Jedediah Jordan Sr. (abt. 1664 - abt. 1735)

Born about 1664 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Katherine Abigail (Gardiner) Jordan — married 1684 in Kittery, York, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about Jan 1735 at about age 71 in Kittery, York, Maine, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Birth: Alternate birth dates for this person say he was born in 1650, 1656, 1660, and 1664

Birth Place: Alternate birth places: Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine, Massachusetts Bay Colony; Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine; and York, Maine

Death: Alternate Death Dates: 1707, 1720, 1725, JAN 1735

Death Place: Alternate Death Places: Kittery, York, Maine, Province of Massachusetts Bay; and Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Marriage: Robert Jordan married Sarah Winter JAN 1644 at Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine

Research Notes

Note H00141 - JEDEDIAH, fourth son of Rev. Robert and Sarah (Winter) Jordan, was born previously to 1664, at Spurwink, now Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland Co., Maine; died 1735. He left Spurwink with his father's family on the breaking out of the Indian war in 1675, when their house was burned by the Indians, and settled at Great Island now New Castle, N.H. He afterwards settled at Kittery, ME., but we cannot find any record of his marriage either at New Castle or Kittery, as no records were kept at that early date. We may suppose that his children were born in Kittery; one of his daughters was married at Kittery, 1724; in 1726 he gave a deed to his son Robert, dated at Kittery, Robert at that time having his residence at Kittery; the land conveyed was at Spurwink, where Robert afterwards settled. In 1726, Jedediah made an agreement with his nephew Dominicus Jordan relating to the family property in Spurwink. In 1729 he made a will, of which his sons John and Thomas were the executors.

WILL OF JEDEDIAH JORDAN^[1]

In the name of God, Amen. I Jedediah Jorden of Kittery, in ye County of York within ya Province of ye Massachusetts Bay in New England, Yeoman, being in good helth make this my last will & testament in manner & form as followeth: I comitt my soul to God hoping in his mercy to injoy eternal life. & after my decease my body to be decently buried as my executors hereafter named shall think proper, & as to my estate, I give as followeth:

I make, ordain, & impower my sons John Jorden, Robert Jorden & Thomas Jorden, Executors of this my last will & testament of my whole estate after my just debts & funeral charges paid. I give my two daughters Mary & Sariah [Keziah] Jorden all my personal estate to be divided equally between them. I give ye Neck of land at Spurwink in ye township of Falmouth to John Jorden & Thomas Jorden & Jedediah Jorden's children, to be divided equally between them, only reserving a swampy piece of low land which I give to Robert Jorden, which lyes on ye Easternmost side of ye old neck of land, beginning at ye point where ye Cattle formerly went to pass over to my brother Jordens marsh where ye creek parted my Br° John & J. and go round that piece of swampy land to a place where ye cattle formerly went to pass over from ye sd neck to ye great plains, John Jorden to have his part on ye home place, Thomas Jorden to have his part where he made choice of, Jedediah Jordans children to have their part where their father made choice off in his life time.

I give to my eldest daughter's son John Moor forty acres of land out of my farm at Spurwink in ye township afores4, to be laid out by my executors, fronting ye marsh, forty rod in breadth 160 rod in length, by my brother Dominicus Jorden's line & my line. I give to my daughter Abigail Robison fifty acres of land out of my farm at Spurwink aforesd, to be laid out by my Executors, fronting ye marsh, fifty rod broad 160 rod in length, next John Moors lot. I give to my daughter Mary Jordan fifty acres of land out of my farm at Spurwink aforesd, to be laid out by my Exec? fronting the marsh, 50 rod broad 160 rod in length, by Robersons lot. I give my daughter Sarah Jackson fifty acres of laud out of my farm at Spurwink aforsd, to be laid out by my Execu? fronting on ye marsh, fifty rod in breadth 160 rod in length, by Mary's lot. I give to my daughter Sariah [Keziah] Jorden, fifty acres of land out of my farm at Spurwink aforsd, to be laid out by my Execu? fronting ye marsh, fifty rod broad 160 rod in length, by Sarah Jacksons lot I give my old mowing marsh at Spurwink aforsd, to be equally [divided] amongst all my children & Grandchildren before mentioned, & what lands soever is not yet given shall be divided equally between John Jordan and Thomas Jordan & Jedediah Jordan's children.

I publish & declare this to be my last will & testament & renounce all former wills. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this sixth day of March, one thousand seven hundred twenty-nine, ye second year of ye reign of our Lord King George ye Second of Great Britain, France & Ireland, &c. Signed and Sealed in presence of us,

JEDEDIAH JORDEN (seal) Nathaniel White, John Jorden, Timo Gerrish.

Sources

1. ↑ Maine: Early Wills and Deeds, 1640-1760. CD-ROM. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.) for the senior Jedediah's will, written on 6 Mar 1729 and probated on 16 Jan 1735/36 subscription required

• All information comes from Ancestry.com's Public Member Trees. #S9 Record for Robert Jordan - Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com: The Generations Network, Inc.; Provo, UT, USA; Date:2006; Repository: #R1 http://www.Ancestry.com - Paid Subsription required for access. Also: Source: #1 Ancestry.com.

• William Ramage, firsthand knowledge.

• Source: S00009 Ancestry Family Trees: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R00001 - Repository: R00001] http://www.Ancestry.com

See also:

• New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. [1]

Jedediah JORDAN [Sr.]

Marriage: 1684

Location: Kittery, York, Maine

Original Text: JORDAN, Jedediah (-1735) & ____ ____; by 1684; ?Kittery, ME {Jordan 329; GDMNH 390}

Spouse: UNIDENTIFIED

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Acknowledgments

• A WikiTree profile for this person was created through the import of Schauman Skinner Tree_2011-05-21.ged on 22 May 2011.

• Thank you to Celeste Shepherd for creating WikiTree profile Jordan-3314 through the import of JordanMcPherson Family tree_2013-05-04.ged on May 4, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Celeste and others.

• Thank you to Darlene Burton for creating WikiTree profile Jordan-3578 through the import of clay3_2013-07-25.ged on Jul 25, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Darlene and others.