1Almon E. Daniels and Maclean W. McLean, William1 Gifford of Sandwich, Mass. (d. 1687), NEHGR Vol. 132, pp. 216-217 (Jul. 1978).
"82. CHRISTOPHER4 GIFFORD (Christopher3, Christopher2, William1) was born 28 August 1737, and he died, testate, in Westport 5 December 1820.
He married in Dartmouth 2 April 1756, DEBORAH HOWLAND, daughter of Thomas and Ruth Howland of Dartmouth (Dartmouth Vital Records), born there 25 September 1740 (ibid.), died in Westport 9 March 1823 "ae. 80."
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Children recorded in Westport to Christopher and Deborah:
i. AUDREY5, b. 8 Aug, 1757; d. 23 Apr. 1837; m. 4 May 1777 WILLIAM, son of Weston5 Kirby (Nathaniel4, Robert3, Richard2-1), b. 21 Mar. 1753, d. 16 Jan. 1822.
176. ii. GEORGE, b. 21 July 1759.
177. iii. JONATHAN, b.19 Oct. 1761.
178. iv. PERRY, b. 11 Nov. 1763.
v. HANNAH, b. 11 Nov. 1766; living unm. 23 Aug. 1817 when named in her father's will.
vi. PEACE, b. 4 Feb. 1769; d. 22 mar. 1837; m. 8 Sept. 1793 CHARLES MACOMBER (Westport Vital Records). b. Oct. 1769 (see Everett S. Stackpole, Macomber Genealogy [Lewiston, Me., 1908?)]:121). He was the son of Abiel5 and Phebe (Brightman) Macomber.
179. vii. LUTHAN, b. 6 Mar, 1771.
viii. PARDON, b. 1774; d. 15 Aug. 1789 (Westport Vital Records).
ix. WARREN, b. 30 Nov. 1776; m. (intention at Westport 21 Aug. 1796) SUSANNAH SOWLE "of Tiverton." b. perhaps 13 Dec. 1771 to Abner5 Sowle and Dorcas (Seabury) of Tiverton (see Waldo C. Sprague, "The Dartmouth, Mass., Branch of the Soule Family," The American Genealogist, 40 [1964]:94). . . .
x. ABNER, b. 18 Oct. 1780; living 23 Aug. 1817 when mentioned in his father's will; m. 11 Apr. 1802 Thankful Dunham "of Martha's Vineyard" (Westport Vital Records).".
1Almon E. Daniels and Maclean W. McLean, William1 Gifford of Sandwich, Mass. (d. 1687), NEHGR Vol. 129, pp. 342-343 (Oct. 1975).
"31. CHRISTOPHER GIFFORD (Christopher2, William1) was born 15 April 1698, and he died, testate, in Dartmouth in 1767.
He married 6 June 1721, MARY BORDEN (Tiverton Vital Records), the daughter of Richard and Innocent (Cornell) Borden, born 29 January 1700/1 (ibid.), died 23 July 1786 (Westport Vital Records).
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Children, recorded in Dartmouth:
80. i. WILLIAM4, b. 29 June 1722.
81. ii. RICHARD, b. 31 Dec. 1725.
iii. LUSANNAH, b. 23 Aug. 1730; living 25 Aug, 1767 when she was named in her father's will; mar. 15 Mar. 1749; 50 JOSHUA CORNELL (she is called the dau. of Christopher and Mary; see Dartmouth Vital Records).
82. iv. CHRISTOPHER, b. 28 Aug. 1737.".
1G. Andrews Moriarity, Genealogical Research in England, NEHGR Vol. 75, p. 232 (Jul 1921).
"FOWLE-BORDEN
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ii. JOANE, d. at Portsmouth, R. I., 15 July 1688; m. at Headcorn, 28 Sept. 1625, RICHARD BORDEN, bapt. at Headcorn 22 Feb. 1595/6, d. at Portsmouth, R. I., 25 May 1671, s. of Matthew and Joan of Headcorn. He removed from Headcorn to Cranbrook, co. Kent, in 1628, emigrated thence to New England in 1637/8, and settled at Portsmouth, R. I.
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Children: 1. Richard, bapt. at Headcorn 9 July 1726. 2. Thomas. of Providence, R. I., bapt. at Headcorn 3 Oct. 1627; d. 25 Nov. 1676; m. 20 Jan. 1663/4 Mary Harris, who d. 22 Mar. 1717/18, dau. of William and Susanna of Providence; eight children. 3. Francis, of Portsmouth, R. I., and Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., East Jersey, 19, 1 mo. 1705/6; m. 12, 4 mo. 1677 Jane Vickars; four children. 4. Mary, bapt. at Cranbrook 13 Jan. 1632/3; d. before 1691; m. John Cooke, who d. in 1691, s. of Thomas; eleven children. 5. Elizabeth, bapt. at Cranbrook, 25 May 1634. 6. Matthew, 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. in 1708; m. 4 Mar. 1673/4, Sarah Clayton, b. in 1654, d. 19 Apr. 1735; ten children. 7. John, of Portsmouth, R. I., b. at Portsmouth in Sept. 1640; d. 4 June 1716; m. 25 Dec. 1670 Mary Earle, b. about 1655, d. in June 1734, dau. of William and Mary (Walker); nine children. 8. Joseph, of Portsmouth, R, I., b. at Portsmouth, 3 July (or Jan.) 1643; m. Hope ------; removed to Barbados, B. W. I.; three children recorded in Rhode Island before 1674. 9. Sarah, b. at Portsmouth in May 1644; d. after 1705; m. Jonathan Homes, who d. in 1713, s. of Obadiah and Catherine; nine children. 10. Samuel, of Portsmouth, R. I., and Westchester, N. Y., b. at Portsmouth in July 1645; m. 1 June 1679, being then of Westchester, Elizabeth Crosse. 11. Benjamin, of Portsmouth, R. I., and of Monmouth and Burlington Counties, N. J., b. at Portsmouth in May 1649; d. after 1718; m. 22 Sept. 1670 Abigail Grover, dau. of James; ten children. 12. Amey, b. at Portsmouth in Feb. 1653/4; d. 5 Feb. 1683/4; m. 27 Mar. 1678 William Richardson; three children.*
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*For the paternal ancestry of Richard Borden, the emigrant to New England in 1637/8. ct. the Pedigree of Richard Borden, by Thomas Allen Glenn, Philsdelphia, 1901. The facts given above about him and his children have been taken, for the most part, from Glenn's pedigree, Austins's genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, and Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England.
John Borden, eighth and youngest child of Matthew and Joan of Headcorn and brother of Richard, was baptized 2 feb. 1606/7, and emigrated to New England in the Elizabeth & Ann in May 1635, being then recorded as aged 28 years, with his wife Joan, aged 23 years, his son Matthew, aged 8 years, and his daughter Elizabeth, aged 3 years. (Cf. Glenn's Pedigree, p. 13, and Drakes's Founders of new England, p. 30.).".