They were married 19 February 1656 at All Saints Church, Sudbury, in the presence of Abraham Ive and John Golding. Rose was 19, William about 21.
Rose died in July 1675, aged 39, shortly after the birth of their last child who also
died a few months later. William died in 1708.
They had nine children, all baptised in Cavendish:
Rose Golding Rose married Phillip Erith 28 February 1677. They had a daughter, Rose, and a son, Abraham. Rose died in 1683.
Robert Golding Robert married Frances Eagle 17 April 1686. Their children were, Robert (1687), Frances (1689) and William (1692).
Mary Golding was born 16 September 1660. She married William Abbot 4 March 1678 and had 3 sons, William, Matthew and Abraham.
William Golding was born 28 October 1662. See next.
Abraham Golding was born 5 December 1664. See next.
Anne Golding was born 8 January 1667. She married John Pond and lived in Foxearth, Essex.
Martha Golding was born 24 June 1669. She married Thomas Eagle in 1695 and had a daughter, Martha.
Susan Golding was born 29 November 1671.
Elizabeth Golding was born 25 May 1675 and died 7 December 1675, aged 6 months.
* Houghton Hall was the name of the manor where the Goldings lived. They did not live in the manor house itself. There is evidence of Goldings living at Houghton Hall much earlier than this.
In a will made in 1585, John Fenne, Clothier of Clare, left 30 shillings to his sister, Roger Golding's wife, of Houghton Hall, for a ring.
William may have been born at Long Melford 12 June 1631, the son of Robert and Elizabeth Golding, with a brother, John.
William Golding (1662 - 1738)
William was born in Cavendish 28 October 1662 and lived at Houghton Hall.
They were married in 1683 and lived in Pentlow, Essex, though they were living in Cavendish in 1714. Sarah died 4 Dec 1734, William in 1738, both at Cavendish.
Their children were all baptised in Pentlow:
Sarah Golding was born 10 August 1683.
Mary Golding was born 17 March 1684.
Ann Golding was born 16 May 1687. She married Jeffrey Ruffle 24 August 1710 and had a daughter, Sarah (1720 - 1770).
Martha Golding was born 6 September 1689. She married Thomas Shaw 10 October 1710.
William Golding was born 14 July 1693 and died aged 1 month.
Rose Golding was born 14 July 1693. See next.
Thomas Golding was born 6 September 1699.
Susan Golding was born 29 June 1706. She married George Pool.
Elizabeth Golding was born 25 April 1706.
John Golding
Abraham Golding (1664 - 17??)
Abraham was born in Cavendish 5 December 1664.
Elizabeth French (16?? - 16??)
Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas French, who died in 1695, and Elizabeth ......, who died in 1713, both at Cavendish.
They were married 18 December 1688. They lived in Cavendish, though they were living in Somerton, Sussex, in 1714. Abraham was described as a yeoman at that time.
Their children were all baptised in Cavendish:
Abraham Golding was born 28 May 1689. He married Anne Shrimp (1689 - 1738). They had a daughter, Ann (1713) and a son, Abraham. Abraham, senior, died in Boxted 6 September 1767, aged 78.
Thomas Golding *** was born 11th November 1690. See next.
William Golding was born 6 January 1693 and died aged 3 weeks.
Elizabeth Golding was born 24 April 1694.
Rose Golding was born 27 October 1696.
William Golding *** was born 28 October 1698. He married Mary Mott in Great Yeldham, Essex, 12 September 1721. Their children were Elizabeth (1723), Abraham (1724), John and Esther (1725),
William (1727) ***, Thomas (1729), Sarah and Susanna (1730) and Jemima (1732).
Alice Golding was born 31 May 1702.
Thomas Golding *** (1690 - 17??)
Thomas was born in Cavendish 11th November 1690 and was living there in 1714.
Rose Golding (1693 - 17??) See above
Rose was born in Cavendish 14 July 1693 and was living there in 1714.
Thomas and Rose were cousins; their fathers were brothers.
They were married 22 April 1714. Thomas was 23, Rose 20. They lived at Chedburgh and Stansfield, Suffolk.
They had seven children:
Thomas Golding Thomas died 3 January 1741.
Elizabeth Golding was born 26 September 1722 in Chedburgh. She married George Ford of Great Waldingfield 1 June 1749 in Stansfield.
Abraham Golding *** was born 22 April 1724 in Chedburgh. See next.
Suzanna Golding Suzanna died in 1727.
Sarah Golding was born 16 July 1730 at Stansfield.
William Golding was born 14 January 1737 at Stansfield. He married Sarah Glasscock 7 April 1768 and had a son, Thomas (1768).
John Golding
Abraham Golding *** (1724 - 1785)
Abraham was born 22 April 1724 in Chedburgh, Suffolk. He also lived in Stansfield.
Amy Sparrow (1728 - 1808)
Amy was born in 1728, the daughter of George Sparrow, who died in Ousden, Suffolk, in 1779, and Grace Derisley.
Her siblings, Sarah and Cawdwell, were both baptised at Wickhambrook 5 June 1732. Amy was living in Stansfield in 1750.
They were married at Wickhambrook 20 July 1750. He was 26, she was 22.
Abraham died 11th August 1785, aged 61. Amy died 5 January 1808, aged 79.
They had nine children:
Abraham Golding was born 30 May 1751. He lived at Stansfield and married twice. Firstly he married Mary Ray 25 January 1776. Secondly he married Mary Day 10 October 1786.
Their children were Amy, Elizabeth, James (all baptised 3 April 1789), James (1790, died aged 2 months) and George who died in 1794.
George Golding was born 14 June 1753.
Thomas Golding was born 11th July 1755.
Amy Golding was born 9 June 1757. She married John Brewster of Hawkeden 16 March 1778.
Rebeccah Golding was born 15 July 1760. She married John Ive 5 February 1783 in Stansfield. Their children were William Golding (1784), Mariah (1785), James (1787), Sarah (1790), John (1791), Simon (1794), Edward (1795) and Joseph (1798).
William Golding *** was born 1 June 1762. He married Susan Deeks in Glemsford 12th October 1801. A son, William, was born in 1802 and a daughter, Maria ***, in 1805.
Samuel Golding *** was born 27 December 1764. A shoemaker, he married Ruth Relton in Cavendish 28 July 1795. Their children, all baptised at Cavendish, were Martha (1795),
Samuel (1796), Sarah (1799), Harriot (1802), Ruth (1804), Mark (1807) ***, Martha and Elizabeth (1815).
Elizabeth Golding was born 4 April 1768.
Cordwell Golding *** was born 5 October 1769. See next.
Cordwell Golding *** (1769 - 1847)
Cordwell was born 5 October 1769 in Stansfield, Suffolk. A farmer, he was living at Hawkedon, Suffolk, in 1800.
They were married in Great Barton, Suffolk, 27 June 1800. Cordwell was 30, Sarah 21. They lived in Ixworth, and also in Norton (1827)
where they farmed, employing two servants (1841). Both died in Norton, Cordwell on 11th January 1847, aged 77, and Sarah on 25 February 1854, aged 73. Both were buried in Great Barton.
Their children were all baptised in Ixworth:
John Golding was born in 1800. He died 28 December 1819, aged 19.
William Golding was born 22 August 1803. A farmer at Dalham with 2 servants, he married twice and died 17 June 1878. Firstly he married Marianne Major (1810 - 1833) 22 November 1832 in Newton Green. They had one daughter, Ellen (1833).
His second wife was Sophia Edgar (1810 - 1868) of Rougham. They were married 6 November 1834 and had 12 children, Edgar (1835), William (1837), Sarah Jane (1838), Elizabeth (1839), Harriet (1841), Julia Ann (1843), Joseph (1844), Sarah (1845), Ellen Sophia (1846), Mary Sophia (1850), Louisa Agnes (1851) and Anna (1853).
Edward Golding *** was born 22 July 1807. See next.
Pearson Golding *** was born 21 February 1814. He lived at Tollesbury, Essex where he died 13th January 1879. Pearson had one base child by Elizabeth Stiff,
baptised Pearson Golding in Norton 7 November 1834. He married Harriet Edgar (1814 - 1878) 12th November 1838. They had 12 children, Harriet (1839), Walter (1840), Frederick (1841),
Elizabeth Sarah (1842), Samuel (1843), John (1845) ***, Samuel (1846), Henry (1848), Anna (1852), William Edwin (1854) ***, Pearson (1855) and Agnes Mary (1857).
Edward Golding *** (1807 - 1866)
Edward was born 22 July 1807 int Ixworth, Suffolk. A farmer, he was living in Norton in 1827.
Mary Ann was born 8 November 1806 in Layham, Suffolk, out of wedlock, and baptised 26 April 1807, after her parents had married.
They were married 1 June 1827 at Layham parish church. Mary Ann was 20, Edward 19. They farmed at Boxted (Boxted Lodge) from 1828 until at least 1841 (with one servant). In 1861 they were at Higham, but also had a farm at Haughley.
Edward died at Higham 22 August 1866, aged 59. Mary Ann then went to live with her daughters, Mary Ann and Ellen (and a maid) at 2 Mill Street, Mildenhall (now Lloyds Bank). She died there 12th July 1871 aged 64, and was buried beside her husband at Higham.
Their children were all born in Boxted:
Edward Golding was born 20 July 1827 and died 14 December 1827, aged 5 months.
Mary Ann Golding was born 1828. She did not marry but lived at Mildenhall with her sister, Ellen. She possibly lived in Yarmouth after her sister's death, since she made her will there (her cousins, Sarah and Anna, lived in Yarmouth). She died 17 January 1892 and was buried with her parents at Higham.
Walter Golding *** was born 23 July 1831. See next.
Arthur Golding was born 22 February 1833. A farmer at Haughley in 1861 (his father's farm), he married twice. Firstly he married Elizabeth Harriet Fisher in Woolpit 12th October 1865 and had one son, Arthur Fisher (1866). Elizabeth died 20 July 1867, aged 27.
Arthur married his second wife, Clementina Hannah Adams, in Benhall 13th April 1871. They lived at Crossways Farm, Elmswell and had three daughters, Ada (1872), Ellen (1874) and Rosa (1875). Arthur, who was a brickmaker as well as a farmer, died 5 August 1875, aged 42, and was buried next to his first wife at Woolpit. Clementina died 20 July 1876, aged 37, and was buried at his feet.
Ellen Golding was born in 1834. She did not marry, but lived at 2 Mill Street, Mildenhall, with her sister, Mary Ann. Ellen died there 15 January 1887.
Alfred Golding *** was born 23 September 1836. A farmer at Norton, he married Emma Howlett. Their children were George Alfred (1862) ***, Charles James (1863), Mary Louisa (1865), Ellen Elizabeth (1867), Edward (1869), Annie (1872), Ernest (1873) and Lucy (1876). In 1881 Alfred was a widower, living in the Union Workhouse at Ipswich.
Eliza Ann Golding was born 5 March 1837 and died aged 16 weeks.
Eliza Ann Golding was born 8 October 1838. When her father died in 1866 she inherited the farm at Haughley, where she lived with her brother, Alfred.
She married Walter Savage Boyce at Haughley, 21 August 1867 and had two children, Walter Golding (1868) and Mabel Florence Louise (1872).
Walter Golding *** (1831 - 1915)
Walter was born in Boxted, Suffolk, in 1831 and baptised 23 July. He was said to have been educated at King George School at Bury St. Edmunds but this not documented. He enjoyed hunting.
Walter first married Georgina Deeks who was born in Marylebone, London, in 1835 and baptised 12th July. She was the only child of George Deeks, auctioneer, and Catherine Harper,
who were married in 1834 at St. Martin in the field, Westminster and lived at 136 Westbourne Terrace, Hyde Park, London. George Deeks was born 24 November 1798 at Poslingford, Suffolk, the son of George Deeks and Mary Golding. He died 22 October 1871 in Wood Green, London.
Catherine Harper was born in Cockfield, Suffolk, 4 Jan 1805, the daughter of William Harper and Elizabeth James.
Georgina was 24 and Walter 27 when they were married at Bradfield Combust, 31 March 1859. They lived at Loft Farm, Cockfield, a farm of 110 acres owned by Georgina's father. One servant, Eliza Ann Gladwell, lived with them.
In August 1860 the servant gave birth to Walter's baby. In 1861 Walter was living at Loft Farm with the servant and their baby while Georgina was in London with her parents.
Georgina died of TB on 9 April 1863 at Westbourne Terrace 'after severe illness brought on by great anxiety of the mind' according to the announcement in a Suffolk newspaper. Walter's servant was now expecting their second child.
Eliza Ann Gladwell *** (1838 - 1911)
Eliza was born 22 March 1838 in Cockfield, the illegitimate child of John Tiffen and Martha Gladwell. In 1841 she was aged 3 and living with the Tiffens but her mother was not there.
They were married two months after the death of Walter's first wife at St. Leonard's parish church, Shoreditch, London, 3 June 1863. Eliza was 25, Walter 32.
The marriage certificate gives Walter's occupation as 'butcher' and their address as Holywell Street, Shoreditch, but neither were true.
Presumably Georgina's father made Walter leave Loft Farm, and in October the following year they were at Potash Farm in Donkey Lane, Lawshall. But Walter was not a successful farmer and he got
into financial difficulties. When his father died in 1866 he left money invested for Walter who could draw the interest but the capital had to remain untouched until his death when it was to
be divided equally among his 'legitimate' children. In 1871 Walter was at Lawshall, but 'out of business'. The same year he was accused of indecently assaulting a 16-year-old girl
who lived on the same farm, for which he was fined £5 plus costs.
He then moved to New Lodge Farm at Kenny Hill, known as 'The Fifties' because it was 50 acres. Here the family grew to nine, but Walter was no more successful than at his previous farms, and by 1881 he was working as a farm labourer.
They now lived in Holywell Row in a cottage to the rear of the Post Office.
The post office was owned by Mr. Haylock. and two of the children later married Haylocks. In 1901 Eliza was a laundress. She died 31 October 1911 aged 73, and Walter died 24 February 1915 aged 83. Both were buried at Beck Row.
They had nine children:
Harry Gladwell Golding was born August 1860 at Cockfield. He was christened Harry Golding Gladwell but later called himself Harry Gladwell Golding. A stone-mason or bricklayer,
he lived at Swaffham and married Amelia Tilbrook in 1895 in Mildenhall. They had one son, Cyril Edward (1898). Harry died in August 1945
Willie Gladwell Golding was born August 1863 at Cockfield. A coachman at 18, he went to London to become a tram conductor and married Catherine Gertrude Sergeant 8 November 1893 in Peckham. They had no family.
Later they lived at Barton Mills, Suffolk, where Willie died 8 January 1938.
Priscilla Mary Golding *** was born 30 October 1864 in Lawshall.
She was a servant in Mildenhall vicarage at 16.
She also worked as a cook at Langleybury Mansion in Hertfordshire, and as a servant in Peckham, London, before opening a coffee shop in Asylum Road there with her sister, Ellen.
There she met her husband, John Nolan, an Irishman who was a tram-driver. They were married 30 May 1894 in Peckham and had one son, John Patrick (1895) ***.
When her husband left her and went back to Ireland, Priscilla went to live in her parents' cottage at Holywell Row, and later with her son at Barton Mills, where she died 12th December 1949.
Arthur John Golding was born 26 April 1867 in Lawshall.
Know as Jack, he was a bricklayer / builder and also a horticulturalist and nurseryman. Living at Fordham, Cambridgeshire, he received the R.H.S. Gold Medal for his 'Goldingensis Scabious'.
Arthur married twice, firstly to Elizabeth Haylock, 12th January 1889, and had three chidren, Fritz Gerard (1892), Maurice Jack (1894) who went to Australia and changed his name to James Gordon, and Lilian Mildred.
On 5 August 1898 Arthur married Amelia Mendham by whom he had one daughter, Olive (1899). He died 6 February 1958 at Fordham.
George Edward Golding *** was born 9 December 1869 at Lawshall. A butcher in Peckham and later in Birmingham, he married twice. Firstly he married Catherine McLellan of Aberfeldy, Perthshire, 14 July 1894 in Peckham.
They had five children, George Edward (1894), who went to live in Aberfeldy, Catherine McNaughton (1896), Alexander Ernest (1898), Peter John McGregor (1901) ***, father of John Golding, M.P. for Newcastle-under-Lyme (1969-1986), and Priscilla Ellen (1906).
Catherine died in 1920 and in 1924 George married Rose Peyton. He died in Birmingham 14 February 1938.
Ellen Golding *** was born 26 February 1872 at New Lodge Farm.
Kate Martha Golding *** was born in 1874 at New Lodge Farm.
She married William Matthew Haylock in 1896 and lived in the Post Office at Holywell Row.
They had five children, Reginald William (1898) ***, George Edward (1899), Doris Irene (1902) *** known as Dolly, Donald (1903) who worked the 'Fifties Farm' which had once been his grandfather's,
and Vera Winifred (1906) *** who emigrated to U.S.A. Kate died at Holywell Row 17 December 1966 at the age of 92.
Ernest Albert Golding was born in 1876. He died 29 December 1894, aged 18.
Walter Gladwell Golding was born in 1879. He lived in Peckham, London, and died there, unmarried, 16 September 1908, aged 28.
