William Jordan (abt. 1698 - 1758)

Born about 1698 in Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America (1652-1776)

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Died 1758 at about age 60 in Surry, Virginia, British Colonial America (1652-1776)

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Birth

Estimated date of birth is between 1695-1705. I chose 1698 as will and deeds indicate that William was the eldest son and three were born during this time period. ~KMJ

William Jordan evidently died unmarried and without issue

This is from the website with research with citations by Robert Baird found at [1]. Source: Surry County Deeds & Wills Book 9, p760, abstracted by Hart.

The will of Richard Jordan III, dated 27 November 1749 and proved 19 November 1751, distributes his remaining land, a total of 900 acres, among his sons William, Benjamin, and Joseph Jordan but mentions no other children. Richard Jordan III's wife’s name does not appear anywhere in the records, nor are there any clues to possible daughters. The Surry records do not suggest the existence of any sons other than the three named in his will. There are no clues to the ages of the three sons, and few clues to their order of birth, so the birth dates and sequence below are just guesses.

William Jordan (c1695-1705? – 1758) William is listed here as the eldest child based on his being the executor of his father and the recipient of the greatest amount of land. His first appearance in the records may have been his witness to a neighbor’s deed in 1728. [Surry County Deed Book 7, p936.]

Due to the presence in Surry of two William Jordans of about the same age, the first record of him we can be certain of is his 1737 patent for land adjoining his father. [Virginia Patent Book 17, p358]

Oddly, the patent adjoined both his father’s 1724 patent and his father’s portion of the Richard Jordan II 1689 patent, but the survey names the occupier of those lands as William Jordan himself, not his father, suggesting that his father had previously installed him on those lands. He evidently did not hold title, for those lands were left to him in his father’s will of 1749. On 18 March 1739, he sold half of his 1737 patent, with no wife releasing dower. [Surry County Deeds & Wills Book 9, p37]

William appears in a number of records thereafter, most of no particular genealogical value other than his father’s will. William Jordan evidently died unmarried and without issue, for his will, dated 18 January 1758 and recorded on 16 May 1758, leaves his estate to his brother Joseph Jordan and to Joseph’s sons Henry, Stephen and Jesse Jordan. [Surry County Will Book 10, p140].

His remaining land, some 400 acres, was left to his nephews Henry Jordan and Stephen Jordan who sold it outside the family a few years later.

Robert Baird has more information on the records used to determine this information at http://www.genfiles.com/jordan-files/Jordanchron1720-1780.pdf.

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