Jacob Jordan Jr. (1764 - 1849)

Born 3 Sep 1764 in Chowan County, Province of North Carolina, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Valentine) Jordan — married 7 Jul 1784 in Perquimans, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 18 Mar 1849 at age 84 in Edenton, Wayne Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Descendants of Jacob Jordan test into the JG03 YDNA line of Richard Jordan on FamilyTreeDNA's Jordan Surname Project.

Jacob was born in 3 Sep 1764 in Chowan County, North Carolina. As noted in the US Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, he married Mary Valentine on 7 Jul 1784, in Perquimans, Chowan County, North Carolina, USA.

In 1804, Mary and Jacob moved from Chowan, NC to Miami Township, Clermont, Ohio. In 1808, they moved from Miami Township, Clermont, Ohio to Edenton, Wayne Township, Clermont County, Ohio where they lived for the remainder of their lives. Jacob Jordan, Jr. died on 18 Mar 1849 at 84 years of age. He is interred in the Jordan Cemetery in Edenton, Ohio.

Below is a transcript of the text from the book History of Clermont County, Ohio, Wayne Township Chapter:

"In 1804, Jacob Jordan emigrated from Chowan Co., N.C, to Miami township, settling near Loveland, and in 1808 to where Edenton is now situated. He was born in 1764. In 1785 he married Mary Valentine, by whom he had eight children, —three sons and five daughters. He was the youngest of a family of seven children, —five sons and two daughters. His paternal great-grandfather was a native of England, and came to America about the year 1675, and to Chowan Co., N. C, in 1710. Of the history of the family previous to that time but little is known save that they were Quakers. His paternal grandfather, Charles Jordan, was married in 1722 to Abigail White, and he was father of seven children. His father, Jacob Jordan, Sr., was born in 1732, and was married in 1751. Of Jacob Jordan, Jr.'s, family, Nathaniel and Silas V. are the only ones that ever settled in Clermont County. Silas V., the proprietor of Edenton, was born April 28, 1786. On the 2d day of May, 1811, he married Elizabeth Harris, by whom he had ten children, —Louis, born in 1821, who died in infancy ; Nathaniel W., June 22, 1813 ; Amos, March 4, 1816 ; Maria, Jan. 9, 1818 ; Jane, March 26, 1821 ; Caroline, May 4, 1824; Elizabeth, July 21, 1826 ; Harris, June 27, 1829; Louisa, March 8, 1831. In 1836 he married Mrs. Susan Cavolt, by whom he had one child, Silas Maley, born May 9, 1838. He was a soldier of 1812, and was at the siege of Fort Meigs. He died in 1870, aged eighty-three years. Silas V. Jordan was a man of more than ordinary ability. Humane, generous to a fault, he was greatly beloved by those who knew him. The Jordan family is one of the most prominent in Northern Clermont at the present time."

Jacob was born in 1764.

Sources

Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 February 2018), memorial page for Jacob Jordan (3 Sep 1764–18 Mar 1849), Find A Grave Memorial no. 47578083, citing Jordan Cemetery, Edenton, Clermont County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by hjordan (contributor 47195398) .

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North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. II - Abstract of Wills - January, 1901

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Year: 1790; Census Place: Chowan, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 213; Image: 464; Family History Library Film: 0568147

1820 U S Census; Census Place: Wayne, Clermont, Ohio; Page: 116; NARA Roll: M33_89; Image: 73

1830; Census Place: Woodville, Clermont, Ohio; Series: M19; Roll: 128; Page: 305; Family History Library Film: 0337939

Year: 1840; Census Place: Wayne, Clermont, Ohio; Roll: 384; Page: 284; Image: 574; Family History Library Film: 0020161

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U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943, Ancestry.com, Hinshaw, William Wade, et al., compilers. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. 6 vols. 1936–1950. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991–1994.

Hinshaw, William Wade. Marshall, Thomas Worth, comp. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Supplement to Volume 1. Washington, D.C.: n.p. 1948.

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Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina; Minutes, 1665-1794; Collection: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Ancestry.com

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Bancroft, R. J, J. L. (John L.) Rockey, and L.H. Everts & Co. History of Clermont County, Ohio, With Illustrations And Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men And Pioneers. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts, 1880. Chapter on Wayne Township, p. 503-504, Web https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008726760

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Kitty Smith for contributions to this profile. This person was created through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged on 13 September 2010.

Thank you to Kerry Jordan for extensive contributions to this profile.

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