Hi Theron: Thanks for you reply, no I didn't check the Quaker records for NJ or PA yet but thats my next step. Yes from what I can see they were Quakers for sure. The names Richard Borden and Joan Fowle have come up during my search however I don't see the connection yet the name Benjamin has also come up from another Borden I have connected with in Ottawa, Ontario he seems to recall the names. Thanks for the info I'll follow up on it, it can't hurt to look through the records for Richard and Joan futher. Donna >From: "Theron L. Smith" <tl2smith@flash.net> >Reply-To: borden@rootsweb.com >To: <borden@rootsweb.com> >Subject: Re: [BORDEN] John and Joseph Borden >Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:23:24 -0500 > >Donna Borden wrote: >Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:01 AM >"I am looking for information on a John Borden abt 1763 he married Content >Clayton abt 1764 . They were married in Burlington, New Jersey 13 Jan >1783." > >The NJ and PA references plus an obvious Quaker scenario for your Bordens >would auger in favor of a descent from the well known Quakers, >Richard Borden and Joan Fowle of Portsmouth, RI?. I have much descendency >data on them , including Hattie Borden Weld's exhaustive 1899 book, but no >reference to your folks. Have you looked at the exhaustive Quaker records >of >NJ and PA? > >"I hope this is clear I also have more information on children for the >Borden's. I've been told that my Borden's are connected to Sir Robert >Borden, Lizzie Borden and Gail Borden and perhaps the Borden's from >Bordentown, New Jersey, The problem is I can't locate the parents of John >Borden to go any further. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you." > >Your list of four connections has been validated as being from Richard and >Joan. You can add the following to the documented notable descendants of >Richard Borden and Joan Fowle: Winston Churchill [via his American mother, >Jennie Jerome]; Tennessee Williams; Ellen Borden [one time wife of 1952/56 >presidential candidate, Adlai Stevenson]; Frances Folsom, wife of Grover >Cleveland; actress Marilyn Monroe [via her apparent biological father]; >actress Lana Turner; and musician Willie Nelson. I am from Benjamin Borden, >son of Richard and Joan. > >Theron Smith >7-great grandson of Richard and Joan Fowle Borden via maternal lines > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >BORDEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail is the next generation of MSN Hotmail. Its fast, simple, and safer than ever and best of all its still free. Try it today! www.newhotmail.ca?icid=WLHMENCA146