Tristram Jordan (1731 - 1821)

Born 13 May 1731 in Biddeford, York, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Goodwin) Jordan — married 23 Nov 1749 in South Berwick, York Co., ME

Husband of Dorcas (Mitchell) Jordan — married 30 Dec 1778 in Cumberland, Maine

Husband of Hannah (Frost) Jordan — married 8 May 1784 in York, Maine

Descendants

Died 1 Nov 1821 at age 90 in Berwick, York, Maine, United States

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Biography

Colonel Tristram Jordan served with 3rd York County Regiment, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Tristram Jordan is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A063038.

Tristram Jordan is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 226830
Rank: Colonel

Colonel of the 3rd York County Regiment, Massachusetts Militia in the American Revolution. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Tristam Jordan was born 13 May 1731, the son of Samuel Jordan and & Olive (Plaisted).

He married first Hannah Goodwin, daughter of Ichabod & Elizabeth (Scammon) Goodwin, in 1749 at Berwick, York, MA Bay - their children were Elizabeth, Hannah, Sarah, a second Hannah, Olive, Tristam II, Ichabod, Mary & Mehitable

After the death of wife Hannah he married Dorcas Mitchell Gray in Dec 1778 at Falmouth, Cumberland, ME. ^[4]

He was married a third time to Hannah Frost on 8 May 1784 at Berwick, York, ME. ^[5]

He passed away in 1821.

Sources

1. ↑ DAR
2. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
3. ↑ Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England, 1620-1775
4. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4F4-96X : 14 January 2020), Tristram Jordan, 1778.
5. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F465-G9Q : 14 January 2020), Tristram, Esq. Jordan, 1784.

• Annals of the Storer Family, Together with Notes on the Ayrault Family Author: Malcolm Storer Publication: Boston: Wright and Potter, 1927. Reprint, Higginson Book Company, Salem, MA. Repository: Media: Book Page: p. 57

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed March 1, 2020), "Record of JORDAN, TRISTRAM", Ancestor # A063038.Meehan-411

• Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England, 1620-1775. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013).; [1]

• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW1Y-RXN : 4 December 2014), Tristram Jordan, 24 May 1731; citing ; FHL microfilm 12,243.

• "Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4ZT-86X : 4 December 2014), Tristram Jordan, 01 Nov 1821; citing reference p 177; FHL microfilm 12,243.

• "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-H9XY : 30 October 2014), Tristram Jordan, 1821; citing Saco, York, Maine, United States, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,315,432.

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 8, p. 989

• NEHGS Register Vol. 55, p. 312