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Gittings bought a few tracts in Baltimore County
and divested himself of ca. 1,754 acres, with all
but 400 acres of it being given to his sons. From
the mid- 1780s until his death Gittings was in-
volved in land transactions in Baltimore Town,
particularly in the Fell's Point and Franklin Street
areas. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: will probated on
February 26, 1823, in Baltimore County. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY requested no appraisal of his
estate. LAND: ca. 2,010 acres in Baltimore County,
plus a number of lots in Baltimore City.
GODDIN, JOHN (?-1712/13). IMMIGRATED: in
1677 as a free adult. RESIDED: in Somerset County.
MARRIED by 1681 Katherine, daughter of George
Johnson (1627-1681), sheriff of Somerset County
from 1668 to 1669; stepdaughter of Thomas
Everden (?-1710). CHILDREN. SON: John (1681-?).
DAUGHTER: Katherine (?-1753), who married
Thomas Purnell (?-1723). PRIVATE CAREER. EDU-
CATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Quaker.
SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: no title on ar-
rival in the colony. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE.
planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, Somerset County, 1681-1682
(elected to the 3rd session), 1692 (disqualified, be-
cause as a Quaker he would not subscribe to the
required oaths). LOCAL OFFICE: justice, Somerset
County, 1680/81 (probably never served).
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: 1,200 acres; 5,273 acres by 1690.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: on February 20,
1712/13. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £322.3.7
sterling (including 4 slaves). LAND. 5,273 acres.
GOLDSBOROUGH, CHARLES (1707-1767)
BORN: on June 26, 1707, in Talbot County; third
son. NATIVE: second generation. RESIDED: in Dor-
chester County, by 1727; Cambridge, Dorchester
County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Robert
Goldsborough (1660-1746). MOTHER: Elizabeth
(1678-1719/20), daughter of Nicholas Greenberry
(1627-1697). UNCLE: Charles Greenberry (1672-
1713). HALF UNCLE: Thomas Robins (1672-1721).
AUNT: Ann Greenberry, who married John Ham-
mond (ca. 1665-1742/43). BROTHERS: Robert (ca.
1704-1777); Nicholas (ca. 1704-1756); William
Goldsborough (1709-1760); John Goldsborough
(1711-1778); Greenberry (1713-ca. 1716); Howes
(1715-1746); Greenberry (1717-1717); and (first
name unknown) (1718-1718). SISTERS: Ann
(1698-ca. 1708); Elizabeth (ca. 1700-ca. 1708);
and Mary (1702-ca. 1742). FIRST COUSINS: Nicho-
las Goldsborough (ca. 1689-1766); Elizabeth
Ridgely (?-1734), who married Thomas Worthing-
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ton (ca. 1691-1753); and Elizabeth Standley, who
married second, Thomas Robins (1672-1721).
NEPHEWS: Robert Goldsborough IV (1740-1798);
Howes Goldsborough (1747-1797); and William
Goldsborough (1750/51-1801). NIECES: Elizabeth
Goldsborough (ca. 1735-ca. 1786), who married
second, Benson Stain ton (?-ca. 1781); and Mary
Goldsborough (1755-1796), who married first,
Benedict Brice (1749-1786). MARRIED first, on
July 18, 1730, Elizabeth (?-by 1739), daughter of
Joseph Ennalls (?-1709) and wife Mary Brooke;
granddaughter of both Bartholomew Ennalls
(1643-1688) and John Brooke (by 1646-1692/93);
niece of Thomas Ennalls (?-1718), Henry Ennalls
(1675-1734), Elizabeth Ennalls, who married Ro-
ger Woolford (1670-1730), and Ann Brooke, who
married first, Thomas Cooke (?-1692/93). Her
brothers were William Ennalls (?-1731); Bartholo-
mew Ennalls (ca. 1700-1783); Thomas (?-1753);
Henry (?-1734); and Joseph (1702-1759). Her sis-
ter was Mary, who married Henry Hooper (ca.
1687-1767). Her first cousin was Thomas Wool-
ford (ca. 1699-ca. 1750/51). Her nephews were
Joseph Ennalls (ca. 1745-1779); William Ennalls
(?-1785); John Ennalls (by 1746-ca. 1778); and
Henry Hooper, Jr. (ca. 1727-1790). Her nieces
were Mary Ennalls, who married Ennalls Hooper
(?-ca. 1763); Ann Ennalls (ca. 1729-by 1790),
who married Henry Hooper, Jr. (ca. 1727-1790);
Elinor Ennalls (ca. 1738-1793), who married Jo-
seph Baffin (?-1796). MARRIED second, on August
2, 1739, Elizabeth (1723-?), daughter of Samuel
Dickinson, Gent. (ca. 1689-1760), of Kent County
on Delaware, Pennsylvania, presiding judge of the
Court of Common Pleas of Kent County, Dela-
ware, in 1740, associate judge of the Supreme
Court of Delaware, in 1754, and wife Judith
Troth; stepdaughter of Mary Cadwalader; grand-
daughter of William Troth; stepgranddaughter of
John Cadwalader, of Pennsylvania. Her brothers
were William (1711-?), Walter (ca. 1712-?), and
Samuel, all of whom died young; and Henry
(1718-?). Her half brother was John Dickinson
(1732-1808), of Pennsylvania, statesman, author
of Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the
Inhabitants of the British Colonies (1768), presi-
dent of the Supreme Executive Council of Dela-
ware in 1781, and later elected to the same office
in Pennsylvania, who married Mary, daughter of
Isaac Norris. Her sisters were Elizabeth, Rebecca,
Rachel, and Rachel, all of whom died young.
CHILDREN. SONS: Robert Goldsborough (1733-
1788); Charles (1740-1769), who married Anna
Maria Lloyd (1737-1768), daughter of William
Tilghman (1711-1782). Charles entered the Uni-
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