Puffer Genealogy
JORDAN, Rev. Robert
1611 - 1679 (68 years)-
Name JORDAN, Robert Title Rev. Birth 12 Jan 1611 Worcester, Worcestershire, England 
Gender Male _COLOR 3 Death 28 Jul 1679 Portsmouth, NH Person ID I540 Puffers Last Modified 3 Feb 2017
Father JORDAN, Edward, b. 13 Nov 1585, Gloucestershire, England d. 22 Jun 1637, England (Age 51 years) Mother BROUGHTON, Elizabeth, b. Bef 15 Jul 1584, Worcester, Worcestershire, England d. 28 Jul 1637, England (Age > 53 years) Marriage 10 Jul 1608 Worcester, Worcestershire, England Family ID F5294 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family WINTER, Sarah, b. 2 Jul 1623, Plymouth, Devonshire, England d. 1686, Portsmouth, NH (Age 62 years) Marriage 1644 Richmond Island, ME Children 1. JORDAN, Sarah, b. 1646, Cape Elizabeth, ME d. Jan 1674, Newbury, MA (Age 28 years)2. JORDAN, John, b. 1650, Falmouth, ME d. 1725, Portsmouth, NH (Age 75 years)3. JORDAN, Samuel, b. 1660, Columbia, ME d. 1720, Kittery, ME (Age 60 years)4. JORDAN, Jeremiah, b. 1664, Cape Elizabeth, ME d. Aug 1706, York County, ME (Age 42 years)5. JORDAN, Jedediah, b. 1664, Cape Elizabeth, ME d. 1735, Kittery, ME (Age 71 years)6. JORDAN, Robert, b. 1703, Falmouth, ME d. Yes, date unknown7. JORDAN, Elizabeth, b. 1750, Cape Elizabeth, ME d. 1850, Addison, ME (Age 100 years)8. JORDAN, Domincus, b. 1658, Cumberland County, ME d. 10 Aug 1703, Cape Elizabeth, ME (Age 45 years)Family ID F5584 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Apr 2024
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Notes - 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:
- 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.