'Joshua Bordman ([son of] Daniel...), of Sheffield, Mass., born in Wethersfield Nov. 18, 1702; married Feb. 14, 1724-5, Sarah Stockwell. ... [The marriage and birth of their first child Elizabeth in 1725 are] all that is known of Joshua's family, except as it appears in his will, for the records of Sheffield, both church and town, are almost entirely wanting for that period. Sarah Stockwell is supposed to have been the mother of either four or five of the eight children of whom mention is found, while another wife, Amy, was mother of the remainder.'
