John BORDEN

                   OLIVE BATCHER, 2423 HAMILTON DR., AMES, IA 50014; BOOK PUBLISHED 1995, PG 75
    "John (Borden) m. Mary Earle, d/o William Earle and Mary Walker, on 25 DEC
     1670 in Portsmouth (RI). Mary was born c1655 in Portsmouth, and died "at home
     about 79 years, 4 mo, 1734".  In Aug 1721, Mary declared herself to be 66,
     having been married at 16 or 17. Raph and Joan Earle, her grandparents, were
     among the original settlers of Rhode Island [abce][See Earle and Walker
     families] sources: Moriarty, G. Andrews, "Register*: "The Bordens of
     Headcorn, county Kent": 84:70-84, 225-229, 286, 1930; "Fowle-Borden",
     75:226-235, 1921; "Barbadian Notes", 74:158, 1920:  Society of Friends -
     Records of Rhode Island Monthly Meeting", a Record of the Deaths of Friends
    and their Children, 1647-1875", ms at Newport Historical Society, Newport, RI:
    "Early Marriages in Newport, RI, from Friends' Records", Register*
     18:240-241, 1864:  Weld, Hattie B., "Historical and Genealogical Record of
     the Descendants as far as Known of Richard and Joan Borden, Who Settled in
     Portsmouth, Rhode Island, May 1638", p 35-57, 66-74, 1898.(Note: This is the
     publication on which many others were based.  However, it contains errors
     including the parents of Richard Borden, Joane Fowle, and Benjamin Borden):
     Arnold, James N., "Vital Records of Rhode Island (1636-1850).
     4(Portsmouth):4, 6-8, 20; 4(Newport):12; 4(Tiverton):14; 4(Jamestown):17;
     7(Quakers):5, 46, 89-90: "Extracts from Friends Records, Portsmouth,
RI...Borden", "Magazine of New England History 2:247-252, 1892.