Dominicus JORDAN

 

 

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1650 - 1703

 

 

Father:  Robert JORDAN

Mother:  Sarah WINTER

 

Family 1 : Hannah TRISTAM

 

 

1.+ Dominicus JORDAN

2.  Samuel JORDAN

3.  Mary Ann JORDAN

4.  Elizabeth JORDAN

5.  Hannah JORDAN

6.  Nathaniel JORDAN

7.  infant killed by the Indians

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                

 

                                                    ___Edward JORDAN_______                                                        

                                                   |      (1582 - 1637)  m                                                                         

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 __Robert JORDAN_______|                                                                                                               

|    (1612 - 1679)  m 1643          |                                                                                                              

|                                                  |                                                    

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|                                                  |_Elizabeth BROUGHTON___                                                            

|                                                             (.... - 1637)  m                                                                                                

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|- - Dominicus JORDAN

|     (1650 - 1703)  m 1681                                                                                                                       

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|                                                                                                          

|                                                  ____John WINTER___

|                                                 |    (1575 - 1645)  m 1609/10

|                                                 |                                                       

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|__Sarah WINTER_______|                                                                                                    

     (1615 - 1686)  m 1643         |                                                                                                            

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                                                  |___Joane BOADEN_____                                                        

                                                      (ca1579 - ....)  m 1609/10           

                                                                                                           

 

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INDEX

 

PEDIGREE

 

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From Don Porter's Website (link below), edited slightly:

 

"Dominicus, third son of Rev. Robert and Sarah (Winter), married Hanna Tristram, daughter of Ralph Tristram of Winter Harbor, now Biddeford, ME, in 1681. He left Spurwink with his father's family at the beginning of King Phillip's War 1675, when the settlement was attacked and their house destroyed by the Indians. Six years later he returned to Spurwink with his wife. It appears he had selected a piece of land, and his father consented it should be his at a proper time. In 1678 he administered upon the estate of the above said Ralph Tristram. In 1679 his father died and, by his father's will, he came into possession, July 1, 1679, of one thousand acres of land at Spurwink. We may suppose that part of the six years prior to his return to Spurwink were passed at Winter Harbor, being only twelve miles distant from Spurwink.


"Dominicus Jordan was a prominent man in the settlement and was one of the trustees to whom the township of Falmouth was deeded by President Danforth. The second Indian war again brought danger to the settlement, and in 1690 when Falmouth was devastated, Spurwink was again deserted and remained unoccupied until the peace of 1698. According to tradition, Dominicus was a man above the common size, and of great strength and endurance. The gun he used was over six feet in length and has been in the possession of his descendants (eighteen inches of the barrel having been cut off) until a few years ago when it was presented to the Maine Historical Society by Capt. Samuel Jordan of Deering, ME. It was the custom of Dominicus to keep his gun and ammunition close at hand at all times. The Indians feared him. In war he was their deadly enemy; in peace he apparently befriended some. While at work on his plantation bordering the Spurwink River where he had a blockhouse on a flat piece of land, he kept his gun strapped to his back--ready for immediate use if necessary. He was called the "Indian Killer." In times of peace the Indians would call on him, and were hospitably received while they exchanged their furs for such articles as they wanted. At the outbreak of hostilities again in 1703, an apparently friendly party Indians again called upon Dominicus, but an attack or struggle soon ensued and Dominicus was struck in the head with a hatchet. He died soon after. His wife and family of six children, and his youngest brother Jeremiah, were made prisoners and led through the wilderness to Canada. All were finally restored, except a daughter, Mary Ann, who remained with her Indian captors in Canada. It is a good thing his youngest son, Nathaniel (1696 - 1783), came back or our family tree would have a decidedly different (stumpier) look! (Thanks to Aunt Dorothy for this account - which I edited only slightly. -- Don)."

 

From W. Alex Wright's Webiste (link below):

 

"Dominicus was a tough Indian fighter with the longest gun in town. The Indians respected him but during an uprising pretended to be friendly, found their moment and buried a hatchet in his skull, killing him. His whole family was taken captive and brought to Canada where they remained captive for seven years. All but one daughter, Mary-Ann, who was given the name Arabelle in Canada, that chose to stay with her master, were eventually restored."

 

LINKS:  http://www.gencircles.com/users/djporter49/1/data/73; http://www.gencircles.com/users/graywolf34a/1/data/7550

 

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