THE JORDAN LINE LINE - FIRST GENERATION SAMUEL JORDAN Born: abt 1574 Wiltshire, England Died: Mar 1623 Jamestown, VA Parents: Marriage 1: ________ Marriage 2: Cicely (Green ) Bailey Samuel wrecked on the Vext Bermothes in1608 with Sir George Somers, and arrived in Jamestown Va in 1609. He was a member of the House of Burgesses, mentioned in census of 1623. Children of Samuel and 1st wife were: 1. THOMAS JORDAN b. 1600 (see below) 2. Samuel Jordan b. 1602 England. Was killed by Indians in great massacre of 1622. 3. Robert Jordan b. 1604 England. Was killed by Indians in great massacre of 1622. Children of Samuel and Cicely: 4. Mary Jordan b 1620 Isle of Wight, VA 5. Margaret Jordan b. 1622/3 Isle of Wight, VA JORDAN LINE - SECOND GENERATION THOMAS JORDAN Born: 1600 in England Died: Parents: Samuel Jordan - Married: Lucy Corker, dau of Capt. Wm. Corker and wife, Lucy. Corker was a Burgess from Surry Co VA. He was a soldier under Yeardly,had land grant in 1624 in VA, and like his father, was also a member of the House of Burgesses. Thomas and his wife had: 1. Thomas Jordan b. 1634 Nansemond Co VA m. Margaret Brasseur. He d. 1699. They had: Thomas b. 6 Jan 1660 m. 1679 Elizabeth Burgh; John b. 1663 m. 1688 Margaret Burgh; James b. 1665 d. 1695 m 1688 Elizabeth Ratcliffe; Robert b. 11 Jul 1668 was Quaker Minister, m. 1687 Christian Outland, m. 2nd Mary Bolson in 1690.; Richard b. 1670; Joseph b. 1672; Benjamin b. 1674; Matthew b. 1676; Samuel b. 1679; and Joshua b. 1681. 2. MARGARET JORDAN b. 1646 (see below) 3. Richard Jordan b. 1638 Nansemond Co VA, m. Elizabeth Reynolds. JORDAN LINE - THIRD GENERATION MARGARET JORDAN Born: 1646 Nansemond Co VA Died: Parents: Thomas Jordan - Lucy Corker Married: James Davis. Note: They were the parents of Mary Davis b. 2 Dec 1689 who wed James Wright. This is our connection. See the Davis line for children and descendants. Source: Appendix of Quaker Friend of Ye Olden Times, pg 257, also Quaker Records in Virginia by White, pg 41 Note: See info on History of Jamestown under the Wright line. Line of Descent: SAMUEL JORDAN, THOMAS JORDAN, MARGARET JORDAN, MARY DAVIS, JOHN WRIGHT, SARAH WRIGHT, SARAH BROOKS, JAMES JAY, LEVINA JAY, LYDIA THOMAS, LORETTA MACY, JAMES PARISHO, WAYNE PARISHO, SUSANNE PARISHO BG's/Images by "Daze of Our Lives"