Richard Jordan, Sr.

5. Richard Jordan 1670 - 1739 married 1706 Rebecca Ratcliff

Will

• Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850
• Name Richard Jordan
• Date 26 Dec 1723
• Location Isle of Wight
• Notes This probate record was extracted from microfilmed copies of the original Will Book.
• Remarks Richard Jordan. Leg.-wife Rebecca; son Richard; son Joseph; son Benjamin; son Mathew; daughter Elizabeth; daughter Mary; daughter Patience.
• Exs., wife and brother James Jordan.
• Description Decedent Book 2-161
• Prove date 26 Oct 1724

References

• Place: Nansemond Monthly Meeting: Chuckatuck Monthly Meeting Volume: Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. VI Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. AncestryImage Page 31
• Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol· VI. Page 24. AncestryImage “Ratcliff, Richard and Elizabeth, of Chuckatuck.”
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jordan-613 cites
• Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 Book 2-161
• Jordan Family, The Edward Pleasants Valentine Papers, Vol. IV, pages 2268-9
• https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SGZN-BLZ
• U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943; page 31

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He Married Rebecca Radcliff, 22 Aug 1706, in Travasco Neck, Nansemond County. Rebecca was born 3 Jul 1684, in Travasco Neck and died between 1739 and 1746 in the Isle of Wight County. She was the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Ratcliff of Travasco Neck. As were his parents, Thomas II* and Margaret Brasseur, Richard and Rebecca were Quakers. They had 7 children. He was a landowner and had 174 acres in Isle of Wight County in 1714. Children: i- Richard Jordan born about 1708. ii- Joseph Jordan born about 1710. iii- Benjamin Jordan born about 1712. iv- Elizabeth [Thomas] Parr born about 1714. v- Mary Jordan born about 1716. vi- Patience [James] Jordan born about 1718 vii- Matthew Jordan* born about 1720.

(*) These individuals have memorials posted by Paul Theodore Riegert.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: May 27 2021, 16:23:07 UTC