Where have you found him.?
There is a Charles
Godden in 1851 census........in Ancestry. You have access don't you.?
Name: Charles Godden
Age: 58
abt 1793
Relation - Head
Spouse - Hannah Godden
Born - Stowe, Gloucestershire, England
Civil Parish: Swinbrook
Ecclesiastical parish: Oxford.
Class: HO107; Piece: 1731; Folio: 824; Page: 5; GSU roll: 193640-193641
Thank you Steve
that's interesting , going by the 1841 census he was born in 1796 but I will take a closer look at ancestry .co.uk later. the earliest date I have on my tree is1551 and the name down as Gooddwyn. I know that there were variations in the spelling of the surnames and it is possible that he married more than once
regards
Chris
Steve.