6:4 - The Golding Family of Bermuda
William “the Clergyman” Goulding and Bartholomew Goulding
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William “the Clergyman” Goulding and Bartholomew "of Ipswich" Goulding may have been brothers
As has already been established, there were two clergymen from Suffolk, England who were ordained by John Jegon, the Bishop of Norwich. Their names were William Goulding and Bartholomew Goulding. The information came from the Clergydatabase.org. (The Clergy database, n.d.)
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William Goulding was the vicar of St. Andrew in Ilkittishall and Bartholomew Goulding was ordained in 1617 as a Priest and was a Preacher to South Elmham, Sancti Petri (St. Peter) by 1645. Bartholomew Goulding died in England but a death date for William Goulding is not given on this resource. I’ve encountered very few people in my research named Bartholomew who have the Golding/Goulding surname, unlike the untold numbers of men named John, Thomas and William. The question to be answered is the Bartholomew Goulding who was the preacher of St. Peter South Elmham the same person as BARTHOLOMEW GOULDING with a son named William who is named in the will of WILLIAM “The Clergyman” Goulding who died on Eleuthuria in 1648? William “the Clergyman” Goulding had only one son and his name was John and his story has been confirmed by Louis Thorn Golding, a direct descendant of Arthur Golding, the Translator of Ovid’s Metamorphosis. John Golding eventually ended up in Huntington and he left descendants there.
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Bartholomew “of Ipswich” Goulding, William “the Clergyman” Goulding, and Rev. Thomas “of Dorchester” Goulding are all of about the same time period.
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These are my own theories about who these three individuals are.
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i. Bartholomew “of Ipswich” Goulding is the same person who is listed in the clergydatabase as Bartholomew Goulding, the vicar of South Elmham, Sancti Petri (St. Peter). He married three times: 1. Alice Unknown by whom he had Thomas Goulding b 1609 and the William who is named in the 1648 will of William “the Clergyman” Goulding. There are two Williams that might be candidates for that particular William. One is William “of Gravesend” Goulding who is also known as Goulder. He is connected to Lady Moody. The other is William “Son of Bartholomew” Goulding, born about 1631. Bartholomew Goulding married a third time to Elizabeth Woodes.
ii. William "the Clergyman" Goulding was one of three ministers of the gospel associated with Rev. Patrick Copeland. He died in the Somers Islands. He was married to ELIZABETH CHADDOCK but she is referred to in William’s 1648 will as Elizabeth, the widow of Richard Waylett. Elizabeth married three times.
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From the Will of Rev. William Goulding/Golding signed 1648. He records that he was married to Elizabeth, the widow of Richard Watchett or Waylett. The first reference reads:
"Through my marriage with the widow of Mr. Richard Wachett, deceased," and the second reads "unto my beloved wife Elizabeth, her children according to the true intent and meaning of the sayd last will and testament of my predecessor, Mr. Richard Waylett".
Is this a transcription error? Probably. The name "Waylett" is at least recorded in the history of the Somers Islands, in this instance in 1664, too late to be in direct relation to Richard Waylett, the first husband of Elizabeth but is perhaps a descendant. The mention is on p. 217 of a book available on googlebooks called Memorials of the Discovery and Early Settlement of the Bermudas.." by Sir John Henry Lefroy (Lefroy, n.d., p. 217)
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The notation reads:
"30. Indictments of Negros for serious offences. (1) The Jurie for our Soveraigne Lord the King doe present Peter a Negroe man, servant of Capt William Waylitt of Sandis Tribe.."
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The text goes on to report that the said Peter stole a boat belonging to William Burch. That reference to Captain William Waylitt is the only mention made in that publication. There are no results were found in that book for the surname "Watchett".
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Waylett of Bermuda
That the name was actually WAYLETT and not WATCHETT is confirmed by the following entry in BERMUDA SETTLERS OF THE 17TH CENTURY: Genealogical Notes from Bermuda by Julia E. Mercer. (Mercer, p. 74)
GOLDING
Will of Rev. JOHN GOLDING, minister of the Chapel of Jesus Christ, 1648 only son JOHN GOLDING to have property in Devonshire, MARY WAYLETT, daughter of RICHARD WAYLETT, my predecessor, property in Pembroke bought of William Berkley. Wife ELIZABETH whatever I am possessed on in COUNTY SUFFOLK. Should JOHN die Devonshire property to go to nephew WILLIAM GOLDING, son of BARTHOLOMEW. Wife and son to have books/ Wife sole Executrix.
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What and where was the “property in Pembroke bought of William Berkley”. Does he mean William Berkley, the Governor of Virginia?
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Notes: JOHN GOLDING married the widow of RICHARD WAYLETT his predecessor and the property he had acquired by that marriage he leaves to his wife ELIZABETH and the WAYLETT children...ELIZABETH was daughter of CAPTAIN THOMAS CHADDOCK and married 1st WILLIAM SEYMOUR by whom there were 4 children. She married 2nd RICHARD WAYLETT.
There was a GOULDING family in New York at this period. Vide Executive Council Minutes of New York Vol 1 p. 74 and Records at Gravesend, Long Island.
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The will however specifically records the will of REV. WILLIAM GOLDING as the husband of Elizabeth the widow of Richard Waylett. Why does the author refer to the same person as "Rev. John Golding"?
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Some associations to be derived from the above text are:
i. That WILLIAM Golding was a minister of the Gospel and that his will was recorded in 1648. This is confirmed by the Will of Rev. William Goulding/Golding of Bermuda who names his wife Elizabeth, the widow of Richard Waylett.
ii. That John/William Golding had a brother named BARTHOLOMEW who had a son named William. William the nephew was to rec'v property in Devonshire should John, the only son, die. It is also indicated that John/William Golding owned property in Suffolk (England)
iii. That Elizabeth's maiden name was CHADDOCK and that the name of her first of 3 husbands was WILLIAM SEYMOUR. They had 4 children. She had at least one child with her second husband RICHARD WAYLETT and that child's name was Mary. Elizbeth's father's name was CAPTAIN THOMAS CHADDOCK.
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Is this William 'The Clergyman' connected to William 'of Gravesend'?
Baptism of John Golding, the only son of Rev. William Golding of Bermuda.
"Goulden Book V (A) p. 351. This is to certify that JOHN GOULDEN son of WILLIAM GOULDEN, Minister, was baptized April 23, 1630 as you will find by the Register Book of Smiths Tribe, THOS WELLS counsellor July 16, 1670." (Mercer, p.78)
Louis Thorn Golding, a direct descendant of Arthur Golding the Translator, solved the question of what happened to John, the only son of William ‘the Clergyman’ Goulding. He traced his life from Bermuda and proved he ended up in Huntington, New York. Since there are so many men by the name of John, I had that particular person listed in my database as John “of Huntington” Golding. He married Grace Skidmore and they had a son named Ephraim. Louis Thorn Golding is probably the most authoritative author on the life of Arthur Golding and he spent a number of years trying to trace what happened to the descendants of the Elizabethan scholar and he succeeded in doing so.
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The life of William “the Clergyman” Golding will be fully described in another chapter. Louis Thorn Golding mentions him in his writings, and says that even though William was not of the direct line of Arthur or Percival Golding, he was probably a close relative. That complies with my theory that he was a descendant of the line of the Goulding/Golding family that were from Suffolk and were related to the Gosnold family, the Wingfields and the Nauntons.
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1. There was a man named Thomas Goulding who went to Virginia on the ship the George in 1623 and on February 4, 1625 was living at Martin's Hundred. He is listed in Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, 1607-1635 A Biographical Dictionary, a 26-year-old servant in the household of William Harwood. According to the Jamestown Society he is a qualifying ancestor, but they have no records as to who he was or where he came from.
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The question has always been as whether he had any family connection to the other early immigrants to Virginia named Golding or Goulding. There was also a "Gouldinge" who is listed in THE GREAT MIGRATION on the same ship with someone named Prentice. Those two names are linked together in the will of R. Harlakenden. The story has always been that the first person to come to America was named Rev. Thomas Goulding who arrived around 1630 in the Great Migration and that he helped to establish Dorchester, Massachusetts which later became Boston. (Anderson, 1995)
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2. The last person whose story is explored in a subsequent chapter is William “of Gravesend” Goulding, also called Goulder. There is a lingering story that he was with Cromwell’s army, but I have found nothing to prove that. He came to America and was first in Virginia.
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There were three points of immigration for the Golding/Goulding family as they traveled from England to America. Those points were:
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The Goldings of Bermuda
a. The first bridge from England to Bermuda took place when the descendants of Arthur Golding the Translator left England and went to Bermuda where Percival Golding was a schoolteacher and died there as a very old man. His descendants went from Bermuda to New York where they settled in Long Island and left descendants.
b. William “the Clergyman” Golding was a Separatist preacher who was in Bermuda at the same time as Percival the schoolteacher Golding. He left there with some of his congregation for an island closer to Virginia called Eleuthuria and he died there, leaving a 1648 will. i. He had one son named John “of Huntington” Golding who may have spent time in Jamaica before traveling to Huntington, New York where he settled and left descendants.
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The Gouldings of Massachusetts
a. Rev. Thomas Goulding is reported to have gone to Massachusetts around 1630 and was one of the people who first settled Dorchester, Massachusetts which later became Boston. The only mention of a Thomas Goulding I have found is in The Great Migration and on the same page are listed members of the Harlakenden family and someone named Prentice. I need to find a copy of the book.
i. Peter Goulding is supposed to have been his descendant and Captain Peter Goulding is a person who is well documented in the area.
1. Peter’s brother was Captain Roger Goulding who played a prominent role in King Philip’s War (1675-1676).
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The Gouldings/Gauldings of Virginia
a. There were a number of early Immigrants to Virginia, most notably William, Thomas and George. George Golding came with Bartholomew Gosnold on the first ships to Jamestown but he died almost immediately afterwards.
i. The William mentioned I believe to be either William “of Gravesend” Goulding or William “the Clergyman” Goulding.
ii. Thomas Goulding is listed as a qualifying ancestor of the Jamestown Society and he arrived at the age of 26 and is listed in the muster that took place right after the Indian massacre. He was living in the household of Ellis Emerson at Martin’s Hundred and Emerson was known to be the place where young men associated with the establishment of the Indian school were housed.
iii. Finally, the man whom I suspect was my own direct ancestor was John Goulding who was “brought over” to be the overseer on the land owned by the Hallam brothers in Rappahannock County, Virginia. There was another man named John Golding who was of Essex County, Virginia married to Elizabeth Ripley but so far I have found no family connection. He was NOT the John Golding who was the son of William “the Clergyman” Goulding.
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I am directly related to John “of New Kent” Goulding or Galding as he is recorded in the parish records of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in New Kent, Virginia and his wife Anne Stuart.
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Each place will be described along with the immigrants who are associated with it.
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References
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(n.d.). Retrieved from The Clergy database: clergydatabase.org.uk.
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Anderson, R. C. (1995). The Great Migration begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. New England Genealogical and Historic Society. Retrieved from https://www.amazon.com/great-migration-begins-Immigrants-1620-1633/dp/088082042X
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Golding, L. T. (1937). An Elizabethan Puritan. New York, New York, USA: Richard R. Smith, publishers. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/elizabethanpurit00gold
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Lefroy, S. J. (n.d.). Memorials of the Discovery and Early Settlement of the Bermudas. Retrieved from googlebooks: http://books.google.com/books?id=UCoCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA743&lpg=PA743&dq=Richard+Waylett+Somers+Islands&source=bl&ots=pl2Lxw3Ntm&sig=0QFTRF2gQnvNhIaWBAbAbRS8oOE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zy_HUfiTAeGIygH-roDQCg&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Waylett%20&f=false
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Mercer, J. E. (n.d.). Bermuda Settlers of the 17th Century. http://books.google.com/books?id=y_MRB6Ze1FUC&pg=PA114&lpg=PA114&dq=captain+william+waylett&source=bl&ots=cG-pihbrLO&sig=DxP-oP7DBwo5_Iui_YEZxoqxrWM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DzfHUdiEHO610QHxjYD4Aw&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Golding&f=false.