Goddin History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Goddin family

The surname Goddin was first found in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273, where the following are listed as both a forename and a surname: Godin de Bech, Cambridgeshire; Godun le Bere, Cambridgeshire; Roger Godin, Cambridgeshire; William Godin, Oxfordshire; John filius Goding, Huntingdonshire; Alice Goding, Cambridgeshire; and Alice Godon, Oxfordshire. 1

The same rolls include Godun le Bere in Cheshire. Later Philip Guodun, Guodin was listed in the Assize Rolls of Somerset in 1280. 2

The name is derived from "God or good. Saxon, and win, conqueror, that is, a conqueror in God, converted or victorious in God." 3

Early records also listed the name in its Latin form. The Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I listed Gaudinus de Albo Monast, 10 Henry III (during the tenth year of King Henry III's reign) and the Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III listed Gaudinus de Aseby, Lincolnshire, 20 Edward I (during the twentieth year of King Edward I's reign.) 4

"Godden is an ancient Kent surname. The vicar of Reculver in 1663 was thus named, and in Folkestone church there is, or was, a memorial to a Godden of the date of 1636. The Goddens held the manor of Leyborne and much other property in the county during the 16th. century; and back in the 14th century we find a family of De Godden holding the manor of Godden in Tenterden parish, where the surname yet remains. This is in fact an early English surname, being represented in the forms of Godin and Goding in the adjacent county of Sussex during the 13th century." 5

Early History of the Goddin family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Goddin research. Another 132 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1455, 1487, 1510, 1548, 1600, 1624, 1661, 1678 and 1688 are included under the topic Early Goddin History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Goddin Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Godden, Goden, Kodden, Goddings, Godding, Goddin and many more.

Early Notables of the Goddin family

Distinguished members of the family include Thomas Godden, (1624-1688) born Thomas Tylden, an English courtier implicated in the Titus Oates plot. He was the son of William Tylden, gentleman, of Dartford, Kent and was born at Addington in that county in 1624, and educated at a private school kept by Mr. Gill in Holborn. "In 1661 he was appointed chaplain and preceptor to the Princess Catharine of Braganza, the destined consort of Charles II, and the year following he accompanied her to England, and had apartments assigned to him in the palace of Somerset House. In 1678 Godden was accused of...
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Goddin migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Goddin Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Edward Goddin, aged 16, who arrived in Bermuda, (Somers Islands) in 1635 aboard the ship "Truelove" 6
Jon Goddin, who arrived in Virginia in 1650 6
William Goddin, who landed in Virginia in 1650 6
John Goddin, who arrived in Virginia in 1664 6

Goddin migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 7

Goddin Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

Mr. John Goddin, aged 20 who arrived in St. Kitts (St Christopher) aboard the ship "Amity" in 1635 6
Mr. George Goddin, (b. 1604), aged 31, British settler travelling from London, England aboard the ship "Anne and Elizabeth" arriving in Barbados in 1635 8

Contemporary Notables of the name Goddin (post 1700) +

Edwin B. Goddin, American Republican politician, Candidate for New York State Assembly from Bronx County 4th District, 1924 9

Citations +

Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Arthur, William , An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. London: 1857. Print
Testa de Nevill or "Liber Feodorum" or "Book of Fees," thought to have been written by Ralph de Nevill, for King John (1199–1216)
Guppy, Henry Brougham, Homes of Family Names in Great Britain. 1890. Print.
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
Pilgrim Ship Lists Early 1600's. Retrieved 23rd September 2021 from https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 23) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html