Elizabeth Simmonds – Butland Gooding Family Tree

I have traced the Gooding family back to two small villages near Oxford, Toot Baldon and Marsh Baldon (sometimes March Baldon). Both villages are ancient and have remained fairly unchanged in terms of population size for many centuries. The following websites give a good overview of the history of these villages. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol5/pp47-56 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol5/pp30-47 Our branchContinue reading “The Gooding Family Part 1: Oxfordshire Origins (1740 – 1887)”