Born about in Isle of Wight County, Colony of Virginia
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Richard Jordan I
and Alice (UNKNOWN) Jordan
Brother of
John Jordan I
Husband of
Elizabeth (Reynolds) Jordan
— married
Jun 1667 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, British Colonial America
Descendants 
Father of
Rachell Jordan, Robert Jordan, Charles Jordan, Hannah Jordan, Sarah Jordan, Mary Jordan, Elizabeth (Jordon) Fort, Margaret (Jordan) Halleman and Richard Jordan III
Died before
before about age 59
in Southwarke Parish, Surry County, Colony of Virginia
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Biography
Died
BET 1695 AND 1699. Surry Co., VA. Imported only 1695 from Death Date and marked as uncertain.
Event
Will Dated. 24 SEP 1695. Surry Co., VA. Will Probated. 07 NOV 1699. Surry Co., VA.
MARRIAGE
Richard Jordan II of Isle of Wight County, Virginia (residence when married) married Elizabeth Reynolds. The case for Richard II marrying Elizabeth Reynolds is made at http://www.genfiles.com/reynolds/the-husband-of-elizabeth-reynolds/
MILITARY
Richard Jordan I was a soldier in the Virginia Colonial Militia by Crozier. Richard Jordan I or Richard Jordan II was one of Bacon's Representatives.
PROPERTY
On 10 May, 1679, his father, Richard Jordan I, received a grant for 363 acres, Lower Bay Creek/Cypress Creek, and on 3 May, 1687, Richard Jordan II settled and administered the Surry County, Virginia estate of Richard Jordan I: his wife, Alice, maiden name unknown, was named in the will of father Richard Jordan I. The children of Richard Jordan I and his wife, Alice, were Richard, Jr. and John.
Richard Jordan, Jr. 1687 - Richard Jordan Sr., no doubt the son, as his father, Richard Jordan I was deceased, was listed in the Surry County (VA) Militia. When the father is deceased, the son becomes "Sr."
COURT RECORDS
Eliza JORDAN wife of Richard JORDAN appearing in Surry Co., VA Court freely relinquishing her right of Dower. May 1689. Ibid. p. 700
DEEDS
Richard JORDAN of ye Upper pish of Surry Co. in Virga. to Robert CAULFIELD of the County aforesaid for 43 lbs. of Tobc. and caske conveys land scittuated on the south west side of a branch of ye blackwater in the lower pish of Surry County being part of a Pattent for 600 acres formerly Granted to George BLOW late of aforesaid Co. decd. & being all ye sd. BLOW held on ye side the branch aforesaid was by him sold to John BYNHAM and by yd sd. BINEHAM (BYNUM) sold and conveyed to my father Richard JORDAN ye 28th 9br 1679 descended to me as heire to my sd father. Dated 6 Nov 1688. (Signed) Richard JORDAN, Eliza (x) JORDAN. Recorded May 7th 1689. D. B. 3, p. 107
Richard JORDAN appearing in Surry Co., VA Court and acknowledging a deede of sale of land to Mr. Robert CAUFIELD. May 1689. Ibid. pg. 700
Eliza JORDAN wife of Richard JORDAN appearing in Surry Co., VA Court and voluntarily relinquishing her right of Dower to a parcell of land sold by her husband to Mr. Robert CAUEFIELD. May 1687. Ibid. pg. 700
Richard JORDAN, Sr. of Surry Co. & Eliza, his wife, for a quantity of Tobacco conveyed to John FORTE 300 acres in Southwark Prsh. Surry Co. beginning at the mouth of a great Branch issueing out of ye mouth of ye North East side of John Shohakin Swamp. Recorded 7br 10, 1695. Ibid. p. 62.
Tithables
- June 1697 Surry tithables, list of James Mason for Southwarke parish:
- Richd. Jordan Senr. – 1
- List of William Browne for Southwarke parish:
- Richd. Jordan Junr., Thos. Smith Junr. – 2
- June 1698 Surry tithables, list of John Thompson for Southwarke parish:
- Richd. Jordan Junr. & Thos. Smith – 2
- Richd. Jordan Senr. – 1
WILL OF RICHARD JORDAN - Surry Co., VA Court
Richard Jordan, Sr., decd. Will of; dated 24 Sept. 1695. To son Richard "what land & estate I have to bestow on him after my death a breeding sow, hee being in possession of the sd. land in my life time". Son Charles, a parcell of land which I now live on being divided by a row of marked trees the lower part it to him and lawfull heir of his body forever, alsoe all my working tools. Son Robert, plantation and land I doe now live on that is to say the upper part of that line after the death of my wife to him & the lawfull heirs of his body, if either of my sons Charles or Robert dye without issue, land shall goe to the longest liver heir and if it shall soe happen that they both dye without issue the sd. land to bee equally divided between my three youngest daughters or the longest liver of the three. Daughter Rachell, one ewe and lamb, one linnen wheel and one woolen wheel. Daughter Elizabeth Fort one breeding sow. Daughter Margarett House one breeding sow. Hannah one ewe & Lamb. Daughter Mary, one ewe and Lamb. Daughter Sarah one ewe & Lamb. "That my three youngest daughters have the three sheepe when they shall attaine the age of sixteen and my will and desire is that the increase of those sheepe shall run untill my daughters attaine the age of sixteen years." My wife sole Executrix and to sd. wife all my goods and chattles with all other of my estate not already given and bequeathed paying and discharging all my just debts and my will is that my wife shall enjoy my plantation during her natural life and my will and meaning is that there shall not bee any waste made by selling of any timber off the land but that houses and fences shall be kept in good repaire and the orchard to bee kept within a sufficient fence and likewise my will is that my son Charles shall dwell with and work for his mother untill he shall attaine the age of 20 years and then to be possessed of the aforesd. land which is given him but if my wife dye before then my will is that hee shall enjoy the land given him at my wife's death, and my will is that my son Robert shall dwell and make (work?) for his mother untill he shall attaine the age of 18 years and if it shall happen that my wife shall dye before my desire is that my son Robert may bee placed out untill the age of 16 years and my will is that the rest of my plantation may be imployed to the maintenance of my three youngest daughters untill my son Robert shall attaine the age of one and twenty years" My trusty and well beloved friends Josiah PROCTOR and John Fort to bee overseers of will. Witnesses - Joshua PROCTOR, Robt. OWING, Richard KEAM. Proved in Court 7 Nov. 1699. Ibid. p. 183
Inventory of the estate of Richard Jordan, decd. Elizabeth Jordan Executrix. Recorded - Nov 15, 1699. Ibid. p. 201.
Children in will:
Sources
- "Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet ", Location: Raleigh, NC, Url: http://www.genfiles.com/jordan/, Compiler: Robert W. Baird, 2 February 2007
- Notes by MG Pitts, Rev. 7/24/2013
- This person was created through the import of PittsPenn_2010-09-21.ged on 22 September 2010.
- This person was created through the import of RW.GED on 12 March 2011. The following data was included in the gedcom.
- "Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet II (2006)". An indepth research site from Robert W. Baird. Copyright © 2001-2005 Robert W. Baird, All Rights Reserved
- http://www.genfiles.com/Jordan
- Detailed, well documented, genealogy for the descendants of Richard Jordan can be found at these websites:
- http://www.celticgirafferesearch.com/jordan.2007.pdf (Note:This website was archived 12/2017. PDF Copy is in my possession.~KMJ)
- Pope Genealogy
- https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Jordan-Surname-Project/default.aspx?section=ycolorized
- https://findagrave.com/memorial/189824099/richard-jordan
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Richard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
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- Kerry Jordan
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #685458 - Jacob Jordan :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #B457677
- Anonymous Jordan :
Y-Chromosome Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269
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~0.78%
Hazel (Barrington) Parson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A522168 [compare]
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~0.39%
Charles Tatum :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T653907 [compare]
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Rejected matches › Richard Jordan I (1620-1687)
Richard is 12 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 24 degrees from Carl Sagan, 19 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 26 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 25 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 19 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 24 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 15 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 13 degrees from Isaac Newton, 22 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 22 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 12 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
http://www.genfiles.com/reynolds/the-husband-of-elizabeth-reynolds/
And, according to research cited at http://www.celticgirafferesearch.com/jordan.2007.pdf AND http://www.genfiles.com/jordan-files/Jordan-Family.pdf, Richard (II) Jordan-783 and John Jordan-770 were the children of Alice Unknown Jordan-11643.