Abt 1577 - 1623 (46 years)| Name | Samuel Jordan | |
| Birth | Abt 1577 | Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England  |
| Gender | Male | |
| Immigration | 1610 | Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA |
| Left England aboard the Sea Venture in 1609, when it was caught in the tail of a hurricane off of Bermuda and was wrecked. | ||
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Seal-Sea Venture Wreck of the Sea Venture |
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| Military Service | 1622 | Virginia, USA |
| Cecily and Samuel survived Powhatan Indian Massacre | ||
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War-Powhatan Massacre (1622) A 1628 woodcut by Matthaeus Merian published along with Theodore de Bry's earlier engravings in 1628 book on the New World. The engraving shows the March 22, 1622 massacre when Powhatan Indians attacked Jamestown and outlying Virginia settlements. Merian relied on de Bry's earlier depictions of the Indians, but the image is largely considered… |
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| Death | 4 Apr 1623 | Prince George County, Virginia, USA |
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| Person ID | I5921 | A Tree Called Smith |
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |
| Father | Robert Jordan, b. 1562, Dorset, England d. 12 Oct 1589, Dorset, England (Age 27 years) | |
| Relationship | natural | |
| Mother | Sarah jordan | |
| Relationship | natural | |
| Marriage | 1578 | Melcombe Regis, Dorset, England |
| Family ID | F7527 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 | Frances Anne Baker, b. 1580, London, England d. 1608, London, England (Age 28 years) | |||
| Marriage | 1595 | England |
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| Family ID | F1884 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |||
| Family 2 | Cecily Reynolds, b. 21 Jan 1600, Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England d. 1677, Virginia, USA (Age 76 years) | |
| Marriage | 1 Dec 1620 | Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA |
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Town-Jamestown Colony The Jamestown[a] settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi (4 km) southwest of the center of modern Williamsburg.[1] It was established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" on May 4, 1607 and was considered… |
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| Family ID | F1885 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |
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| Arms Icons & Insignia | | Seal-Sea Venture Wreck of the Sea Venture |
| Places | | Historical Marker-Jordan's Journey SAMUEL JORDAN OF JORDAN'S JOURNEY - + Prior to 1619, Native Americans occupied this prominent peninsula along the upper James River, now called Jordan's Point. Arriving in Jamestown by 1610, Samuel Jordan served in July 1619 in Jamestown as a burgess for Charles City in the New World's oldest legislative assembly. A year later, he patented a… |
| Town-Jamestown Colony The Jamestown[a] settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi (4 km) southwest of the center of modern Williamsburg.[1] It was established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" on May 4, 1607 and was considered… |
| Wars & Battles | | War-Powhatan Massacre (1622) A 1628 woodcut by Matthaeus Merian published along with Theodore de Bry's earlier engravings in 1628 book on the New World. The engraving shows the March 22, 1622 massacre when Powhatan Indians attacked Jamestown and outlying Virginia settlements. Merian relied on de Bry's earlier depictions of the Indians, but the image is largely considered… |
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