Mary Borden
BIRTH
DEATH
March 12, 1773
FAMILY
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Borden, Mary
(?-1773)
Mary Borden (date unknown–Mar 12, 1773) was a member of a prominent Revolutionary-era family and the spouse of Thomas McKean. Thomas McKean was a public official and lawyer whose career or family position supplies an important part of this entry’s Revolutionary context. The marriage connected Mary Borden to the political, military, commercial, or social developments surrounding the Revolution. Although this life ended before the fighting for independence began, the marriage and family connections formed part of the colonial society inherited by the Revolutionary generation. Surviving documentation is strongest in genealogical, family, estate, and marriage records rather than in a separate public biography. Including Mary Borden in HistoryGPS recognizes that households, marriages, property, correspondence, hospitality, and kinship networks were essential parts of the world in which Revolutionary leaders acted.
The exact date and place of Mary Borden’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Mary Borden is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Mary Borden died on Mar 12, 1773. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.