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A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789 by Edward C. Papenfuse, et. al.
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JOR BIOGRAPHIES

1806, in Leonardtown, St. Mary's County. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: TEV, at least $5,583.10 (in-
cluding 29 slaves, books, and plate). LAND: 207
acres in St. Mary's County.

JORDAN, JOHN (?-1763). BORN: probably in
St. Mary's County. NATIVE: at least second gen-
eration. RESIDED: in Charles County. FAMILY
BACKGROUND. FATHER: named Justinian, proba-
bly Justinian Jordan (ca. 1686-1749). MOTHER:
probably Mary, daughter of John Coode (ca. 1648-
1708/9). BROTHERS: probably Justinian (?-1759);
William (?-ca. 1775); James Jordan (?-1787);
Jeremiah Jordan (ca. 1733-1806); and Charles
(?-1790). SISTERS: probably several, names un-
known. MARRIED Eleanor, daughter of William
Dent (1706-1757) of Charles County and wife
Anne Warren. Eleanor was the granddaughter of
Thomas Dent (1685-1725). Her brothers were
Warren Dent (?-1794); George, who married first,
Rose Townshend Knox (?-1794), and second, in
1796, Elizabeth Harrison Knox. Her sisters were
Judith, who married Jeremiah Chase (?-1755);
Mary, who married the Rev. William Dowie; Ann,
who married Samuel Briscoe (?-1796); Rebecca,
who married William Harrison (?-1789); and
Grace, who married Robert Harrison. Her niece
was Mary Hanson Briscoe, who married Michael
Jenifer Stone (1747-1812). CHILDREN. SONS: Wil-
liam (?-died a minor); John (?-1788), who mar-
ried Sarah, whose second husband was David
Easton of Washington, D.C. DAUGHTER: Anne,
who married William Harrison of Charles County.

PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS AND AC-
TIVITIES. Gent., by 1754. OCCUPATIONAL PRO-
FILE, possibly planter; merchant, 1762. PUBLIC CA-
REER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House,

Charles County, 1754-1757 (Arms and Ammu-
nition 1-4). MILITARY SERVICE: called captain,

1754. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST

ELECTION: probably at least 278 acres in Charles

County. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN

FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: acquired more than
294 acres in Charles County, 1754-1763; sold more
than 278 acres in Charles County, 1761-1763.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: on May 29, 1763, in
Charles County. PERSONAL PROPERTY TEV,
£1,359.15.3 current money (including 1 slave and
books); FB, estate overpaid £1,039.7.1. LAND:
more than 294 acres in Charles County.

JORDAN, JUSTINIAN (ca. 1686-1749). BORN:
ca. 1686. RESIDED: in St. Mary's County. FAMILY

BACKGROUND. MOTHER: Elizabeth Goldsmith
(1660-?). BROTHER: John. MARRIED by 1723 Mary,
daughter of John Coode (ca. 1648-1708/9) and
wife Elizabeth. Her brothers were John, Jr. (?-
1718); William (1679-?). Her stepbrother was
Gerrard Slye (1654-1703). Her sisters were Win-
nefred; Anne. CHILDREN. SONS. Justinian (?-1759),
who married Elizabeth, daughter of James Mills
(?-1764); William (?-ca. 1775); James Jordan
(?-1787); Jeremiah Jordan (ca. 1733-1806);
Charles (?-1790), who married Ann; and prob-
ably John Jordan (?-1763). DAUGHTERS: several
mentioned but not named in will. PRIVATE CA-

REER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIA-
TION: Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES:
Gent., 1730. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERV-
ICE: Lower House, St. Mary's County, 1722-1724,
1725-1727, 1732-1734, 1734/35-1737. LOCAL
OFFICE: justice, St. Mary's County, by 1719-1728
(quorum, 1727-1728). MILITARY SERVICE: It.
colonel in Col. George Slater's Company (troops
of horse), St. Mary's County Militia, at death.

WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST ELEC-
TION, probably at least 200 acres in St. Mary's
County (inherited from father). SIGNIFICANT

CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND

DEATH: acquired more than 458 acres in St. Mary's
and Charles counties, 1743-1749 (at least 258
acres by purchase); sold 158 acres in St. Mary's
and Charles counties, 1747. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED: between February 10 and May 3, 1749, in
St. Mary's County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV,
at least £769.15.1 current money (including 12
slaves and books). LAND: more than 500 acres in
St. Mary's County.

JOSEPH, WILLIAM (?-?). BORN, probably in
Ireland. IMMIGRATED, by 1688 as a free adult
from London. RESIDED, in St. Mary's County;
returned to Dublin by 1701. CHILDREN. SON: Wil-
liam, of Prince George's County. PRIVATE CA-
REER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIA-
TION: Catholic. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES:
as "William Joseph, Gent, of London," arrived
with commission as chief executive of the colony.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: merchant in Dublin;
planter in Maryland. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLA-
TIVE SERVICE. Upper House, 1688 (appointed be-
fore the 2nd session of the 1686-1688 Assembly).

OTHER PROVINCIAL OFFICES: Council, 1688-1689;

president, Board of Deputy Governors, 1688-

1689. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: Joseph

was a strong proponent of political rule by divine
right. He alienated the Lower House by his ar-

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