Thomas Jordan was born
in England in 1600 and came to America on the ship Diana in 1623.
In 1624-5 he headed the list of the governor's men at James City, which
indicates that he was a soldier in Governor Yeardley's Guard. He settled
in the present Isle of Wight County and in
1635, he received a grant of 900 acres. He was a Commissioner of
Wariscoyack and a Burgess in the Virginia Assembly in 1604. Thomas's wife, previously believed to be Lucy Corker, is unknown.
and they had moved to Nansemond County
by 1637. Thomas died before 1644, but the date of his wife's death is also unknown. Their children were Thomas; a daughter who married Thomas Davis; and a
son (probably) Richard, who married Elizabeth Reynolds.
The second Thomas Jordan
married Margrett Brasseur.
Thomas and Margrett Jordan were persecuted for their Quaker beliefs. The following is a tribute (as it was written) by his family after his death:She was the daughter of Richard and Florence Brasseur, immigrants from Avignon, France who first made their home in Maryland. Richard is reported to have given the land on which the Capitol was built. He patented 1,200 acres in Nansemond County on April 12, 1652.
Thomas Jordan of Chuckatuck in Nansemond
County in Virginia was Born in ye year 1634 and in ye year 1660 hee Received
ye truth and [abode] faithfull in it: and in Constant unity with
ye faithfull friends there of: and stood in opposition Against all wrong
and [Deceitful] spirits: having suffered ye spoiling of his goods:
& ye Imprisonment of his Body for ye truth sake: and Continued in ye
truth unto the End of his days: is ye [Belief] of us his Dear wife
and Children above Ritten.
Hee Departed this Life ye Eight
day of ye tenth month on ye sixth day of ye weeke about ye second hour
in ye afternoone and was Buryed ye twelfe day of ye said month on ye third
day of ye weeke in ye year 1699.
The children were Thomas, John,
James, Robert, Richard (who married Rebecca Ratcliffe), Joseph, Benjamin,
Matthew, Samuel, and Joshua.
James Jordan (1665-?) married Elizabeth Ratcliffe (1668-1695). We know the names of three of their children: John, James, and Elizabeth.
Elizabeth Jordan (1693-?) married John Knight .