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Samuel Jordan (died 1623) was an early settler and Ancient Planter of colonial Jamestown. He arrived in Virginia around 1610, and served as a Burgess in the first representative legislative session in North America. Jordan patented a plantation which he called "Beggar's Bush", which later became known as Jordan's Journey.
Died on Bermuda, c. 1609-1610 Stephen Hopkins: merchant and tanner Sea Venture: Protested leaving Bermuda, was almost executed for mutiny. [additional citation(s) needed] Died 1644. Elizabeth Joons: Girl Jones, E. Sea Venture: Probably aged 9 or 10 Samuel Jordan: Captain, gentleman Sea Venture [66] [additional citation(s) needed] Silvester Jourdain
Cecily Jordan Farrar was one of the earlier women settlers of colonial Jamestown, Virginia. She arrived in the colony as a child in 1610 and was established as one of the few female ancient planters by 1620. After her husband Samuel Jordan died in 1623, Cecily obtained oversight of his 450-acre plantation, Jordan's Journey. In the Jamestown ...
The Jamestown supply missions were a series of fleets (or sometimes individual ships) from 1607 to around 1611 that were dispatched from England by the London Company (also known as the Virginia Company of London) with the specific goal of initially establishing the company's presence and later specifically maintaining the English settlement of "James Fort" on present-day Jamestown Island.
Samuel L. Jackson is lacing up for the true-crime drama Fight Night. The prolific actor will star alongside Kevin Hart in the upcoming Peacock series, Variety reports. Jackson will portray ...
The Beatles’ 1964 trip to America will be chronicled in a new documentary from producer Martin Scorsese and director David Tedeschi. Titled “Beatles ’64,” the film will be released on ...
A staffer at George Clooney’s production house Smokehouse Pictures told The Independent they were ‘still thick in production on’ blockbuster documentary
William Tucker was born in Cornwall on January 7, 1588 or in 1589. [6] In 1610, he sailed on the ship Mary and Thomas (sometimes written as Mary and James) to Virginia. [7] [8] Tucker was married to Mary Thompson, who was born in 1599. [7]