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74. John Borden
1Weld, Hattie L. Borden, Borden, Richard & Joan, who settled in Portsmouth R.I., Historical and genealogical record of the descendants..., Albany, N.Y. : Joel Munsell, [1899], pg 31-32, FHL US/CAN Film 512. " The first authentic information we have of this person is when he applied to the commissioners of emigration for liberty to go to America. This course was made necessary by the arbitrary conduct of Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, who had procured a law to be made in 1633, by which no person was allowed to leave England with the permission of the government. The object of this law was to prevent dissenting clergymen and persons suspected of disloyal sintiments, from leaving England at all. To obtain a permit, it was necessary for the applicant to present to the Commissioners of Emigration a certificate from the minister of his parish, certifying his conformity to the rules, regulations and doctrines of the church, and also another, from a justice of the peace in the same locality, of his loyalty to the government, and no fifth monarcy man. And in order to insure the success of this scheme, Archbishop Laud, the real instigator of this project, was placed at the head of this commission. This act alone caused great anxiety in the minds of those who were contemplating a removal to the new world. And every expedient which could be thought of was put into requisition to circumvent the tyrant.
John Borden succeeded, through the influence of friends and relatives, probably, in obtaining the requisite documents, and was granted a permit to emigrate to America. Copy of this permitt: "May 12, 1635. In the Elizabeth and Ann. Roger Cooper, Master: The underwrititen names are to be transported, per certificate from the Minister of Benenden, Kent, of their conformitie to the orders and discipline of the Church of England," and it was customary to add to this: "and have taken the oath of allegiance," and also, "he is no subsidy man, nor a fifth monarchy man." But in most cased these were omitted, and I suppose because a conformity to the orders and discipline of the church was considered a true test of loyalty except in the case of suspected persons, when they were all required. The family of John Borden named in this permit were thus entered on the list of passengers: John Borden, aged 28 years; Joan Borden, aged 23 years; Matthew Borden aged 5 years and Elizabeth Borden, aged 2 years. The ship sailed about the 20th of June, 1635, and arrived in Boston in the fall of the same year. John probably remained in the vicinity of Boston until he went to Rhode Island, where he next appears. But his stay here was short and the notice of him on the old records of Portsmouth barely show that he came upon the island. That record is this: "John Borden and Daniel Willcox were chosen on the grand inquest (jury) March 15, 1643." As there appears to have been no other John Borden known in this country at that time, except John the son of Richard of Portsmouth, who was then not three years of age, this must have been John, the companion of Richard. His employment on Rhode Island, the time of his sojourn there, and his departure are equally unknown. But in 1651 his name appears again in a list of persons who worked on the mill-dam at New London July 31st. Miss Calkins, in her history of that place says: "John Borden remained in this vicinity two or three years and then disappeared." She further states that John Borden, supposed to be a son of the preceding, was admitted to be an inhabitant of New London, January, 1662, and the same year he married Hannah Hough, the daughter of Deacon William Hough of that city. The children by this marriage were: John, Samuel, Hannah, William, Sarah and Joanna. These children were all baptized at New London, Joanna on the 11th of January, 1680. John Borden lived at Lynn, Conn., but later in life he removed to New Haven, where he died 1684. And this short notice is all the information I have obtained of these two persons. The children of the second John, probably had descendants, but as I know not the course they took, I can trace them no further. Three sons starting out at that early period, might, under ordinary circumstances, have presented a large number of descendants at this time. But we have found no Borden in America who traces his family back to John. Rev. Pardon Gray Seabury."