Ancestry of
Adlai Stevenson III

U.S. Senator from Illinois

Richard Borden

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• • 8th Great-grandfather of Adlai Stevenson III — 11th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1536 
  • Father:
  • Matthew Borden 
  • Mother:
  • Joan -----   
  • Birth Date:
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  • Birth Location:
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  • Christening Date:
  • 22 Feb 1595/1596 
  • Christening Location:
  • Headcorn, Kent, England 
  • Death Date:
  • 25 May 1671 
  • Death Location:
  • Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island 
  • Burial Date:
  • 5 Jun 1671 
  • Burial Location:
  • Portsmouth Friends Churchyard, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Joane Fowle
  • Marriage Date:
  • 28 Sep 1625 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Headcorn, Kent, England 
  • Children:
  
  

  Richard Borden

  Thomas Borden

  Francis Borden

  Mary Borden

  Elizabeth Borden

  Matthew Borden

  John Borden (Ahnentafel No:768 )

  Joseph Borden

  Sarah Borden

  Samuel Borden

  Benjamin Borden

  Amey Borden

  • Notes: 
  • Although Richard's brother John Borden is mentioned in Frank Spiering's book "Lizzie: The Legend of Lizzie Borden" (p 7), Richard is the direct ancestor of Lizzie Borden and not John.

• Sources for Richard Borden

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/31/2012).
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, APR 1930, Vol. 84, pp. 227-229.
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1921, Vol. 75, p. 233.
  • ⁴ Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts, Volume 1, Chicago: J. H. Beers and Company (1912), 8.
  • ⁵ Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Database Index, Cemetery record for Richard Borden, page 43341.
  • ⁶ Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850, Death and burial record for Richard Borden, page 30715.
  • ⁷ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640, A Concise Compendium, Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2015), 35.
  • ⁸ Anderson, Robert Charles and others, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. I, A-B, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1999), 351.
  • ⁹ Brenneman, Richard E., "Notable Kin - New England in Hollywood, Part Three: The Possible Rhode Island Ancestry of Marilyn Monroe", www.americanancestors.org/notable-kin-the-possible-rhode-island-ancestry-of-marilyn-monroe, (accessed 10/09/2014).
  • ¹⁰ Nelson, William, New Jersey Biographical and Genealogical Notes ... (originally Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society Vol. IX), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1973, originally published 1916), 40-42.
  • ¹¹ Peck, Jesse William, Sr., Peck Family: Descendants of Jacob and Lydia (Borden) Peck, Clifton Forge, Virginia: Unknown (1958), front matter.
  • ¹² The Colonial Dames of America, Ancestral Records and Portraits: A Compilation from the Archives of Chapter I., The Colonial Dames of America, Volume 1, New York: The Grafton Press (1910), 74.
  • ¹³ Wilcox, Herbert Augustus, Daniel Wilcox of Puncatest, South Pasadena, California: unknown (1943), 141.