Thomas Goulding and Peter Goulding

5:1 New England Connections
Thomas Goulding, Clerk of the Bishop of Norwich and Peter Goulding

The Norfolk Line

I have occasionally come across references in published works that link a family in England with the surname Goulding or Golding that is known to me with a family line in either Virginia or Massachusetts and one of them is a citation from a book called The Genealogy of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans by Abner Morse.

"Goulding is an English name ..in distinction from Golding, a name common to the Celtic Irish. It was originally local and borrowed from Goulding on the borders of Wales, anciently Gouldingham derived from “goal” meaning “a bound” and “ham” meaning a hamlet or town. The name is not to be found in the Doomsday Book but it occurs in Rheimer’s Foeder’s, in Burke’s History of the Peerage and on the early rolls of Parliament. In 1519 THOMAS GOULDING, Clerk, with the Bishop of Norwich was appointed executor to the will of Lord Cornwallis...” (Morse, 1857, p. 201)

In addition:

1. There exists a letter written from a Rev. John Gauden to Lord Cornwallis. I have yet to find this letter myself, but it’s existence is mentioned in Dr. Gaulden’s book on page 16. “One interesting family tradition passed to me concerns the Gaulden family and England. The tradition is that the first American Gaulden was working for the government of England and fled to America due to persecution. I cannot verify this tradition though I do see numerous government leaders named Gauden (notice no ‘L’). I found a letter written from a Rev. John Gauden to Lord Cornwallis. This letter involves a complaint of persecution. This may be a different family all together, though the name spelling is very close.” (Gaulden, p. 16)

Who is the "Bishop of Norwich" mentioned and who was “Lord Cornwallis”?
I am convinced the “Bishop of Norwich” mentioned in The Genealogy of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans by Abner Morse is RICHARD NYKKE (or NIX). As had been mentioned before, the text on page 97 reads:

True, the narrative states nothing definitive has been found to make the connection but Richard Nykke (or Nix) was the Bishop at the time in question and Thomas ‘of Poslingford’ Golding who was married to Elizabeth Royden was the Clerk mentioned.

Biography of Richard Nykke, the Bishop of Norwich
"Richard Nykke (1447-1535) became Bishop of Norwich under Pope Alexander VI in 1515. Norwich at this time was the second largest conurbation in England after London. Nykke is often called the last Catholic bishop of the diocese, but that title is also claimed by John Hopton, bishop under Mary I of England. Described as "ultra-conservative", but also "much-respected",[3] Nykke maintained an independent line and was embroiled in conflict until blind and in his last years. While he was a natural target for Protestant propaganda, stories about him are sometimes poorly founded... Nykke consistently attempted to maintain Roman orthodoxy, against Lollards, new theological thinking coming out of Cambridge – he was particularly suspicious of Gonville Hall[14]—and the early Protestant reformers. He expressed anxiety about the distribution of William Tyndale's translation into English of the New Testament." (Richard Nykke)

Also, in the Dictionary of National Biography:
Nix was of the old catholic party, and hence his long tenure of his bishopric was adversely criticized by historians of the protestant party. He is stated to have been of irregular life; but, on the other hand, he was clearly a man of independence, and of the greatest activity. Thus in 1509 he turned out the prior of Butley, and his visitations were conducted with regularity and strictness (cf. Jessopp, Visitations of the Diocese of Norwich, Camd. Soc.). He was appointed by bull, 15 Sept. 1514, to receive Wolsey's oath on his translation to York, and, with the Bishop of Winchester, invested him with the pallium. In 1515 he took part in the ceremony attending the reception of Wolsey's cardinal's hat. When the ambassadors went to Rome in 1528 about the divorce, one of them (doubtless Gardiner) gave an account to the pope of the English bishops, and told a ‘merry tale’ about Nix, showing that his age had not affected his spirits.

Nix was naturally opposed to the divorce; but later, in 1533, he voted for Cranmer's propositions in convocation. He was a staunch opponent of the reformers, and especially disliked the introduction of heretical books, which, owing to the situation of his diocese, had caused him much trouble there. (cf. Strype, Cranmer, ii. 694). He is said to have taken a leading part in the execution of Thomas Bilney [q. v.], who belonged to his old college. Froude says, with some justice, that he burnt Bilney on his own authority, without waiting for the royal warrant.." (Nix, Richard)

John Jegon, was a later Bishop of Norwich and was related by marriage to both the Gosnold Family and the Golding Family of Suffolk, England and there were two men named William and Bartholomew Goulding who were ordained by John Jegon. He is not the Bishop of Norwich who was co-executor to the will, however. That story is covered in the section entitled “William ‘the Clergyman’ Goulding and Bartholomew Golding.

Blenerhassett and William “of Broome” Cornwallis
One of the family traditions that has come down through the years about John "of New Kent" Gaulding is that the family were Quakers and originally came from Westbury-on-Severn. A Quaker Community was formed there 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. One of the early leaders was Joseph Baynham and interestingly enough the existence of Joseph Baynham is confirmed in the VISITATION OF THE COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER, taken in the year 1623. (Chitting, 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. Going back to the citation from a book called The Genealogy of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans by Abner Morse.

"In 1519 THOMAS GOULDING, Clerk, with the Bishop of Norwich was appointed executor to the will of Lord Cornwallis...” (Morse, 1857, p. 201) In addition there exists a letter written from Rev. John Gauden to Lord Cornwallis. This letter involves a complaint of persecution. This may be a different family all together, though the name spelling is very close.” (Gaulden, p. 16) I still don’t know who Rev John Gauden was, but I encounter mention of him from time to time.

The Blenerhassett family was very powerful and they married into families that were equally powerful and influential. They are linked by marriage to the Gosnold family through the marriage of Katherine to John Gosnold of Shrylbonge and to John Cornwallis, through the marriage of John Blennerhasset (1515-1573) to Elizabeth Cornwallis, the daughter of Sir John Cornwallis and Mary Sulyard. This John Cornwallis served in the household of the 3rd Duke of Norfolk and his lineage is well known.

Is WILLIAM “of Broome” CORNWALLIS the "Lord Cornwallis" mentioned who along with Thomas "the Clerk" Golding, both co-signers to the will of the the Bishop of Norwich? I’m fairly certain he is and it is my hypothosis is that the man named Thomas ‘the Clerk’ Golding is Thomas "of Poslingford" Golding who married Katherine Gosnold. Why? Because they were all related by marriage. Blenerhasset, Cornwallis, and Golding were all related to the Gosnolds and through them to the planners and investors of the Virginia Company. An hypothesis isn't documentary evidence of course, but all of the pieces of the puzzle seem to fit and everything seems to point to Suffolk, England, then to the Gosnolds and Wingfields and ultimately to Virginia.

As has been mentioned before, In 1519 THOMAS GOULDING, Clerk, with the Bishop of Norwich was appointed executor to the will of Lord Cornwallis...” (Morse, 1857, p. 201) The Bishop of Norwich in this case was Richard Nix and the Cornwallis whose will they are co-executors of was I believe William “of Broome” Cornwallis. I'd like to find a transcription of the will to see if Thomas Golding and Richard Nix are mentioned.

This is from Magna Carta Ancestry: a Study in Colonial and Medieval Families

"WILLIAM CORNWALLIS, Esq., of Brome and Oakley, Suffolk, London, Bedfordshire, and Norfolk, Justice of the Peace for Suffolk, 4th son, born about 1470 (aged 40 in 1510). He married ELIZABETH STANFORD (or STAMFORD) daughter and co-heiress of John Stanford, Esq., of Stagsden, Bedfordshire and Banks (in Wimpole), Cambridgeshire, by Joan, daughter and heiress of John Butler (or Boteler), of Meppershall, Bedfordshire. They had five sons, John, Knt., Thomas (clerk), Edward, William, and Francis, and six daughters, Elizabeth (wife of William Singleton), Affra (wife of Anthony Aucher, Knt.), Dorothy (wife of John Head), Katherine (nun at Elstow Abbey), Prudence (wife of __ Roydon), and Edith (wife of William Barwike). He was heir in 1510 to his older brother, Edward Cornwallys, Esq. WILLIAM CORNWALLIS, Esq., died 20 Nov. 1519, and was buried in the chancel in St. Nicholas's, Oakley Suffolk. His widow, Elizabeth, died testate 1 April 1537, and was buried in the chacel at Thrandeston, Suffolk. .... etc. (Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, p. 20)

He left a will proved 29 Nov. 1519 (P.C.C. 24 Ayloffe).

Children of William Cornwallis, Esq., by Elizabeth Stanford:
i. JOHN CORNWALLIS, Knt. [see next].
ii. AFFRA CORNWALLIS, married ANTHONY AUCHER, Knt., of Bishopsbourne, Kent [see LOVELACE 13].

13. JOHN CORNWALLIS, Knt., of Brome, Suffolk, son and heir, Steward of the Household to Edward Tudor, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VI). He married MARY SULLIARD, daughter of Edward Sulliard (or Sulyard), Esq., of London and Otes (in High Laver), Essex, by his 2nd wife, Anne, daughter of John Norris of Bray, Lancashire. They had four sons, Thomas Ktn., Henry, Esq., Richard, Esq., and William, and three daughters, Elizabeth, Anne (wife of Thomas Kent), and Mary (wife of Wiliam Halse and Roger Warren). SIR JOHN CORNWALLIS died at Ashridge, Buckinghamshire 23 April 1544, and was buried at Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, with a monument in the chancel at Brome, Suffolk. He left a will proved 9 July 1544 (P.C.C. 11 Pynnyng). .... etc.
Children of John Cornwallis, Knt., by Mary Sulliard:
RICHARD CORNWALLIS, Esq.

ELIZABETH CORNWALLIS, married JOHN BLENNNERHASSET, Esq., of Barsham by Beccles, Suffolk"

The name “Roydon” also stands out in the narrative above, as in “Prudence Cornwallis (daughter of William “of Broome” Cornwallis) married ___ Roydon but there is no record available that might give an indication about whether or not he was related to the Royden family of Royden Hall. Thomas “of Poslingford” Golding, whom I believe was the Clerk named in the 1519 will of William Cornwallis was married to Elizabeth Roydon. That family was from Kent. Elizabeth was married three times, her last husband being Sir Thomas Golding. Her second husband was Cuthbert Vaughn who was executed for his participation in Wyatt’s Rebellion. There is an excellent description of Lady Golding’s relationship with Sir Thomas Golding beginning on page 70 of A Manor Through Four Centuries by A.R. Cook.

"In 1564 Elizabeth decided upon yet one more matrimonial venture. Her third and last husband, Sir Thomas Golding, Kt. was a worthy man and of proper dignity for on the occasion of their marriage at Great Chart in May of that year 'he paid 45/- to the parson and clerk for their services.'. He promised to be of a quieter disposition more suitable to his wife's mature age and could offer her a safer subsistence.

According to Morant, Sir Thomas was of Belchamp St. Paul in Essex and was 'one of the Commissioners for certifying the Chantry lands in Essex, and he knew how to improve that opportunity by getting a very large share of them. He was sheriff of Essex and Hertsfordshire in 1561 and in Essex alone in 1569.

Although there is a distinct tank of uncharitableness in the historian's sentiments regarding him, we may infer that Elizabeth, in her advancing years and experience, found a good steady man who would be likely to help her administer Roydon and her estates in comfortable security. This benefit, however, was of short duration for he died in 1571 without any children. Elizabeth, Lady Golding, survived him many years and we may imagine this intelligent woman in her old age devoting much time to piety and good works amongst her tenants and the poor people of Peckham." (Cook, 1938)

Peter Goulding of Shipdham was said to be a descendant of Thomas “Clerk” Golding
The following article regarding Peter Goulding is from Genealogies and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, MA, Vol. I, pg. 693 and it pertains to Captain Peter Goulding of Sudbury, Massachusetts: "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.”

This suggests to me that Peter Goulding of Sudbury, MA was a direct descendant of Thomas “of Poslingford” Golding (not confirmed) and to the Suffolk branch of the Golding Family of England, cousins to Arthur Golding the Translator. That is my theory but none of it has not been confimed through documentation.

Continuing with the Genealogies and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, MA “Of the Gouldings who early appeared in this country was REVEREND WILLIAM GOULDING, a minister of Bermuda who attended the Thursday Lecture in Boston, November 5, 1646. CAPTAIN ROGER GOULDING, master of a vessel, was of Rhode Island in 1676 and rendered eminent services in Philip's war, in acknowledgment of which the Court of Plymouth granted him 100 acres in Pocasset, each of Mount Hope Bay.”

(A note states 'See Drake's Book of Indians.). JOHN GOLDIN was of Huntington, Long Island 1683 and Louis Golding correctly identified him as the SON OF WILLIAM THE CLERGYMAN GOLDING and there is no question about that.

JOSEPH and WILLIAM GOLDING were the same year of Graves End, L.L. and proprietors of land and stock. JACOB GOULDING and wife Elizabeth had JACOB, born at Boston Jan. 11, 1699 and are no further reported. GEORGE GOULDING was of Westerly, R.I. 1738-1739. None of these except PETER are ascertained to have left descendants in New England, New York or New Jersey. If there are any, they are extremely obscure."

Information about PETER GOULDING is given on the same page and by the same source:

"Circumstances favor the belief that PETER G. was the brother of the valiant CAPTAIN ROGER GOULDING and originally from Shipdam, 6 miles from Norwich, England and a DESCENDANT from REVEREND THOMAS GOULDING, CO-EXECUTOR WITH THE BISHOP OF NORWICH, yet nothing reliable on either point has been discovered. He settled in Boston as a sadler, where he often acted as an attorney in the Court of Sessions. No record exists of his admission to either of the churches or to the oath of fidelity, and he must be excepted in the list of Puritans on our front title, 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. On 1 (2) 1673 he was engaged for Edward Michelson and Mathew Bridge who as his assignees had sued Thomas Edsell (Record of Court Sessions) (Morse, 1857)

September 1671 in the Court of Assistants, he acted as sub-attorney unto Thomas Bullock and wife of Shipdam, Norfolk, England in a suit against John Checkley of Boston which was carried before the General Counsel at their session, October 1672 and decided in favor of the plaintiffs. (Suffolk Deeds)

A timeline of the events mentioned above:

Captain Peter Goulding, attorney
Court Cases:
i. 1667 – PETER GOULDING was in Virginia
ii. October 21, 1670 he acted as attorney to Joseph Deakin of Boston in a suit of whom 3 years before in Virginia he testified.
iii. In September 1671 in the Court of Assistants he acted as sub-attorney unto THOMAS BULLOCK and wife of SHIPDAM, NORFOLK, ENGLAND in a suit against JOHN CHECKLEY of Boston which was carried before the General C at their session. October 1672 and decided in favor of the plaintiffs. (Suff. Deeds)
iv. September 10, 1672 to Henry Harris and Richard Travis in an action against Thomas Edsell
v. 1673 he was engaged for Edward Michelson and Matthew Bridge, who as his assignees had sued Thomas Edsell.

There are several questions that need to be answered to gain a more thorough understanding of who PETER GOULDING was.

1. WHO WAS THOMAS BULLOCK of Shipdam (actually it is Essex, not Norfolk)

The above information is confirmed in A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1 by Bernard Burke, 1858. There is also a genealogy published on Stirnet, but like so many documents on the internet, no sources are given for the information. (A Genealogical and Heraldic History, "Bullock of Shipdham")

The above text states that in September 1671 Peter Goulding in the Court of Assistants he acted as sub-attorney unto THOMAS BULLOCK and wife of SHIPDAM, NORFOLK, ENGLAND in a suit against JOHN CHECKLEY of Boston.

2. Who was John Checkley of Boston?
A Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America gives the names of two people named Checkley. (A Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America, p. 85)

"John Checkley, of Boston, 1645, married March 5, 1652 Ann daughter of Simon Eyre and had John 1653, Samuel 1661, Ann 1669. He died January 1, 1685 aged 75."

The other person mentioned is ANTHONY CHECKLEY,

He was "a merchant of Boston, son of WILLIAM, of a small parish called Preston Capes in the west of Northamptonshire, England was born 1636 and came to New England with his uncle John and settled in Boston where he was Captain of the Artillery company. He married Hannah, daughter of REV. JOHN WHEELWRIGHT and had John 1664, Sarah 1668, Elizabeth 1672, Mary 1673, Hannah 1674. He married 2nd in 1678 LYDIA, widow of BENJAMIN GIBBS."

GIBBS OF HARTFORD, CT

There was a Gibbs family who were quite prominent in Bermuda and who I have linked with evidence to the Golding family through Percival the Schoolmaster Golding but I don't know if this family who settled first in Dorchester has any relationship to that family. Benjamin Gibbs was the son of Giles Gibbs, born 1595 in Exeter, City of Exeter in Devon, England. He died on 21 May 1641 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA but there is no mention of his name listed on the Founder's Monument dedicated to the founders of Windsor, Connecticut. (Giles Gibbs)

Lydia was the daughter of Joshua Scottow. Anthony Checkley was chosen in 1689 as Attorney General.

According to the same source, Benjamin Gibbs was born about 1635 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA and died in an unknown year. (Anderson, 1995) The source given is Anderson's Great Migration Begins. Thomas Goulding is supposed to have been one of the founders of Dorchester and it is apparent that Giles Gibbs, Benjamin’s father was as well.

The will of Giles Gibbs names Benjamin as his son, but other than that, nothing else is known. (Giles Gibbs)

"Admitted as a freeman in Dorchester on 4 March 1632/3 and served in various minor capacities there before moving to Windsor about 1636. By 1640 in Windsor, he owned four parcels: a seven acre homelot; ten and a half acres at the Great Meade; a parcel over the Great River, thirty rods in breadth by three miles in length; forty-seven acres of upland above Rocky Hill; and (purchased of George Hull) "half an acre of the west end of his homelot."

Will of Giles Gibbs
In his will, dated 18 May 1641 (but date of probate not known), "Gyles Gibbs, of Wyndsor, on Connecticutt, yeoman, being weak in body" ordered "my son Gregory" to be apprenticed to "some godly man for the space of five years" and if he stay out his time he is to have my lot over the great river, also if "my overseers have any encouragement to judge him worthy ... £5 at age twenty-one years"; and bequeathed to "my two sons Samuel & Benjamin" £20 each; to "my daughter Sarah" £20 at age twenty-one; to "Jacob, my son, ... my house and lots, meadows, home lot and great lot and lots whatsoever on this side the great river after his mother's life"; to "my wife" all my lots, houses, household goods, cattle, chattels, discharge of my debts; "provided that in case my said overseers have no good encouragement concerning the disposition of my son Gregory, but do judge him unworth a father's blessing under their hands, my will is that my executor shall have the said lot toward the education of my children until my son Jacob shall attain the age of twenty-one years, and then my will is that my son Jacob shall have it"; "Katharine my wife" executrix; the deacons of the church of Windsor overseers. In a postscript he bequeathed to "Elizaphatt Gregory ten bushels of corn"; and to "Richard Wellar" 40s. (Great Migration, citing Manwaring 1:14-15; CCCR 1:504-05)."

Rev. John Wheelwright

Also connected to Anthony Checkley was REV. JOHN WHEELWRIGHT, a man who played a very important role in early Massachusetts history.

“John Wheelwright (c.1592–1679), was a Puritan clergyman in England and America, noted for being banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the Antinomian Controversy, and for subsequently establishing the town of Exeter, New Hampshire. Born in Lincolnshire, England, he graduated from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1619, he became the vicar of Bilsby, Lincolnshire, until removed for simony.

Leaving for New England in 1636, he was welcomed in Boston, where his brother-in-law's wife, Anne Hutchinson, was beginning to attract negative attention for her religious outspokenness. Soon he and Hutchinson accused the majority of the colony's ministers and magistrates of espousing a "covenant of works". As this controversy reached a peak, Hutchinson and Wheelwright were banished from the colony. Wheelwright went north with a group of followers during the harsh winter of 1637–1638, and in April 1638 established the town of Exeter in what would become the Province of New Hampshire. Wheelwright's stay in Exeter lasted only a few years, because Massachusetts activated an earlier claim on the lands there, forcing the banished Wheelwright to leave. He went further east, to Wells, Maine, where he was living when his order of banishment was retracted. He returned to Massachusetts to preach at Hampton (later part of the Province of New Hampshire), where in 1654 his parishioners helped him get the complete vindication that he sought from the Massachusetts Court for the events of 17 years earlier.

In 1655 Wheelwright moved back to England with his family and preached near his home in Lincolnshire. While in England he was entertained by two of his powerful friends, Oliver Cromwell, who had become Lord Protector, and Sir Henry Vane, who occupied key positions in the government. Following Cromwell's death, the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 and Vane's execution, Wheelwright returned to New England to become the minister in Salisbury, Massachusetts, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was characterized as being contentious and unbending, but also forgiving, energetic and courageous. His sincere piety was never called into question, even by those whose opinions differed greatly from his. (Rev. John Wheelwright)

I’ve noted several references to something called the “Antinomian Controversy”. (The Antinominan Controversy)

The Antinomian Controversy was a theological dispute that began in Boston by Anne Hutchinson in 1636. She was a follower of John Cotton in Boston and followed him to Boston where she and her husband were admitted to membership in the First Church. Anne Hutchinson caused turmoil by reinterpreting the clerical doctrine of the covenant of grace, a view that held that the elect entered into a covenant with God on the condition of their believing in Christ and in return God gave them salvation. Afterwards the "justified saints" devoted themselves to good works, but Anne disagreed with the basic tenants and stated the matter in this way put too much emphasis on works and not enough on the Protestant tenant of salvation by faith alone.

William “of Gravesend” Goulding or Goulder was closely associated with Lady Mary Moody, and she was another woman of strong conviction and character who challenged the established order. As far as I know there was no connection between him and Anne Hutchinson, but the link with Captain Peter Goulding is an interesting one, even if it is a tenuous connection.

4. Who was Joseph Deakin of Boston who testified in Virginia in 1667?

A timeline of the events mentioned above:
Captain Peter Goulding, attorney
Court Cases:
i. 1667 - PETER GOULDING was in Virginia
ii. October 21, 1670 he acted as attorney to Joseph Deakin of Boston in a suit of whom 3 years before in Virginia he testified.

No information as yet found.

5. Who were Henry Harris, Richard Travis, Thomas Edsell, Edward Michaelson and Matthew Bridge and did Matthew Bridge have any family relationship with Rev. William Bridge, b abt 1600 who came into conflict with Matthew Wren, Bishop of Norwich for Nonconformity?

William Bullock of Shipdham
According to a book available on google books A Genealogical and Heraldic History (A Genealogical and Heraldic History, "Bullock of Shipdham"), there was a man known as WILLIAM BULLOCK of Shipdham and he was born about 1603 and he died in 1673. He had a son named Thomas Bullock of Shipdham and he married MARY LLEWELLEN, the daughter of William Llewellyn of London. Their children were Thomas, William, Robert and Diana, who married John Lane.

“In the 12th of Henry VI, anno 1434, the name of John Bullock, Esq. occurs, among those returned as gentlemen of Norfolk, and in the year 1617 we find another John Bullock, ho left a donation in the parish of Shipdham. William Bullock, Esq of Shipdham died in 1673, aged seventy and was succeeded by his son and heir. Thomas Bullock, Esq. of Shipdham, who married MARY, eldest daughter and co-heiress of WILLIAM LLEWELLIN, Esq, an alderman of the city of London by whom, who died 1st November 1683 he had three sons and one daughter, viz:
1. Thomas of Shipdham, eldest son and heir, d. s.p. 1736
2. William of Stenston Hall.
3. Robert, who left an only child Robert. He died a.p. 1715
4. Diana, married first to John Lane, Esq. who died December 1732 and secondly to William Clemence, Esq. She died s.p. 12 May 1730.

Who succeeded in September 1729 to the property of Sir Thomas Colby, bart. The only son and heir of Elizabeth, the second daughter and co-heiress of Alderman Llewellin. He died 20 March 1715.” (A Genealogical and Heraldic History, "Bullock of Shipdham")

The Llewellen name is quite familiar. The intertwined family relationships of the Hallom, Llewellyn, Price and perhaps Mason families who immigrated to Virginia are important because there was a JOHN GOULDING who was named in the will of William Hallom, the brother of Robert Hallom. William stayed behind in Burnham while his brother ventured to Virginia and this John Goulding was also from Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, England. The Llewellyn line was joined in this instance with the Hallom Family when Ann (Baker) married (2nd) Robert Hallom of Burnham and as her third husband Daniel Lewellyn. The question is, was there a family connection between that line and Mary Llewellen, the daughter of William Llewellyn of London.

Henry Harris and Thomas Edsall
• Henry Harris and Thomas Edsall - On September 10, 1672 Peter Goulding was attorney for Henry Harris and Richard Travis in an action against Thomas Edsell. As is usually the case with books that are listed on googlebooks, either the book itself offers only a snippet of information or the information is completely withheld, there are two books which list the case between Henry Harris and Thomas Edsall. The first is Records of the Suffolk County Court, 1671-1680 Vol 29, published by the Massachusetts County Court (Suffolk County), by Samuel Eliot Morison and published in 1933. When "Edsell" is typed in the search the following snippets come up:

1. Harris vs Edsall - Peter Goulding, Attorny to Henry Harris Plain against Thomas Edsall, defendant according to Attachm dated the 9th day of April 1672...(p 102)

2. Edsall vs Travis - Thomas Edsall, plaintiff against Richard Travis, defendant in an Action of Review of a Case tryed at a Court in April 1667 for holding possession & emproving of a Shop, champ with garret & a yard amount-...(p 104)

Peter Goulding, Attorney is also listed in the same publication:

1. Barefoot's power of attorney to Peter Goulding (S.F. 1077.3) follows: Know all men that I WALTER BAREFOOT of Dover Chyrurgeon have made ordained constituted and appoint my trusty friend Peter Goulding of Boston my true and lawful attorney for me and in my place and stead to ask require and receive of and from RICHARD COOPER or his heires Execut..ten pounds due to me by bill and a certain...(p 14)

2. Peter Goulding attorney of JOHN FIGG plaintiff against THOMAS DOWN and Susanna his wife, Executrix to the last will and Testament of Peter Hubbard, deceased, defendant according to Attachm. The plaintiff withdrew his Accion, costs granted to Defend 41 shillings...(p 155)

The source of the above information found in the Records of the Suffolk County Court (Records of the Suffolk County Court)

Another book which mentions Peter Goulding and the case concerning Thomas Edsall is in Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1933. On page 102 is the following notation, in snippet view only:

"where writ of execution, dated September 10, 1672 for 121 68 7d is also printed.. Since THOMAS EDSALL produced neither money nor goods, he was COMMITTED TO PRISON on September 17, 1672..."

Mary Harris and Colonel Thomas Ligon
There was a woman named MARY HARRIS who was married to COLONEL THOMAS LIGON. The Ligon Family were related to the Hallams, and the Hallams were the brothers who "brought over" John Gaulding to be the overseer of their lands in Henrico, Virginia. It may just be a coincidence that the name is the same as Henry Harris. Major William Ligon was the son of Colonel Thomas Ligon and Mary Harris. Harris is a very common name in Virginia and members of the family intermarried with some of the leading families of the Colony. Mary Harris was the daughter of Captain Thomas Harris of Henrico and a Jamestown settler. She and Thomas Ligon were married sometime before 1649. There is nothing to connect this family to Henry Harris of Massachusetts and they are probably two distinct families.

Nothing else is known, but to be able to access the books mentioned and read the actual court records might yield some more information as to who Harris and Edsall of Boston were. Peter Goulding seemed to have been quite active as an attorney in Boston at the time.

· Richard Travis
2. Edsall agst Travis
Thomas Edsall, plaintiff against Richard Travis, defendant in an Action of Review of a Case tryed at a Court in April 1667 for holding possession & emproving of a Shop, champ with garret & a yard amount-...(p 104)

Nothing else known about him.

· Edward Michaelson – No information

· Matthew Bridge and Rev. William Bridge

Is there a relationship between Rev. William Bridge and MATTHEW BRIDGE, involved in a lawsuit, CAPTAIN PETER GOULDING served as attorney?

In 1673 he was engaged for Edward Michelson and Matthew Bridge, who as his assignees had sued Thomas Edsell. (Morse, 1857)

There was a Matthew Bridge who was the tenth son of Deacon John Bridge and Elizabeth Wilcox, who married Anna Danforth in 1645 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Inscription on his Memorial in the Old Burying Ground in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts reads:

“In Memory of Matthew Bridge, Esq. Oldest son of Deacon John Bridge came over with him from England in 1631. He resided with his father in this city in 1632. A member of the artillery company in 1643.Admitted freeman in 1645.
Removed to Lexington and a large landholder in 1666.He subscribed for the erection of the First Church in 1692 and paid the largest parish tax at its organization in 1693. At the ordination of Rev John Hancock in 1698,as a mark of distinction and respect for his advanced age. He was seated at the table in the meeting house by others of the Parish. He was a prominent citizen having served the town in many important public stations, with honor and fidelity. a man who feared God and loved his fellow men. He died at Lexington, April 28, 1700.”

In 1643 He married Anna, daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth Danfort. A woman of most exemplary virtue and piety She died December 2, 1704
aged 84 years.

The life of Rev. William Bridge is well documented.
Rev. William Bridge (c. 1600 - 1670) was a leading English Independent minister, preacher, and religious and political writer.

A native of Cambridgeshire, the Rev. William Bridge was probably born in or around the year 1600. He studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, receiving an M.A. in 1626. For a short time in 1631, he was a lecturer (preacher) at Colchester, put in place by Harbottle Grimstone and Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick; this was very much against the wishes of William Laud, then Bishop of London, who complained of the influence then held by Richard Sibbes and William Gouge, clerical leaders of the Feoffees for Impropriations.[3][4] From 1637, he lived in Norwich as Rector of St Peter Hungate, Norwich and St George's Church, Tombland, Norwich.[5] He came into conflict with Matthew Wren, bishop of Norwich,[6] for Nonconformity. He went into exile[7] in Rotterdam, taking the position left vacant by Hugh Peters.[8] Charles I of England upon hearing from Archbishop Laud that Rev. Bridge had "gone to Holland", "...rather than [that] he will conform" replied, "Let him go: we are well rid of him."[9]

He returned to Great Yarmouth and became a member of the Westminster Assembly. There he was one of the Five Dissenting Brethren, the small group of leading churchmen who emerged at the head of the Independent faction, opposing the Presbyterian majority, and who composed An Apollegeticall Narration in 1643. In 1643, he preached in front of Charles I of England, making a direct attack on the Queen. He was Minister at the Old Meeting House Norwich for several years right up until his death. (William Bridge)

The information about Rev. William Bridge, Matthew Bridge of Massachusetts and Matthew Bridge the son of Deacon John Bridge is for information purposes only. I can find virtually no information other than the court information about Matthew Bridge of Massachusetts.

All of this is a long, confusing and convoluted network of people and perhaps the only thing that has come down to us through the centuries are snippets of family tradition that sometimes can be substantiated and other times lead to a deadend, especially in Virginia where large swaths of the original documents have been destroyed. One can only try and follow the paper trail with some measure of concentrated effort and see where it leads.

References

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Chitting, H. d. (1885). The Visitation of the County of Gloucester, taken in the year 1623. In J. Philipot, W. Camden, W. Heane, & J. Maclean (Eds.). College of Arms (Great Britain).

Cook, A. (1938). In A Manor Through Four Centuries. London/New York: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/22870/images/dvm_GenMono005506-00049-0?pId=84

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Richard Nykke. (n.d.). Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nykke

A Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America. (n.d.). Retrieved from archive.org at https://archive.org/details/cu31924029818444/page/n89

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

Giles Gibbs. (n.d.). Retrieved from Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34506594/giles-gibbs

Giles Gibbs. (n.d.). Retrieved from We Relate: https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Giles_Gibbs_%281%29

Morse, A. (1857). The Genealogy of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans. Boston, Massachusetts: Printed for the New England Genealogical and Historical Society. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce01mors/page/26/mode/2up

Records of the Suffolk County Court. (n.d.). Retrieved from googlebooks: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Records_of_the_Suffolk_County_Court_1671/C-8QAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=goulding

Rev. John Wheelwright. (n.d.). Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wheelwright

The Antinominan Controversy. (n.d.). Retrieved from encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/antinomian-controversy

William Bridge. (n.d.). Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bridge

Gaulding Origins

by Catherine L. Gauldin