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Cecily (Unknown) Farrar (1600 - aft. 1637)

Cecily "Sisley" Farrar formerly [surname unknown] aka Baley, Jordan [uncertain]
Born in Englandmap [uncertain]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married about 1615 (to about 1620) in Colony of Virginiamap [uncertain]
Wife of — married before 10 Dec 1620 in Charles City, Colony of Virginiamap [uncertain]
Wife of — married before 2 May 1625 in Charles City, Colony of Virginiamap [uncertain]
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , and
Died after after age 37 in Henrico County, Colony of Virginiamap [uncertain]
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Biography

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Cecily (Unknown) Farrar migrated from an unknown location to Jamestown.
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Cecily (Unknown) Farrar was a Jamestown colonist.
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Cicely (___) Baley Jordan Farrar[1][2] (Cisley, Ciceley, Cecily, Sysely, Sisley)[3] was an early colonist of Jamestown, Virginia, arriving there at the age of 11 in August 1611, aboard the ship Swan.[4]

The fascinating Cecily earned her reputation and a place in history when she became the object of the first breach of promise suit in America, and the first such suit in which a female was the defendant.[5] There is much myth and speculation, but few facts truly known about this often married elusive lady of whom so many today claim descent. There has long been a mystery surrounding the little girl who arrived in Jamestown at the tender age of 11, and later received the distinction of "Ancient Planter".

Birth

Cecily was born about 1600,[4] presumably in England. Her maiden name and parents are unknown.

Arrival

Sisley Jordan, age 11, arrived in Jamestown, Virginia, in August 1611, on the Swan.[4]

11 colonists in the 1625 Muster[4] are listed arriving on the Swan in 1608 (1), 1609 (1), 1610 (8), or August 1610 (1).[5][6] However, they probably all arrived on the Swan in August 1611, based on the reported arrival date of Sir Thomas Gates.[7]

Gates arrived in Virginia in August 1611, "at the head of a second expedition, which included three ships (flagship Swan, Tryall, Noah), 280 men, 20 women, 200 heads of cattle, 200 swine, and various other supplies and equipment."[8]

Fortunately for Cecily, she arrived well supplied. 1609 had been the "starving time," when the infant colony was reduced from about 500 souls to "a haggard remnant of 60 all told, men, women and children scarcely able to totter about the ruined village".[9]

Marriages

Cecily was apparently married three (3) times:[10]

  1. apparently m. (___) Baley, bef. 1617, VA.
  2. m. Samuel Jordan, bef. 1 Dec 1620, Charles City, VA; b. 1578, England; d. bef. 19 Nov 1623 Jordan's Journey, Charles City, VA.
  3. m. William Farrar, bef. 2 May 1625, Charles City, VA; b. 1583, Croxton, Lincolnshire, England; d. bef. 11 Jun 1637, Henrico Co., VA.

m. (1) (___) Baley

It is generally accepted that Cecily was the mother of Temperance Baley based on the 1624 Lists,[11] 1625 Muster,[4] land patents and deeds, and Wills in the Cocke family into which Temperance Bailey married. Cecily is therefore assumed to have married (___) Baley.

It is also possible Cecily assumed guardianship of Temperance Baley after the death of unknown parents, sometime before 16 February 1623/4.[11]

See Relationship Theories for the circumstantial case for this marriage.

m. (2) Samuel Jordan

Samuel Jordan (Jordain, Jorden, Jerdan).[12]

Samuel and Cecily married before 10 December 1620.[13]

The couple had at least two (2) children.

Samuel Jordan died after about April 1622 to about April 1623,[4] and before 19 November 1623.[14]

On 19 November 1623, the Court issued a warrant to Mr. Farrar to bring in the account of Mr. Jordan his estate by the last day of December 1623. The Court also issued another warrant to Mrs. Jordan, that Mr. Farrar put in security for the performance of her husband's Will.[14]

Engagement to Rev. Greville Pooley

See 1623–1625 Pooley Breach of Promise Suit.

m. (3) William Farrar

William Farrar (Ferrar, Ferrer) I.[15]

William Farrar, age about 35, arrived in Virginia in August 1618, aboard the Neptune[4] and settled a few miles up the Appomattox River from Jordan's Journey. It is not known if he had been previously married.

William and Cecily married presumably between 3 January 1624/5[16] and 2 May 1625.[17]

On 2 May 1625, the Court ordered that Mr. William Ferrers bond shall be cancelled. Presumably their marriage had occurred.[17]

The couple had at least three (3) children.

William Farrar died in Virginia before 11 June 1637, when his son William was granted a patent of land that was due to his father.[18]

Children

Cecily's children include:

  1. Temperance Baley,[19] b. ca. 1617, VA; d. ca. 1651 Bremo, Henrico Co., VA.
  2. Mary Jordan,[20] b. ca. 1621, Charles City, VA.
  3. Margaret Jordan,[20] b. bef. 16 Feb 1623/4, Charles City, VA.
  4. Cecily Farrar,[15][10] b. ca. 1625, Charles City, VA; d. Apr 1703, Henrico Co., VA.
  5. William Farrar,[15][10] b. ca. 1627, Charles City, VA; d. 1 Feb 1677/8, Henrico Co., VA.
  6. John Farrar,[15][10] b. aft. 1632, Charles City, VA; d. Mar 1683/4, Henrico Co., VA.

It is generally accepted that Cecily was the mother of Temperance Bailey based on the 1624 Lists,[11] 1625 Muster,[4] land patents and deeds, and Wills in the Cocke family into which Temperance Baley married.

It is also possible Cecily assumed guardianship of Temperance after the death of unknown parents, sometime before 16 February 1623/4.[11]

See Relationship Theories for the circumstantial case for this daughter Temperance.

Timeline

First Records

Cecily Jordan is first named in a Virginia land grant dated 10 December 1620 as the wife of Samuel Jordan.

Sisley Jordan is named in the 21 January 1624/5 Muster as being age 24 years, and having arrived in the Swan in August 1610 [1611]. She was therefore born about 1600, presumably in England.

1619 First General Assembly

Samuel Jordan was a burgess in the first General Assembly in Virginia, in session 30 July to 4 August 1619, at the newly-built wooden church at Jamestown. The General Assembly was the first representative governing body to meet in North America, or anywhere in the Americas.[21]

Samuel was one of two representatives for Charles City:[22]

Samuel Sharpe
Samuel Jordan

On the first day of the assembly, Samuel was one of 16 representatives assigned to two committees, each with 8 members, to peruse two books containing the Great Charter and commission of priviledges, orders, and laws sent by Sir George Yeardley out of England.[23]

Based on Samuel representing Charles City, presumably Samuel and Cecily are living on land he and Cecily, ancient planters, would be granted on 10 December 1620.

1620 Ancient Planter

"Ancient Planter. A colonist in Virginia by 1616, entitled to 100 acres of land provided he paid his own passage and had dwelt in the Colony for three years when application for land was made. In accordance with a predetermined policy of the Virginia Company, no individual assignments of land were made during the first seven years of the Colony's existence. The policy of granting patents for acreage to settlers was inaugurated during the latter part of the regime of Sir Thomas Dale, Governor, 1611–1616."[24]

On 10 December 1620, George Yardley, Knight, Governor, and Captain General of Virginia, granted to "Samuel Jourdan of Charles Citty in Virg'a. Gent'. an ancient planter who hath abode ten years Compleat in this Colony" and "Cecily his wife an ancient planter also of nine years continuance", 450 acres total, 100 acres each, and the other 250 acres in recompence of his transportation out of England at his own charges of five servants (John Davies, 1617; Thomas Matterdy, indenture 8 October 1617; Robert Marshall, May 1619; Alice Wad, May 1619; Thomas Steed, July 1620); and maketh choice in 3 severall places: one house & 50 acs. called ___ilities Point in Charles hundred, bordering E. upon the gr. river, W. upon the main land, S. upon John Rolfe & N. upon land of Capt. John Wardeefe; 2ndly, 1 tenement containing 12 acs. etc., encompassed on the W. by Martins Hope, now in tenure of Capt. John Martin, Master of Ordinance; & 388 acs. in or near upon Sandys his hundred, towards land of Temperance Baley, W. upon Capt. Woodlief etc. This land was in the Territory of Great Weyonoke.[13][25][26][27] (see map[28])

1622 Massacre

"When … the Powhatan Confederacy launched the surprise attack of 1622 that killed nearly a third of the English colonists and triggered the Second Anglo-Powhatan War, nobody from Jordan's Journey was listed as killed.[29]  Jordan's Journey withstood the attack and became a fortified refuge.[30] After the initial assault, many of the outlying settlements were temporarily abandoned, and most of the colonists were ordered to move to a small number of relatively safer settlements, one of which was Jordan's Journey.[31]  As a result, Jordan's Journey grew. In February 1624, 42 people were living at Jordan's Journey;[11]  a year later, 56 people were living there.[4]"[32]

"Ten settlers on Farrar's land on the Appomattox River were killed.[29][33] However, Farrar survived and got to Samuel Jordan's settlement at Beggars Bush, part of the plantation known as Jordan's Journey. After the attack, William Farrar stayed at Jordan's Journey[11][4]  as it had become a relatively safe fortified rallying place for the survivors."[34]

1622 Land

On 3 July 1622, "100 acres lying in Diggs Hundred which she [Mary Tues] passed over to Samuel Jordan was confirmed."[35][36] (see map[28])

1623–1625 Pooley Breach of Promise Suit

About three or four days after Samuel Jordan's death, the expectant Cecily is said to have agreed to become the wife of Reverend Greville Pooley. She apparently consented to marry after the birth of her child, but then desired it not be revealed so soon after her husband's death. However, Reverend Pooley spread the word of the engagement, and this made the young widow so irate that she refused to go through with the wedding. Reverend Pooley sought to hold her to her promise, initiating the first breach of promise suit in America.[37][16]

The case reached London by 21 April 1624,[38] where the Council for Virginia returned it to Virginia, "not knowinge how to decide so nice a difference, our devines not takeinge vppon them presisely to determine, whether it be a formal and legall contract desire the resolution of the Civil Lawiers".[37]

The matter was resolved 3 January 1624/5, when Pooley withdrew his suit and gave bond that he would make no further claim.[16]

Reverend Pooley later married, and he and his family were killed in an Indian attack.

See Cecily Jordan v. Greville Pooley dispute for a detailed discussion of this dispute.

1624 Lists

A List of Names; of the Living in Virginia[11]
february the 16, 1623[/4]
…
At Jordans Jorney

Sislye Jordan
Temperance Baylife
Mary Jordan
Margery Jordan
William Farrar
[37 more names]
[42 total]

A List of names of the Dead in Virgn'a. since Aprill last [1623][39]
february 16: 1623[/4]
…
At Jurdains Jorney

Roger Much
Mary Reefe
Robert Winter
Robet Wood's
Richard Shreife
Thomas Bull
John Kinton
Daniell —

1625 Muster

Musters of the Inhabitants in Virginia.[4]
1624/5.
…
Jordans Jorney. Charles Cittie
The MUSTER of the Inhabitant's of Jordans Jorney taken the 21th of January 1624[/5]
The MUSTER of m'. William Ferrar & m's. Jordan

WILLIAM FERRAR aged 31 yeares in the Neptune in August 1618
SISLEY JORDAN aged 24 yeres in the Swan in August 1610
MARY JORDAN her daughter aged 3 yeares } borne heare
MARGRETT JORDAN aged 1 yeare} borne heare
TEMPERANCE BALEY aged 7 yeares} borne heare
[10 servants]
[14 additional heads of households]
[41 more names, 10 of whom are servants]
[56 total names]

DEAD at Jordans Jorney 1624

LIDIA SHERLEY came in the George 1623
SUSAN SHERLEY an Infant.

Provisions: Corne, 200 bushells; Fish, 2 hundred. Arms and Munition: Powder, 14 lb; Lead, 300 lb; Peeces fixt, 11; Coats of Male, 12. Cattle, Swine, etc: Neat cattell young and old, 16; Swine, 4; Poultrie, 20. Houses and Boats: Houses, 5; Boats, 2.[40]

[Note: Based on William Farrar's baptism on 28 April 1583, he was actually about 41 years old in 1625, not 31 years old.]

1625 Land

In the May 1625 extracts of all the titles and estates of land, sent home by Sir Francis Wyatt:[41]

  • The Corporacon of Charles Citty
    • Wm Bayly, 100 Acres, by Pattent.
  • Uppon Apamatucke River
    • William Farrar, 100 Acres, by Pattent.
  • The Teritory of great Weyonoke
    • Wm Baylie, 50 Acres, by Pattent.
    • Samuell Jordan, 450 Acres planted, by Pattent.
    • Temperance Baylie, 200 Acres planted, by Pattent.

1626 Council & Commissioner

"On 14 March 1625/6, William Farrar was appointed to the Council and he served there apparently for the rest of his life. He was named, August 1626, a commissioner 'For the Upper Partes kept above Persie's Hundred,' with authority to determine whether court should be held at Jordan's Journey or at Shirley Hundred. The appointment was affirmed 7 March 1627/8."[42]

1626 Jordan's Journey

William and Cecily Farrar continued to reside at Jordan's Journey after their marriage. Minutes of the Council and General Court refer to the reading of a proclamation at "Jourdens Journey at Mr Ferrers howse" on 18 September 1626.[43]

1631 Sale of William Farrar's Inheritance

William is named in the Will of his father, John Farrar, dated 24 April 1628.[44][45] "John Farrar the Elder in his 1628 Will had bequeathed property in Great Amwell, Hoddesdon and Broxburne, Hertfordshire, and £20 annuities from the Farrar estate, Ewood, in Yorkshire, to his son William Farrar and £50 at his return to England. He did return, briefly, for on 6 September 1631, William Farrar of London, Gentleman, sold his brother Henry Farrar of Reading, Berkshire, for £200 the properties and annuities so bequeathed, and, since John Farrar had reserved these bequests to William's wife and children, the names of 'Cecily his wife and Cecily and William his children' appear in the deed. He returned to Virginia …"[42] The estate records do not indicate if Cecily and the children accompanied William to England.

1637 Farrar's Island

On 11 June 1637, William Farrar, son and heir to William Farrar, late of Henrico, Virginia, deceased, was granted 2,000 acres of land in Henrico County, Virginia; abutting easterly upon the Gleab land of Varina, extending westerly to the bottom of [?] Island, southerly upon the main river, and northerly into the woods; for the transportation at his own costs of 40 persons [names listed].[46]

This land grant would become known as Farrar's Island, an estate their descendants would own for 100 years. Farrar's Island was located at the former site of the Citie of Henricus, the second settlement of the colony.

That William Farrar is referred to as "of Henrico" presumably means William and Cecily removed from Jordan's Journey in Charles City County to Farrar's Island in Henrico County before his death.

The Henricus Historical Park is located on a portion of what was Farrar's Island.

Aft. 1637 Death

Presumably, thrice widowed Cecily Farrar continued to raise her children at Farrar's Island.

Cecily died after 1637.[2]

Last Record

Cecily is last named in the 6 September 1631 deed between William Farrar and his brother Henry Farrar.[42] [a copy of this deed has been requested from the Public Record Office]

Legacy

Jordan's Journey

Jordan's Journey (Beggars Bush).[47][48] (see map[28])

Jordan's Journey fortified settlement

Archaelogical excavations were conducted at Jordan's Journey from 1990 until 1992 by Virginia Commonwealth University under the direction of L. Daniel Mouer and Douglas C. McLearen.[49][50] These excavations exposed a fortified compound containing 11 structures and an associated cemetery dating to the early 17th century. Twenty-four graves associated with the Jordan’s Journey settlement were excavated during the 1992 field season. More than 60,000 artifacts were recovered during the excavations of Jordan’s Journey by Mouer and McLearen. A number of these artifacts are (as of 2023) on display in the Virginia Museum of History & Culture in The Story of Virginia exhibit.

The Story of Virginia Exhibition, Jordan's Journey, 1621-1640

Jordan Point had a small airport in the 1940s known as the Hopewell Airport. A residential development Jordan on the James now occupies its former site. On a pillar of the brick entrance gate is a small insert "c. 1619." In the development, there is a road called Beggars Bush, and outside is Jordan's Point Road. Jordan Point has a marina, the Jordan Point Marina. Beggars Bush, their home, was where the base of the Benjamin Harrison Bridge is now, connecting both sides of the river.

Cecily's name survives today on a historical marker[51] on Jordan Point Road at the location of Jordan's Journey.

PA 252: Samuel Jordan of Jordan's Journey
The marker reads:
"PA 252 - Samuel Jordan of Jordan's Journey
"Prior to 1619, Native Americans occupied this prominent peninsula along the upper James River, now called Jordan's Point. Arriving in Jamestown by 1610, Samuel Jordan served in July 1619 in Jamestown as a burgess for Charles City in the New Word's oldest legislative assembly. A year later, he patented a 450 acre tract here known first as Beggar's Bush and later as Jordan's Journey. He survived the massive Powhatan Indian attack of March 1622 here at his plantation, a palisaded fort that enclosed 11 buildings. He remained at Jordan's Journey with his wife, Cicely, and their daughters until his death in 1623."

[Note: The marker has been reported missing, and does not appear in street level imagery. —16 August 2023]

Research Notes

Review & Revision Collaboration

The following free-space pages are being used during the current review and revision of this profile by the US Southern Colonies Project:

Place Creation

  • Jamestown (also James Fort, James Towne, and James Citie) was established on 14 May 1607.
  • The plantations and developments were "reduced" on 18 November 1618 into four "Cities", "Burroughs", or "incorporations": Charles City, Henrico, James City (chief city; included James Town), and Burrough of Kiccowtan or Kecoughtan (Elizabeth City after May 1620). (see map[28])
  • Charles City County was established on 1634 as one of the eight original shires/counties.
  • Henrico County was established on 1634 as one of the eight original shires/counties.
  • Prince George County was established on August 25, 1702 from Charles City County .
  • Chesterfield County was established on 1 May 1749 from Henrico County.

Often Conflated

Cecily (Unknown) Farrar (abt.1600-aft.1637) is often conflated with Cecily (Jordan) Phippen (1559-1608).

That Cecily (Jordan) Phippen (1559-1608) is purorted to have passed away in 1608 in Weymouth, Dorset, England.

Cecily (Unknown) Farrar (abt.1600-aft.1637) is often conflated with Cicely (Unknown) Parker (abt.1600-1660).

That Cicely (Unknown) Parker (abt.1600-1660) was married to:

  1. Peter Montague Sr. (1603-1659)
  2. Thomas Parker [does he have a profile?]

See:

Vital Statistics

Spelling of First Name[3]
These primary sources list her first name:

Cecily: 1620[13], 1631[42]
Ciceley: none
Cicely: none
Cisley: none
Cycelie: 1625[16]
Sisley: 1625[4]
Sislye: 1624[11]
Sysely: 1625[16]
Sysley: 1623[37]

Birth
Cecily's birth date of about 1600 is estimated from her age in the 1625 Muster. As the muster was taken very early in 1625, she was probably born in about 1600 rather than about 1601.

SISLEY JORDAN aged 24 yeres, in the Swan in August 1610[4]

Cecily's Death
Cecily's death date of after 1637 is the date listed by the Jamestowne Society. A reliable source for this date is needed.

Various other death dates are found in genealogies including:

The death date of before 1676 is presumably based on her son William Farrar II not naming his mother Cecily in his Will dated 6 May 1676.

Samuel's Death
Samuel was presumably still alive sometime between about April 1622 and about April 1623, based on the age of their daughter Margaret in the 1625 Muster:[4]

  • (21 January 1625 - 2 years - 9 months)=about April 1622.
  • (21 January 1625 - 1 year - 9 months)=about April 1623.

He died certainly before 19 November 1623.[14]

Relationship Theories

See Cecily (Unknown) Farrar - Relationship Theories for discussions regarding:

Additional Research Notes

See Cecily (Unknown) Farrar - Additional Research Notes.

Sources

  1. ↑ Jamestowne Society: Baley, Cicely - A9447; born 1600 England, died after 1637 Henrico Co., Ancient Planter and Resident of 1624/5 Muster. Wife of ____ Baley, Samuel Jordan, and William Farrar.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jamestowne Society: Jordan, Cicley ( ) - A9447; born 1600, England, died after 1637, Henrico Co. (Ancient Planter), wife of Samuel Jordan, - Baley, and William Farrar.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 McCartney, Virginia Immigrants, pp433-434.
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 Hotten, pp209-213; digital images, Archive.org (p209).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sharry Anne Stevens, "Swan entries from John Camden Hotten, The Original Lists, …"; Packrat Productions (https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/swan.htm).
  6. ↑ Category: Swan, sailed 1610.
  7. ↑ Avery E. Kolb, "Early Passengers to Virginia: When Did They Really Arrive?," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 88, No. 4 (Oct., 1980), pp401-414; digital images, JSTOR (p401).
  8. ↑ Martha McCartney, "Sir Thomas Gates," Encyclopedia Virginia, Virginia Humanities (https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/gates-sir-thomas-d-1622/).
  9. ↑ Martha McCartney, "Starving Time, The," Encyclopedia Virginia, Virginia Humanities (https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/starving-time-the/).
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham (editor), Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families 5 Volumes (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol. II, especially FARRER 12. See also: Royal Ancestry. Douglas Richardson says William Farrer married "Cecily _____, widow successively of Thomas Bailey (died 1619), of Henrico County, Virginia and Samuel Jordan (died 1623) of Charles City, Virginia. She was born about 1601 (aged 24 in 1625). They had two sons, William and John, and one daughter, Cecily …"

    Note: Also found in Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham (editor), Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families 2nd Edition (Salt Lake City, Utah, the author, 2011), Vol. 2, p142; digital images, Google Books (p142), especially 17. William Farrer. See also: Magna Carta Ancestry.

  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 Hotten, p171; digital images, Archive.org (p171).
  12. ↑ McCartney, Virginia Immigrants, p433.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants, Patents No.8, 1689–1694, pp125-126; digital images, Library of Virginia (p125, p126).
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 McIlwaine, Minutes of the Council, p8; digital images, FamilySearch (p8).
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 McCartney, Virginia Immigrants, pp290-291.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 McIlwaine, Minutes of the Council, pp41-42; digital images, FamilySearch (p41).
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 McIlwaine, Minutes of the Council, p57; digital images, FamilySearch (p57).
  18. ↑ Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants, Patents No.1, 1623–1643 Vol. 1&2, pp436-437; digital images, Library of Virginia (p436, p437).
  19. ↑ McCartney, Virginia Immigrants, p102.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 McCartney, Virginia Immigrants, p433.
  21. ↑ "The First General Assembly," Jamestown Rediscovery: Historic Jamestowne (https://historicjamestowne.org/history/the-first-general-assembly/)
  22. ↑ Colonial Records of VIrginia., p9; digital images, Archive.org (p9).
  23. ↑ Colonial Records of VIrginia., p14; digital images, Archive.org (p14).
  24. ↑ Dorman, Vol. 1, pxix.
  25. ↑ Kingsbury, Vol. 4, p554; digital images, Archive.org (p554).
  26. ↑ The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers (Richmond, Virginia: The Valentine Museum, 1927), Vol. 2, p715; digital images, FamilySearch (image 129).
  27. ↑ Nugent, p226; digital images, Archive.org (p226).
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.5 Hatch, pp32-33; digital copy of map, Gutenburg.org (pp32-33).
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 Neill, pp339-346, especially p341; digital images, Archive.org (p339).
  30. ↑ Edward Arber (editor), Travels and Works of Captain John Smith … (Edinburgh; John Grant, 1910), p584; digital images, Archive.org (p584).
  31. ↑ Kingsbury, Vol. 3, p612; digital images, Archive.org (p612).
  32. ↑ Wikipedia: Samuel Jordan.
  33. ↑ Dorman, Vol. 1, p926.
  34. ↑ Wikipedia: William Farrar (settler).
  35. ↑ Kingsbury, Vol. 2, p74; digital images, Archive.org (p74).
  36. ↑ Kingsbury, Vol. 2, p89; digital images, Archive.org (p89).
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 Kingsbury, Vol. 4, pp218-220; digital images, Archive.org (p218).
  38. ↑ Neill, p383; digital images, Archive.org (p383).
  39. ↑ Hotten, p190; digital images, Archive.org (p190).
  40. ↑ Dorman, Vol. 1, p17.
  41. ↑ Kingsbury, Vol. 4, pp553-554; digital images, Archive.org (pp553-554).
  42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 42.2 42.3 Dorman, Vol. 1, p927.
  43. ↑ McIlwaine, Minutes of the Council, p113; digital images, FamilySearch (p113).
  44. ↑ Thomas Cecil Farrer, Farrer (and Some Variants) Wills and Adminstrations … (Dorking, England: Tanner and Son, 1936), pp126-128; digital images (p126).
  45. ↑ "Virginia Gleanings In England," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 22, No. 4 (Oct., 1914), pp396-400; digital images, JSTOR (p396).
  46. ↑ Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants, Patents No.1, 1623–1643 Vol. 1&2, pp436-437; digital images, Library of Virginia (p436, p437).
  47. ↑ McCartney, Virginia Immigrants, pp59-60.
  48. ↑ Hatch, pp67-68 "Jordan's Journey (21)"; digital copy, Gutenburg.org (pp67-68).
  49. ↑ McCartney, Jordan's Point.
  50. ↑ "Jordan's Journey (44PG302)," tDAR (https://core.tdar.org/project/6063/jordans-journey-44pg302).
  51. ↑ "Samuel Jordan of Jordan's Journey," HMdb.org (https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=18749).

Citation Sources:

  • Clifton F. Davis, “Cicely Jordan Farrar and Temperance Baley,” The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 21, No. 2 (Apr., 1941), pp180-183; digital images, JSTOR (p180).
  • John Frederick Dorman, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607–1624/25, 4th Edition (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004), Vol. 1.
  • Charles E. Hatch, Jr., The First Seventeen Years, Virginia, 1607–1624 (Charlottesville, Virginia: The University Press of Virginia, 1957, Tenth Printing 1991), p32-33, p46, p47, p49, p65, pp67-68, p68, especially pp67-68 "Jordan's Journey (21)"; digital copy, Gutenburg.org (title page).
  • John Camden Hotten, The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years; Apprentices; Children Stolen; Maidens Pressed; and Others Who Went From Great Britain to the American Plantations 1600–1700. (New York, New York: J. W. Bouton, 1874); digital images, Archive.org (title page).
  • Susan Myra Kingsbury, The Records of The Virginia Company of London, (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1905, 1906, 1933, 1935), Introduction & Four Volumes; digital images, Archive.org (Introduction title page, Vol. 1 title page, Vol. 2 title page, Vol. 3 title page, Vol. 4 title page).
  • Martha W. McCartney, Jordan's Point, Virginia: Archaeology in Prespective, Prehistoric to Modern Times (Richmond, Virginia: The University of Virginia Press, 2011).
  • Martha W. McCartney, Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, 1607–1635: A Biographical Dictionary (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2007); digital images, Google Books (p290).
  • H. R. McIlwaine (editor), Minutes of the Council and General Court of Colonial Virginia, 1622–1632, 1670–1676, With Notes and Excerpts From Original Council and General Court Records, Into 1683, Now Lost (Richmond, Virginia: Library Board, Virginia State Library, 1924); digital images, FamilySearch (title page).
  • Edward D. Neill, History of the Virginia Company of London, with Letters to and from the First Colony Never before Printed. (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell, 1869); digital images, Archive.org (title page).
  • Nell Marion Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800 Five Volumes (Richmond, Virginia: The Dietz Printing Co., 1934), Vol. 1; digital images, Archive.org (title page).
  • Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham (editor), Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families 2nd Edition (Salt Lake City, Utah, the author, 2011), Vol. 2, p142; digital images, Google Books (p142), especially 17. William Farrer. See also: Magna Carta Ancestry.
  • Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham (editor), Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families 5 Volumes (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol. 2, especially FARRER 12. See also: Royal Ancestry.
  • James P. C. Southall, “Cicely Jordan Farrar and Temperance Baley,” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 50, No. 1. (January 1942), pp74–80; digital images, JSTOR (p74).
  • Colonial Records of VIrginia. (Richmond, Virginia: R. F. Walker, 1874), especially pp9-32; digital images, Archive.org (title page).

See also - for more information:

See also - related WikiTree pages:

See also:

  • Virginia Bernhard, "'Men, Women and Children' at Jamestown: Population and Gender in Early Virginia, 1607–1610", The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 58, No. 4 (Nov., 1992), pp599-618; digital images, JSTOR ([https://www.jstor.org/stable/2210786 p599).
  • Virginia Lee Hutcheson Davis, Jamestowne Ancestors, 1607–1699, Commemoration of the 400th Anniversary of the Landing at James Towne, 1607–2007 (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2006), p9.
Ancient Planters: Cecily Jordan Farrar 1610, Samuel Jordan 1610.
  • William B. and Ethel Farrar, The Farrars (St Petersburg, Florida: St Petersburg Printing Company, Inc., 1964); book, FamilySearch, Call Number 929.273 F242f.
  • H. R. McIlwaine (editor), Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, 1619-1658/59 Vol. 1 (Richmond, Virginia: 1915), especially p188 (Farrars) and p214 (Samuel Jordan); digital images, Archive.org (title page). [Jordan and Farrar as Burgess]
  • McIlwaine, Minutes of the Council, pp70-71; digital images, Archive.org (p70). [Samuel Jordan referred to regarding bill of debt]
  • James P. C. Southall, Links in a Chain, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 51, No. 4 (Oct., 1943), pp380-393; digital images, JSTOR (p380). [nothing additional regarding Cecily]
  • "Farrar Family (Continued)," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Vol. 7, No. 4 (Apr., 1900), pp432-434, especially p434; digital images, JSTOR (p432). [information regarding William Farrar's father, and William Farrar-Cecily Jordan marriage superceded by more recent research]

See also - other family trees:

  • Find A Grave: Memorial #241359075 for Mrs Cecily Farrar (1600–unk) (memorial only, no gravestone photo).




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Ken Spratlin
This profile is a US Southern Colonies Project project managed (PMP) and project protected (PPP) profile-early Jamestowne colonist.

Please continue to manage normally, and review US Southern Colonies Project Editing Guidance before editing.

This is being posted as a reminder after several edits were recently made without collaboration. These edits also do not appear to be consistent with the Biography, and were not made with obvious reliable sources to document why the changes were made.

posted by Ken Spratlin
edited by Ken Spratlin
[Living Farrar]
1.This Thomas Bailey should be removed as a spouse. There is no record of Thomas Bailey married to a Cecily.

I find a Thomas Baley, aged 4, son of a William Baley. William arrived in  1610 aboard the Prosperous and his wife, was aged 24 at time of the muster and they had a 4 year old son named Thomas. https://archive.org/details/originallistsofp00hottuoft/page/218/mode/2up/search/baley..Mary Baley arrived aboard the George in 1617, the muster roll was taken in 1624. Thomas was born in 1620, ten years younger than Cecily and three years younger than Temperance.

2. As regards her marriage to Samuel Jordan, that fact is well established by records of the Virginia Company, and especially the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecily_Jordan_v._Greville_Pooley_dispute. William Farrar (fferrar per Jamestown Muster) and Mrs Jordan were living at Jordans Jorney (sic) at time of jamestown Muster.. Jordan's Jorney known as Burning Bush at time of the Powhatan attack in 1622

Here is an excellent and comprehensive artilce on Jordan's Point https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Point,_Virginia

posted by [Living Farrar]
[Living Farrar]
The marriage to Thomas Bailey should be removed.

First there is no documentation of the existence of this Thomas Bailey, nor is there a record of a marriage between Cecily and Thomas Bailey. The relationship is inferred from the fact that Temperance Bailey (Bayley) was listed as a member of the household in the Jamestown Muster of 1624.1625. See the wikipedia article for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecily_Jordan_Farrar. This article is peer reviewed, as are all wikipedia articles, and the previous assertion that Temperance was the daughter of Cecily and a Mr Bailey had to be removed as there is no evidence to support that assertion.

posted by [Living Farrar]
Pitts-33 MG Pitts
I am going to trust your knowledge on the matter and just let you know I support any decision that you believe because I agree with your insight of the female in household. She could have been another type of relative. The document is too vague. If you want me to remove her I will. I was just waiting for input from others. Thanks, Melinda
posted by MG Pitts
[Living Farrar]
I have been ambivalent about the parentage of Temperance Baley, but am quite aware of a peer reviewed conversation on wikipedia about the subject. There is no record of a marriage of a Thomas Baley and the only Thomas Baley that lived at that time was born in 1620, and was three years younger than Temperance. I am aware of a land patent near or bordering Samuel jordan's patent, but would have to take time to research it.

Rather than engage in conjecture and wishful thinking. I opt for staying within the parameters of documentation, as best we can.


Life was short in the James River community of the time. Starvation and disease took their toll. Archaelogists have uncovered, circa 1993, the grave of a woman of high status, buried just north of the pallisades of the fort at jordan's journey. She was dead by the age of 35, it is thought that she was Cecily. That means that she died just 3 or 4 years after returning from England after her husband William returned to settle his inheritance (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Point,_Virginia and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Farrar_(settler)

posted by [Living Farrar]
[Living Farrar]
There is absolutely nothing at all in the records about Samuel Jordans marriage and children prior to his marriage to Cecily. As far as I am concerned, the children listed are a Jordan descendant fabrication.

The individual on the "Seaventure" was Silvester Jourdain, not Samuel Jordan..

posted by [Living Farrar]

Rejected matches › Cecily (Jordan) Phippen (1559-1608) › Cicely (Unknown) Parker (abt.1600-1660)

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