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Fulk V Count of Anjou was born in 1092. He married Ermengarde Countess of Maine on 11 July 1110 at 18 years.² Fulk V Count of Anjou married Melisande Queen of Jerusalem in 1129 in Jerusalem, Israel, at age 37 years. Fulk V Count of Anjou died on 13 November 1144 in Acre (Akko), Israel, at age 52 years.

Fulk's family name was de Gatinais and he was also the Count of Maine after his marriage to Ermengarde and until 1129 when he became the King of Jerusalem (1131 - 1143) with his marriage to Melisande.

Ermengarde Countess of Maine was born in 1096. She married Fulk V Count of Anjou on 11 July 1110 at 14 years.¹ Ermengarde Countess of Maine died in 1126.

She was also referred to as Aremburg, Heremburge, Eremburge or Ermentrude.

Melisande Queen of Jerusalem married Fulk V Count of Anjou in 1129 in Jerusalem, Israel. Melisande Queen of Jerusalem died on 11 September 1160.

Baldwin III King of Jerusalem was born in 1130. He was the son of Fulk V Count of Anjou and Melisande Queen of Jerusalem. Baldwin III King of Jerusalem died in 1162 at age 32 years.

Richard Davis was born in Chuckatuck, Nansemond County, Virginia.² He is the son of James Davis and Margaret Jordan.¹

Thomas Jordan was born circa 1600 in England.^1,2

Boddie writes that Thomas Jordan was the first of the Jordan family to settle in Isle of Wight. According to the Muster or Census of 1624-25, Thomas was 24 years old and had come over in the "Diana." At the time the Muster was taken, he was stationed at Pasbyhayes in James Citty at the top of the list for the Muster of the Governors Men showing he was a soldier in the governor's guard serving under General Yardley (his name was listed as Jorden). The governor of Virginia at the time of the Muster was Sir Frances Wyatt.

In 1629 he was mentioned as one of the commissioners of Wariscoyack (which was Isle of Wight County by 1637) and he was a member of the House of Burgesses in February 1628, March 1629 and September 1632. On July 2, 1635 he received a patent of 900 acres of land in Warrasquioake County near the head of "Warrasquioake River, "near the head of Pagan River on the western side of an old Indian town." He must have been in this area for some time since it's the county he represented when in the House of Burgesses. He followed the Puritan trek to Nansemond as he patented land there soon after receiving his Isle of Wight grant. He was issued a patent 10 August 1644 for 300 acres in Nansemond County which notes it adjoined the "patent land of Mr. Thomas Jordan, dec'd."

He is said to have been the son of Samuel Jordan of "Jordan's Journey," one of the pioneer adventurers to Virginia, and his first wife in England but, according to Purse & Person, there is no known evidence to establish this; for more information, see Samuel Jordan on this website. The name of Thomas' wife is unknown as is the date of his death.

His children were Thomas who married Margaret, daughter of Robert Brasseur; a daughter Margaret who married Thomas Davis; and probably Richard Jordan of Isle of Wight who married Elizabeth, daughter of Christopher Reynolds in 1654.^3,4

**Researcher's Note:

It is often shown that Thomas Jordan married a Lucy Corker and she was the mother of Margaret Jordan Davis. There most probably was a Lucy Corker, one or even more, and it's said she married a Thomas Jordan, but there were probably two or more of them too -- at least, for example, one in Nansemond and one in Surry. It's just not clear at all but I suspect maybe she married the Thomas Jordan in Surry who was not connected to this family of Jordans residing in Nansemond, Isle of Wight.

The Corker family is mentioned in Boddie's book and it appears that William Corker, Burgess for James City 1655-56 and Captain of the militia, married Lucy White, a sister of Captain John White, and in his Will in Surry, September 4th 1677, William Corker named his children: Susanna, wife of George Branch of Surry; Judith wife of William Clay; and Lucy, wife of Thomas Jordan.

Further information states that Captain John White (brother of Lucy White Corker) was a Burgess in 1641 and had a lot in Jamestown in 1644. He was probably a son of William White, a haberdasher of London. His will was proven in Surry in 1679 and he left his property to his two sisters Lucy Corker and Mary White.

All sources found to date for Thomas Jordan b. 1600 show that his wife was unknown.
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Thomas Jordan was born in 1634 in Chuckatuck, Nansemond County, Virginia.¹ He was the son of Thomas Jordan.¹ Thomas Jordan died on 8 October 1699 at age 65 years.¹

Thomas married Margaret Brashier daughter of Robert Brashier of Nansemond County circa 1658-9. He became a member of the Society of Friends in the year 1660 and might have been the first Jordan to become a Quaker.^1,2

Samuel Jordan was born in England.¹ He died before April 1623.¹

According to Purse & Person, Samuel Jordan arrived in Virginia in 1610, which was determined by the information found in his patent for 450 acres in Charles City which was issued to him 10 December 1620 -- it recited he was "an ancient planter who hath abode ten years complete in this colony." (Records of the Virginia Company of London, p. 933) The grant was divided into three parcels with houses and described in the patent.

The location where Samuel lived originally was called "Beggar's Bush," and after the massacre of 22 March 1621/2 "Master Samuel Jordan gathered together but a few of the stragglers about him at 'Beggar's Bush' where he fortified and lived in despite of the enemy." (Travels and Works of Captain John Smith, p. 596)

In maintaining his settlement Jordan had the approval of Governor Francis Wyatt who wrote to the Council in London, April 1622, "that he thought fitt to hold a few outlying places including the plantation of Mr. Samuel Jordan's; but to abandon others and concentrate the colonists at Jamestown." (Records of VA Company) By 1623, this plantation on the south side of James River across from "Berkeley" was known as "Jordan's Journey." (Hotten, Patent books, Minutes of Council, etc)

Samuel represented Charles City at the first represntative legislative assembly in the new wold which convened at Jamestown on 30 July 1619. He was a member of the committee to review the first four books into which the Great Charter of Virgiia wa divided (Leonard, Records of VA Company, pp.154, 159)

He married Sisley or Cicely (maiden name unknown) Baley who was the mother of Temperance Baley. Cicely/Sisley came to Virginia in about 1610 on the "Swan" at about age 10 (Hotten) and was listed in the Muster of 1623/4 at "Jordan's Journey," as "aged 24 yeres." (Hotten, p. 171).^1,2

Researcher's Notes:

There has been a lot written in family histories that Samuel Jordan was on "The Sea Venture" (also known as "The Seaventure" or "Sea Adventure"), one of seven ships and two pinnaces which set sail for Jamestowne, Virginia and called "The Third Supply." "The Sea Venture" was the new flagship for The Virginia Company which had earlier established settlement in Jamestowne in 1607 and had shipped supplies and settlers. "The Sea Venture" was built when it seemed the company's ships had been rather inadequate for the job; the ship has been called England's "first purpose-designed emigrant ship." It set sail on June 2, 1609 from Plymouth with the rest of the flotilla, to carry much-needed supplies, settlers and craftsmen such as carpenters, blacksmiths, masons. There were 500-600 passengers on all the ships, with "The Sea Venture" carrying 150 passengers and one dog. On July 24th they ran into a 3 day hurricane and storm and "The Sea Venture" was separated from the rest of the ships. The ship was so new that her timbers hadn't set and the caulking ran out from them, the ship started to leak badly, and she took on water. On July 25th land was sighted and Sir George Sumers who was Admiral of the fleet, drove the ship into the reefs of what turned out to be Bermuda. Some commentators believe that this incident was one of the inspirations for William Shakespeare’s play "The Tempest." It's quite a story and anyone interested in reading more should do a search online.

But, as to Samuel Jordan.....he does not appear on the passenger list of "The Sea Venture." There were quite a few important people on board, such as Sir Thomas Gates, Governor for Virginia; William Strachney, Secretary-elect of Virginia Company; Captain Sir George Yeardley; Christopher Newport who was captain of "The Sea Venture;" and John Rolfe with his wife (their baby girl Bermudas, was born in Bermuda and his wife died soon after in 1610. He married Pocahontas in April 1614); and many others, as well as a gentleman named Silvester Jourdain, of Lyme Regis, Dorset. It is thought that the pamphlet he sent back to England describing this voyage is what may well have inspired "The Tempest." I believe that some have thought that Silvester Jourdain was Samuel Jordan, or there was a family relationship, but I've found no data so far to document that Samuel Jordan was on "The Sea Venture."^3,4

Michael Name Unknown is the son of Phebe Ruth Davis.