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Thomas Gouldman

c. 1670–

✦ direct ancestor — Owen's 8×-great-grandfather · Temple line

Life

Born
about 1670 · "Goldsboro", Essex County, VA

Marriage & children

Spouse(spouse unknown)
✦ Elizabeth Gouldman (1698–1748)

Timeline

Research notes

Working notes from the research, kept verbatim — what was read, what it proved, what stays open. Many open with a line grading the parentage; what the grades mean.

Research note · 7 Oct 2026
AUDITED 7 Oct 2026 - THIS RECORD IS A COMPOSITE AND ITS DEATH WAS BLANKED (round-10 triage, Owen). As imported it joined Thomas Gouldman Jr. of Essex Co., Va. (b. c. 1670, d. before 10 Nov 1698, whose wife was Dorothy (North) Awbrey) to his brother Francis Gouldman: the death 'Nov 1716, Essex' is the month Francis's will (dated 9 Jan 1715/16) was proved, and the wife attached here, Mary Meador, was Francis's wife (widow of Henry Awbrey; Francis left no issue). Source: the 7 Oct 2026 agent reports agent-report-2340-thomas-gouldman-2026-10-07.md and agent-report-2261-mary-meador-2026-10-07.md, from compiled accounts; no source in either marries Mary Meador to a Thomas. BLANKED 7 Oct 2026: the Nov 1716 death. Mary Meador was deleted from this family the same day and the 1685 marriage blanked. KEPT: the name, the c. 1670 birth and the link to [1947] Elizabeth, so the question stays in the tree. Every pre-1692 'Essex' place here is anachronistic (the county was formed in 1692 from Old Rappahannock). PARENTS: compiled accounts (Pierce-Vaubel, Stickels and others, one voice) give Capt. Thomas Gouldman (c. 1640 - Dec 1684) and Alice, 'said to be Awbrey' - a surname its own compiler flags. Held, not entered (Owen, 7 Oct 2026). The Keeling parentage offered for Capt. Thomas is speculation: do not chase it. Next documents: Thomas Jr.'s inventory, Essex court 11 Aug 1699 (Dorothy executrix), which bears on whether [1947] is his daughter; Capt. Thomas's 1684/5 administration, Old Rappahannock court.

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