Nathaniel Jordan (1718 - abt. 1779)

Born 24 Dec 1718 in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Woodbury) Jordan — married about 1740 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine

Descendants

Died about 1779 at about age 60 in Spurwink, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Jordan served with 1st Regiment, Cumberland County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Nathaniel Jordan is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A062990.

Nathaniel Jordan is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 226801
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel

Nathaniel was born in 1718.^[1]

Nathaniel was Lieutenant Colonel of the militia raised in Cumberland County, and was on the pay roll as field and staff officer, 1779. He received by will of his father, over 400 hundred acres of land in five several tracts. ^[2]

Nathaniel was second in command of the disastrous Bagaduce Expedition of 1779 led by Col. Jonathan Mitchell. “He served in the French and Indian War, serving as ensign in Capt. Dominicus Jordan's Snowshoe com- pany in 1744, in the same captain's Training Company in 1757, and was first major and lieutenant colonel of the 1st. Cumberland County militia regiment in 1776, and later, and served in this regiment in 1779, also commanded the militia at Falmouth Neck after the discharge of this regiment.” ^[3]

Research Notes

Nathaniel married Hannah Woodberry on August 2, 1740 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine ^[4]

He is listed on the 1790 Census in Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Name: Nathaniel Jordan Gender: Male Birth Date: 24 Dec 1718 Birth Place: Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA Father: Dominicus Jordan Mother: Johanah Source Citation Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll Number: 59 Source Information Maine Birth Records, 1715-1922. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives. Maine Birth Records, 1715-1922, Maine State Archives, Augusta, Maine.
2. ↑ Will
3. ↑ Goold, Nathan. HISTORY OF COLONEL JONATHAN MITCHELL'S CUMBERLAND COUNTY REGIMENT BAGADUCE EXPEDITION 1779. Portland, ME: Press of the Thurston Print, 1899. https://archive.org/stream/historyofcolonel01gool/historyofcolonel01gool_djvu.txt
4. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q219-RM9R : 28 November 2018), Nathaniel Jordan and Hannah Woodberry, 02 Aug 1740; citing Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK2-CHP : accessed 16 December 2020), Nathaniel Jorden, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland, Maine, United States; citing p. 310, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 2; FHL microfilm 568,142.

• Marriage

Name: Nathaniel Jordan Gender: Male Marriage Date: 1740 Marriage Place: Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, USA Spouse: Hannah Woodberry Source Citation Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll Number: 59 Source Information Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Maine Marriage Records, 1713-1922. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives.

• AGBI

Name: Nathaniel Jordan Birth Date: 1718 Birthplace: Maine Volume: 93 Page Number: 337 Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 17 May 1905, 7831 Source Information Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.

• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F49H-Y8L : 14 January 2020), Nathaniel Jordan, 1718.

• "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKG-GMP : 2 March 2021), Nathaniel Jordan, 24 Dec 1718; citing Falmouth, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HVX-29D : 2 March 2021), Nathaniel Jordan, 24 Dec 1718; citing Falmouth, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HKG-LPK : 2 March 2021), Nathaniel Jordan and Hannah Woodberry, 02 Aug 1740; citing Falmouth, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 8, p. 986