Thomas
JORDAN
(b.
7 July 1634
,
Isle of Wight County, Crown Colony of Virginia
d.
8 October 1699
,
Suffolk City, Crown Colony of Virginia
)
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Thomas JORDAN was born 7 July 1634 in Isle of Wight County, Crown Colony of Virginia
Thomas JORDAN was the child of Thomas JORDAN and Lucy CORKERSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Thomas married Margaret BRASSEUR 23 March 1657 in Chuckatuck, Nansemond County, Virginia, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Margaret BRASSEUR was born 17 July 1642 in Chuckatuck, Nansemond County, Virginia, USA. Margaret died 7 October 1708 in Suffolk City, Virginia, USA. Margaret was the child of Robert BRASSEUR and Elizabeth FOWKE.
Thomas JORDAN died 8 October 1699 in Suffolk City, Crown Colony of Virginia.
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Margaret BRASSEUR-- Date: 23 March 1657 Place: Chuckatuck, Nansemond County, Virginia, USA
Margaret BRASSEUR was the child of Robert BRASSEUR and Elizabeth FOWKE
Children of Thomas JORDAN and Margaret BRASSEUR:
Joshua JORDAN (b.30 June 1681, , Crown Colony of Virginia d. 28 February 1717, , Crown Colony of Virginia)
m. Elizabeth SANBOURNE
Margaret BRASSEUR-- Date: 23 March 1657 Place: Chuckatuck, Nansemond County, Virginia, USAMargaret BRASSEUR was the child of Robert BRASSEUR and Elizabeth FOWKE
Children of Thomas JORDAN and Margaret BRASSEUR:
Joshua JORDAN (b.30 June 1681, , Crown Colony of Virginia d. 28 February 1717, , Crown Colony of Virginia)m. Elizabeth SANBOURNE
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1634 Birth 7 July 1634
Isle of Wight County, Crown Colony of Virginia
Biography
Thomas Jordan married Margaret Brashare who was one of the first known converts to the Society of Friends in the Virginia colony. She became a Quakeress in 1658 when she was only sixteen years old. Soon after their marriage in 1660, her husband, Thomas, also converted to the faith.
Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy notes, 'Thomas Jordan was probably the most influential Quaker in lower Virginia being a man of position and substance.'
In 1661, he was held, as he writes, 'in six weeks imprisonment for being taken at a meeting at my own house and released by the King's proclamation.' In the same year, Thomas Jordan also 'suffered' the following abuses for his Quaker beliefs: '. . . for being taken at a meeting at Robert Lawrence's and bound over to the court of Nansemond for refusing to swear according to their wills and against the commands of Christ, was sent up to Jamestown a prisoner for upwards of ten months. Presently John Blake took away my three servants...Read MORE...
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Thomas Jordan married Margaret Brashare who was one of the first known converts to the Society of Friends in the Virginia colony. She became a Quakeress in 1658 when she was only sixteen years old. Soon after their marriage in 1660, her husband, Thomas, also converted to the faith.
Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy notes, 'Thomas Jordan was probably the most influential Quaker in lower Virginia being a man of position and substance.'
In 1661, he was held, as he writes, 'in six weeks imprisonment for being taken at a meeting at my own house and released by the King's proclamation.' In the same year, Thomas Jordan also 'suffered' the following abuses for his Quaker beliefs: '. . . for being taken at a meeting at Robert Lawrence's and bound over to the court of Nansemond for refusing to swear according to their wills and against the commands of Christ, was sent up to Jamestown a prisoner for upwards of ten months. Presently John Blake took away my three servants...Read MORE...
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1657 Marriage / PartnerThomas JORDAN and Margaret BRASSEUR 23 March 1657, Chuckatuck, Nansemond County, Virginia, USA
He was 22 years old.
1681 Birth of ChildJoshua JORDAN was born 30 June 1681, , Virginia, USA
Thomas was 47 years old.
1699 Death 8 October 1699
Suffolk City, Crown Colony of Virginia
He died at the age of 65.
Thomas is buried at: Chuckatuck Friends Monthly Meeting Suffolk City Virginia, USA
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The state of Virginia was named after England's Queen Elizabeth I. In the early 1600's, all of North America that was not Spanish or French was then called 'Virginia' in honor of 'The Virgin Queen,' and the earliest English colonial expeditions were sent by the Virginia Company of London. (statesymbolsusa.org)Prior to 1788 - Crown Colony of Virginia
June 25, 1788 - Virginia becomes 10th U.S. state
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