War.
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Descendants of CAPTAIN PETER GOULDING (Gauldin, 2022)
This information is presented for information only as there seems to be no overlap in the distinct Massachusetts and Virginia families with only one exception.
Palmer Goulding, the son of Peter “of South Carolina” Goulding was the grandson of Captain Peter Goulding. He married Mary Bacon, the daughter of Josiah Bacon and they had the following children:
1. Peter Goulding who was born about 1756 in Dorchester, South Carolina and died on 27 April 1789 in Midway, Liberty, Georgia. He married Ann Girardeau on 22 December 1788 in Midway, Liberty, Georgia.
2. Thomas Goulding, Sr. who was born in 1759 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA and died on 2 December 1795 in Midway, Liberty, Georgia, USA. He married Margaret “Mary” Stacey, the daughter of John Stacey and Sarah Ann Dunham on 10 July 1784 in Midway.
3. Mary Ann Goulding was born on 13 October 1760 in Midway, Liberty, Georgia, USA and she died on 11 August 1761 in Midway, Liberty, Georgia.
4. Josiah Goulding was born about 1762 in Midway, Liberty, Georgia, USA and he died on 7 March 1773 in Midway.
5. John Goulding was born about 1765 in Midway, Liberty, Georgia and he died on 30 October 1768 in Midway.
6. PALMER GOULDING was born about 1770 and he died in April of 1826 in Midway, Liberty, Georgia, USA. He held a large estate with 19 slaves in the 1820 census. He married Jane Graham on 27 October 1791 in Midway, Liberty, Georgia, USA. This is the PALMER GOLDINGE who along with he and his brothers are listed on the SAME 1809 TAX LIST as ZACHARIAH GAULDEN, the son of CAPTAIN JOHN GAULDEN and Susannah Brumfield his wife. Is this just a coincidence?
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The only relevant question is whether or not there was a common ancestor and who the brother was who is referred to in the information about Captain Peter Goulding in the Court Record, who was living in Virginia.
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There is little need to record the descendants of the family of Peter Goulding of Sudbury beyond the first generation, although their story is well documented. Many of the members of the family moved to South Carolina and settled at Midway in Liberty County, Georgia.
Generation 1
1. CAPTAIN PETER1 GOULDING1-13 was born in 1639 in Shipdam, Essex, England (Millennium File about Peter Goulding Name: Peter Goulding Gender: Male Birth Date: 1639 Birth Place: Shipdam, Essex, England6-12, 14 Death Date: 1703 Death Place: Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Father: Thomas G Goulding Spouse: Sarah Palmer Childr). He died on 11 Oct 1703 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA3, 7-8, 10-14. He married (1) SARAH PALMER*, daughter of Unknown Father of Sarah Palmer*, in 1673 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Family Data Collection - Marriages Peter Goulding; Spouse Sarah Palmer6, 8, 10, 15-17). She was born in 1643 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Millennium File Sarah Palmer; Birth Date: 164314-15, 18 Spouse: Peter Goulding Children: Mercy Golding). She died on 11 Oct 1703 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He married (2) JANE PALMER?? on 10 Aug 1631 in Harrow On The Hill, London,England (Anne? Jane Palmer of Highgate). She was born about 1630 in England. She died date Unknown.
CAPTAIN PETER GOULDING and Sarah Palmer* had the following children:
2. i. WINDSOR2 GOULDING*19-21 was born on 03 Mar 1674 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age: 019-20). He died in Virginia, USA. (This is probably an error) He married Elizabeth INGOLDSBY on 14 May 1698 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA21. She was born in 1681 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. She died in 1703 in Massachusetts, USA.
ii. REV. THOMAS GOULDING* (?)22 was born on 02 Jan 1677 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Massa Vit Recds Thomas Goulding;b. 23 Jan 1677; Father: Peter Goulding; Mother: Sarah23-24). He died on 08 Nov 1723 in Dorchester, South Carolina, USA (?).
iii. SARAH GOLDEN GOULDING*25-26 was born on 19 Aug 1679 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Alternate place is Boston, Massachusetts, USA25-26). She died in 1688 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA27.
3. iv. CAPTAIN JOHN GOULDING*28-32 was born in 1682 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA29, 31-32. He died on 19 Jan 1750 in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA28, 30, 32. He married Abigail Grout Curtis*, daughter of Joseph Curtis* and Abigail GROUT*, in Dec 1705 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA29, 31-33. She was born on 02 Mar 1678 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA32-35. She died on 16 Jan 1766 in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA32.
v. JANE GOULDING*36-37 was born on 01 Jan 1684 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA36. She died on 17 Sep 1759 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. She married Peter Jennison* **, son of Ensign Samuel JENNISON and Judith NEWCOMB*, on 07 Nov 1699 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He was born on 01 Oct 1681 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 17 Jan 1723 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Notes for Jane Goulding*: No spouse listed on the internet
vi. MERCY GOULDING*38-42 was born on 08 Sep 1686 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Boston, Suffolk38-41). She died on 17 Nov 1756 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA38. She married Lieutenant Chileab II Smith, son of Chileab I Smith* and Hannah HITCHCOCK*, on 19 Dec 171041. He was born on 18 Feb 1685 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA (Hadley, Hampshire43-44). He died on 08 Nov 1746 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA (Age at Death: 6144).
4. vii. PETER "OF SOUTH CAROLINA" GOULDING*45-48 was born on 24 Oct 1688 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA48. He died after 1760 in Dorchester, South Carolina, USA. He married SARAH BACON*. She was born on 04 May 1702 in Dorchester, Berkeley, South Carolina, USA. She died on 29 Aug 1769 in St Johns Parish, Liberty, Georgia, USA (Midway, Liberty).
5. viii. CAPTAIN PALMER GOULDING* *** SR.49-55 was born in 1690 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA49-51, 56. He died on 11 Feb 1770 in Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA49-50, 56. He married (1) REBECKAH RICHARDSON? on 31 Oct 1770 in Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. She was born about 1695. He married (2) ABIGAIL RICE* on 04 Dec 1722 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA56-57. She was born in 1691 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA14, 58. She died on 17 Feb 1772 in Holden, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA58-60.
ix. ABIGAIL GOULDING* was born in 1691 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. She died in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA.
6. x. ARABELLA GOULDING*61-67 was born in 1693 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA (Her father's family is known because she sold land left to her by her brother Thomas Goldinge to Palmer Goulding, another brother, from there her last name is known and a will was found for Peter, her father./Hadley, Hampshire). She died in 1774 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA61, 63-64. She married Jonathan Brewer*, son of John II BREWER* and Elizabeth Rice*, on 17 Apr 1717 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA61, 63, 68. He was born on 21 Jun 1689 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA68-73. He died in 1752 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Weston, Middlesex68-70).
CAPTAIN PETER GOULDING and Jane PALMER?? had the following children:
xi. PETER GOULDING JR74-75 was born in 1665 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA74-75. He died in 1665 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA75.
xii. MARY GOULDING* ***76 was born on 21 Jan 1665 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Mary Golding b 21 Jan 166576 Boston, MA Father: Peter Golding Mother: Jane Src: Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988). She died in 1670 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA.
xiii. MARTHA GOULDING*?77 was born on 21 Jan 1665 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA77-78. She died on 07 Nov 1756 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. She married John "of Hadley" Smith*, son of Giles Smith*, in 1691 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA77, 79-80. He was born on 10 Sep 1669 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Hadley, Hampshire77, 79, 81-83). He died about 1750 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. Notes for Martha Goulding*?: Died at the age of four years
xiv. FRANCES GOULDING*84 was born on 22 Feb 1667 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Boston, Suffolk84). She died in 1668 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Boston, Middlesex).
xv. ELIZABETH GOULDING*85-89 was born on 06 Oct 1673 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Boston, Suffolk86-87, 89). She died on 02 Dec 1756 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Watertown, Middlesex, Age at Death: 9386). She married William Jennison* ** Esq., son of Ensign Samuel JENNISON and Judith NEWCOMB*, on 20 Jun 1700 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 Elizabeth Golding; Spouse: William Jennison Marriage Date: 20 Jun 170085, 90; City: Sudbury County: Middlesex; Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0599521 item 4). He was born on 17 Oct 1676 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA91. He died on 19 Sep 1741 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA92-93.
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References
Gauldin, C. L. (2022). Gaulding Origins.