Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
NameRichard Jordan 
2106
2106Notes for Richard Jordan
Richard Jordan,2106 father of Elizabeth Jordan Fort, made his will in Surry County, Virginia September 24, 1695. Among other bequests in his will-for which John Fort was an executor-was a hog for "my daughter Elizabeth Fort."
If this bequest sounds unusual to modern ears=-it was common in those days-take note of the flavorsome will of Lt. Col. George Jordan, made in Surry May 6, 1678. The will mentions his niece Elizabeth Jordan but not a brother Richard. Whether his niece was the same as Elizabeth Jordan Fort or not, the will deserves to be quoted in part:
"(My) body to be buried by my wife & children in Major Browne's orchard . . . Tobacco in hand due to children of William Jordan, long since deceased, which children I could never ffind; learned they lived in Yorkshire, now to be sent them ... On 15th day of every October a sermon of Mortality to be had at my house, the day my daughter Fortune Hunt died. If the day come on Sunday, Holy Communion to be given. Whoever shall enjoy the land, be it one thousand generations, who Possess the Land shall perform both Sermon and Prayer ... (bequests to various people including) Christopher Foster (see Section I), Water Flood, River Jordan .. God bless the colony where I have lived forty-three years."
The present owner of the good colonel's property mayor may not be aware that his title is clouded unless he personally delivers the "Sermon and Prayer" each October 15!
If this bequest sounds unusual to modern ears=-it was common in those days-take note of the flavorsome will of Lt. Col. George Jordan, made in Surry May 6, 1678. The will mentions his niece Elizabeth Jordan but not a brother Richard. Whether his niece was the same as Elizabeth Jordan Fort or not, the will deserves to be quoted in part:
"(My) body to be buried by my wife & children in Major Browne's orchard . . . Tobacco in hand due to children of William Jordan, long since deceased, which children I could never ffind; learned they lived in Yorkshire, now to be sent them ... On 15th day of every October a sermon of Mortality to be had at my house, the day my daughter Fortune Hunt died. If the day come on Sunday, Holy Communion to be given. Whoever shall enjoy the land, be it one thousand generations, who Possess the Land shall perform both Sermon and Prayer ... (bequests to various people including) Christopher Foster (see Section I), Water Flood, River Jordan .. God bless the colony where I have lived forty-three years."
The present owner of the good colonel's property mayor may not be aware that his title is clouded unless he personally delivers the "Sermon and Prayer" each October 15!