JORDAN, Rev. Robert

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Attended Balliol College, Oxford University where he graduated in the c lass of 1634. He was ordained an Anglican Minister in the Church of En gland. In 1637 both of Robert's parents died of the Plague. He inherit ed 50 pounds (Approx. $7,500 in today's dollars) and soon after left En gland for America where he settled in the Colony of Maine, which was pa rt of the MA Bay Colony. He became the religious leader of a s ettlement on the coast of Maine, which was a fishing enterprise establi shed by John Winter. Robert married John Winter's daughter, Sarah Winte r, and their descendants formed together into an organization in 1989 k nown as The Family Jordan.

Came from Worcester, England in 1638. He established a
ministry at Richmond Island near Scarborough, ME. He removed to
Portsmouth, NH in 1675 and died there in 1679

Cited in The English Origins of New England Families from the New
England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol I, Second Series
pp. 476-7:

Robert married WINTER, Sarah in 1644 in Richmond Island, ME. Sarah (daughter of WINTER, Capt. Gov. John and BOWDON, Jane) was born on 2 Jul 1623 in Plymouth, Devonshire, England; died in 1686 in Portsmouth, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. JORDAN, Sarah was born in 1646 in Cape Elizabeth, ME; died in Jan 1674 in Newbury, MA.
2. JORDAN, John was born in 1650 in Falmouth, ME; died in 1725 in Portsmouth, NH.
3. JORDAN, Samuel was born in 1660 in Columbia, ME; died in 1720 in Kittery, ME.
4. JORDAN, Jeremiah was born in 1664 in Cape Elizabeth, ME; died in Aug 1706 in York County, ME.
5. JORDAN, Jedediah was born in 1664 in Cape Elizabeth, ME; died in 1735 in Kittery, ME.
6. JORDAN, Robert was born in 1703 in Falmouth, ME; and died.
7. JORDAN, Elizabeth was born in 1750 in Cape Elizabeth, ME; died in 1850 in Addison, ME.
8. JORDAN, Domincus was born in 1658 in Cumberland County, ME; died on 10 Aug 1703 in Cape Elizabeth, ME; was buried in Cumberland County, ME.

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Edward married BROUGHTON, Elizabeth on 10 Jul 1608 in Worcester, Worcestershire, England. Elizabeth was born before 15 Jul 1584 in Worcester, Worcestershire, England; died on 28 Jul 1637 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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