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The Descendants of Samuel JORDAN (1578-present)

Generation No. 1

1. SAMUEL¹ JORDAN was born 1578 in Wilshire, England, and died 1623 in Charles City, Virginia. He married (1) UNKNOWN Abt. 1595 in England. She was born Unknown in England, and died Abt. 1609 in England. He married (2) CICELY GREEN 1618 in Virginia. She died in Virginia.

Notes for SAMUEL JORDAN:
The following information was gathered from two publications, "These Jordans Were Here" by Octavia Jordan Perry and "The Family History of Charles Wesley Jordan of Georgia" by John Russey. This writer contacted Mr. John Russey of San Antonio, Texas, shortly after discovering his book at the Georgia State Archive. His intention was to correct some errors which he found in Octavia Jordan Perry's work. Mr. Russey was ninety-three years old when contacted in 1988. His book was published in 1971. His memory of that work had faded, but he gave the writer information about other Jordans living in Texas and Virginia.

Thanks are also due to Jordan researchers Barbara Hamman (( vada26@aol.com )) and Claudia Cox
Welton (( coxwelton@home.com )).

The Lineage of the Jordan Family

Samuel Jordan (1578-1623) was married first in England to a woman whose name is unknown. He married second in America to Cicely by whom he had two daughters.

By his first wife he had issue of

Anne Maria (1596 - ?) married Lawrence Hulet (1598 - 1658)
Robert (1598 - 1622)
Thomas (1600 - ?)
Samuel (1608 - ?)

Thomas was the father of another Thomas Jordan (1634 - 1700) married Margaret Brashere (1692 - 1705). They had issue of:

Thomas (b. 1660)
Benjamin (b. 1674)
John (b. 1663)
Matthew (b. 1676)
James (b. 1665)
Samuel (1679 - 1719)
Robert (b. 1668)
Joshua (b. 1681)
Richard (b. 1670) Elizabeth
Joseph (b. 1672) Margaret

Samuel (1679 - 1719) married Elizabeth Fleming (168? - ?) had issue of:
Samuel (1704 - 1789) married (1) Ruth Meredith and
(2) Judith Scott Ware
Charles (1706 - 1774)
Daughter
Daughter
Matthew (1716 - 1769) married Julia Ware
Charles (1706 - 1774) married Hellenah. They, had issue of:
Charles II (1727 - 1780)
James (b. 1739) married Sarah Stodghill
Matthew (b. 1741) married Mary Stodghill
Elizabeth (b. 1743) married Benjamin Sublet
William (b. 1745) married Elizabeth Woodson

Charles II married (1) Mary and (2) Martha. From the dates of his children's birth A appears that Samuel and Dempsey were born to Mary; and, the other children were born to Martha. This assumption cannot be proven.

Samuel (1749 - 1135) married Margaret Daniel
Dempsey (1754 - 1133) married Sarah
Charles III (1764 - 1132) married (1) Anne
(2) Elizabeth Lockett
(3) Frances
Sarah

Although Mr. Russey admitted that he suspected more children may be included in each line, he listed all that could be documented by his research. This writer has located documentation at the Greene County, Georgia courthouse which proves that Peninnah Jordan was also the daughter of Charles Jordan II. It is not known which wife of Charles Jordan was her mother, or what was her date of birth. Based on Gwinnett County, Georgia Census records for 1820-1830 it is assumed that she died between 1820 and 1830.

Samuel Jordan was aboard the Seaventure, as were Sir Thomas Gates, the Governor, and Sir George Somers. A sever storm was encountered off the coast of Bermuda in the latter part of July 1609. The Seaventure was wrecked beyond repair. The other ships outrode the storm and proceeded to Jamestown with the Seaventure's cargo, but none of her passengers.

The officers and crew of the Seaventure remained on the coast of Bermuda for nine months building two ships, aptly named Patience and Deliverer. The ships arrived at Jamestown in May 1610. Samuel Jordan, an educated man, was assigned the task of keeping a record of events which are found in Hakluytls "Voyages, Travels and Discoveries.''

In 1618 Samuel married Cicely a widow with a young
daughter, Temperance Bailey. Cicely was born in England in 1600
and arrived in America in 1610 aboard the Swan.

Samuel Jordan was a member of the first House of Burgesses, a representative of St. James City, which was convened in 1619 by George Yeardley, Governor and Captain general of Virginia. This was the first legislative body to convene in America.

A land grant of four hundred and fifty acres was made at St. James City in 1620 to Samuel and Cicely. He patented the land, which lay on the south side of the James River just below the confluence of the Appomattox with the James. He called his plantation "Jordan's Journey" or "Jordan's Point." Both Samuel and Cicely were accorded the title of Ancient
Planters.

When the Indian Massacre-occurred in March 1622, Samuel gathered his family and neighbors into his home and fortified it. His son, Robert, was killed by the Indians "at Berkley-Hundred some five miles from Charles City." Although it would seem that Thomas Jordan had several children, only one is on record.

Thomas Jordan II was born in Virginia in 1634; died 1700. He married Margaret Brashere in 1659, the daughter of Robert Brashere of Huguenot decent.

He was the first Quaker of his family and became very prominent in that faith. He had ten sons, some of whom became Quaker ministers, and two daughters. All his children were born in Nansemond County, Virginia.

Samuel Jordan, son of Thomas and Margaret Jordan, was born in Nansemond County, Virginia in 1679. He died between October 1718, when he made out his will, and June 1719, when his will was probated in New Kent County, Virginia.

According to Quaker records, he was married in December 1703 to Elizabeth Fleming, daughter of Charles and Sussanna Tarleton Fleming of New Kent County. Charles Fleming was the son of Sir Thomas Fleming and grandson of Lord John Fleming, Earl of Wigton, Scotland. Although Samuel and Elizabeth were married according to Quaker rites, they later became Episcopalians.

Charles Fleming is recorded between 1714 and 1718 as owning some 4,259 acres on the south and north sides of the James River, and as owner jointly with John Woodson of 1,279 acres which constituted Elk Island and adjacent land on the north side of the James River. Part of this latter tract of 1,279 acres was willed by Charles Fleming to his grandsons, namely Charles Jordan and George Bates.

Of Samuel and Elizabeth Jordan's children, two play
important roles in the early settling of Georgia. Matthew Jordan
was born in 1716 and died in 1769. He married Julia Scott Ware, daughter of Judith Scott Ware who after the death of her husband (Peter Ware) married Samuel Jordan, the older brother of Matthew Jordan. They had issue of ten children. It is known that at least two of his sons migrated to Georgia, Reuben and Fleming.

Reuben Jordan was born in 1754 and married first to Ann Howard of Goochland County, Virginia. He married second, about 1812, to Genette Harvie in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. By his father's will he, jointly with his brothers William and Benjamin, received some 940 acres in Buckingham County, Virginia. His children were:

Martha, who married Dr. Bradley Reuben, who married (1) Nancy Johnson and (2) ______ Williamson
Fleming, who married Ann Merriweather
Margaret
Betsy, who married Dr. George Merriweather
Mortimor, who married _______ Gray

Charles Scott, first of the children born in Georgia (1801) married (1) Rebecca Johnson in 1825
Nathan
Jane

Reuben Jordan appears in the Georgia Census for 1830 and 1840 as living in Jasper County.

Fleming Jordan (1763 - 1831) married in 1792 to Martha Gaines Moore, daughter of John Moore, ensign and lieutenant of the American Revolution, and of Martha Harvie, daughter of John Harvie, from Scotland, who was guardian of Thomas Jefferson; and of Martha who was daughter of Colonel Daniel Gaines. (Information from Wilkes County, Georgia, Marriages 1790-1832)

According to his father's will, Fleming, jointly with his brothers John and Matthew, received one thousand acres in Albemarle County, Virginia.

Charles Jordan, son of Samuel and Elizabeth Jordan, was the first Charles to be so named among the direct descendants of Samuel Jordan I, evidently named in honor of his mother's father, Charles Fleming. Proof of this Charles Jordan is necessary to the research of this writer and Mr. John Russey. That proof is found in deed records as follows. However, he was not listed in the works of Octavia Jordan Perry.

Charles Fleming died between 1717 and 1720. He had willed 500 acres of land in Goochland County, Virginia to two of his grandsons, namely Charles Jordan and George Bates, as shown in the following:

"There is on record in Goochland a deed dated April 17, 1736, from Tarleton Woodson of Henrico County to Colonel John Fleming conveying 1,290 acres in Goochland (part of what is known as the 'Lickinghole Survey') - 500 acres of said land had been given by the will of Charles Fleming to his grandsons Charles Jordan and George Bates. And also a deed in Goochland, dated April 1736, from John Fleming to his nephews Charles Jordan, George Bates, Samuel Jordan, and Matthew Jordan, conveying 500 acres in Goochland which he had bought from Tarleton Woodson."

Only one daughter of Charles Fleming married a Jordan, Samuel, and one daughter married John Bates. So there can be no doubt to the identity of the two grandsons whom Charles Fleming named in his will.

Charles Jordan's date of birth has not been found in the record. It can only be estimated. His older brother, Samuel, was born in 1704. His younger brother, Matthew, was born in 1716, only a year or so before his father's death at the age of forty. Therefore, it can be assumed that Charles and his two sisters (names not given) were born between 1704 and 1716. Due to the dates of ensuing events, it is believed he was born about 1706.

He married Hellenah about 1727. In 1735 he was granted 400 acres in Goochland County near the mountains on Rock House Branch. The property was described, under date of March 15, 1735, as "on the north side of the Fluvanna River and crossing Rock House Branch." Under the date of September 25, 1746, the property was listed to Matthew Jordan as "adjoining his own land." It is assumed that Charles sold the land to his younger brother, Matthew, as his own son of that name was at the time only five years old.

Charles Jordan was listed as a member of the vestry of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland County, in 1756.

On July 13, 1765, he made Deeds of Gift to two of his sons, Matthew and James as follows:

"Give, grant and confirm unto son Matthew Jordan 100 acres of land lying on little lickinghole creek beginning on the Thomas Fleming line.''

"to beloved son, James Jordan 75 acres of land beginning on Ferrars Decline", and mentions Little Rocky Branch.

Both deeds were signed, sealed and delivered in presence of Charles Jordan, Jr., Mary Powell and John Woodson.

His will, dated May 7, 1773, found in Goochland County, was proved there on May 16, 1774. The Douglas Register records his funeral on November 6, 1773 with the service on Psalm 23. His will provided that:

to Hellenah, during her natural life - 17 slaves; at her death the 17 slaves and increase should be divided equally among his five children, to wit Charles Jordan, James Jordan, Matthew Jordan, William Jordan, and Elizabeth Jordan Soblet. Likewise he left all his stock and furniture.

"I give and bequeath unto my son Charles Jordan 150 acres lying
on Little Lickinghole Creek 11

"I give and bequeath unto my son William Jordan the tract of land on which I now dwell.''

"As to the lands that my two sons James Jordan and Matthew Jordan has some years ago made them a deed of gift so that it is
needless to mention it in my will.

He appointed his wife and three sons Charles, James and William as Executors of his He appointed his will. The will was witnessed by Samuel Jordan, Ambrose Stodghill and John Woodson.

The known children of Charles Jordan were:

James, born circa 1739. He married Feb. 27, 1761 St. James Northam Parish, Sarah Stodghill. His children, listed in the Douglas Register and his will-were:

John (1761); James (1763); Charles Fleming (1764); Samuel (1766); Myles (1769); Elizabeth (1770); Reuben (1773); John (1775); and Obediah (ca. 1777)

Matthew, born circa 1741. He married Oct. 1, 1763 St. James Northam Parish, Mary Stodghill. The children listed in the Douglas Register were:

Elizabeth (1764); Helena (1766); Matthew (1769); Mary (1772); and Reeves (1775).

There were probably other children, but not listed in the Douglas Register because it is thought that Matthew migrated to Georgia shortly after selling his land in Goochland County. Matthew Jordan was granted 150 acres of land in St. George Parish, Georgia, by the British in 1772. St. George Parish became Burke County under American rule. His eldest brother, Charles II, was granted 400 acres in St. Paul Parish in 1770 which was surveyed for him in 1766.

Elizabeth, born circa 1743. She married June 24, 1762 to Benjamin Soblet, both of St. James Northam Parish. The children of Elizabeth and Benjamin Soblet were:

Sarah (1763); Charles Jordan (1766); Ursley (1769); Elizabeth (baptized 1771); Elisabeth (baptized 1775); Benjamin Branch (1774); and Samuel (1776)

William, born circa 1745. He married Nov. 16, 1771 to Elizabeth Woodson, both of Goochland. She was the daughter of Joseph Woodson. The record is accompanied by letters of consent from Joseph Woodson and Charles Jordan.

On Feb. 15, 1779, "Helena Jordan, widow of Charles Jordan, and William Jordan, son of said Charles by the said Helena of the County of Goochland" sold to John Ellis, Jr. of the County of Henrico for 300 pounds Current Money of Virginia 150 acres of land, by estimation, lying on Turkahoo Creek, bounded by the lines of Thomas Ferrar (deceased), Anthony Martin, the meanders of Broad Branch to Turkahoo Creek thence down said creek to the line of James Jordan, thence to the line of the heirs of Thomas Ferrar. Signed - William Jordan.

A Fiat for Grant was issued to William Jordan on March 16, 1769 by the Bristish for 400 acres in the Parish of St. George, Georgia, bounded on the west by James Anderson and by lands vacant. The Colonial Records of Georgia show that WillianArdan paid rent on 400 acres at two shillings (quit rent) in Au 1769. It is believed that William came to Georgia, located the land and had it surveyed. Then he returned to Virginia to sell his property before taking up residence in Georgia.

Charles Jordan II, born about 1727. This year was chosen because his oldest son, Samuel, was born August 18, 1749. He therefore married about 1748, the name of his wife or wives not known. As shown below, Mary Jordan signed a Colonial Georgia

Receipt for Rent on a Land Grant to Charles in 1771; and Martha Jordan (seal) signed a Bill of Sale on 150 acres of land in Goochland County, Virginia, with Charles in 1777. Mary, signing with her mark, and Martha, with a seal, indicates that they are not the same persons. It was not uncommon that a man had two or more successive wives at that time.

No record relating to Charles II, his wife or children, is listed in the Douglas Register which covers the period 1750 to 1797, even though his second son, Dempsey, was born December 6, 1754. This indicates they were no longer in St. James Northam Parish, and the name 'Dempsey' provides a clue.

Joseph Jordan, son of Thomas and Margaret Jordan, married Holia Christi and moved from Nansemond County, Virginia, to Perquimans Precinct, Province of Carolina. They had a son, Joseph II, who married Mary Ricks, who in turn produced Joseph III who married Jane Barron. Joseph and Jane had a son, Micajah, who was the father of Ann Jordan who married Dempsey Connor. Charles Jordan II and Joseph Jordan III were of the same generation and about the same age. The name 'Dempsey' is not found among the Jordans in Virginia, and certainly derives from North Carolina.

It is therefore shown that Charles II moved into North Carolina prior to 1750 and settled in the Pasquotack - Perquimans area where Joseph Jordan had located. Many other Jordans had moved from Virginia to Carolina Province. The difference in Charles II age and that of his brothers and sister, with the possibility that his father provided him with a step-mother, would have been conducive to such a move.

Charles II was in Goochland County, Virginia, on July 13, 1765, when he witnessed the Deed of Gift made by his father to James and Matthew Jordan (see above). It appears that his father, Charles I, had then decided on the manner in which his estate was to be divided and disposed of the shares of land to be given to his sons James and Matthew at that time. It is possible that Charles and William were told what their eventual shares would be.

The Georgia Colonization records of Fiats for Grants, 1767-1771, has the following entry:

"20 Oct 1770 - Jordan, Charles. 400 acres in the Parish of St. Paul, bounded on all sides by Land Vacant.''

Surveyors certificate dated 13 August 1766.

It is assumed that Charles II had selected the land and had it surveyed at his own expense. -St. Paul Parish of the Bristish regime became Wilkes County, Georgia.

Charles II sold the above 400 acres of land on the "16th day of January in the fifteenth year of of the reign of your sovereign Lord George the Third ... (1775).

A summary of data relating to the children of Charles Jordan I at the time of their disappearance from Virginia and appearance in the Province of Georgia seems to present a common plan.

Last entry in Land Grant in Sold land
Goochland Co., VA Georgia in Virginia

Charles II 400 acres, St. Paul 150 acres, Goochland Co.

James 4/ 1775 200 acres, St. George Died in VA. 1783
Survey 1770. Granted Disposed of Land in 1772 by Will

Matthew 6/ 1775 150 acres, St. George 100 acres, 1777
Granted in 1772 Goochland Co.

William 6/ 1773 400 acres, St. George 150 acres, 1779
Survey 1769. Granted
in 1769.

Charles Jordan II was a Captain of the Georgia Militia. His son, Samuel, served under him at Fort Wells, Wilkes County, several terms before 1778. Captain Jordan lived in the fort until it was destroyed by the Tories under Tate in September 1778.

In the Minutes of the First Court, State of Georgia, Wilkes County, August 26, 1779, the Grand Jury ordered that Charles Jordan ... be sworn and sent to attend on the Grand Jury to give evidence in behalf of the State against Joshua Rials.

Joshua Rials was found guilty by the Court of "high treason against this State, that he did act in conjunction with Tate and the Creek Indians - When the said Tate and the Creek Indians were doing Murder on the Frontier of this County last March... -- Signed John Dooley, Attorney General

By Charles Jordan Charles Jordan, Jr.

Charles Jordan II was "Commander in Chief" at Fort Rogers on the north fork of the Ogeechee River, then that part of Wilkes County which became Warren County, when the fort was destroyed by a party of about 300 Creek Indians. He lost considerable property during the affair. His house and outhouses were near the fort and burned, with their contents, by the Indians. His daughter, Sarah, was living with him at-the time.

A claim was made by his son, Dempsey Jordan, in 1822 for the loss, upon which an allowance of $1,150 was made for the property and interest entered as "43 years - $2,967." The listed property loss included: Three feather Beds and furniture $ 90
One Negro Fellow, 18 or 20 years 350
Household furniture taken or destroyed 150
Three Head Horses 150
Forty-five Head Cattle @ $8 360
Twenty Head Cattle @ $2.50 50

An index to Wilkes County Will Book ID D1 - 1779-1792 lists Charles Jordan, recorded on page ninety-five of that Will book. The book, however, was supposedly burned in the office of a lawyer who had borrowed it, and only the index and a small number of the wills have been found. "The loss of this book is nothing short of a tragedy.''

Captain Charles Jordan was killed in the second siege of Augusta, Georgia, in September 1780. His death is recorded in several texts.

The list of his four children below is thought to be far from complete:

Samuel, born in Virginia or Province of Carolina in 1749; died in March 1835 at the house of his brother Charles in Walton County, Georgia. He was about eighty-six years old.

He enlisted December 10, 1776, under Captain John McIntosh and served under various commands until October 21, 1779. His Declaration in order to obtain a pension, made in Walton County in 1832, resulted in an award of eighty dollars per annum to commence on March 4, 1831.

On December 12, 1821, in Gwinnett County, Georgia, he married Margaret Daniel, who was also pensioned after his death at eighty dollars per annum. In her Declaration in order to obtain a pension, made in DeKalb County, Georgia in 1853, she stated that she was the only heir of her late husband. (So, there were no children or none alive at that time)

Dempsey Jordan, born Province of Carolina December 6, 1754; died in Taliaferro County, Georgia, November 3, 1833. He was about seventy-nine years old.

He enlisted in Georgia in 1776 under Colonel John McIntosh and served two years in Savannah. At the end of that enlistment he returned home and volunteered under General Elijah Clark. He was at the siege of Augusta and helped to dig the notorious Brown out of a cave in the fort. He served more than four years entirely in Georgia.

The Declaration of his widow, Sarah Jordan, made in 1836 and 1837 state that she was married to Dempsey by David Holloman, a Justice of the Peace, at Fort Alexander in January 1777, while he was a soldier. "And she does not know of any person living who was at said marriage - nor does she know (such was the state of the country) whether there was any record made of such marriage

Dempsey made affidavit in Greene County, Georgia, in October 1802, that in 1779 a party of Creek Indians set fire to Fort Rogers, in which he resided, and that all his household furniture was burned and carried off by the Indians; who also carried off a Negro fellow between 19 and 21 years, several horses and about forty head of cattle. The total claim amounted to $1,430.

Sarah Jordan - the only record of her is contained in Volume II, part 2, Indian Depredations, 1787-1825, Original Claims in the department of Archives and History of Georgia, consisting of an affidavit made in Hancock County, Georgia, on October 14, 1822, to the effect that

Some time about the year 1779 she lived with and was at her father's house -- upon the north fork of the Ogeechee River (then Wilkes County) which houses stood near a fort called Harris (and by others called Fort Marbary) when the Creek Indians, supposed to be three hundred in number, made an attack upon said fort. They commenced their attack about one o'clock and continued until about twelve o'clock at night. That this deponent was in the fort and saw her father's house, which was near and in sight, her father and one other then being in the house from which they retreated into the fort. She recounted the loss of said house and outhouses with contents "reasonably worth three hundred dollars"; six head of horses; eight cows and calves. "There were pieces of hides left and the general impression among the whites who came to the relief of the fort the next morning was that some pieces of hides and horses were used to carry off the dead and wounded.''

Since this affidavit was made in Hancock County in 1822, it is reasonable that additional records concerning this Sarah Jordan may be located there.

Charles Jordan III, born in a "Northern state" in June 1764; died in Meriwether County, Georgia in August 1832. The foregoing information is from the Declaration of Frances, the third wife if Charles Jordan III, made in 1837 in order to obtain a petition. The northern state is believed to be North Carolina. from that Declaration...

Said Charles Jordan, deceased, was called into service, residence in Wilkes County, Georgia, sometime during the year 1780, probably the earlier part of that year." Serving in the Militia of the State, he performed "scouting and reconnoitering on the frontiers, building and sustaining forts and protecting the inhabitants." "At that time Georgia and Carolina were measurably in possession of the British from their control of Augusta and Charleston, and expeditions were entirely on the defensive and cautiously engaged in and with an eye to protect the frontier settlements from Tory fiends and Indian massacre. They were worse indeed and more imperative than danger and injury from the British enemy by whom they were encouraged, sometimes assisted and always communicated with from those Bristish forts.''

The first Declaration filed by Frances Jordan (1833) was rejected and returned for additional witnesses. This second filing in 1837 was evidently satisfactory toward receipt of the pension.

Charles Jordan III resided in Wilkes County when first called into the Militia. He was about sixteen years old at that time. During the Revolution he resided at various times in that part of Wilkes County which was sub-divided into Columbia and Lincoln counties. He lived in Lincoln County from 1790 to 1806. During 1807 and 1808 he resided in Jackson County; and, from 1809 to 1816 he lived in Morgan County. From there he moved to Monroe County, Alabama, where he resided for nine years near the Burnt Corn Spring up to and including 1825. From Alabama he returned to Georgia into Upson County, where he remained in 1826 and 1827. He moved to Meriwether County in the Spring of 1828 and remained there to the time of his death. "He was a pioneer, frontier man and usually attended to cattle stock with merely a farm home.''

Additional documentation located in Greene County, Georgia includes the Last Will of Sarah Jordan, wife of Dempsey Jordan; the filing for Letters of Administration upon the estate of Captain Charles Jordan by his son, Dempsey; and, the Inventory of receipts paid the Charles Jordan estate. These documents reveal several important points in support of, and in addition to, the research done by John Russey.

Namely, that no Will performed by Captain Charles Jordan was extant in 1822, when Dempsey Jordan filed for his father's losses from the Creek Indian massacre of 1779; and

That Dempsey Jordan and Elijah Jordan filed for Letters of Administration at which time they posted a $3,000 bond against compiling a complete inventory and making disbursements to "any person to whom settlement is legally entitled"; and

That there were five (5) heirs to the estate of Captain Charles Jordan. This point is made through the inventory of receipts and disbursements relating to the settlement of the estate; and

That payment was made to James Stanley for himself and his brothers, in name of their mother, Peninnah Jordan. The settlement amount collected by Jordan, James, Samuel and Stephen Stanley amounted to $250; and

That Dempsey Jordan received a one-fifth share of the settlement in 1823 "By my distributive share, it being the one-fifth part, in the amount of $372; and

That Dempsey's sons, Edmund and William, signed as receiving a share in 1835 as administrators of Dempsey Jordan, one of the distributees, "in full of his distributive share," in the amount of $392; and

That Elijah Jordan, son of Dempsey, was the Administrator de bonis of the Charles Jordan estate in 1837. Elijah signed as receiving the balance in full of the estate which amounted to $1,050.

The final settlement and Inventory was referred to the court in Greene County, Georgia, on April 28, 1837. The papers were signed by J. W. Porter, for the court in the May Term, 1837. Finally, the Inventory and payment schedule was recorded by Thomas Grimes, Clerk of Court, July 29, 1837.

Within the text of his petition for Letters of Administration, Dempsey agreed to make settlement with all persons who were legally entitled. In fact, the listing of payments indicates that settlement was made only-to those persons who filed legal documents requesting settlement. Dempsey and his sons received shares which amounted to eighty-eight percent of the total. From these facts it would appear that Dempsey had the intent of
receiving the entirety of the payments made by the State for his father's losses from 1779.

Although these proceedings were begun in 1822, final settlement was not made to all payees until 1836. The payment amounts include interest accumulated on an original amount of $1,150 to be paid by the State. Within the payment schedule agreed upon by the State, a total of $1,993 was paid to the estate by July of 1833.

Although Samuel Jordan, a direct heir, died in 1835, no payment was recorded for his widow - Margaret.

Although Charles Jordan III, a direct heir, died in 1832, no payment was recorded for his children or his widow - Frances

It is not known whether Sarah Jordan, a direct heir, was living at the time of settlement or whether she had any heirs.

To account for five heirs to the estate, the last remaining was Peninnah Jordan - mother of Jordan, James, Samuel and Stephen Stanley. Payment was made in this case, in May 1836, although Peninnah was no longer living.

More About SAMUEL JORDAN:
Immigration: July 1609, Traveled aboard the Seaventure from England to Bermuds. Arrived at Jamestown May 1610
Residence 1: Lineage information collected largely from Mr. John Russey in 1985. Collected research from Barbara Hamman in 1998. Her research was provided, inpart by Danny Knight.
Residence 2: Where the later research conflicted in regard to dates or omissions or failures in logic, Mr. Russey's research was not changed or updated.

More About SAMUEL JORDAN and UNKNOWN:
Marriage: Abt. 1595, England

More About SAMUEL JORDAN and CICELY GREEN:
Marriage: 1618, Virginia

Children of SAMUEL JORDAN and UNKNOWN are:

	i.		ANNE MARIE² JORDAN, b. 1596, England; d. Unknown; m. LAWRENCE HULET; b. 1598, Virginia; d. 1658.
	ii.		ROBERT JORDAN, b. 1598, England; d. 1622, James River, Virginia.

More About ROBERT JORDAN:
Died 2: Robert Jordan was killed by Indians. He was living with his parents at the time of death and beleived not married.

2.	iii.		THOMAS I JORDAN, b. 1600, England; d. 1644, Isle of Wight, Virginia.
	iv.		SAMUEL JORDAN, b. 1608; d. Unknown.

More About SAMUEL JORDAN:
Education: 1824, Matriculated Oxford's All Souls College.
Residence 1: Returned to America as he was awarded , May 1625, 450 acres in the "Territory of Great Weyonoke." Deduced from wills and other records of his descendants that he moved to Scurry Co., VA, then to Lunenburg Co.
Residence 2: Source: Information given to Barbara Hamman of Odessa, TX by Rita Kissleburg.

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