Henry Borden Genealogy
Record modified: 2003-04-07
This is my direct ancestor 19 generations back.
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Born: 1375-00-00
Died: (unknown)
Marriages:
1. Robergia (unknown)
Children of Henry Borden and Robergia (unknown):
Notes:
born in 1370s
He was undoubtedly a descendant of the BORDENs of Borden, a village that was about 12 miles from
Headcorn. Most researchers believe the BORDENs came to England from
Normandy with William the Conqueror in 1066. Even if Edmund BORDEN (b.
c.1480) was not the son of William BORDEN (d. c.1530) as mentioned
previously, Henry BORDEN was still our ancestor. Henry married Roberga
-----. Their children were: Thomas BORDEN and Robert BORDEN.
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Richard DeBOURDON was born about 1201 and named after King Richard,
the Lion Hearted, who reigned over England from 1189 to 1199. The wife and
children of Richard DeBOURDON are unknown, but we know he was an
ancestor of Henry BORDEN (b. 1370's).
Robergia DeBOURDON was born 13 March 1182. She died about 1220. She
married her cousin Francis DeBOURDON from Bayeux, Normandy
(France), on Christmas 1200. Francis and Robergia were buried in the
churchyard of St. Peter and St. Paul in the village of Borden, county Kent,
England. They had two sons: Richard DeBOURDON (b. c.1201) and Simon
DeBOURDON, called "weak and sickly."
Francis, Robergia, and their two sons are pictured in the church of St. Peter
and St. Paul kneeling at mass with the inscription of the BORDEN Moral
Code:
Be Just - for the Lord only loaned us that which we have whether of
goods or of talents, and in their use we must consider the rights of
all men.
Be Merciful - for we shall have no greater claim to the mercy we all
shall finally need than that we forgive our brother's faults.
Be True - to friendship and to God, for truth is all of this life worth
the having, and perfect truth is what the life to come shall reveal to
us. It is the prince of darkness that is the Prince of Lies.
On the opposite wall can be found the BORDEN Coat of Arms. For centuries a
tradition in the BORDEN family claimed there were important records
contained within the wall of the church.
While on their honeymoon in 1869, Richard Y. and Lavinia (BORDEN) COOK
visited the village of Borden. (Lavinia (BORDEN) COOK, born 10 March 1845, was the daughter
of John H. (b. 1819), son of Josiah (b. 1769), son of Francis IV (b. 1740), son of Francis III (b. 1709), son of
Francis II (b. 1680), son of Francis (b. 1628), son of Richard BORDEN (1595/6-1671), the immigrant.) In a
secret nightly mission they removed the stone in the church bearing the
BORDEN Coat of Arms. They found that this stone was hollow and contained
a cylindrical leaden box which also bore the BORDEN Coat of Arms. Inside
the box was a cylinder of yellow cloth of well oiled linen and waxed on the
inside. This contained a parchment manuscript prepared in 1220 A.D. by
Robergia DeBOURDON. She wrote that her son Richard "will be strong, a man
of iron, wise and peaceful. From him the BORDEN line will succeed. It is now
154 years since Count William of Normandy defeated and killed the Great
Harold, King of England, at Hastings. There fell also Ethelwolf my Saxon
mother's grandfather and Lord of all the lands which William the Conqueror
gave to his vassal, Francis DeBOURDON. My mother was Elfrida of Kent; my
father was Simon DeBOURDON." More details are contained in the book
Robergia: A Story of Old England, by Richard Y. COOK. (The Kent County
Archives at Maidstone has a copy of this book. Where are others?)
Simon DeBOURDON of Bourdon, England, married Elfreada on Christmas
1180. Simon was the grandson of Francis DeBOURDON of Bayeux,
Normandy (France), who fought under William the Conqueror at the Battle of
Hastings in 1066. Elfreada died in 1193. Simon died about 1195. Both were
buried in a vault in the family chapel within their castle walls. Simon and
Elfreada's daughter was Robergia DeBOURDON.
The name of the father of Elfreada of Kent, England, is not known. Her
mother was Helenore. Elfreada's paternal grandfather was Ethelwolf. He
was born about 1030 and died in 1066 on the battlefield at Hastings defending
his Anglo-Saxon homeland.
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 4376
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