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     Thomas Goold was born before 1455.¹ He married Johan (?).¹
     He lived in Bovingdon, Hertford, England.¹ His will was proved on 28 September 1520 at the Archdeacon's court of Huntingdon. His wife Johan and son Thomas were co-executors.¹
     Thomas Goold had two known brothers, John Golde and William Goolde, both of Bovingdon, Hertford, England. Their wills were proved on 19 April 1537 and 14 April 1545, respectively.
     His brother John Golde had children Henry (of age in 1537, d between 25 January 1562/63 when his will was made, and 9 April when it was proved), William (of age in 1537, d between 26 June 1568 when his will was made, and 9 December when it was proved), and Joan (of age in 1537). Henry had children John, Hugh, Agnes, and Anne. William married Alice (--?--), and had children William (b bef 1547), John (b aft 1541), Joseph (b aft 1547), Thomas (b aft 1547), Elizabeth, and Jane.
     His brother William Goolde married Alice (--?--), and had children William (of age in 1545), John (of age in 1545), and a daughter (m (--?--) Long, d bef 1545, had a daughter Joan).²
     The first few generations in the Gould pedigree were constructed by Horatio G. Somersby, an expert in British genealogy, from ten unindexed wills he discovered in the registry at Peterborough in 1860. The respected genealogist Walter Goodwin Davis notes that this pedigree is probably correct, but starts his section on the Gould line with Richard Gould (b abt 1553, d bef 1604), since he considers this Richard's parentage of as the weakest link.³

     Johan (?) married Thomas Goold.¹
     The Gould genealogy surmises that she may have been a second wife of Thomas Goold, as five of his seven children were under 21 when his will was proved in 1520.¹

     Thomas Goolde was probably born about 1477.¹ He died without issue.¹

     John Goold was probably born about 1500.¹

     Alice Goold was probably born about 1502.¹

     William Golde was probably born about 1504.¹ He married Margaret (?).¹ He died between 14 January 1559 when his will was made, and 8 May 1559 when it was proved.¹
     He lived in Bovingdon, Hertford, England.¹

     Henry Goold was probably born about 1506.¹

     Margaret (?) married William Golde, son of Thomas Goold and Johan (?).¹

     Thomas Golde was born about 1539.¹

     Richard Golde was born about 1541.¹

     Joan Golde was born about 1544.¹

     Isabel Golde was born about 1547.¹ She married Edmund Marson on 13 September 1567.¹

     Alice Golde was born about 1549.¹

     Mary Golde was born about 1551.¹

     Jane Golde was born about 1554.¹

     Edmund Marson married Isabel Golde, daughter of William Golde and Margaret (?), on 13 September 1567.¹

     Elizabeth (?) married Nathan Gould, son of John Gould and Judith (?).¹
     She and Nathan had the following known children: Mary (b 24 June 1661), Elizabeth (b 4 April 1664), Samuel (b 3 February 1667/68), Joseph, Hannah.¹

     James Williamson was born abt 1745-1750.³ He married first Elizabeth Hall, daughter of Leonard Hall and Johanna Letton, on 28 June 1773 in Bedford Co., Virginia. The bride's father Leonard Hall was surety.^4,5,3 He married second Elizabeth (?) on 12 December 1791, with Aaron Campbell listed as surety.³
     He was a large land-owner in Bedford Co., Virginia.³ He acquired 164 acres at the head of Elk Creek on 7 December 1774.⁶ On 1 November 1790 (or possibly 1793) he bought 420 acres on the south fork of the Otter River and Camp Creek from George Ewing for £300.⁷ In 1794 he obtained 190 acres on Camp Creek from Joseph Parrish.⁸ And in 1796 he obtained 100 acres at the southwest end of Ewings Mountain from James Fouldin.⁹
     On 25 February 1799 he and his second wife Elizabeth, along with other legatees of Elizabeth's first husband Benjamin Millam, sold 166 (or possibly 100) acres of land on the west branches of the south fork of the Otter River in Bedford Co., Virginia, to Giles Curmac for £70. The other legatees participating in the sale were John Murphy and his wife Ruth, Solomon Williamson, James Williamson, Jr., and his wife Deborah, Joseph Millam, and Benjamin Millam.¹⁰
     In 1812 he sold 20 acres of land to John Stiff, that adjoined both his son James's land and Stiff's property.³ He sold 1000 acres on the head branches of Little Otter Creek to Christ Clark in 1813.¹¹
     Sometime before 1827 he moved to Logan Co., Kentucky.³ On 24 November 1827 he transferred his remaining land on Camp Creek in Bedford Co., Virginia, totaling 132 acres, to his son James "for and in consideration of the natural love and affection which he hath," and for the future payment of $1.00. The indenture was written and witnessed in Logan Co., Kentucky, then sent to Bedford Co. to be recorded.¹²
     The inventory of his estate was presented in court on 4 November 1831 in Logan Co., Kentucky. It included furniture, books, farm tools, cattle, sheep, horses, hogs, 30 acres of corn, and 27 acres of tobacco. It also included "1 Negro Man William $375, Man Henry 425, Boy Willis 400, old woman Silva 50, Woman Nancy 250." The settlement of the estate is dated 19 December 1834, and was filed 5 January 1835. The administrators were Aaron Campbell, Jarvis Williamson, and John Williamson. At that time the total value was $2307.51. After paying claims against the estate of $140.42, the widow's dower of $742.27, and the administrators' commission of $50, the balance was $1374.82.¹³

     Elizabeth Hall was born about 1755 in Bedford Co., Virginia.³ She married James Williamson, son of Thomas Williamson and Martha Jones, on 28 June 1773 in Bedford Co., Virginia. The bride's father Leonard Hall was surety.^4,5,6 She died before 1812.³

     James Williamson was born about 1774.² He was married by Jeremiah Hatcher to Deborah Millam, daughter of Benjamin Millam and Elizabeth (?), 23 or 24 Dec 1793. (Deborah's mother Elizabeth was also James's stepmother, having married James's father James in 1791).³ He died in 1833.⁴
     He probably lived on his father's property along Camp Creek, a branch of Otter Creek, in Bedford Co., Virginia.² In the 1810 census for Bedford Co., Virginia, his household contained a male and female aged 26-45, two males and one female aged 10-16, and two males and three females aged 0-10. However, only five of the children's names are known, from marriage records.² On 24 November 1827 his father transferred his remaining land on Camp Creek, totaling 132 acres, to him "for and in consideration of the natural love and affection which he hath," and for the future payment of $1.00.⁵
     The inventory of his estate was filed on 14 November 1833 in Bedford Co., Virginia, and valued at $247.42. His widow Deborah was the administratrix. Two sales were held for the property, one on 12 December 1833 and one on 5 October 1834.⁶

     Leonard Hall Williamson was born in 1780.³ He married first Mary Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of James Wilson and Judith Booth, on 6 September 1799 in Bedford Co., Virginia.⁴ He married second Mary Peck, daughter of Joseph Peck and Susannah Franklin, on 18 February 1844 in Botetourt Co., Virginia.⁴ He died on 22 January 1871.³
     In 1805 Leonard Hall Williamson bought 60 acres of land on Goose Creek in Bedford Co., Virginia, adjoining Nathan Reid's land, from Ambrose Goff and his wife.⁵ He bought an additional 170 acres from Ambrose Goff and his wife in 1807, on the headwaters of Goose Creek, adjoining land owned by Edmund Burress.⁶ And in 1808 he bought 171 acres from Anna Goff, who relinquished her dower rights to the land.⁷
     After their marriage, he and his second wife Mary moved to Botetourt Co., Virginia.⁴ In 1862 he bought 102 acres there on Timber Ridge near Springwood, from Rev. James Luster and his wife Mary.⁴ On 31 August 1868 he transferred all of his possessions to his son James for $1.00, and due to his "natural love and affection," the property to be held in a trust. James was to care for his mother, and receive the property at her death.⁴

     Caleb Williamson was born about 1788.² He married Nancy Hill, daughter of Ezekial Hill, on 22 February 1811.³ He died of paralysis on 24 July 1861 according to the records of the Bedford Co. Clerk's Office, but the record of his estate settlement in the same office says 1860.²
     He served in the 5th. Virginia Regiment of Militia under Capt. James McDowell during the War of 1812. He enlisted on 1 September 1814, and was discharged at Cross Keys, Maryland, on 1 December 1814.⁴ He received a land grant for his service in the war.⁵
     In 1829 he purchased 220 acres on Goose Creek in Bedford Co., Virginia, from Leonard Williamson and his wife.⁶ The next year he purchased two slaves from Richard Lee.⁷ In 1831 he bought personal property from Israel Falls.⁸ Later that same year he bought one acre on Goose Creek from N. H. Otey, that was part of Otey's interest in his father's estate, as a site for a mill.⁹ In 1833 he received 100 acres on Goose Creek near the mill site as a deed of trust from B. A. Eidson.¹⁰ In another deed of trust from B. A. Eidson in 1833, he received interest in personal property, in a lease of land from Nelson H. Otey, and in the estate of Thos. Lumpkin.¹¹
     He served as a road comissioner.¹¹
     His will was dated 5 April 1859. His son John was to have his choice of the slaves and horses and 200 acres of land. The remainder of his land was to be divided equally between his other children, and each of them also received one slave.⁴

     Elizabeth Williamson married Solomon Hardy.¹