Born in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Stephen Borden
and Penelope (Read) Bowen
Sister of
Mary Borden, Stephen Borden, Hannah Borden, George Borden, Susannah (Borden) Brownell and John Bowen Jr [half]
Wife of
Jabez Barker
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Rebecca (Barker) Chase and Lemuel Barker
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 19 May 2012
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Biography
Meribah was born on 7 Feb 1734 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1] She was the daughter of Stephen Borden and Penelope (Read) Bowen.[1]
In the Town Council records of Tiverton on 5 July 1747, Meribah Borden, daughter of Stephen Borden, "prayed that her father in law John Bown of the Tiverton" be her guardian her being fourteen years old at the time.[2] A Letter of Guardianship was granted.
She married Jabez Barker.
Children
- Children of Meribah Borden:
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6V-F6T : 4 December 2014), Merebe Borden, 07 Feb 1734; citing FREETOWN,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 945,020.
- ↑ Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007649759_00010). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], Newport, Probate and Town Council Records, Vol 2 and 4, 1747-1792, image 10. Probate Records, Tiverton, RI, No.2 1747-1768, Page 5. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Free Ancestry.com image
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