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Notes for Matthew Borden and Sarah Clayton

"Matthew Borden, of Portsmouth, R. I. b. at Portsmouth in May 1638, and said in the Friends' records to be 'the first English child born on Rhode Island;' d. 5 July 1708; m. 4 Mar. 1673/4 Sarah Clayton, b. in 1654, d. 19 Apr. 1735. His will was dated 28 Mar. 1705. Ten children." [1]

The children of Matthew Borden and Sarah Clayton were listed as Mary, Matthew, Joseph, Sarah, Ann, Thomas, Richard, Abraham, John, and Benjamin. [2]


Footnotes:

[1] Andrews Moriarty, "The Bordens of Headcorn, Co. Kent," New England Historic Genealogical Society Register, Vol. 84 (1930), 229, [AmericanAncestors].

[2] Raymond Martin Bell, Some New Jersey Families (1983), 9, [GoogleBooks].