Ancestry of
Mary Jordan

(–1713)

Mary Jordan

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• • 1st Generation
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  • Father:
  • Jeffrey Jordan 
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  • 07 or 28 FEB 1713 
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  • Mary Jordan immigrated to New England with her parents and were called "Redemptioners." These were a class of immigrants who mortgaged their services to pay for their passage. The commander of the ship they sailed on was James Rogers. He is said to have "bought" Mary from her parents and married her. It is said that he later was "accustomed to say" that her family was "the richest cargo he ever shipped and the purchase of Mary was the best bargain he ever made."

• Marriages for Mary Jordan

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  • Spouse:
  • James Rogers
  • Marriage Date:
  • 5 Nov 1674
  • Marriage Location:
  • New London, New London Co., Connecticut

• Sources for Mary Jordan

  • ¹ Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vol. 10, p. 944.
  • ² Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. VI, R-S, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 82.
  • ³ Rogers, James Swift, James Rogers of New London, Ct., and His Descendants, Boston: James Swift Rogers (1902), 45-46, 54.
  • ⁴ Selleck, Rev. Charles Melbourne, Norwalk, Norwalk, Connecticut: Harry M. Gardner, Printer (1896), 163.