1st wife of Samuel Jordan

Curator comments: There is no evidence that Major Thomas Jordan was her son. He arrived at Jamestown in 1619 and took up an unclaimed patent of Samuel Jordan, of Jordan's Journey‘s, but he did not claim any inheritance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Jordan

Samuel Jordan (died 1623) was an early settler and Ancient Planter of colonial Jamestown. He arrived in Virginia around 1610, and served as a Burgess in the first representative legislative session in North America. Jordan patented a plantation which he called "Beggar's Bush", which later became known as Jordan's Journey. It became a safe haven and stronghold for settlers during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War that ensued after the Powhatan surprise attack of 1622.

Samuel Jordan's early life is uncertain. Alexander Brown suggests "he was probably married more than once".[3] Some authors state that he had three sons from a first wife who were born in England: Robert, Samuel, and Thomas.[4][5] Though the genealogist John Dorman does not mention either Robert or Samuel, he does acknowledge the possibility that Thomas Jordan, who arrived in Virginia at age 18 aboard Diana in 1619, could be Samuel's son from an earlier marriage in England; however, he also points out there is no conclusive evidence to establish this relation.[6]

Unproven Wife and Children

The notes below are not verified.

Samuel Jordan was born 1578 in Wilshire, England, and died 1623 in Charles City, Virginia. He married Frances Baker in 1595 in England. She was born in 1580 in England, and with Samuel had four children, Anne Maria (1596-1630), Robert (1598-1622), Thomas (1600-1684), and Samuel (1608-1644). Frances died in 1608 in England, and in 1609 Samuel emigrated to America. [5] Robert was killed at the [Indian massacre of 1622],[6] and Thomas later represented Warrasquoke in the House of Burgesses.[7][8]

The 1st wife of Samuel Jordan (1578-1632) was born Abt. 1580 in London, England. She died Abt. 1608 in England.

Parents: not known.

Married:

1. abt 1595 in England to Samuel Jordan of Jordan's Journey. He married Cecily, widow of Thomas Bayley, as his second wife. She married William Farrar after Samuel Jordan's death.

Children of ?? and Samuel Jordan:

1. JOAN JORDAN. She was born Abt. 1593 in England.
2. ANNE MARIE JORDAN. She was born Abt. 1596 in England.
3. ROBERT JORDAN. He was born Abt. 1598 in Plymouth, Devon, England. He died 1622 in Jamestown, James, Virginia, USA. Death Notes: Killed by Indians at the Great Massacre at Jamestown
4. DANIEL JORDAN. He was born 1599 in Wiltshire, England.
5. SAMUEL JORDAN. He was born Abt. 1602 in Lunenburg, Virginia, USA. He died 1622 in Jamestown, James, Virginia, USA. Death Notes: Killed by Indians at the Great Massacre at Jamestown.

Notes

• from http://margotwoodrough.com/p78.htm

The name of Samuel’s first wife, according to one source, was Frances, but we do not have confirmation on that, nor do we have a surname to go with it. Samuel is said to have fathered six children by this marriage. These children were reported to be Joane Jordan, born about 1597; Mary (nee Anne Marie), born about 1597; Robert, born about 1598; Daniel, born about 1599; Thomas, born in 1600; Samuel, born about 1608.
Joane Jordan is believed to have died before 1633; nothing else is known about her.
Anne Marie Jordan married Nathaniel Basse of Middlesex in 1613 and at some point she changed her name to Mary. Comment: this is likely incorrect. Mary (Jourdan) Basse d 1630 seems to be a different person from Anne Marie (Jordan) Hulet
Robert Jordan was killed during the Powhatan Massacre of 1622 at Berkeley Town and Hundred, which was on the north side of the James River across from Jordan’s Journey.
There is no information concerning Daniel Jordan’s life or death.
Thomas Jordan is said to have been born in Wiltshire, which is a departure from the often repeated Dorsetshire concerning the Jordan family in England. We do not know which was correct but tend to side with Dorsetshire. Thomas Jordan died in either 1685 or 1688 (reports differ), in Isle of Wight County, VA. comment: this is incorrect. There is no known relationship between Thomas Jordan of Isle of Wight & Samuel Jordan
William Jordan was included in the Powhatan Massacre death list, but we do not know what relationship, if any, he had to Samuel Jordan. Also on the death list was William Basset (possibly Basse), but whether he was related to Nathaniel Basse is not known.
Peter Jordan was also on the death list, but his relationship to Samuel Jordan, if any, is not known.
Information from a Jordan researcher shows that Samuel Jordan, son of Samuel, came to Virginia around 1620, returned to England in 1624 to study at All Souls College at Oxford and returned to Virginia in 1626. As colleges go, All Souls today is no slouch.
Samuel Jordan was in Virginia about a decade before any of his children. Reports show that he was a widower when he arrived in Jamestown. There is no clue as to how the children were cared for during his absence in the New World.

Links

• http://www.karenfurst.com/genealogy/jordan/
• http://margotwoodrough.com/p78.htm
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jun 2 2016, 0:25:25 UTC
• Dorman, John F., Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia 1607-25, Families G-P. Page 363-364. < GoogleBooks > Genealogist John Dorman mentions neither Robert or Samuel but leaves the possibility that Thomas Jordan who arrived on the Diana in 1619 at age 18 is his son, though this lacks conclusive primary source documentation.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Jordan
• Hotten, John Camden (1874). "Lists of the Living and Dead in Virginia, February 16, 1623". https://archive.org/details/originallistsofp00hottuoft/page/178