Matthew BORDEN

May 1638 - 5 Jul 1708

• BIRTH: May 1638, Portsmouth, Newport, RI
• DEATH: 5 Jul 1708

• MARRIAGE: 4 Mar 1673, Portsmouth, Newport, RI

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                   _Matthew BORDEN _|
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 _Richard BORDEN _|
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|                 |_Joan ___________|
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|--Matthew BORDEN 
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|                  _Richard FOWLE __|
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|_Joane FOWLE ____|
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                  |_Mary FILKES ____|
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[4553] "The Bordens of Headcorn, Co. Kent"
G. Andrews Moriarty
NEHGR v84, p228 (Apr 1930)
"said in the Friends' records to be "the first English child born on Rhode Island""

"The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island"
John Osborne Austin
Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, NY: 1887; pp. 23-24

"A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England"
James Savage
Boston, MA; 1860-1862; v1, p213
"BORDEN, MATTHEW, Portsmouth, eldest s. of Richard of the same, m. 4 Mar.
1674, Sarah Clayton, had Mary, b. 20 Sept. 1674; Matthew, 14 Aug. 1676;
Joseph, 17 July 1678; Sarah, 29 Dec. 1680; and Ann, 5 Jan. 1638, "the
first Eng. ch. b. on R. I."; John, Sept. 1640; Joseph, 3 Jan. 1643;
Sarah, May 1644; Samuel, July 1645; Benjamin, May 1649; and Amie, Feb.
1654. He was, perhaps, br. of first John."

"New England Marriages Prior To 1700"
Clarence A. Torrey,
(as found on NEHGS CD-ROM, Boston, 2001)
"BORDEN, Matthew (1638-1708) & Sarah CLAYTON (-1735, ae 81);
4 Mar 1674, [1673/4]; Portsmouth, RI"