Margaret
BRASSEUR
Born
17 July 1642
,
Chuckatuck, Nansemond County, Crown Colony of Virginia
Died
7 October 1708
,
Suffolk City, Crown Colony of Virginia
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Margaret BRASSEUR was born 17 July 1642 in Chuckatuck, Nansemond County, Crown Colony of Virginia
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Margaret married Thomas JORDAN 23 March 1657 in Chuckatuck, Nansemond County, Virginia, USA . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thomas JORDAN was born 7 July 1634 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA. Thomas died 8 October 1699 in Suffolk City, Virginia, USA. Thomas was the child of Thomas JORDAN and Lucy CORKER.
Margaret BRASSEUR died 7 October 1708 in Suffolk City, Crown Colony of Virginia.
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Thomas JORDAN-- Date: 23 March 1657 Place: Chuckatuck, Nansemond County, Virginia, USA
Thomas JORDAN was the child of Thomas JORDAN and Lucy CORKER
Thomas JORDAN-- Date: 23 March 1657 Place: Chuckatuck, Nansemond County, Virginia, USAThomas JORDAN was the child of Thomas JORDAN and Lucy CORKER
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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1642 Birth 17 July 1642
Chuckatuck, Nansemond County, Crown Colony of Virginia
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Margaret Brashare was descended from French Huguenot Protestants but joined the Society of Freiends in 1658 when she was only sixteen years old. She married Thomas Jordan in 1660, and soon after her husband, Thomas, also converted to the faith.
Both Thomas and Margaret suffered much for their faith.
When Margaret died, the following was entered into the Minutes of the Chuckatuck Monthly Meeting.
1708, 10, 7. Margaret d; a memorial concerning her by her s, Ben; she was dt of Robert Brashare & was b 1642,7mo; 'convinced of
the Truth about the 16 yr of her ae; a sufferer with my father both by confinement & also the spoiling of their Goods'; 'about the 63 year of her ae shee was taken with an indisposition of boddy
wch continued near 3 yr'; mentioned my eldest brother's w & severall of my brothers; d at 6 of the clock att night in
remarkable quietness the 7th day of the 10 mo in the yr 1708 having lived about 66 yr & survived my father 9 yr lacking 18 hr.
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Margaret Brashare was descended from French Huguenot Protestants but joined the Society of Freiends in 1658 when she was only sixteen years old. She married Thomas Jordan in 1660, and soon after her husband, Thomas, also converted to the faith.
Both Thomas and Margaret suffered much for their faith.
When Margaret died, the following was entered into the Minutes of the Chuckatuck Monthly Meeting.
1708, 10, 7. Margaret d; a memorial concerning her by her s, Ben; she was dt of Robert Brashare & was b 1642,7mo; 'convinced of
the Truth about the 16 yr of her ae; a sufferer with my father both by confinement & also the spoiling of their Goods'; 'about the 63 year of her ae shee was taken with an indisposition of boddy
wch continued near 3 yr'; mentioned my eldest brother's w & severall of my brothers; d at 6 of the clock att night in
remarkable quietness the 7th day of the 10 mo in the yr 1708 having lived about 66 yr & survived my father 9 yr lacking 18 hr.
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1657 Marriage / PartnerMargaret BRASSEUR and Thomas JORDAN 23 March 1657, Chuckatuck, Nansemond County, Virginia, USA
She was 14 years old.
1681 Birth of ChildJoshua JORDAN was born 30 June 1681, , Virginia, USA
Margaret was 38 years old.
1699 Death of Spouse/PartnerThomas JORDAN died 8 October 1699, Suffolk City, Virginia, USA
1708 Death 7 October 1708
Suffolk City, Crown Colony of Virginia
She died at the age of 66.
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Margaret is buried at:
Chuckatuck Friends Monthly Meeting Suffolk City Virginia, USA
Added: 6/28/2016 9:33:44 AM
- Updated: 9/1/2017 11:43:55 AM
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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