Hakes Family Tree - Hon. Joseph Borden

Person Chart

Parents

Father	Date of Birth	Mother	Date of Birth
Benjamin Fowle Borden	16 May 1649	Abigail Grover	27 Sep 1654

Partners

Partner	Date of Birth	Children
Mary Anne Van Kouvenhoven	1688	Ann Borden

Person Events

Event Type	Date	Place
Birth	12 May 1687	Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, British Colonies in America
Christening		Founder of Bordentown
Marriage	1712	Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, British Colonies in America
Religion		Quaker
Death	22 Sep 1765	Bordentown, Burlington, New Jersey, British Colonies in America
Burial		Old Borden Cemetery, Bordentown, Burlington, New Jersey, British Colonies in America

Notes


In 1682 Thomas Farnsworth, an English Quaker, moved upriver from Burlington, to make a new home for himself and family on a wind-swept bluff overlooking a broad bend of the Delaware. The area was not entirely a wilderness but it was still new land. Englishman and Quakers had farms located every few miles; but to visit them was to traverse pathless forests mostly frequented by Native American and wildlife. About twenty-three families were settled in the area along Black's Creek near Columbus and at Chesterfield.Farnsworth's Landing, located at the junction of Crosswicks Creek and the Delaware became the center of trade for the region. Joseph Borden, arrived on the scene in 1717. By 1724 he had acquired nearly the entire site of what is now Bordentown City. Enterprisi ng, progressive, and liberal, Borden (1687-1765), envisioned great things for his Town. By May 1740, he had a line of stage wagons and boats between New York and Philadelphia. Development, however, continued at a slow pace. "Trent's Town", established in 1714, by William Trent and a nearby rival to "Borden's Towne" grew to one hundred houses by 1748. Even this modest growth surpassed "Borden's Towne" sixty houses and equaled older Burlington's development.

In 1682 Thomas Farnsworth, an English Quaker, moved upriver from Burlington, to make a new home for himself and family on a wind-swept bluff overlooking a broad bend of the Delaware. The area was not entirely a wilderness but it was still new land. Englishman and Quakers had farms located every few miles; but to visit them was to traverse pathless forests mostly frequented by Native American and wildlife. About twenty-three families were settled in the area along Black's Creek near Columbus and at Chesterfield.Farnsworth's Landing, located at the junction of Crosswicks Creek and the Delaware became the center of trade for the region. Joseph Borden, arrived on the scene in 1717. By 1724 he had acquired nearly the entire site of what is now Bordentown City. Enterprisi ng, progressive, and liberal, Borden (1687-1765), envisioned great things for his Town. By May 1740, he had a line of stage wagons and boats between New York and Philadelphia. Development, however, continued at a slow pace. "Trent's Town", established in 1714, by William Trent and a nearby rival to "Borden's Towne" grew to one hundred houses by 1748. Even this modest growth surpassed "Borden's Towne" sixty houses and equaled older Burlington's development.