I am tracing my lineage. I am stuck and need help. (?)?

Question

I started with my great-grandfather, and went back until I reached an ancestor, William Goble, who was born in Sussex, England around 1540; and died, same place, around 1593.

Unfortunately, I'm stuck here. I can't find anything further back. Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

This is in rootsweb.com

Name: William GOBLE

Birth: 1540 in Westergate, West Sussex, England 1

Death: 01 MAY 1593 in Aldingbourne, West Sussex, England

Father: John Jean GOBLE b: 1536 in France

Mother: Joan SMITH b: 1536

Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown

Children

Thomas GOBLE b: 02 JAN 1590 in Aldingbourne, West Sussex, England

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.co...

The parents dates don't look right, but I noticed there is another William Goble at the same site showing the birth year as 1560.  I'll see if I can find anything else, but its hard to verify facts with dates going that far back.  Congratulations on going as far a 1540!

Here is the other William Goble and link:

Name: *William GOBLE

Birth: ABT 1560

Father: *John (Jean) (Founder) (Goblet) GOBLE b: ABT 1536

Mother: *Joan SMITH b: ABT 1536

Marriage 1 *Wife GOBLE

Children

*Thomas (Emigrant) GOBLE b: 1589 in Westergate, Sussexshire, England

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.co...

You may already have this,  but just in case this is from ancestry.com:

Sussex: Chichester - Calendar of Wills in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Chichester, 1482-1800  Register 3.  

  Wills Now Preserved in the Probate Registry at Chichester.  

   1482-1800.  

County: Sussex  Country: England  

Goble, William, Petworth (orig. B. 123) 8 238 1557

Sussex: - Wills and Administrations preserved in the District Probate Court of Lewes Register 3.  Book A 7. 1576-83 B1.  

County: Sussex  Country: England  

Goble, Thomas, East Grinstead, gent.: 23 Jun 1578 , 25 Sep 1578 105-69



Sussex: - Calendar of Administrations in the Consistory court of the Bishop of Chichester 1555-1800, Calendar of Wills and Administrations in the Peculiar court of the Archbishop of Canterbury 1520-1670, Calendar of Wills and Administrations in the Peculi  Register 3.  

  Administrations in the Consistory Court at Chichester 1555-1800  

   Now Preserved in the Probate Registry at Winchester.  

County: Sussex  Country: England  

Goble, Thomas, Boxgrave C 104 1584

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Sussex: Chichester - Calendar of Wills in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Chichester, 1482-1800  Register 3.  

  Wills Now Preserved in the Probate Registry at Chichester.  

   1482-1800.  

County: Sussex  Country: England  

Goble, John, husbandman, Petworth 7 192 1551

Sussex: Chichester - Calendar of Wills in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Chichester, 1482-1800  Register 3.  

  Wills Now Preserved in the Probate Registry at Chichester.  

   1482-1800.  

County: Sussex  Country: England  

Goble, Gobull, John, Fitilworth 2 119 1536

Answer 2

You're doing very well for an English line.

The best I can suggest is to get admission into the archives of the local church. The clerics were the only people who read, wrote, and kept records about people back then.

1540 is not such a deplorable brick wall into which one might run..

Happy hunting!

.

Answer 3

www.rootsweb.com

**0_William GOBLE

Birth: ABT. 1540 in Sussex, England

Death: 1 MAY 1593 in Sussex, England

( NOTE--Burial of "Willmus Goble de Westergate" is recorded Aldingbourne, Sussex, England. Westergate is a village within a mile of Aldingbourne)

His father: William [Willi] GOBLE

**His Children (Spouse unknown)

1_Thomas GOBLE b: BET. 1590 - 1610 in Sussex, England

Daughter GOBLE

William GOBLE b: 1582

Elizabeth GOBLE b: 1588

John GOBLE b: BEF. 1590

(Or there is this listing):

William GOBLE

Birth: 1540 in Westergate, West Sussex, England

Death: 01 MAY 1593 in Aldingbourne, West Sussex, England

        Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown

Son:  Thomas GOBLE b: 02 JAN 1590 in Aldingbourne, West Sussex, England

William's parents: ????

John Jean GOBLE

Birth: 1536 in France  

Death: 1609 in Sussex, England

        Married:

Joan SMITH

Birth: 1536  

Death: in Sussex, England

(I KNOW the dates above  for his parents are wrong. They would have been only 4 years old in 1540--when William was born. I would rather say it was closer to 1520 or thereabouts.)

This listing for his father seems more likely:

John GOBYLL\GOBLE

Birth:  ABT 1520 , Petworth, Sussex, England  

His son --Willmi (William) GOBLE-- M--b. ABT 1544 in Petworth, Sussex, England

William's grandfather??--These sound more logical to me, given 20 years per generation

JOHN GOBYLL I

Birth:  About 1489   Petworth, Sussex, England

Death:  24 OCT 1551  



Or   possibly??--

JOHN I GOBYLL

Birth:  About 1492   Duncton, Sussex, England (would have been 28 at John Goble's birth in 1520; 48 at William's)

Death:  30 DEC 1553  

          Marriage: about 1519   Petworth, Sussex, England

(Again, the marriage year would be just right, for William's father's birth in 1520)



Possible father for above, maybe (no first name listed, however)??

MR. GOBYLL

Birth:  About 1460   Sutton & Duncton Manor, , Sussex, England

Death:  1525  



www.surnamedb.com

Surname: Goble

This picturesque surname is of Medieval English origin and is a dialectal variant of Godbold, itself from a Norman personal name "Godebald", composed of the Germanic elements "god", good, or "got", god, with "bald", bold or brave. In the modern idiom the variants include Godbold, Godball, Gobat and Goble. The following examples illustrate the name development from 1086, before the name was used as a surname, Godeboldus (Domesday Book, 1086). Adam Filius Godboldi (Essex) and after 1206 (see below). Henry Gobaud (1242, Fees of Devon), John Gobant (1316, Warwickshire), John Godebold (1317, Fees) and John Godball (1485). Amongst the sample recordings in London is the christening of Thomas Godbolt on August 29th 1622 at St. Andrew's, Holborn. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Godebald, which was dated 1206, in the "Curia Rolls of Bedfordshire", during the reign of King John, known as "Lackland", 1199 - 1216. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

If you can get onto this site, send a message to this guy:

http://www.genesreunited.com/search.asp?...

Family tree with William Goble--b. 1540 in Westergate,,West Sussex,England .

Tree owner--  Robert Wilson (Member No.2288648)

There is a box where you can send him a message about William and any ancestors:.

www.onegreatfamily.com

William Goble (OGFN: 541181601)

    Birth: ABT 1540 at Westergate, West Sussex, England

    Death: 1 MAY 1593 at Aldingbourne, Sussex, England