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Mary Foster (Jordan)

Also Known As: "Bailey"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: England (United Kingdom)
Death: 1698 (67-76)
Surry County, Virginia, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Arthur Jordan, I, of Surry; Arthur Jordan, I; Mary Jordan and Mary Rawlings
Wife of Arthur Bailey; Arthur Bailey, of Surry and Christopher Foster of Virginia
Mother of Ann Bailey; Edward Bailey, of Virginia and Christopher Foster
Sister of Colonel George Jordan; Juditha Jordan; Fortune Mills; Arthur Jordan, II, of Surry; William Jordan and 6 others

Managed by: Jill Chesler
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About Mary Foster

May have been named Mary. Married (1) Arthur Bayley and had issue Edward Bayley. Married (2) Christopher Foster with issue Christopher Foster b. 1649. Valentine Papers, Vol IV, p. 2273. Compare with Octavia Jordan Perry's "These Jordan's Were Here" p. 52



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Author Name: Bill Foster Author Email: iwasa43fan@yahoo.com Added: 13 Apr 2009 URL: William Foster's Families and Related Families Note: Mary married Christopher son of Phillip immigrant to Colonial Va.

Name: Mary JORDAN Sex: F Birth: 1625 in England Death: 1698 in Colonial Va Change Date: 5 OCT 2007 at 22:28:40

Father: Arthur JORDAN b: 1595 in Surry,England Mother: Mary RAWLINGS

Marriage 1 Christopher FOSTER b: Abt 1620 in England Married: Abt 1648 in Surry Co Colonial VA



Daughter of Arthur Jordan, sister of Col. George Jordan. Not to be confused with Mary, daughter of Samuel Jordan & Cecily Reynolds.


Parents appear to be incorrect here compared to Boddie:

From http://www.southern-style.com/Jordan.htm

Child of CICELY REYNOLDS and SAMUEL JORDAN is:

14. MARY9 JORDAN (SAMUEL SILAS8, ROBERT7, THOMAS6 JORDAINE, ROBERT II5, ROBERT I4, ROBERT3, JOHN2, THE1 JORDANS)79,80,81,82 was born 1621 in Jordan's Journey VA 940111.04B83,84, and died WFT Est. 1658-1716 85,86. She married ARTHUR BAILEY WFT Est. 1651-165787, son of THOMAS BAILEY and MARY WELSH.

Child of MARY JORDAN and ARTHUR BAILEY is:

21. i. EDWARD10 BAILEY, b. 1655, Ref. # 931012.04; d. WFT Est. 1686-1746.

Notes for MARY JORDAN:

Author: James P. C. Southall Title: Links in a Chain Virginia Historical Magazine Vol. 5 1 (No.4)1943380-393 Abbrev: Southall, Links in a Chain Type: Article, Journal Date: 27 DEC 1997


  • page 102-103 of The Descendants of Francis Muncy I: With Allied Families By Mary Edith Bullock Shaw. Not listed as daughter of Arthur Jordan.

Mary Jordan was born in 1620 in Surrey, England. She married Arthur Bailey in 1654 in Surry, Virginia. They had five children in 20 years. She died in 1698 having lived a long life of 78 years.

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Mary Foster's Timeline

1626
1626
England (United Kingdom)
1655
1655
Surry County, Virginia Colony
1658
1658
Holt Wiltshire,England
1659
1659
Surry County, Virginia
1698
1698
Age 72
Surry County, Virginia, Colonial America