Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register

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[490] ‘a gentleman very skillful and ingenious in many arts and sciences, especially in navigation, drawing, moulding of ships, &c.; one of the best acquainted with the coasts of North America, of any of his time; of great knowledge and judgment in marine affairs; was very much consulted, improved, and relied upon, by the Government, as principal pilot in our marine expeditions; and with diligent care and faithfulness discharged his trust. . . . By his second wife, who was a daughter of the famous Elder Clark of Cambridge, he had several children; a son and a daughter only surviving.’ Bost. News Letter. A plan of Boston and the harbor, drawn by Capt. Bonner, was published in 1722, and has recently been republished.

Boone, Matthew, by w. Anna, had Frank, b. 28 Mar. 1664.

Bordman, William (now generally written Boardman), by w. Frances, had Moses, d. 16 Mar. 1661-2, owning real estate, and therefore prob. of age; b. about 1640; Rebecca, b. 1 Nov. 1643, m. John Palfrey, 4 Aug. 1664; Andrew, b. 1646; Aaron, b. 1649; Frances, b. 1650, d. unm. 16 Sept. 1718; Martha, b. about 1653, m. Daniel Epes, 17 Ap. 1672, and d. 9 Feb. 1692; Mary, b. 9 Mar. 1655-6; William, b. 6 Dec. 1657, was a carpenter, resided in Maiden 1684, and d. at Rumney Marsh, or Chelsea, 14 Mar. 1695-6; Elizabeth, b. 17 Aug. 1660, m. John Cooper, 28 Ap. 1686, and d. 15 Nov. 1714. William the f. d. 25 Mar. 1685, aged 71 years. He was b. in England. When quite young, his father died, and his mother m. Stephen Day, with whom he emigrated to New England, in 1638. About 1659, Day paid to him a legacy of £ 50, left by his father, styling him his ‘son-in-law,’ and acknowledging that it should have been ‘paid to him twenty-three years agone.’ As early as 1656, he owned and occupied the estate at the easterly corner of Harvard Square and Dunster Street. At the death of Day in 1668, he came into possession of the estate on the opposite corner, to which his son Aaron added the adjoining land, extending to Brighton Street. Both these estates remained in the Bordman family about a hundred and fifty years. Mr. Bordman was a tailor, and was early appointed Steward and Cook of Harvard College, which last office he held until his death. He resigned the office of Steward in 1667, and Thomas Danforth was elected in his stead. Judge Sewall, in noticing his death, styles him ‘Major Bordman.’ This was probably a title, indicating his office in College, a Steward being in some sort a majordomo.

2. Andrew, s. of William (1), m. Ruth Bull, 15 Oct. 1669, and had Andrew, b. 22 Aug. 1670; Ruth, b. 15 Jan. 1671-2, m. Rev. Benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard College, 30 Dec. 1696, and d. without issue, 17 Feb. 1744-5; Moses, b. 8 July 1672, d. 15 Feb. 1672-3; Martha, b. 31 Oct. 1675, d. 14 June 1676; Abigail, b. 10 Mar. 1677-8, d. 10 July 1678. Such is the record of births; but there are manifest mistakes in it. The son Andrew, in a manuscript account of his family, dates his own birth 22 Aug. 1671, and that of his sister Ruth, 28 Jan. 1672-3. I cannot reconcile these dates with the others. Andrew the f. was a tailor; inherited the homestead; succeeded his father as College Cook; and the Corporation voted, 23 July 1686, that he ‘henceforward manage the office of Steward in the manner as of late.’ He also kept a shop, or variety store, as is plainly indicated by his inventory. He d. of fever, 15 July 1687, a. 41; his w. Ruth d. of small-pox, 17 Dec. 1690, a. 39 years.

3. Aaron, s. of William (1), by w. Mary, had Mary, b. 1 Ap. 1674, d. 20 June 1674; Moses, b. 17 Feb. 1675-6; Mary, b. 9 Mar. 1678-9, d. 15 Ap. 1679; Andrew,¹ b. 21 June 1681; Martha, b. 9 Nov. 1683, m. Stephen Willis of Medf. 30 Sept. 1708; Aaron, b. 18 Ap. 1586; Mary, b. 6 May 1689, m. Ebenezer Dorr of Roxbury 16 Feb. 1709-10. Aaron the f. was a locksmith; was appointed to take charge of the College clock, and also to serve as College Smith, 1675; and succeeded his brother as College Cook and Steward.