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CHILDREN: Carile Santos, Richard Borden of Portsmouth RI,"Your Ancestors, a national magazine of Genealogy and family history"; 1635-1838; Buffalo NY by Harry Ferris Johnston 1947-1959; Part 14; LDS Family History Library Film 1597740 Item 14; NOTE: source lists 5 children, 11 g-children, 21 gg-grandchildren
REFERENCES:
#2) Paula Evans, Rt. 2, Box 152, Hale Center, TX. Cites: (a) "Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island."
#3) "Vital Records of the Town of Freetown, MA 1686-1890," by Helen Gurney Thomas. FHL #974.4851F2 V28t.Marriage to Penelope Read: (1) 3 Feb 1726. (3) 3 Feb 1725/6, Freetown, MA, by T.T.
Death: (1) 30 Aug 1738. (3) 16 Aug 1738, Freetown, MA.
- (2) 1716, Feb: Minor. Named in will of grandfather John Borden.
- (1) 1740, 21 Oct: George Borden appointed guardian of Mary, Stephen, Hannah, Meribah, George and Susannah, Stephen's children, being minors under the age of 14 years.
REFERENCES:
#1) "Historical and Genealogical Record of the Descendants as far as Known of Richard and Joan Borden Who Settled in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, May 1638," by Hattie Borden Weld (Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, NY, 1899) p.96,125.
#2) Paula Evans, Rt. 2, Box 152, Hale Center, TX. cites: (a) "Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island by John O. Austin."
#3) "Vital Records of the Town of Freetown, MA 1686-1890," by Helen Gurney Thomas. FHL #974.4851F2 V28t.
#4) Ancestral File, FHL, 1997.Birth: (3) 12 Oct 1703, Freetown, MA, d/o John READ Jr./Mary PIERCE.
Marriage to Stephen Borden: (1,3) 3 Feb 1726. (2) 3 Feb 1725/6, Freetown, MA, by T.T.
Marriage to John Bourne: (1) 3 Jul 1739, Freetown, MA, by Philip TABER. Intention calls him John BOWEN.
CHILDREN: Carile Santos, Richard Borden of Portsmouth RI,"Your Ancestors, a national magazine of Genealogy and family history"; 1635-1838; Buffalo NY by Harry Ferris Johnston 1947-1959; Part 14; LDS Family History Library Film 1597740 Item 14; NOTE: source lists 3 children & 8 g-children.
CHRISTENING: Another christening date is 25 Aug 1728.
CHILDREN: Carile Santos, Richard Borden of Portsmouth RI,"Your Ancestors, a national magazine of Genealogy and family history"; 1635-1838; Buffalo NY by Harry Ferris Johnston 1947-1959; Part 14; LDS Family History Library Film 1597740 Item 14; NOTE: source lists 3 children
CHILDREN: Carile Santos, Richard Borden of Portsmouth RI,"Your Ancestors, a national magazine of Genealogy and family history"; 1635-1838; Buffalo NY by Harry Ferris Johnston 1947-1959; Part 14; LDS Family History Library Film 1597740 Item 14; NOTE: source lists 14 children.
From the book, "A Genealogical History of the Jennings Families in England and America (Fourth to Eight Generations)", by William Henry Jennings:
"1755--MAY 14. A division of lands in Freetown, was made at this date: said lands having been given by last will of Benjamin Durfee, late of Newport, deceased, to his son Thomas, and three grandsons. To Thomas Durfee, son of said Benjamin, 138 acres. To grandson Joseph Hix, deceased, 220 acres. To grandson James Durfee, 70 acres.
From "The Descendants of Thomas Durfee", by Charles I. Durfee:
"In a letter from Mrs. Helen Thomas of East Freetown, Bristol County, MA, she states that the death of Prudence Durfee, wife of Benjamin Durfee, was recorded in Freetown, Bristol County, MA, as March 12, 1732/33, and she assumes that she died there. The Earle Genealogy gives her death place as Westport, Bristol County, MA, and Reed says Tiverton, Newport County, RI.
In his will dated February 4, 1710, and proved July 14, 1712, Thomas named his wife Deliverance executrix and left " ... To youngest son, Benjamin, 50 acres in Tiverton. ... ". In 1709 his father gave him land in what is now Fall River, Bristol County, MA, that he had purchased from William Manchester in 1681. Benjamin left this land to his son Captain William Durfee who in turn, in 1766, left the south half of this land to his nephew Richard Durfee, son of his brother Richard Durfee and to James Durfee, son of his brother Benjamin. The north half he left to another relative William Borden.In the will of William Earle dated 1713, and recorded in the Portsmouth, Newport County, RI, Wills Book 2, page 206, November 13, 1713, he mentions his sons and daughters including Prudence Durfee to whom he left, among other things, a Negro girl.
Benjamin's will was written in 1753, and recorded February 6, 1754, in Newport, Newport County, RI, in the Newport Wills Book 7C X 1(11A), page 200, in the Newport Historical Society. It reads in part " ... Benjamin Durfee, of Newport, gentleman ... to son William all of my farm ... to son Benjamin 5 pounds, Rhode Island money, he already having land by deed of gift ... to son Richard both of the farms I bought of William Corey, being in Tiverton, and lying between the land of widow Bennett and Benjamin Durfee Jr. ... to son Thomas the farm on which he now lives, except the north half of the dwelling house which is reserved for daughters Susannah and Martha Durfee so long as they remain single ... to three grandsons James Durfee, Joseph Hicks, and William Durfee, son of Samuel Durfee ... to daughter Anna Browning 50 pounds in Rhode Island money ... to grandson Durfee Hix 100 acres I had of John Easty ... to daughter Mercy Durfee a lot in Tiverton ... to daughter Lusannah Durfee 1000 pounds of Rhode Island money ... "
An account of the distribution of Benjamin's estate was recorded in the Taunton, Bristol County, MA, Registry of Probate in Book 16 Pages 44-45. It states that he was late of Newport, Newport County, RI, yeoman, deceased. The distribution was ordered May 6, 1755. His wife Prudence (Earle) Durfee died in 1733. In his will Benjamin does not mention a wife so he probably did not marry a second time. The distribution document read in part " ... to son Thomas 138 acres. To William Durfee, grandson of Benjamin Durfee 138 acres. To the heirs of Joseph Hicks (deceased), one of the grandsons, 220 acres. To James Durfee, one of the grandsons, 70 acres. ... ".Reed states that Benjamin died in Tiverton, Newport County, RI, but his probate record states that he was late of Newport. The Earle Genealogy gives Benjamin's birth year as 1680.
The Descendants of Thomas Durfee. William Field Reed. Washington, DC. Two Volumes. 1902 and 1905. Volume 1, pages 18 and 29.The Earle Family Genealogy. Pliney Earle. 1888. Pages 22-24, and 35"