With today’s and tomorrow’s family sketches covering two generations of the Godbold family, my lengthy series of family sketches pertaining to my cousins’ ancestral lines will come to a close at least for now.
My next job will be to finish entering all this data in genealogy software so it can easily be shared with their families.
William Godbold was born c1425 to unknown parents. He married Elizabeth (MNU), c1448, but very little is known about this couple.
William Godbold died between 4 April 1504 and 14 December 1507, the dates of his will and probate.
However, his will named only his wife, Elizabeth, and one son.
Child of William and Elizabeth (MNU) Godbold:
- Thomas, born c1450, probably in Dennington, Suffolk, England, where his parents lived; died after his father’s 1504 will; married (1) Unknown (MNU) and likely (2) Unknown (MNU) and had families with each wife.
Thomas inherited a tenement from his father. However, manorial records of Dennington from this early time have not survived.
This is another exceedingly short family sketch, but, again, given the time frame in the 1400s, it is fabulous that there are surviving records to partially tell their life stories.
I believe this to be my great grandfathers parents
She was called feeeman and for a time she was the landlady of the queens head in dennington
My great grandfather was George godbold
His brother Walter who died on the last day of the 1st ww great
Grandad walked from dennington to Liverpool when he was 16
To get work lived with Romany gypsies for a few years also
Died aged 96
I can trace my ancestry back to William and Elizabeth. They are my 14th great grandparents. My 5 siblings grew up in South Carolina, USA. We are planning a trip in September to come to England to see our “home land”. Anything that you can suggest we see, please let me know.