From Virginia Through the Southwest:Information about Mary Jordan
Mary Jordan (b. Abt. 1621)
Notes for Mary Jordan:
Mary Jordan, eldest daughter of Samuel Jordan and Cecily Bailey Jordan was born at Jordan's Journey about 1621. Mary Jordan is listed on two censuses of early Virginia colonists, taken in 1623 and 1624/5 after her father's death- with her mother, sister Margaret, half-sister Temperance Bailey, and future step-father William Farrar:
From Persons of Quality:
"A List of Names; of the Living in Virginia, February the 16, 1623"
"Living
At Jordan's Jorney
Sislye Jordan
Temperance Baylife
Mary Jordan
Margery Jordan
William Farrar"
(37 more names follow the above listed.)
THE MUSTER OF THE INHABITANTS
OF JORDAN'S JOURNEY AND CHAPLAIN CHOICE
TAKEN THE 21TH OF JANUARY 1624
THE MUSTER OF Mr WILLIAM FERRAR & Mrs JORDAN
WILLIAM FERRAR aged 31 yeares in the Neptune in August 1618.
SISLEY JORDAN aged 24 yeres in the Swan in August 1610.
MARY JORDAN her daughter aged 3 yeares}
MARGARETT JORDAN aged 1 yeare}borne heare
TEMPERANCE BALEY aged 7 yeares}
Facts about Mary Jordan's adult life are uncertain. It is believed she married Arthur Bailey. Other sources say she married George Washington Richardson.
More About Mary Jordan and Arthur Bailey:
Marriage: Abt. 1640