I have Thomas' first wife as Joan (unknown surname) and all four children as hers rather than Margaret's. ( this from http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/a/r/Jill-Harris/GENE1-0021.html ) Matthew was born or baptized 20 Sept 1563 and therefore not likely the son of Margaret as that marriage did not take place until 1583/84. Matthew may have married (1) Eleanor Taylor in 1584 and (2) Joan Reeder ca 1592. I do not know if Joan Reeder and Margaret Reeder were related. In a small parish I suspect it is possible. Matthew is purported to have had 10 children. One by Eleanor and 9 by Joan Reeder. Pam Black pam2black@prodigy.net -----Original Message----- From: May Leslie <mayles@xtra.co.nz> To: BORDEN-L@rootsweb.com <BORDEN-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 9:18 PM Subject: Re: BORDEN-D Digest V99 #20 >Hello Olive, >I was interested in your query. I have quite a lot of detail about the >BORDENS, as my daughter-in-law Mary is descended from the William BORDEN >bp 1 June 1600,Headcorn, brother of the Richard who went to America. >Mary gave me material her family had gathered over the years and I tried >to to put it into chart form for her. I have the Thomas BORDEN you >mention but I have him as born ?C 1540 Headcorn,died C Apr 1592, buried >21 Apr 1592,married to someone unknown , who was buried 20 May 1581, >then married (2) Margaret READER 2 May 1583, and she was buried 25 Sep >1589. >Thomas and Margaret had four children: >Matthew, d 1620, m Joane, he was a churchwarden Headcorn in 1598. >Thomas, bu Headcorn 30 Apr 1580, >Joan, b ?1565 Headcorn, bu Headcorn 5 Apr 1571, >Agnes, b?1567 Headcorn, m Jonas GORHAM, alive 1620. >I have no other details of Margaret Margaret READER. >As you see, whoever did the original research did not find the name of >the first wife of Thomas, so it may never be found I am afraid)-: >I have some earlier information on the family if you would like it, >Regards, >May >BORDEN-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: >> >> >> Olive Hoffman > >-- >May Leslie at Whangarei NZ >mayles@xtra.co.nz > > > >==== BORDEN Mailing List ==== >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% >Messages to this list are archived. >Susan D. Chambless >columbine@ninenet.com >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% >