John Jordan (1645 - 1725)

Born 1645 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Styleman) Jordan — married about 1678 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 8 Oct 1725 at about age 80 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Colleen Griffin [send private message] and Pam Seavey [send private message]

Biography

Birth

John was born in 1645 in Cape Elizabeth, Province of Maine. He was the 1st of six children of Rev. Robert and Sarah (Winter) Jordan.

John Jordan was a fisherman and was in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1678.

Marriage

John married Elizabeth Styleman^[1] (aka Stileman) about that same year (1678), both being "of Portsmouth" at that time.

A deed of land (Richmond Island, off today's Cape Elizabeth, Maine), which was received by John from his father, Robert, was deeded to his "intended" wife Elizabeth Stileman, this transaction witnessed (in July 1679) by Elias Stileman. This Elias is believed to be Elizabeth's Uncle Elias (brother to her father, Richard).

John and Elizabeth lived for a time in Pemaquid at an "old" invitation of the N.Y. government for his family to settle there, but soon they removed to Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Province of Maine.

They had at least four children described in Noyes et al. They included John, Richard, Robert, and Mary.

Death

John passed away^[2] about October 1725 in Cape Elizabeth, his estate settled in Falmouth, Province of Maine on December 4, 1725.

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700"
   Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 3824 #56177 (accessed 22 November 2023)
   John Jordan marriage to Jordan in 1673 in New England, USA.
2. ↑ Burial: "Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current"
   Original data: Find a Grave. Find a Grave®. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi; URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #105472494
   Ancestry Record 60541 #2621435 (accessed 22 November 2023)
   John Jordan burial (died in 1725). Born in 1645.

• Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623-1660. [Originally published in Boston, 1908]; Reprinted in Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., Clearfield Company, Inc., 1965, p. 199. (includes birth, parents, residences, marriage to John Jordan)

• Noyes, Sybil, Charles Thornton Libby, and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1928-1939 (5 vols.), pp. 389-392. (includes father, marriage, extended family, children, residences, and deeded properties)

• Notes, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1943) Vol. 97, Page 200