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Male 1595 - 1671  (76 years)


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  • Name Richard Borden  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33] 
    Suffix Sr 
    Born 22 Feb 1595  Headcorn, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27, 29] 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 22 Feb 1595  Headcorn Church, Headcorn, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [27] 
    Residence 26 Mar 1631  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    Arrived Feb 1638  Boston, Colonial Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Land Allotment 20 May 1638  Aquidneck Island, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Allotted 5 acres 
    Appointed To Survey Lands 1639 
    Appointed to survey all the lands, near about & bring in map or plot of same. (See "Records of Rhode Island Colony, 1636-63," pages 102, 265, 345, 345, 355, 364, 523) 
    Occupation 1639  Aquidneck Island, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Surveying & Platting of Lands 
    Occupation 1640  Portsmouth, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Laying Out Lands 
    Freeman 16 Mar 1641  Aquidneck Island, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1653  Portsmouth, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Assistant 
    Occupation 1654  Portsmouth, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    General Treasurer 
    Occupation 1655  Portsmouth, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Commissioner  
    Possessions 1661  Providence, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Purchased Property 
    Land Purchase 1665  Monmouth, Colonial New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Richard & Benjamin Borden (his son), James Grover & others, all of Gravesend, Long Island, bought considerable tracts of land at Neversink, Narumson & Portupick, in Monmouth county, N. J., for which he contributed œ9, & was allotted three shares. 
    Deputy To The General Court 1667  Monmouth County, Colonial New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Richard was a Deputy to the General Court in 1667-70, indicating that he had returned from Long Island, if, indeed, he ever removed from Rhode Island. 
    Land Purchase 1667  Colonial New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1667  Portsmouth, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Deputy 
    Possessions 1667  Colonial New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Became one of the original purchasers of land in New Jersey from the Indians 
    Richard Borden 25 May 1671  Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [30, 32, 34] 
    Died 25 May 1671  Portsmouth, Newport, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 26, 27, 29] 
    • One of the first English planters in RI died: AT HIS HOUSE
    Buried 26 May 1671  Portsmouth, Newport, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 16] 
    • Buried in "the burying place that Robert Dennis gave Friends in Portsmouth," R. I.
    Residence 1665-1944  Monmouth County, Colonial New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  [31] 
    Person ID P1579  Woelfel Test
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2020 

    Father Matthew Borden,   b. 30 Sep 1563, Headcorn, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1620, Headcorn, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Joan Reeder ??(Borden),   b. 22 Feb 1572, Headcorn, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Sep 1620, Headcorn, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 16 May 1591  Biddenton, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F297  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joane Fowle (Borden),   b. 15 Feb 1604, Marden, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jul 1688, Portsmouth, Newport, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 28 Sep 1625  Headcorn Church, Headcorn, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [15, 18, 23, 25, 27, 29] 
    Children 
     1. Richard Borden, Jr,   b. 9 Jul 1626, Headcorn, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1644, Young, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 17 years)  [natural]
    +2. Thomas Borden,   b. 3 Oct 1627, Headcorn, Maidstone, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1676, Portsmouth, Newport, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)  [natural]
    +3. Francis Borden,   b. 23 Dec 1628, Cranbrook, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1705, Portsmouth, Newport, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)  [natural]
    +4. Mary Thomasin Borden (Cook),   b. 13 Jan 1632, Cranbrook, Tunbridge Wells Borough, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1690, Portsmouth, Newport, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)  [natural]
     5. Elizabeth Borden,   b. 25 May 1634, Cranbrook, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1652, Young, Colonial Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 17 years)  [natural]
    +6. Matthew Borden,   b. 16 May 1638, Portsmouth, Newport, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1708, Portsmouth, Newport, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)  [natural]
    +7. John Borden, Sr,   b. 10 Sep 1640, Portsmouth, Newport, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jun 1716, Portsmouth, Newport, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)  [natural]
    +8. Joseph Borden,   b. 3 Jul 1643, Portsmouth, Newport, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1678, Portsmouth, Newport, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)  [natural]
     9. Sarah Borden (Holmes),   b. 1 May 1644, Middletown, Newport, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1701, Portsmouth, Newport, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)  [natural]
     10. Samuel Borden,   b. Jul 1645, Portsmouth, Newport, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jun 1716, Portsmouth, Newport, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 70 years)  [natural]
    +11. Benjamin Fowle Borden, I,   b. 16 May 1649, Portsmouth, Newport, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1728, Evesham Township, Burlington, Colonial New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)  [natural]
     12. Amey Borden (Richardson),   b. 16 Feb 1653, Portsmouth, Newport, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Mar 1683, Portsmouth, Newport, Colonial Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2020 
    Family ID F291  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • The Pilgrims or passengers from the Mayflower have little to do with verifying Richard Borden's birth in England as there were settlers in the Colonies well before the Mayflower. A better source of verification is a synthesis of the records which does, in fact, support the assertion that he was born in England.

      A HISTORY OF THE BORDEN FAMILY; 1883 by Joel Borden & Campbell Borden (hardcopy in Borden file of T.Mason). "All the Bordens in America are descended from Richard Borden, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island."

      CHILDREN-BIOGRAPHY: Harry Ferris Johnston , "Richard Borden of Portsmouth RI", "Your Ancestors, a national magazine of Genealogy and family history"; 1635-1838; Buffalo NY 1947-1959; Part 14; LDS Family History Library Film 1597740 Item 14; NOTE: His lineage is given in the "Compendium of American Genealogy" Vol IV, p 567, 734, Vol V, p 124.

      REFERENCE: Austin, RHODE ISLAND COLONIAL RECORDS; ; Vol 1, pp 220, 264, 273, 277, 281, 282, 345, 355, quoted by Ralph & Mildred Branson Wandling, ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS & REBECCA BORDEN BRANSON; 1380-1950; quoting research by John A Kelly of Haverford College, Penn, pub 190-, filmed by Genealogical Society of Utah, 1976; ; LDS Family History Library Film 0928077, item 11.

      REF: Mussel - American Ancestry Vol VII - he layed out and was founder of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, U.S.A. in 1625.

      REF: New England Register Vol. 84, Apr 1930 p. 228-229. EXTRACT: Indicates that the pedigree of Richard to 2nd great-grandfather Edmund has been proved.
      REF: New England Register Vol. 75 p. 226-233 (American Publishing House)
      REF: Collection of New Jersey Historical Society. N.J. 2 p.40;

      DEATH-CONFLICT: Wm.S. Hornor, THIS OLD MONMOUTH OF OURS; 1932; Pub. by Moreau Brothers, Freehold, N.J.; GS film 850,326; States Richard died in Shrewsbury. CONFLICT: Last name of wife is listed as Joan Fowler not Fowle. All children and baptism or birth dates listed therein.

      WILL: Austin's General Dictionary of R.I.; 31 May 1671, as made by the Town Council of Portsmouth, R.I. on testimony concerning the wishes of the deceased. Ex. Son Mathew Borden.
      To widow Joan the old house and fire room, with leanto and buttery adjoining, and the little chamber in new house, and porch chamber joining to it; half the use of great hall, porch room below, cellaring and garret of new house for life. To her also firewood yearly, use of thirty fruit trees in orchard that she may choose, liberty to keep fowls about the house not exceeding forty, and all household goods at her disposal. She was to have thirty ewe sheep kept for her, with their profit and increase; fifty other sheep kept to halves, three cows kept and their profit, and to have paid her yearly a good well fed beef, three well fed swine, ten bushels of wheat, twenty bushels of Indian corn, six bushels of barley malt and four barrels of cider.
      To son Thomas all estate in Providence, lands, goods and chattels (except horse kind, he paying his mother Joan yearly a barrel of pork and firkin of butter.
      To son Francis, lands in New Jersey.
      To son John all land about new dwelling house of said John Borden, etc.
      To son Joseph, £40, within two years after the death of his mother.
      To son Samuel £40, half in six months after death of father and half in six months after death of mother.
      To son Benjamin £40 within four years after death of mother.
      To daughter Mary Cooke, £5.
      To daughter Sarah Holmes, £40, within six years after death of mother.
      To daughter Amey Borden, £100 at age of twenty-one.
      To granddaughter, Amey Cook, £10 at age of eighteen.
      To son Matthew, whole estate after payment of debts and legacies, and if he die without issue said estate not to remain to any brother older.
      - - - - - - - - - -
      Inventory, £1572, 8s. 9d., viz:
      200 sheep, 100 lambs, 4 oxen, 9 cows, 4 three-years, 5 two-years, 7 yearlings, 5 calves; horseflesh in Providence, £60.
      Four mares on the island, £20,
      horse £7, 10s;
      6 colts, and other horseflesh at New London, £8.
      Thirty swine, 11 pigs, negro man and woman, £50;
      3 negro children, £25;
      turkeys, geese, fowls, Indian corn, rye, wheat, oats, barley, pease, 2 cheese presses, 6 guns, pewter, 2 swords, 2 feather beds, 2 flock beds, hat case, silver bowl, £3;
      cider, £2;
      money, £11;
      goods, £16;
      tables, form, settle, chairs, warming pan, books, £10.

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