Margaret (Brasseur) Jordan (1642 - 1708)

Born Sep 1642 in Virginia

Wife of Thomas Jordan Jr. — married about 23 Mar 1659 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 7 Oct 1708 at age 66 in Chuckatuck Parish, Nansemond County, Virginia Colony

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Margaret was a Friend (Quaker)

Biography

Margaret was born September 1642 possibly in Chuckatuck, Nansemond, Virginia to Robert Brashare (the spelling of the original documents), a French Huguenot.^[1][2][3] Her date of birth is sometimes seen as 17 Jul 1642. None of the primary source records cited give the day of the month. The month is listed as 7th which on the old calendar is September. These records do not give her location of birth and their appearance in the Chuckatuck records is not proof of birth location. Given the movements of her father Robert Brasseur as indicated by his land grants (1636 and 1638 in Nansemond) it is possible she was born in Nansemond rather than Isle of Wight as is sometimes seen. This is complicated by a large land grant in Nansemond given her father well after her birth for the transport of his family (this in and of itself is not indicative of when the persons could have been transported).

Margaret married Thomas Jordan (Jr). The date is sometimes seen as 23 Mar 1657 but this appears to be without primary source documentation. In the Quaker Meeting minutes memorial to Thomas it states he became a Quaker in 1660 and thus a marriage of 1657, if that date is correct, would not be found in the Meeting minutes. It is interesting to note that Margaret's memorial in the Meeting minutes indicates she became a Quaker in 1658 at about age 16. There is no record that she married out of unity so perhaps one or the other dates of joining the Society of Friends is slightly incorrect.

Margaret Brashear, daughter of Puritan Robert Brashear, married Thomas Jordan whose origins were at Jordan's Journey in Surry County. The Isle of Wight Courthouse has accounts of meetings that name members and give insight to customs. The original record may be seen on microfilm in Latter-Day Saints Family History Centers. The first birth date on record in Isle of Wight is of the child of Thomas and Alice Hollowell, born in 1647.

Margaret passed away 7 Dec 1708 in Nansemond, Virginia.^[4][2][3]

A memorial concerning her by her son Ben appears in the Meeting record and is transcribed in part by Hinshaw^[4]: convinced of the Truth about the 16 yr of her ae; a sufferer with my father both by confinement & also the spoiling of her Goods; about the 63 yr of her ae shee was taken with an indisposition of boddy wch continued near 3 yr; mentioned by eldest brother's w, & severall of my brothers; d at 6 of the clock att night in remarkable quietness the 7th day of the 10 mo in the yr 1708 having lived about 66 yr & survived my father 9 yr lacking 18 hr.

Children

Dates are given old calendar as they appear in the original document.

• Thomas b 6th 1st 1660^[1]
• John b 7th sixt month 1665^[1]
• James 23rd 11th mo 1665^[1]
• Robert 11th 7th mo 1668^[1]
• Richard 6th day sixt month 1670^[1]
• Joseph 8 day seventh month 1672^[1]
• Beniamine (as spelled) 18 day of seventh month 1674^[1]
• Matthew 1 day of Eleventh month 1676^[1]
• Samuell 16 day of ye 2nd month 1679^[1]
• Joshua last day of ye 6 month 1681^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1673-1756; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: 1116/182, Chuckatuck, Nansemond, Western Branch, Somerton (transcription)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1684-1717; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: 1116/167 (original document)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania; Minutes, 1673-1756; Collection: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes; Call Number: 1116/HW-43 (transcription)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Hinshaw, William Wade, et al., compilers. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol VI:31

See Also:

• https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-20031206-2003-12-06-0312060031-story.html (provides some historical context)
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97914480/margaret-jordan (this is a memorial which contains both accurate and inaccurate information)
• Brashear, Charles, and Shirley Brasher McCoy. A Brashear(s) Family History, Descendants of Robert and Benois Brasseur. Vol. 1. The First 200 Years of Brashear(s) in America and Some Descendants in Maryland. 1998. Page 15-22. [Note: a privately printed book and later series. Available in some libraries (see WorldCat). Please site primary sources used in this book rather than citing the book.]
• Consolidated Update to the Register of Qualified Huguenot Ancestors of The National Huguenot Society. Fifth Edition. San Antonio, Texas: the National Huguenot Society, Inc., 2012. Page 17.
• http://www.blackloyalist.info/the-jordan-and-pleasants-families/