Sarah (Jordan) Smith (1723 - abt. 1771)

Born 28 Nov 1723 in Chowan County, Province of North Carolina, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Smith — married 3 Oct 1742 in NC

Descendants

Died about 1771 at about age 47 in Perquimans, North Carolina

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Biography

Sarah Jordan, born 28 Nov 1723 into a Quaker family in Chowan Co., NC. ^[1]

ASSOCIATED FAMILY

CHARLES JORDAN, b. ca. 1700 in Isle of Wight Co., VA., d. 03 Mar 1773 in Chowan Co., NC. He married ABIGAIL WHITE on 26 Feb 1721/22

SARAH JORDAN, dau. of Charles and Abigail, b. 28 Nov 1723, Chowan Co., m. JOSEPH SMITH on 03 Oct 1742.

CHARLES JORDAN (II), son of Charles and Abigail, b. 07 Nov 1725, Chowan Co., NC, d. 18 Sep 1780, Augusta, GA.

JOHN JORDAN, son of Charles and Abigail, b. 20 Dec 1728, Chowan Co., NC.

LEAH JORDAN, dau. of Charles and Abigail, b. 01 Aug 1730, Chowan Co., NC.

RACHEL JORDAN, dau. of Charles and Abigail, b. 01 Aug 1730, Chowan Co., NC, d. 1797, Perquimans Co., NC.

JACOB JORDAN, dau. of Charles and Abigail, b. 01 Dec 1732, Chowan Co. ,NC.; d. 09 Aug 1795, Chowan Co., NC.

JAMES JORDAN, dau. of Charles and Abigail, b. 28 Apr 1735, Chowan Co., m. ANNE SMALL, 03 Dec 1753, Piney Woods ,Perquimans Co., NC.

ROBERT JORDAN, son of Charles and Abigail, b. 03 Sep 1739, Perquimans Co., NC., m. ELIZABETH WHITE on 02 Feb 1763. ^[2]

Sarah married Joseph Smith 03 Oct 1742 in Chowan Co., NC. ^[3]

Children of Sarah Jordan and Joseph Smith

John Smith

Ralph Smith

Mary Smith

Joseph Smith ^[4]

Find A Grave: Memorial #98347787 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98347787/sarah-smith Cenotaph only ^[5]

Research Notes

The death of Joseph Smith has not been determined. His widow Sarah Smith appears to have again married to Humphrey Park, before 6th October 1790, per Perquimans Monthly Meeting Women´s Minutes, 1780-1797.^[6] The family history of Hosea Smith tells us his father John moved back to Perquimans County and resided with his mother after 1783, before buying land on Cyprus Springs near Cyprus Bridge.

Humphrey joined Piney MM c. 1761, married, was a widower. He was enumerated quite close to Samuel Smith in the North Carolina, U.S., State Census lists, compiled for year 1784 thru 1787, so would have been neighbor to Joseph Smith. He signed with his mark, name variously spelled Park, Parks, or Parke. Sarah Park was living during the division of Joseph Smith's estate in 1794.^[7] Sarah Park appears to be in Women's Meeting records as late as 1795. The will of Humphrey Park, dated 25 Nov 1802, named a daughter Sarah Park but does not name a widow, indicating the Sarah Smith he'd married was deceased. He bequeathed a cow to John Smith, but does not identify that John's father (Sarah's son John Smith was dead but there was a grandson John Smith). (Perquimans Co. NC WB E, p. 182).

Mary Smith, daughter of Joseph & Sarah Smith, was first married to Malachi Jones in 1755, secondly to Foster Toms in 1777. Only the heirs of Foster Toms, John Smith, and Joseph's widow Sarah Parks are named in the division of his estate.

Sources

1. ↑ Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol 1, ISBN #0-8063-0178-3, Pg 55-56, Perquimans Monthly Meeting, Pg. 55-56, Perquimans Monthly Meeting.
2. ↑ http://sankofagen.pbworks.com/w/page/14230436/Charles%20Jordan%20Chowan%20Co%20NC%20plantation
3. ↑ Source Citation Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina; Minutes, 1665-1794; Collection: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
4. ↑ LDS IGI/Ancestral file as noted by Helen Benac, now deceased.
5. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 February 2018), memorial page for Sarah Jordan Smith (28 Nov 1723–unknown), Find A Grave Memorial no. 98347787, citing Gatling-Smith Cemetery, Perquimans County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Susan Griffin (contributor 46837115) . Gatling-Smith Cemetery, Perquimans County, North Carolina, USA;
6. ↑ [1] Marriage of Humphry Park to Sarah Smith. Perquimans Monthly Meeting Women´s Minutes, 1780-1797.
7. ↑ 22 Aug 1794 A Division of the Estate of Joseph Smith amongst the Legal representatives. Perquimans Co. NC Divisions of Estates (1736-1805), S-W. unpaginated. FHL Film # 004770575, image 55/526.

• http://www.genfiles.com/jordan/. Notes for Richard Jordan. (Source is compiled research on Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet site. It does not cover Joseph Smith & Sarah Jordan.)

Acknowledgments

This person was created through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged on 13 September 2010.