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Borden Brayton

Male 1760 - 1849  (89 years)


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  • Name Borden Brayton 
    Born 25 May 1760  Newport, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 10 Dec 1849  Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Pleasant View Cemetery, Stone Church Rd., Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I04213  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father David Brayton,   b. 5 Aug 1720, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1792  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Deborah Borden,   b. Abt 1720,   d. Aft 24 May 1760  (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Married 25 Nov 1742  Tiverton, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • BRAYTON David, and Deborah Borden; m. by Philip Taber, Justice, Nov. 25, 1742.
    Family ID F01946  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Remington,   b. 16 Oct 1762, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jan 1838  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 12 Sep 1784  Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Notes 
    • BRAYTON Borden, of David, and Mary Remington, of Joseph; m by Rev. Peleg Burroaghs, Sept. 12, 1784.

      Their original marriage entry at Tiverton Town Hall has been photographed.
    Children 
     1. Deborah Brayton,   b. 23 May 1785, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Thomas Brayton,   b. 30 Dec 1786, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Innocent Brayton,   b. 11 Feb 1789, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Abigail Brayton,   b. 27 Jan 1791, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1810  (Age 19 years)
     5. David Brayton,   b. 16 Oct 1792, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Sep 1876, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     6. Hannah Brayton,   b. Between 9 May 1794 and 1795, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jun 1875  (Age ~ 81 years)
     7. Francis Brayton,   b. 20 Mar 1797, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1881, North Burial Ground, Fall River, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     8. Sarah Brayton,   b. 18 Jul 1799, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1828  (Age 29 years)
     9. Patience Brayton,   b. 6 Nov 1802, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Oct 1808  (Age 5 years)
     10. Borden Brayton, Jr.,   b. 29 Oct 1804, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1850  (Age 45 years)
     11. Mary Brayton,   b. 10 Jun 1808, Tiverton, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jun 1831  (Age 22 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F01516  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos

    Marriage record of Borden Brayton and Mary Remington

    Brayton-Remington burial plot in Pleasant View Cemetery, Tiverton.

    Brayton-Remington burial plot in Pleasant View Cemetery, Tiverton. Note that the birth date for Joseph Remington is not correct; it is the birth date for a different Joseph Remington who lived and died in Scituate, RI. Our ancestor was born likely on Prudence Island and later settled in Tiverton. The grave for number 17 says "unknown" and I wonder if that belongs to our ancestor Thomas Remington, son of Joseph and Innocent. The location of his grave has not been recorded anywhere that I have found. It makes sense that he would have been buried with family members.


  • Notes 
    • "Borden Brayton, youngest of the children of David and Deborah (Borden) Brayton, was born May 25, 1760. He married, September 12, 1784, Mary Remington, daughter of Joseph Remington, and in Tiverton the births of all their children are recorded. Their children were: Deborah, born May 23, 1785; Thomas, born Dec. 30, 1786, was captain of the first passenger boat which ran between Providence and Fall River, and his son, Captain Benjamin Brayton, ran a steamer between Providence and New York for thirty years; Innocent, born Feb. 11, 1789; Abigail, Jan. 27, 1791; David, Oct. 16, 1792; Hannah, May 9, 1794; Francis, mentioned below; Sarah, July 18, 1799; Patience, Nov. 6, 1802; Borden, Oct. 29, 1804; and Mary, June 10, 1808." (from "History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations," Biographical; NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1920, p. 190f)

      Borden's will, dated 29 Nov 1849, mentions sons Thomas, Francis, David, & Borden; daughters Innocent Wodell & Hannah Mosher; and grandchildren Thomas, Brayton, Job, & Borden Wodell; Israel Brayton, s/o Francis; and Rodney & Timothy, s/o David.

      A Brayton genealogy says Borden died at the family home on Stafford Rd., Tiverton.

      Borden was a Revolutionary War soldier and a pensioner (#S21087). He served 24 months as a private. On 4 Nov 1833 at age 73, resident of Tiverton, he appeared in court for his pension hearing. Part of his military service was in Capt. Joseph Durfee's company, Col. John Hathaway's Regt. He testified that he served in Dec 1776 one month at Freetown under Capt. Henry Brightman and served as a guard in Fall River. Capt. Thomas Elsbree and Capt Burt are also mentioned. In 1780 he was captured on board a privateer and taken to New York, and was released in 1782. Borden said he was born at Newport, RI, 25 May 1760 and moved with his father to Freetown, MA, the part that later became Troy (now Fall River), in 1775. He resided there until he entered the service, and from then to 1783, when he moved to the adjoining town of Tiverton, where he has lived ever since. He said the only record of his birth (that he knew of) was in the family Bible.

      Borden and Mary's graves have been removed from the family farm and are now in a Brayton-Remington family plot at Pleasant View Cemetery, Stone Church Rd., Tiverton. Both sets of their parents are there, as well as several other family members.

      Steven Borden's web site includes another child, Rebecca.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012555] Brayton Family History, Vol. I, Clifford Ross Brayton, Jr., (1978), 49.

    2. [S013322] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Tiverton -- Births & Deaths.

    3. [S012634] Revolutionary War Pension File.

    4. [S012373] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Tiverton: Intentions and Marriages.

    5. [S012445] Remington Family, Martha A. Benns, 45.

    6. [S012373] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Tiverton: Intentions and Marriages, 43.