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Richard Borden 1722–1795 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 Jul 1722

Birth Location: Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 4 July 1795

Death Location: Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Father: Thomas Borden

Mother: Mary Gifford

Spouse(s): Hope Cook

Children(s): Mary Borden, Patience Borden, Richard II, Thomas Borden, Hope Borden, Elizabeth Borden

In 1722, Richard Borden entered the world in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA, born to Thomas Borden And Mary Gifford. Richard Borden married Hope Cook, and had children including Elizabeth Betsy Borden, Hope Borden, Mary Borden, Patience Borden, Richard Borden Paternal 1X Great Grandfather Of Lizzie Borden Ii, Thomas Borden. Richard Borden passed away in 1795 in Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Biography

  • In 1722, Richard Borden entered the world in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA, born to Thomas Borden And Mary Gifford.
  • Richard Borden married Hope Cook, and had children including Elizabeth Betsy Borden, Hope Borden, Mary Borden, Patience Borden, Richard Borden Paternal 1X Great Grandfather Of Lizzie Borden Ii, Thomas Borden.
  • Richard Borden passed away in 1795 in Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Borden
1697–1740
Birth Location: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
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Mary Gifford
1695–
Birth Location: Sandwich, USA
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Spouses(s)

Hope Cook
1726–1791
Birth Location: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
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Children(s)

Mary Borden
1749–1823
Birth Location: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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Patience Borden
1747–1824
Birth Location: Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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Richard II
1749–1824
Birth Location: Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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Thomas Borden
1749–1831
Birth Location: Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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Hope Borden
1755–1823
Birth Location: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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Elizabeth Borden
1756–1823
Birth Location: Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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Richard Borden's Ancestors

Self
Richard Borden
1722–1795
Birth Place: Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Thomas Borden
1697–1740
Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Mary Gifford
1695–
Sandwich, USA
Grandparents
Richard (Earle) Borden
1671–1732
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Innocent Wordell
1674–1720
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Great-Grandparents
John Sr.
1640–1716
Mary Earle
1654–1734
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Borden
1595–1671
Joan Fowle
1604–1688
William Earle
1634–1715
Mary Walker
1634–1717

Richard Borden's Descendants

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Richard Borden (4 Jul 1722–4 July 1795) m. Hope Cook (28 Jun 1726–8 Mar 1791)
  1. 1. Mary Borden 1749–1823
  2. 2. Patience Borden 1747–1824
  3. 3. Richard (Borden (paternal 1x great grandfather of Lizzie Borden)) II 1749–1824 m. Martha ("Patty" Bowen (paternal 1x great grandmother of Lizzie) Borden} 1777–1827
    1. 1. Cook Borden 1810–1880 m. Mary (Ann) Bessey 1810–1894
      1. 1. Avis (Anne) Borden 1838–1840
      2. 2. Jerome (Cook) Borden 1843–1844
      3. 3. Mary (Jane) Borden 1833–1833
      4. 4. Theodore (W.) Borden 1836–1925 m. Mary (Louisa) Davol 1843–1907
        1. 1. Maude (Clifton) Borden 1867–1947
        2. 2. Minnie Borden 1863–1949
        3. 3. Avis (Louise) Borden 1859–1921 m. Thomas (James) Eddy 1855–1933
        4. 4. Mary Borden 1863–1949
      5. 5. Jerome (Cook) Borden 1845–1930
      6. 6. Philip (Henry) Borden 1841–1902 m. Ruth (A.) Dennis 1843–1882 m. Beltiance (B) Pearce 1841–1910
        1. 1. Annie (Cook) Borden 1863–1875
      7. 7. Mary (Jane) Borden 1834–1926
    2. 2. Ludwick Borden 1812–1874 m. Eliza (Tripp) Chace 1813–1863 m. Eliza (Ann) Darling 1813–1848 m. Ruhama Crocker 1814–1879 m. Maria (Jane) Briggs 1811–1838
      1. 1. Maria Borden 1844–1909 m. John (B.) Chace 1845–1925
        1. 1. Emma (L) Chace 1876–1952 m. Harry (S.) Goulding 1867–1938
        2. 2. Lawdwick (B.) Chace 1874–1875
      2. 2. Holder (S.) Borden 1845–1848
      3. 3. Eliza (Ann) Borden 1846–1848
      4. 4. Matthew Borden 1836–1836
      5. 5. Maria Borden 1834–1834
    3. 3. Abraham (Bowen Borden (Lizzie Borden's Paternal) Grandfather) 1798–1882 m. Phoebe ("Bebe" Davenport (paternal grandmother of Lizzie) Borden) 1794–1853 m. Beebe ("Barbara") Wilmarth 1801–1883
      1. 1. Andrew (Jackson) Borden 1822–1892 m. Sarah (Anthony) Morse 1823–1863
        1. 1. Alice (Esther) Borden 1853–1858
        2. 2. Lizabeth ("Lizzie" Andrew) Borden 1860–1927
        3. 3. Emma (Lenora) Borden 1851–1927
      2. 2. Charlotte Borden 1824–1828
      3. 3. Christopher Borden 1815–1894 m. Lucy (Howland) Davis 1818–1897
        1. 1. Edwin Borden 1850–1935
        2. 2. Phebe (Sarah) Borden 1858–1890 m. Arthur (D) Cornell 1856–1926
        3. 3. Mary (E.) Borden 1845–1892
        4. 4. Alice (Allen) Borden 1842–1933
        5. 5. Othneil (T.) Borden 1847–1866
        6. 6. Jonathan (Christopher) Borden 1841–1916
        7. 7. James Borden 1850–
      4. 4. Lurana Borden 1826–1898 m. Hiram (C) Harrington 1829–1907
        1. 1. George (B) Harrington 1857–1867
        2. 2. Philip Harrington 1859–1893
      5. 5. Phebe (Ann) Borden 1829–1855
      6. 6. Rhoda Borden 1820–1897 m. Abiel Davis 1814–1865
        1. 1. Ruth (Barker) Davis 1849–1932 m. Albert (Franklin) Sanford 1848–1874
        2. 2. Abiel (Franklin) Davis 1853–1916 m. Anne (Russell) Barker 1854–1924
        3. 3. Phebe (Borden) Davis 1841–1917 m. Loum (Hathaway) Faunce 1835–1904
        4. 4. Amanda (Maria) Davis 1844–1907
        5. 5. Charles (Irving) Davis 1855–1857
      7. 7. Maria (Baker) Borden 1826–1863 m. Weston Jenney 1814–1890
        1. 1. Augustus (G.) Jenney 1839–1901
      8. 8. Lurana Borden 1824–1825
      9. 9. Infant Borden 1831–1831
    4. 4. Andrew (Jackson) Borden 1816–1820
    5. 5. Rowena Borden 1808–1836 m. John Bardin 1805–
    6. 6. Hannah Borden 1803–1890 m. William Cook 1799–1880
      1. 1. Bennet Cook 1823–1877
      2. 2. Hannah (Borden) Cook 1832–1912
      3. 3. Amanda Cook 1830–1915
      4. 4. Hiram Cook 1828–1839
      5. 5. Hiram (Edwin) Cook 1841–1842
      6. 6. Edwin (Dexter) Cook 1838–1838
    7. 7. Richard (Borden) II 1805–1872 m. Lucy Cook 1802–1870
      1. 1. Charles (William) Borden 1833–1901 m. Jane (Brightman) Durfee 1834–1912
        1. 1. George (Nelson) Borden 1857–
        2. 2. Edward (Clinton) Borden 1867–1945 m. Emma (Angeline) Harper 1871–1941
        3. 3. Frederick (H) Borden 1859–1865
        4. 4. Herbert (Gardner) Borden 1857–1922 m. Emma (Jane) Barber 1860–1920
      2. 2. Hiram (Cook) Borden 1832–1908 m. Betsey (Jane) Borden 1843–1935
      3. 3. Nelson (Cook) Borden 1835–1892 m. Ellen (Elizabeth) Durfee 1836–1870 m. Mary (Ellen) Lake 1849–1937
        1. 1. Ellen (Louisa) Borden 1878–1958 m. Hugh (Joseph) Kelley 1877–1940
        2. 2. Baby (Boy) Borden 1874–1874
        3. 3. Lucy (Lake) Borden 1886–1978
        4. 4. Jessie (May) Borden 1881–1968
      4. 4. Ellen Borden 1837–1900
    8. 8. Zephaniah Borden 1814–1884 m. Mary Perry 1816–1853 m. Lydia (D) Sherman 1813–1902
      1. 1. Charles (Richard) Borden 1850–1897 m. Victoria (Adelaide) Jenks 1847–1925
        1. 1. Melvin (Cook) Borden 1873–1960 m. Florence (May) McLean 1878–1972
        2. 2. Frederick (Lincoln) Borden 1867–1952 m. Susan (Wilhelmina) Swain 1870–1948
        3. 3. Emma (Eliza) Borden 1871–1960 m. James (B.) Harrison 1870–
        4. 4. Thomas (Everett) Borden 1874–1956 m. Ethel Jenkins 1878–1954
        5. 5. Andrew (Jenks) Borden 1876–1956 m. Bertha (M) Crane 1875–1963
        6. 6. Howard (Sherman) Borden 1885–1953 m. Gladys (Amelia) Sawyer 1892–1924
        7. 7. Edward (Clinton) Borden 1880–1971 m. Charlotte (Belle) Maclean 1882–1967
        8. 8. Gladys (A) Borden 1892–
      2. 2. Mary (M) Borden 1841–1913 m. Thomas Brayton 1840–1915
        1. 1. Elmer (Zephaniah) Brayton 1866–1923 m. Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Flemming 1859–1898 m. Eudora (M) Palmer 1881–1978
        2. 2. George (Henry) Brayton 1863–1946 m. Ella (Adelaide) Potter 1854–1931
      3. 3. Anjanette Borden 1845–1927 m. Albert (Durfee) Manchester 1845–1929
        1. 1. Mary (Ann) Manchester 1872–1934
        2. 2. Ida (Borden) Manchester 1874–1935 m. Nelson Wordell 1868–1948
        3. 3. Amelia (J.) Manchester 1877–1878
        4. 4. William (E.) Manchester 1877–1879
      4. 4. Rowena Borden 1837–1838
    9. 9. Amy Borden 1802–1877 m. William (Gardner) Grinnell 1799–1832 m. Jeremiah Wilcox 1802–1865
      1. 1. Almy Grinnell 1827–1893 m. Joseph (Harding) Cluny 1822–1871
        1. 1. Juliette Cluny 1870–1962
        2. 2. Arabella Cluny 1854–1854
        3. 3. William (Brayton) Cluny 1849–1920
      2. 2. Rowena (Borden) Grinnell 1830–1916 m. Fredrick (B.) Macomber 1823–1911
        1. 1. Emma (Rowena) Macomber 1853–1909 m. Peter (Gaskell) Bence 1849–1919 m. Charles (Humphrey) Wilcox 1851–1903
        2. 2. George (Borden Harrington) Macomber 1868–1927 m. Grace (Charlotte) Clark 1876–1961
        3. 3. Fredrick (Maxwell) Macomber 1856–1934
        4. 4. William (Grinnell) Macomber 1860–1935
        5. 5. Charles (Everett) Macomber 1866–1937
      3. 3. Louisa (Borden) Grinnell 1823–1900 m. Nathaniel (H) Lake 1819–1900
        1. 1. Lucy (B) Lake 1857–1881
        2. 2. Mary (Ellen) Lake 1849–1937
      4. 4. Juliette Grinnell 1825–1865 m. Thomas Johnson 1817–
        1. 1. Benjamin Johnson 1845–
        2. 2. Sarah Johnson 1848–
        3. 3. Amy Johnson 1850–
      5. 5. William (Grinnel) Wilcox 1837–1920 m. Lucretia (Jane) Gladding 1839–1914
        1. 1. Ethel (Gardiner) Wilcox 1882–1918
        2. 2. Helen (B) Wilcox 1870–1917
        3. 3. Alzada (C) Wilcox 1859–1917
        4. 4. Louisa (W) Wilcox 1863–
        5. 5. Amy (L) Wilcox 1866–1898
        6. 6. William (Frederick) Wilcox 1871–1948
        7. 7. Lena Wilcox 1863–1953
        8. 8. Julia (Frances) Wilcox 1864–1865
      6. 6. Martha (B) Wilcox 1840–1914
    10. 10. Thomas (Bowen) Borden 1794–1886 m. Catherine Luther 1790–1874 m. Mary (Ann) Austin 1812–1892 m. Mary (R.) Borden 1810–1892
      1. 1. Infant Borden 1831–1831
      2. 2. John (Luther) Borden 1833–1836
      3. 3. Mary (Ann) Borden 1828–1910
  4. 4. Thomas Borden 1749–1831 m. Mary Hathaway 1757–1824
    1. 1. Irene Borden 1793–1879
    2. 2. Richard Borden 1795–1874
    3. 3. Joseph Borden 1777–1812
    4. 4. Jefferson Borden 1801–1887 m. Susan (Elizabeth) Easton 1812–1892
      1. 1. Ellen Borden 1830–1912
      2. 2. Eliza (Owen) Borden 1835–1882
      3. 3. Emma (Corinne) Borden 1841–1886
      4. 4. Jefferson (Borden) II 1844–1918
      5. 5. Sidney Borden 1846–1847
      6. 6. Spencer Borden 1849–1921 m. Effie (Annette) Brooks 1847–1925
        1. 1. Alfred (Borden) Jr. 1875–1949 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Tuthill 1880–1912
        2. 2. Florence Borden 1882–1964 m. William Darrach 1876–
        3. 3. Leonora (B) Borden 1874–1936 m. Bernard (Walton) Trafford 1871–1942
        4. 4. Spencer (Borden) Jr. 1872–1957
        5. 5. Brooks Borden 1878–1894
      7. 7. Norman (Easton) Borden 1850–1884
      8. 8. Charles (S) Borden 1852–1852
      9. 9. Eudora (Sexton) Borden 1839–1918
    5. 5. Maritta (Hathaway) Borden 1803–1838
    6. 6. John Borden 1799–1879
    7. 7. Mary Borden 1797–1863
    8. 8. Hope Borden 1790–1852
    9. 9. Sarah Borden 1788–1857
    10. 10. Thomas Borden 1786–1855
    11. 11. Isaac (Hathaway) Borden 1784–1828
    12. 12. William Borden 1781–1814
    13. 13. Phebe Borden 1779–1841
  5. 5. Hope Borden 1755–1823
  6. 6. Elizabeth ("Betsy") Borden 1756–1823 m. William Valentine 1750–1825
    1. 1. Elizabeth Valentine 1771–1795

Richard Borden's Timeline

2 Records

1722
4 Jul 1722
Birth of Richard Borden in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
1795
4 July 1795
Age 73
Death of Richard Borden in Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 Jul 1722
    Event Place: Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 July 1795
    Event Place: Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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