Joseph Jordon (1672 - 1725)

Born 8 Sep 1672 in Nansemond, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Philocrista (Akehurst) Rout — married 1699 in Pasquotank, Carolina

Descendants

Died 1725 at about age 52 in Pasquotank, North Carolina

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Joseph was a Friend (Quaker)

Biography

Joseph Jordan was born 8 September 1672 in Nansemond, Virginia Colony to Thomas Jordan and Margaret Brasseur.^[1][2]

He married Philocrista (Filiachristy) Akehurst, daughter of Colonial official Daniel Akehurst in 1699.^[3][4]

He bought 200 acres of land in Pasquotank County called "Chanceys" in 1704 upon which he was living.^[5]

He died in 1725.^[6][7][8]

Research Notes

The Genealogy of the Ricks Family (Guy Rix, pub 1908) pp 18 states that the wife of Joseph was a Mary Crow. This maiden name is not seen elsewhere. This is in reference to the parents of his son Joseph who married Mary Ricks in Chuckatuck in 1723.

There are two interesting entries in the Symons Creek Monthly Meeting minutes of 1704.^[9]

1st 4th 1704 at a meeting at Caleb Bundys "...there appears to be Difference between Joseph Jordan and Mary Clark. Friends taking the [sarrie?] into consideration appoint three men to discourage Joseph Jordan and make their report to the next monthly meeting."

(undated but the entry subsequent to the above)"At a monthly meeting at the house of Caleb Bundy, Friends receiving the report of the three friends appointed by the Monthly Meeting to visit with Joseph Jordan which the said Joseph Jordan does not seem to be sorry for what he hath done. Nevertheless friends intend to [warn?] him do appoint James Toole Thomas Symons to Visit him again and to make their report to the next monthly meeting."

There does not seem to be a record of the outcome of this at the subsequent meeting.

Sources

1. ↑ U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 for Joseph Jordan, Virginia, Suffolk City, Chuckatuck, Nansemond, Western Branch, Somerton, Minutes, 1673-1756, page 82
2. ↑ Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1684-1717; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: 1116/167 (note this document reads 8th day of 4th month which would be 8 Jun 1672)
3. ↑ History of Perquimans County, page 372
4. ↑ Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5: Families G-P. Edited by John Frederick Dorman. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tcM40zgdAZgC&lpg=PA368&ots=xNzsqQFr3e&dq=Philochrista%20Akehurst&pg=PA368#v=onepage&q=Philochrista%20Akehurst&f=false
5. ↑ History of Perquimans County, page 372
6. ↑ U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 for Joseph Jordan; North Carolina, Pasquotank, Symons Creek Monthly Meeting, Records, Births, and Deaths, Vol 01, 1679-1813, page 138
7. ↑ Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina; Records, Births, and Deaths, Vol 01, 1679-1813; Collection: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes
8. ↑ Hinshaw, William Wade, et al., compilers. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol I:101
9. ↑ Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina; Minutes, 1699-1786; Collection: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes

• U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943, page 31
• This person was created on 01 July 2010 through the import of mcdougle 2010-06-30.ged.