Dear Listers, I have just started looking into a more distant branch of my family - that of Charles Godden of Assington, born at the end of the 1700s, possibly at nearby Bures. I know he married a Hannah and they had a family, one of whom married a Dickerson. He was a farmer and a butcher and, I am told, also ran the Shoulder of Mutton PH in Assington: this may have been the present building which was first put up in 1832 as a coaching inn. I have not yet been able to any further back and any pointers would be much appreciated. TIA Rikki

There were no Godden (or variants which I would expect) surnames in the Suffolk hearth taxes for any of the surviving lists between 1662 and 1674. There are some Gooden and Goodings and their variant spellings. This suggests that either your Godden was a variant spelling, or that most of the family were from another county. If you are interested in the Gooden/Gooding entries, please email me off list. I would normally have referred you to previous correspondence on hearth taxes as to what is available, but I now find that the Suffolk roots archive of pre 2007 are not available so as to refer you to the details of what is available. Wishing you every success in your researches Giles Colchester, Researching COLCHESTER family, any spelling, any time, any place And PACKARD in England, Australasia and Africa -----Original Message----- From: Rikki [mailto:rikkifamily17@gmail.com] Sent: 11 May 2018 06:41 To: suffolk@rootsweb.com Subject: [SFK-UK] Charles Godden Dear Listers, I have just started looking into a more distant branch of my family - that of Charles Godden of Assington, born at the end of the 1700s, possibly at nearby Bures. I know he married a Hannah and they had a family, one of whom married a Dickerson. He was a farmer and a butcher and, I am told, also ran the Shoulder of Mutton PH in Assington: this may have been the present building which was first put up in 1832 as a coaching inn. I have not yet been able to any further back and any pointers would be much appreciated. TIA Rikki

Hi Giles They are still working on the old archives but have said they will be added back in time Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 11-May-18 9:45 AM, Giles Colchester wrote: > There were no Godden (or variants which I would expect) surnames in the > Suffolk hearth taxes for any of the surviving lists between 1662 and 1674. > There are some Gooden and Goodings and their variant spellings. This > suggests that either your Godden was a variant spelling, or that most of the > family were from another county. > > If you are interested in the Gooden/Gooding entries, please email me off > list. I would normally have referred you to previous correspondence on > hearth taxes as to what is available, but I now find that the Suffolk roots > archive of pre 2007 are not available so as to refer you to the details of > what is available. > > Wishing you every success in your researches > Giles Colchester, > Researching COLCHESTER family, any spelling, any time, any place > And PACKARD in England, Australasia and Africa