Robert JORDAN

 

 

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1612 - 1679

 

 

Father:  Edward JORDAN

Mother:  Elizabeth BROUGHTON

 

Family 1 : Sarah WINTER

 

 

1.  John JORDAN

2.  Robert JORDAN

3.+Dominicus JORDAN

4.  Jedediah JORDAN

5.  Samuel JORDAN

6.  Jeremiah JORDAN

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                

 

 

 __Edward JORDAN______                                                                                                              

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|- - Robert JORDAN

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|__Elizabeth BROUGHTON__                                                                                                   

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PEDIGREE

 

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According to tradition, Parson Robert Jordan named Scarborough, Maine, from 10,000 acres of land he owned there. He attended Balliol College at Oxford in 1632 but some say he never graduated. He immigrated about 1639 to Richmond's Island, Cape Elizabeth, and served as Chaplain there of Trelawney Plantation. His father-in-law, John Winter, ran the fishing operations there. Because of his affiliation with the Church of England, Mr. Jordan was regarded with suspicion and hostility by the Puritans of Massachusetts, who forbade him to baptize or marry. He ignored these restrictions and carried out his duties as minister. When he continued to thus perform his religious duties, the General Court ordered his arrest and imprisonment in a Boston jail. Jordan was arrested and imprisoned twice, in 1654 and 1663. After his second release, he was less active in the ministry. He served as a judge in Spurwink and was forced to flee by the Indians to New Hampshire. He gained reputation in trying to quell the general hysteria and ignorance in Maine regarding witchcraft, as related in the following story by a "Mr. Hale":

 

"One Mr. Thorpe, a drunken Preacher, was gotten in to Preach at Black Point under the appearance and profession of a minister of the Gospel, and boarded at the house of Goodman Bayly, and Baylye's wife observed his conversation to be contrary to his calling, gravely told him his way was contrary to the Gospel of Christ, and desired him to reform his life, or leave her house. So he departed from the house and turned her enemy, and found an opportunity to do her an injury and it so fell out that Mr. Jordan of Spurwink had a cow died, and about that time Goody Bayly had said she intended such a day to travel to Casco Bay. Mr. Thorpe goes to Mr. Jordan's man or men, and saith the cow was bewitched to death, and if they would lay the carcass in a place he should appoint, he would burn it and bring the witch: and accordingly the cow is laid by the path that led from Black Point to Casco, and set on fire that day Goody Bayly was to travel that way, and so she came by while the carcass was in burning, and Thorpe had her questioned for a witch: But Mr. Jordan interposed in her behalf: and said his cow dyed by his servants negligence, and to cover their own fault they were willing to have it imputed to witchcraft; and Mr. Thorpe knew of Goody Baylyes intended Journey, and orders my servants (said he), without my approbation, to burn my Cow in the way where Bayly is to come; and so unriddled the knavery and delivered the innocent."

 

His will is dated 28 JUL 1679:

 

"In the name of God, amen. I, Robert Jordan, senior, gentlem: formerly of Spurwinke, and now resident on the Great Island in the township of Portsmouth, in New England, being weak of body but of sound and perfect memory, praysed be God,--Do make, ordayne, and declare this present writing to be and remayne my last, undoubted Will and Testament, in manner and forme following: Imps.--I bequeath my soule to God, hopeing by the meritts of Christ my Saviour, to enjoy eternal life, and my body to ye earth to bee decently buried.--And what temporall things I am blessed with all by ye providence of Almighty God, I give and bequeath as followeth:

 

"Item.--I do hereby ratify, allow and confirme two deeds or writings, which I formerly made and gave under my hand and seale, one to my elldest sonn John Jordan, and another to my second sonn Robert Jordan, according to the contents y'rin exprest.

"Item.--I give and grant to my wife, Saraih Jordan, now living, the ould plantation at Spurwinke, containing one thousand acres, bee it more or less, beginning where the grant belonging to my sonn John Jordan doth end, and ending where the lott bequeathed by this my will to my 3d sonn, Dominicus Jordan, doth begine, and soe along the highway untill you come to the Great Pond; for and during the terme of her natural life; the reversion and inheritance y'rof to bee and remaine unto my youngest sonn, Jeremiah Jordan, his heyers and successors forever, as his part and portion.

"Item.--I give and bequeath unto my sayd wife, Saraih Jordan, one other farme, called Nonnsuch, containing two thousand acres, be it more or less, for and during her naturall life; and for ye more strict obleighing my children's duty to
her, my will is that shee wholly and absolutely dispose the succession and inheritance thereof, to either or any of my sonns, they or their or any of their heyres, or issue, lawfully by them or any of them begotten, forever.

"Item.--I give and bequeath unto my sonn, Dominicus Jordan, one thousand acres of land, at Spurwinke, to begin where the abovesd ould plantation endeth, as hee shall make choyce of, to be layd out by the overseers hereafter nominated.

"Item.--I give and bequeath unto my sonn Jedediah Jordan, one thousand acres of my land at Spurwinke aforesaid, to bee chosen by him out of my land not disposed before, to bee to the use of him and his heyres, forever.

"Item.--I give and bequeath unto my sonn Samuel Jordan, by reason of his posterity's choyce, eleaven hundred acres of land of my sayd land at Spurwinke, to bee to the use of him and his heyres, forever; and what part or p'rcell of land remaynes not bequeathed nor given of my sayd lands at Spurwinke, by any or all of the above rescited and expressed articles, I do hereby give and bequeath the same, being uplands, unto my sonns above named, to be divided and equally alloted amongst them.

"Item.--My will is that my meddow, bordering along by the river Spurwinke, bee equally divided to each portion of the
above given lands nearest and most conveniently adjoyning to each p'rcell or portion as is above disposed.

"Item.--I give and bequeath unto my four youngest sonns, namely, Dominicus, Jedediah, Samuel and Jeremiah Jordan, to each of them one feather bedd and bowlsters.

"Item.--I make and ordayne my sayd wife Saraih, and my too sonns John and Robert Jordan, to be my joynt executors.
I make and hereby ordayne Major Nicho. Shapleigh of Kittery, Mr. Nath'l Fryer and Mr. William Bickham, merchants, to bee overseeres and to end all differences in any matters arising, by means of my not fully expressing myselfe in this my last will and testament, between my legatees and the executors hereof, and to settle all things according to their best
judgments, and nearest intent of this my will that noe further or future differences may arise.

"Lastly--My will and intent is, that each and every of my afore-mentioned sonns, their heyres and successors shall have
and enjoy all and singular the aforesayd prescribed grants, gyfts and legacies; and if any or either of them want naturall
issue, that then that legacy shall redown and bee equally divided amongst the rest.

"Great Island, 28th of January, 1678: Mr. Robert Jordan, senior, acknowledged this within written, to bee his last Will
and Testament, and was at the same tyme of a sound mind and perfect memory, but haveing lost the use of his hands could not sign and seale the same; and owned alsoe Mr. Nath'l Fryer to bee one of his overseeres, who is interlined above. This owned before mee, ELYAS STYLEMAN, Commissioner."

 

 

LINKS:  http://www.gencircles.com/users/djporter49/1/data/73, http://www.gencircles.com/users/mcpaladin/2/data/1968

 

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