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Elizabeth Raley (Fleming)

Also Known As: "Jordan", "Elizabeth Jordan"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia Colony, Colonial America
Death: July 20, 1763 (82)
Amelia County, Province of Virginia, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Col. Charles Fleming and Susanna Fleming
Wife of Samuel Jordan, of New Kent County and Thomas Raley
Mother of Charles Jordan, of Goochland County; Col. Samuel Jordan, Jr.; Matthew Jordan, I; unknown child (1) Jordan and unknown child (2) Jordan
Sister of Christian Havens; Susannah Tarleton Woodson; Ursula Woodson; Judith Davies; Grace Bates and 9 others

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About Elizabeth Raley


Biography

Elizabeth Fleming was born in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent, VA 23 OCT 1687. Elizabeth died 1758 in Of, Amelia, VA, at 70 years of age. She married twice. ? She married Samuel Jordan in Henrico, VA, 10 OCT or 10 Dec 1703. (Check date - the earlier date may have been the wedding bann.)

Family

Updated 15 January 2024

On 10 Dec 1703, Col. Samuel Jordan, Jr. was married to Elizabeth Raley, daughter of Col. Charles Fleming of New Kent County (Henrico Monthly Meeting of Friends: Record Book 1699-1757, p. 35; < AncestryImage >.

In his will of 2 October 1718, proved 11 June 1719, Samuel Jordan of New Kent County mentioned a wife Elizabeth (almost certainly the one he had married in 1703) and stated that he had five children then living, but unfortunately did not name them (two copies of the will are preserved in Library of Virginia, Richmond: Louisa County, Chancery Court Papers, File 1788-004 (Charles Jordan vs. Thomas Freeman), (https://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=109-1788-004, images 2-5 in case file).

They were:

  1. Charles Jordan, of Goochland County, b. 1706. Married Hellenah.
  2. Col. Samuel Jordan, Jr.. Married 1) Ruth Meredith 2) widow Judith (Scott) Ware
  3. Matthew Jordan, I. Married Jane Ware.
  4. unknown child (1) Jordan
  5. unknown child (2) Jordan

Elizabeth (Fleming) Jordan, Samuel's "relick" reportedly married secondly Thomas Raley in 1719 and died on 20 July 1763 in New Kent County, Virginia.

Detached children:

References

  • https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fleming-29 cites
    • Hinshaw, William Wade, editor. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, vol. VI. Friends Book, Richmond, IN, 1950
    • Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, 1750 - 1930, by William Wade Hinshaw ; Thomas Worth Marshall, editor and compiler. FamilySearch.org. Link to Vol. VI. Title Page. Film # 008649229. Index to surnames starts on Image 9 of 569. Henrico Monthly Meeting starts on Image 107 of 569. [1]
    • Dorman, John Frederick, editor. Adventurers of Purse and Person, 4th edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2005.
    • Chamberlayne, C. G., editor. The Vestry Book and Register of St. Peter's Parish 1684 to 1780. Library of Virginia, Richmond, 1997. Original Date, 1937.
    • Wulfeck, Dorothy Ford, Marriages of Some Virginia Residents 1607–1800 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1986); Page 69; Quote: Jordan, Samuel, Col., b. 15 Feb., 1679; will dated 1760; prov. 1761, Amelia Co.; m. 10 Oct., 1703, Elizabeth Fleming, daug. of Col. Charles and Susannah (_______) of New Kent Co. From Quaker Records in Baltimore. 35V437; Halifax, p. 215.
    • 35V437 (The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography); Quote: Fleming, etc., From Quaker Records. We are indebted to Mrs. P. W. Hiden, Newport News, Va., for the following notes from the Friends Registers, which supplement the genealogy of the Fleming family in Vols. XXIII and XXIV of this Magazine: Samuel Jordan married Elizabeth, daughter of Charles and Susannah Fleming, of New Kent, Oct. 6, 1703. ...
    • A History of Halifax County, Virginia, by Wirt Johnson Carrington. 1924. p. 215. Image; Quote: ... Samuel Jordan, born February 15, 1679. (Called Colonel Samuel Jordan of Amelia). He married Elizabeth Fleming, daughter of Colonel Charles Fleming, of New Kent County, Virginia, October 10, 1703 (or 1713). (These Quaker records preserved in Baltimore. His will dated 1760, and probated 1761 in Amelia County, Va.)
      • The cited will appears to be a conflation and the earlier (not quoted) reference to Samuel Jordon of the Sea Adventurer may also be conflation.
    • Trueblood Family in America, Bula Watson, 1964
  • https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I3804...
  • Updated from WikiTree Genealogy via mother Susanna Fleming (born Tarleton) by SmartCopy: Jan 23 2015, 17:55:47 UTC
  • GEDCOM Note (Research): Vestry Book: Elizabeth daughter of Charles Fleming and wife Susannah baptized Oct. 28 168?- In«i» St. Peter's Parish Register «/i»the following entries: John Fleming d. Aug 30, 1686 Elizabeth, d/o Charles and Susannah Fleming, b. Oct 23 (or 28), 168-. Charles s/o Tarleton and Hannah Fleming, b. Dec 10, 1725. In Goochland there is a marriage bond of Willam Bernard and Mary Fleming 1748.
  • GEDCOM Note. Book Vestry Book, St. Peter's Parish. New Kent Co., Va. Vestry Book and Register St. Peter's Parish, New Kent and James City Counties Parish Register of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co., Va Found in the 1890s- Now in the Library of the Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria.
  • ”Children of Col. Samuel Jordan of New Kent County” (Geni discussion) 1/11/2024 at 3:57 PM.
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Elizabeth Raley's Timeline

1680
October 23, 1680
St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia Colony, Colonial America
October 23, 1680
1685
October 23, 1685
Age 5
St Peter's Parish, New Kent Co. VA
1707
February 7, 1707
Nansemond County, Province of Virginia, Colonial America
1707
New Kent County, Virginia, British America
1716
1716
Seven Islands, Buckingham County, Virginia, Colonial America
1763
July 20, 1763
Age 82
Amelia County, Province of Virginia, Colonial America
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