Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624/5
Order of First Families of Virginia, 3rd Ed, 1987, p 380
The quit rent roll of Nansemond Co, VA, 1704, shows his widow in possession of 200 acres.
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Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County Virginia, John Bennett Boddie, Chicago, Chicago Law Printing Company, p 119-120
Margaret... was convinced of the Truth about 16 years of age, from which time she served an exemplary life in all her conversation until the day of her death and was a sufferer with my father both by confinement and the poiling of their goods by teh Adversaries of the Truth. She was a good wife and a tender and careful mother, and a good minister and also a kind neighbor. About 63 years of age she was taken with an indispositon of body which continued near three years in which time she was much weakened. A little before her death some friends came to see her to whom she signified her content and spake much of the goodness of God to her. At 6 o'clock at night she died in remarkable quietness the seventh of the tenth month in the year 1708 having lived about 66 years and survived my father about 9 years lacking 18 hours and was buried the 11th day of the aforesaid month." (Benjamin Jordan's testimony concerning his mother)
"Margaret Jordan, the elder, widow, on the 25th day of the first month, 1701, had 120 pounds of tobacco taken by distress from her for Priests dues." (signed) George Norsworthy, sheriff. John King, another sheriff, "seized from Margaret Jordan, snior, one hogshead of tobacco, 530 pounds for Priests dues and church rates in full, 18 day of February, 1701"
