Gail
Borden
Born in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Son of Gail Borden Sr.
and Mary (Knowlton) Borden
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Philadelphia (Wheeler) Borden
— married
1800 in Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island
Husband of
Catherine Jane (Patterson) Borden
— married
24 Apr 1842 in Brazoria, Texas
Descendants 
Died
at about age 85
in Bexar, Texas
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Feb 2016
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Biography
Gail Borden was born on August 23, 1777, in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, the child of Gail Borden and Mary Knowlton.
He married Philadelphia Wheeler in 1800 in Glocester, Providence, Rhode Island and they had five children together. They were:
- Gail Borden (1801-1874)
- Thomas Henry Borden (1804-1877)
- Paschal Pavolo Borden (1806-1864)
- John Pettit Borden (1812-1891)
- Esther Borden (1816-1826)
He then married Catherine Jane Carson on April 22, 1842, in Brazoria, Texas.
He died in August 1863 in Bexar, Texas, having lived a long life of 86 years.
Sources
- "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F87F-DVW : 6 December 2014), Gail Borden, 23 Aug 1777; citing SCITUATE TWP,PROVIDENCE,RHODE ISLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 22,256.
- Wikipedia contributors, "Gail Borden," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gail_Borden&oldid=698440990 (accessed February 5, 2016).
- Name: Gail Sr. Borden, State: TX, County: Austin County, Township: No Township Listed, Year: 1840, Page: NPN, Database: TX Tax List Index, 1840-1849, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3575&h=30672280&ssrc=pt&tid=7488140&pid=-1014579637&usePUB=true, Ancestry.com. Texas, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1820-1890 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLJ-RN5 : 9 November 2014), Gail Borden in household of Amnion Underwood, Brazoria county, Brazoria, Texas, United States; citing family 225, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFY-3D2 : 30 December 2015), Gale Borden in entry for S H Winstead, 1860.
- Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3897&h=5210&ssrc=pt&tid=7488140&pid=-1014579637&usePUB=true, Original data: Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Digitized images from New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
- Historical and Genealogical Record of the Descendants as Far as Known of Richard and Joan Borden, who Settled in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, May, 1638: With Historical and Biographical Sketches of Some of Their Descendants, https://books.google.com/books?id=jt41AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA123&lpg=PA123&dq=~genealogy+Gail+Borden+Scituate,+Providence,+Rhode+Island&source=bl&ots=HLq9sxhizC&sig=RDaIxGM0l1Wop7T-fbMJoiCmubk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjAv6HnxrzTAhUll1QKHdg5BYgQ6AEIQDAG#v=snippet&q=Gail%20&f=false, Hattie Borden Weld, 1899, pg 143
- Ancestry.com. Roger Williams of Providence [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/26892/dvm_GenMono007187-00067-1/123?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/7488140/person/-1014578779/facts/citation/323802447434/edit/record, Original data: Anthony, Bertha Williams,. Roger Williams of Providence. Cranston, R.I.: B.W. Anthony and H.W. Weeden, 1949, pg 130.
- "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLCL-389 : 22 December 2016), Gail Borden and Catherine Jane Carson, 24 Apr 1842; citing Brazoria, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,008,075.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gail by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Gail:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gail by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Gail:
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~1.56%
Lucy (Wrenn) Hermes
:
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~0.78%
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Gail 1777 was the son of Gail Borden 1745-1777 and Mary Knowlton 1749-????, Marriage: 18 MAY 1770 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. Let me know when you want to roll and I can copy the four sources of his from FamilySearch.org :-)