Josiah
Jordan
Born about in Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Matthew Jordan
and Dorrithy (Newby) Jordan
Brother of
Comfort Jordan and Charity Jordan
Husband of
Mourning (Ricks) Jordan
— married
1746 in Isle of Wight, Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Samuel Gordon I, Robert Jordan, Hannah Sarah (Hill) Jordan, Dolly (Jordan) Parker, Thomas Jordan and Hezekiah Jordan
Died
at about age 86
in Nansemond, Virginia, United States
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Contents |
Biography
Name
JOSIAH JORDAN was born abt 1708, Isle of Wight. Co, Virginia. He married Morning Ricks in 1746 in Isle of Wight, Co, Virginia. He died 25 Jan 1786 in Nansemond Co, Virginia.
Will of Abraham Ricks, father of Morning Ricks
- Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850
- Name Josiah Jordan
- Location Isle of Wight
- Notes This probate record was extracted from microfilmed copies of the original Will Book.
- Remarks Abraham Ricks. Estate appraised by Robert Eley, Joseph Meredith, Michael Eley.To legacies delivered to Josiah Jordan, to Patience Jordan, to John Lawrence, to John Marshall, to Joseph Jordan, to Thomas Pritchard.
- Description Heir
- Book 5-32
Josiah is the son-in-law of Abraham Ricks
- Josiah Jordan
- 24 Jun 1746
- Isle of Wight County, Virginia
- This probate record was extracted from microfilmed copies of the original Will Book. ::"Abraham Ricks. Leg.-daughter Mary Jordan of North Carolina; daughter Elizabeth Pritchard; daughter Lydia Beal; daughter Martha Lawrence, land adjoining that of John Lawrence and Thomas Smelley; daughter Patience Jordan; daughter Ann Marshall; daughter..."
- Description Son in-law
- Book 5-26
- Prove date 10 Jul 1746
Will of Mathew Jordan, Father of Josiah Jordan
- Josiah Jordan
- 27 Sep 1747
- Isle of Wight County, Virginia
- This probate record was extracted from microfilmed copies of the original Will Book
- "Mathew Jordan. Leg.-wife Dorothy; son Josiah; son Matthias, the land which I bought of my cousin Mathew Jordan; daughter Charity; daughter Comfort. Friends, William Harrison, George Wilson and William Hodsden to divide my estate. Wife, Extx."
- Book 5-137
- Prove date 13 Oct 1748
Sources
- Source: S-2116133929 Repository: #R-2145025786 Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Note: APID: 1,4725::0
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Arik Russell for starting this profile.
- WikiTree profile Jordan-2096 created through the import of Callahan, Wiley, Plotner, Powell Family Tree - 2009.ged on Dec 2, 2011 by Ron Callahan. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Ron and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Josiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Josiah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Kerry Jordan
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #685458 - Jacob Jordan :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #B457677
- Anonymous Jordan :
Y-Chromosome Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269
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~0.78%
Clyde (Barnett, Jr.) Barnett :
23andMe, GEDmatch M840741 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ahsstd1
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T007235 [compare], FTDNA kit #38284
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~0.78%
Tim Dunnahoo :
23andMe, GEDmatch M930406 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Dixie (Kinney) Savage :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Kathy (Jordan) Burton :
AncestryDNA
+
Living DNA
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~0.78%
Ann Minser :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member minserream
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #N184701
-
~0.39%
Mags Gaulden :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member M_Gaulden
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch UZ4085854 [compare], FTDNA kit #340555
+
Living DNA
-
~0.39%
Darryl Rowles :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A134688 [compare], Ancestry member Rowles1
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B283962
+
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.39%
Orville Rowles :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A316871 [compare], Ancestry member OrvilleRowles
-
~0.39%
Larry Rowles :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YE1701085 [compare], Ancestry member DuaneRollz
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~0.39%
Ann Holt :
AncestryDNA
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Anne-Marie Gélinas
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Jordan-19057 and Jordan-2096 appear to represent the same person because: They look like duplicate to me
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by Anne-Marie Gélinas
Nina Reauveau
Agreed, I followed through and completed the merge... thank you for discovering this!
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by Nina Reauveau
Josiah is 13 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 25 degrees from Carl Sagan, 20 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 25 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 22 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 18 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 22 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 14 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 14 degrees from Isaac Newton, 21 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 21 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 11 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.