Robert Jordan (abt. 1668 - abt. 1740)

Born about 11 Jul 1668 in Nansemond, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Christian (Taberer) Oudelant — married 9 Feb 1688 in Nansemond, Virginia

Husband of Mary (Belson) Jordan — married 10 May 1690 in Nansemond County, Virginia

Descendants

Died about 24 Sep 1740 at about age 72 in Westmoreland, Virginia

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Biography

Robert was a Friend (Quaker)

Robert was born in 1668 in Nansemond, Virginia. Robert Jordan married 1690-5-10 Mary Belson, daughter of Edmond Belson, deceased. He passed away in 1728 in Westmoreland, Virginia.^[1]

ROBERT JORDAN was born on 11 September 1668, in Nansemond Co., VA. He was the son of Thomas Jordan and Margaret Brasseur.

Robert married Christian Taberer on 9 February 1688, in Nansemond Co.^[2] They had one daughter: Christian. Christian died in Suffolk City on 26 August 1689.^[3]

At the age of 21, Robert Jordan married Mary Belson on 10 May 1690, in Nansemond Co. when she was 17 years old. They had nine children: Thomas, Robert, Joseph, Mary, Margaret, Elizabeth, Edmond, Bellson and Samuel. Mary died in Henrico Co. in 1717.

Robert Jordan married Dorothy Cary on 9 September 1718. Robert died in Westmoreland Co. on 3 October 1728, at the age of 60.

Robert Jordan was the fourth son of Thomas and Margaret (Brasseur or Brashare) Jordan. An additional six sons would follow Robert into the family’s home in Chuckatuck Parish, Nansemond County, Virginia; there were no daughters. Thomas and Margaret were noted Quakers, with Margaret having converted at the age of sixteen. Thomas became a Quaker soon after marrying Margaret in 1660, and was imprisoned for his beliefs in the following year.

In early 1688, 19-year-old Robert married Christian Taberer, aged 26. She was a daughter of Major Thomas and Margaret (Womble) Taberer. Christian was already a widow, having been married to William Oudelant as a teenager and delivered him three sons. The couple welcomed a daughter, Christian Jordan in March of 1689. But her mother passed away just five months later.

The following year, widower Robert Jordan married Mary Belson, and they would have nine more children. Once again, Robert was made a widower when Mary passed away in 1717.

Robert would marry for a third time in 1718 to Mrs. Dorothy (Cary) Pleasants.

A tribute was paid to Robert Jordan from the Yearly Meeting of Friends in Virginia following his death in 1728: “He was son of Thomas and Margaret Jordan of Nansemond County in Virginia, born the 11th of the seventh month 1668, and carefully educated in the way of truth by his worthy parents, who lived to see the religion of his education become that of his choice and practice in his mature years, in which he was preserved to the last without wavering, in great peace with the Lord and unity of his brethren. He was an hospitable man, very ready to entertain strangers, especially the Lords Messengers, whom he treated with great respect and affection, honouring them for their works sake; being also charitable to the poor, and as a man of trade and commerce, obtained a good reputation, having declared he had never wronged any man knowingly in all his life. In the time of his illness, which continued about two weeks, he seemed very patient and resigned to the will of God, and much concerned for the everlasting welfare of his children, which he expressed in a lively manner; and often in fervent prayer, desired they might be preserved from the vanities and corruptions of this world, and that they might love and fear the Lord in their youth, saying at one time, “Lord preserve my flock, let them never go astray, nor forget thee, nor one another.” “O my God! hold them in they arms that none of them be lost, let not the enemy prevail over them.” Being humbly thankful and blessed God, that he had been pleased to support him through every dispensation of his providence to that time. He died the 3d of the eighth month 1728, and on the 9th of the same month, after a large meeting held on the occasion was interred in the family burying ground.”^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943, page 31.
2. ↑ U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 (Provo, UT, Ancestry.com), Chuckatuck, Nansemond, Western Branch, Somerton Minutes, 1673-1756, page 67.
3. ↑ U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 (Provo, UT, Ancestry.com), Chuckatuck, Nansemond, Western Branch, Somerton Minutes, 1673-1756, page 69.
4. ↑ The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers, Volume II (Richmond, VA: Whittet & Shepperson, 1979), pages 722-723; Ancestry.com.

Acknowledgements

• Jordan-5363 was created by Kevin Jones through the import of An Incomplete OklaTexan Story_2015-02-09_01.ged on Feb 9, 2015.