My father always said it was 'Jeerdan'.

Randy Cabell - Descendent of Thomas Jordan, er 'Jeerdan'
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Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Jordan's Journey


> Some of the places along the coast, the Outer Banks of NC, etc. that
> retain that Elizabethan speech still pronounce it "JERR den". I may
> be mis-remembering, but President Carter had a fellow Georgian on
> staff, Hamilton Jordan, and I think they pronounced that "JERR den",
> too.
>
> Nancy
>
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> I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.
>
> --Daniel Boone
>
>
>
> On Jan 6, 2007, at 8:07 PM, Connie Lapallo wrote:
>
>> Hi Neil,
>>
>> I wrote a novel (Dark Enough to See the Stars in a Jamestown Sky)
>> based on
>> Joan Peirce and her daughter Cecily Reynolds. Cecily's second
>> husband was
>> Samuel Jordan of Jordan's Journey. Samuel was a character in the
>> book, but
>> will play a more important role in the sequel. I'm writing the
>> sequel now,
>> which will largely focus on Cecily's life, including her marriage to
>> Samuel and the development of Jordan's Journey. I'm a descendent of
>> Cecily
>> from her first marriage to a Bailey.
>>
>> My research for the sequel is still in progress, but I can tell you
>> that
>> you're correct that there's no definitive proof (that I'm aware of)
>> that
>> Samuel was a passenger on the Sea Venture. However, he received a land
>> grant on 10 December 1620 which listed him as a "an ancient planter
>> who
>> hath abode ten yeares compleat in this Colony." From this, we know he
>> either came on the Patience and Deliverance (with the Sea Venture
>> survivors) or on De La Warr's ships in June 1610. He appeared to
>> have a
>> strong military background (suggested by how well-fortified Jordan's
>> Journey was and the similarity of its structures to those of an Irish
>> bawn.) I believe he was probably in the group of mercenaries left
>> without
>> work when a truce was called in the Lowlands in 1609. His (probable)
>> distant cousin Silvester was definitely on the Sea Venture, and his
>> first
>> cousin's (Joan Peirce's) husband was also on there. I think the Sea
>> Venture is a sound assumption, though not definite.
>>
>> The name "Beggar's Bush" was probably a corruption of "Biker's
>> Bush." The
>> neighboring land was that of William Biker, and there is a Bicker's
>> Creek
>> on present day maps near there as well. Please see W&M Quarterly,
>> April
>> 1941, p.180-181 for a more detailed explanation.
>>
>> Samuel would have pronounced his name "JERR-den." His ancestors
>> probably
>> came to England from France after the Hundred Years war. This distinct
>> pronounciation survived in Virginia for many years, and is
>> distinguishable
>> from the ancient family of English Jordans who pronounce it more as we
>> would expect: "JOR-den".  Given that, "Jordan's Journey" was much more
>> alliterative than it appears on paper!
>>
>> I love the charcter of Sam Jordan and am eager to do more research
>> on him.
>>
>> Best of luck. I hope this helps.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Connie Lapallo
>> author of DARK ENOUGH TO SEE THE STARS IN A JAMESTOWN SKY
>> www.ConnieLapallo.com
>>
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