Wreck of the Sea Venture
1609
Samuel Jordan was evidently the first Jordan to settle in English America. Some reports say that Samuel was born in Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire, England, and his birth year is given as 1575 or 1578. Samuel was on the ship Sea Venture that shipwrecked off Bermuda in July 1609. The survivors constructed two ships, and eventually they continued on to Jamestown, arriving in May 1610. Within a few years, Samuel established a plantation at a place that he called “JORDAN’S JOURNEY”, located on the south side of the James River more than thirty miles upstream from Jamestown (near the present town of Hopewell and at a point where the Benjamin Harrison Memorial Bridge now crosses the river). The early settlers were dependent on water transport, and they settled up and down the banks of the James River much as an ancient Greek writer described his fellow countrymen settling around the Aegean, “like frogs around a pond.”
Thomas Jordan, believed to be a son of Samuel, came to the colony in the year 1623 (the year of Samuel’s death). Genetic Y-DNA tests done by my son Stuart show that we are related to Thomas, but it appears that we are not direct descendants. Based on further DNA analysis and other evidence, my son now believes our ancestor was a cousin of Thomas who came to Virginia some years after the original Jamestown settlement. Nevertheless, I have appropriated the name “Jordans-Journey” for this Blog.
My name is Edwin Saunders Jordan, and I go by the nickname Sandy. I was born on August 30, 1929, in Greensboro, North Carolina. I attended the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and attained bachelor’s and master’s degrees in in history there. I had intended to teach, but following military service in Korea I went to work for the Federal government. I was employed by the National Security Agency for almost 40 years, retiring in 1994. I married the lovely Ann Laura McGuire in December 1951, and we were the proud parents of five sons. Now there are grandchildren and great-grandchildren. My dear wife died in April 2015.
I launched this blog in July 2018. The primary purpose was to provide a series of memories for my family. I had done some of this before in a booklet of family vignettes, but I thought it would be good to keep up with the times and record my ruminations in the form of a blog. I expanded the scope to include articles on history, current events, spiritual subjects, etc. I also opened it to the general public, wishing that I might afford some entertainment and information to a wider audience. I hope to continue posting as long as possible, though the pace may slow.
The posts are in date order, with the latest post first. The following index will direct you to previous posts. After each title a code appears.
(A) = Personal or Autobiographical, (C) = Cultural or Societal Observations,
(E) = Current Event, (G) = Family, (F) Humorous Anecdote, (H) = History,
(M) Miscellany, (P) = Political, (S) = Spiritual or Religious.
Political Comments are from a conservative point of view. Spiritual perspectives are those of a Christian Evangelical.
INDEX TO CONTENTS OF JORDANS-JOURNEY
ALPHABETICAL
ABOUT THIS AND THAT (A) 09/02/2018
ADRIFT IN THE ICE (S) 01/09/2021
ADVENT (S) 12/01/2020
AIRLINE SERVICE, 1958 STYLE (F) 08/11/2018
ALINSKY AND THE REPUBLICANS (C) (P) 08/20/2019
AMERICAN, AN (M) 04/11/2019
AMERICAN FOOTBALL (M) 09/07/2019
ANCESTORS (G) 01/13/2021
ANNIVERSARY (A) 12/16/2020
ANONYMOUS SLANDER (E) 09/11/2020
ANOTHER LOOK AT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT (C) 07/08/2020
ANTHEM DISPUTE, THE (C) 07/24/2020
ARMAGEDDON (E) (P) 09/21/2020
ARROGANCE AND LOVE (M) 05/21/2019
ATHEISTS VS THE CROSS (E) 11/27/2018
AU REVOIR (A) (S) 04/17/2020
AU REVOIR, MY FRIEND (S) 02/09/2019
BATAAN DEATH MARCH, THE (H) 04/09/2019
BATTLE FOR THE MIND (C) 09/17/2020
BEACH, THE (A) (H) 10/22/2019
BEACHCOMBING (G) 01/11/2019
BEAUTIFUL INTERLUDE, A (A) 11/27/2020
BEAUTY (M) (S) 03/12/2020
BELIEVING THE BEST (C) (E) 05/11/2020
BELOVED BROTHER, A (F) 11/02/2019
BEYOND OURSELVES (S) 01/18/2019
BEYOND THE CLOUDS (P) 11/09/2020
BIAS (P) (C) 09/29/2019
BIG PICTURE, THE (S) (M) 09/05/2019
BILL MAHER AND JESUS (S) (C) 08/18/2020
BIRTHDAY REFLECTIONS (A) 08/30/2019
BLIND SIDE, THE (C) 01/25/2019
BLOCKADE RUNNING (H) 06/05/2020
BLOOD IN THE BRIEFING ROOM (E) 11/18/2018
BLOODIEST DAY, THE (H) 08/22/2019
BLOOMBERG (P) 11/09/2019
BRAINS (F) 01/04/2020
BRAVE MUSICIANS, THE (H) 04/14/2020
BRAZEN DEFIANCE? (P) 09/05/2020
BREAKTHROUGH (C) (S) 04/28/2019
BREONNA TAYLOR AFFAIR, THE (E) 09/25/2020
BRING BACK THE WHIGS (P) 08/21/2018
BROKEN PROMISES (H) 03/27/2020
BUTTIGIEG VS PENCE (C) (E) (P) 04/23/2019
CALUMNY (P) 11/21/2020
CAMPING MEMORIES (F) 08/01/2018
CAMPING PROBLEMS (F) 12/18/2019
CANAL DRIVE (A) 11/15/2019
CANDELABRIC CATASTROPHE (F) 12/11/2019
CAPE HATTERAS (M) 07/18/2020
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT (C) 10/16/2018
CAPITALISM VS SOCIALISM (C) (H) 06/19/2020
CARGO CULTS (C) (H) 12/14/2019
CAUTIONARY TALE, A (C) 08/28/2018
CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS (S) 12/10/2018
CHANGE OF COURSE (E) 04.07/2020
CHRISTMAS AT TANYA COURT (F) 12/09/2020
CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS (S) 12/11/2020
CHRISTMAS MORNING (G) 12/25/2020
CHRISTMAS STORY, A (S) 12/23/2020
CHRISTMAS TREE, THE (A) 12/19/2020
CITY ON FIRE, A (E) (H) 05/29/2020
CIVIL DISCOURSE (C) 10/02/2018
CLASSES AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY (A) 02/04/2019
CLOCK IS TICKING, THE (P) (E) 11/22/2020
COMING HOME (S) 11/20/2018
CONFORMITY (C) 11/03/2018
CONGRESSIONAL PSYCHOSES (E) 01/20/2019
CONSPIRACIES (H) (C) 06/26/2019
CONSPIRACY (P) (E) 11/17/2020
CORONAVIRUS (E) 03/18/2020
COURT AND THE CROSS, THE (E) 02/28/2019
COURT PACKING (E) (P) 10/14/2020
COURTHOUSE RULES (F) 01/28/2020
CRUISING (A) (M) 11/24/2020
D-DAY, THE SIXTH OF JUNE (H) 06/05/2019
DAD (G) 06/21/2020
DANISH SEX DYNAMO, THE (F) 02/22/2019
DARCY AND ELIZABETH (M) 09/27/2020
DAWN (S) 03/15/2020
DEATH ALONG THE FROZEN CHOSIN: THE KOREAN WAR (H) 07/25/2018
DEATH OF A PARTY (P) 10/22/2020
DEATH OF REASON, THE (E) 09/21/2018
DEMOCRACY (P) 05/28/2019
DEMONS IN BLUE (C) 07/29/2020
DERANGED LEFT, THE (P) 08/08/2019
DNA AND THE JORDAN FAMILY (G) 01/15/2021
DNA TESTING (G) 05/04/2019
DO YOU KNOW JOE? (P) 07/02/2020
DONKEYS AND ELEPHANTS (P) 07/13/2018
DROPPING THE ATOMIC BOMB (H) 07/23/2019
DYSPEAKIA – A NEWLY IDENTIFIED NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION (P) 05/23/2020
E PLURIBUS UNUM (C) 01/31/2020
ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL DISTRICTS (P) 12/02/2020
ELECTIONS: THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE (P) 06/09/2020
ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT, THE (P) 12/05/2020
EMPTY TOMB, THE (S) 04/19/2020
END OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT?, THE (C) 03/15/2019
ENERGY (C) 12/01/2018
ET TU, BRUTE (P) (E) 10/18/2020
EVANGELICAL’S DILEMMA, AN (P) 03/21/2019
EVOLUTION REVISITED (S) 10/01/2019
EXPEDIENCY AND HONOR (C) 12/23/2018
EXPOSED! (P) (E) 10/16/2020
EXPOSED PLUS (P0 (E) 10/17/2020
EXTRAORDINARY LIFE, AN (H) 11/30/2019
FACE OF SALEM, THE (E) 10/17/2018
FACTS ABOUT CRIME AND POLICING (C) (E) 08/03/2020
FAITH ALIVE (S) 04/20/2019
FAITH OF OUR FATHERS (S) 11/27/2019
FAKE NEWS (C) 11/17/2018
FAMILY LOVE (A) 10/19/2019
FEELING BIG? (S) 08/05/2020
FELLOWSHIP OF LOVE, A (S) 01/01/2021
FINAL THOUGHTS (E) 10/09/2018
FINALLY OVER? (P) 01/07/2021
FIVE BOTTOMLESS PITS (F) 03/26/2019
FIVE SIMPLE TRUTHS (C) 08/02/2020
FOG ON THE MOUNTAIN (A) 09/13/2019
FOLLOW-UP TO “IMPEACH HIM” (P) 10/12/2019
FOOLISHNESS (E) 01/23/2021
FOREIGN INTRUSIONS (M) 08/22/2020
FREE TRADE (E) (P) 08/13/2018
FREE TRADE – ANOTHER LOOK (E) (P) 05/08/2020
FREEDOM RING (S) 05/25/2020
FROM THE FRONTIERS TO THE MARNE (H) 05/13/2020
GARBLED COMMUNICATIONS (F) 03/20/2019
GENERATIONS (G) 01/18/2021
GENTLEMAN AND A GANGSTER, A (H) (P) 08/28/2020
GEORGE H. W. BUSH AND WILLIE HORTON (H) 12/04/2018
GET OUT OF HERE! (F) 07/20/2019
GIFT, THE (S) 12/31/2020
GIFT FOR THE KING, A (S) 07/19/2018
GIFT FOR THE KING (REPEAT) (S) 11/07/2020
GLOBALISM (H) (C) 08/13/2019
GLOBALISM VS NATIONALISM (P) (C) 10/31/2020
GO IN PEACE! (G) 01/08/2021
GOD BLESS AMERICA! (H) 03/30/2019
GOLD CURTAIN, THE (P) 10/25/2020
GOOD MAN, A (P) 08/14/2020
GOOD THOUGHTS AND BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES (S) 12/22/2018
GOODBYE MOTHER, FAREWELL FATHER. (C) (E) 01/02/2021
GOVERNMENTIUM (C) (F) 01/20/2021
GRADE TOO FAR, A (F) 08/07/2018
GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (E) (S) 05/31/2020
GREAT ENIGMA, THE (P) 10/20/2020
GREAT WAR BEGINS, THE (H) 07/27/2019
GROUPTHINK (C) 07/11/2020
GROWING FAMILY, A (A) 02/02/.2019
GUNFIGHTS AND POSSES (C) 04/29/2020
GUNS, GUNS, GUNS (E) (P) 08/17/2019
GUY OR GAL? (C) 08/16/2020
HAIL AND FAREWELL (E) (P) 01/21/2021
HAIR (F) (H) 04/16/2020
HAPPY NEW YEAR (S) 12/31/2019
HAVE A BLESSED EASTER (S) (A) 04/11/2020
HE LOVES ME. HE DON’T (M) 05/06/2020
HEALING (A) 03/07/2019
HEROES AND MEDALS (H) 11/13/2018
HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE (A) 01/19/2019
HILLS OF CAROLINA (A) (G) 02/24/2020
HITLER AND NAPOLEON (H) 08/05/2019
HOLDING HANDS IN THE DARK (S) 12/21/2019
HOLIER THAN THOU? (S) 07/17/201
HONEST MAN, AN (P (C) 08/29/2020
HONOR BRIGHT (M) 04/03/2020
HORATIO AT THE BRIDGE (F) 08/19/2018
HOW I GOT MY NAME (A) (F) 02/14/2019
HOW MUCH CAN YOU HATE? (P) (E) 09/12/2020
HYPOCRISY (S) 02/08/2020
I WOULD RATHER WALK (P) (F) 04/23/2020
ICONS (C) (A) 04/10/2020
IDEALISM (S) 01/24/2021
IDIOT-SAVANT (P) 10/10/2020
IMPASSE, THE (E) 01/09/2019
IMPEACH HIM (P) 10/11/2019
IMPEACHMENT, A POSTMORTEM (P) 02/03/2020
IMPORTANT POST (C) 01/16/2019
IN DEFENSE OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH (S) 09/25/2018
IN FLANDERS FIELDS (H) 11/09/2018
IN MEMORIAM (M) 11/11/2020
IN THE ARMY NOW (A) 01/26/2019
IN THE BEGINNING (S) 03/02/2019
IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER (E) (C) 05/04/2020
IN THE MINISTRY (F) 02/12/2020
IS THE CONSTITUTION CONSTITUTIONAL? (C) 07/18/2018
IN THE NAME OF GOD (C) 04/18/2019
JORDAN NAME, THE (G) 01/11/2021
JORDAN FAMILY ROOTS (G) 01/03/2019
JOURNALISTIC ETHICS (C) 10/27/2020
JOURNALISTIC WOES (C) 05/29/2020
JOY TO THE WORLD (S) 12/18/2018
JUSTICE ON TRIAL (P) 08/10/2019
KEEP THE FAITH! (S) 10/06/2020
KEVIN’S BLANKET (F) 07/13/2019
KRAKEN, THE (P) (E) 11/25/2020
KU KLUX KLAN MEETS THE INDIANS, THE (F) 07/21/2018
LAST JAR, THE (G) 04/30/2019
LECTOR’S NOTE, A (S) 03/08/2019
LEST WE FORGET (S) 07/13/2018
LET US REASON TOGETHER (E) (C) 06/16/2020
LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT (P) 10/16/2020
LGBT ACTIVISM (C) 11/02/2020
LGBT ISSUES (C) 11/06/2018
LIBERAL AGENDA AND A CONSERVATIVE’S RESPONSE, A (P) (H) 06/24/2019
LINES ARE DRAWN, THE (P) 08/24/2020
LOOKING AT THE CLOUDS (F) 07/30/2019
LOOKING FOR THE WAY OUT (G) 08/20/2020
LORD, HELP US (P) 06/05/2020
LOSING A FRIEND (P) (E) 11/13/2020
LOVE AND MARRIAGE (C) (S) 01/11/2020
LOVE CAME DOWN (S) 12/29/2020
LOVING YOU (A) (S) 11/06/2019
MADNESS! (E) (P) 06/14/2020
MAGGIE’S DRAWERS (F) 07/27/2018
MAGRUDER PARK (F) 02/07/2019
MAN FOR THE TIMES, A (P) 09/03/2020
MARBLES AND RUBBER GUNS; SANDLOT AND STRAND (A) 08/26/2018
MASTER RACE, THE (C) (H) 08/27/2019
MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE, A (A) 04/06/2019
MELTING POT, THE (C) (H) (F) 01/05/2021
MEMORIES (G) 12/27/2019
MERRY CHRISTMAS (S) 12/25/2018
MERRY CHRISTMAS (S) 12/24/2019
MIRACLES (S) 03/12/2019
MISSING IN ACTION – TNE FBI (P) (E) 10/19/2020
MISSING KEYS, THE (S) 07/31/2018
MOM (F) 06/.26/2020
MORALITY AND THE NATIONAL INTEREST (C) 10/23/2018
MORE ON DEMOCRACY 02/14/2020
MORE ON FREE TRADE AND THE TRADE DEFICIT (E) 08/29/2018
MORE ON ICONS (C) 04/26/2020
MOTHER (A) 05/09/2020
MOVING TO THE BEACH (A) 01/08/2019
MUDDLED COMMUNICATIONS (P) (E) 03/31/2020
MUSIC OF CHRISTMAS, THE (S) 12/21/2020
MY BACKYARD GENIUS (F) 12/03/2020
MY DIVERSE FAMILY (G) 04/13/2019
MY FIRST MOVIE (A) 03/03/2020
MY INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET (A) 03/16/2019
MYSTERY OF SEX, THE (C) 10/15/2019
NAME CALLING OR SOLUTION SEEKING (C) 09/24/2019
NEW JACOBINS, THE (E) (H) 06/24/2020
NEW YEAR BLESSING, A (S) 01/01/2021
NEW YEAR’S BLESSING, A (S) 12/29/2018
NFL PROTESTS (E) 08/31/2018
NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS (F) 06/12/2020
NOTES FROM A LECTOR (F) 03/08/2019
OFF TO DEUTSCHLAND (A) 02/19/2019
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS (C) 10/20/2018
OH, WHAT A TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE (P) 10/05/2019
ONLY YESTERDAY (H) (G) 04/02/2019
OPPOSITION, THE (P) 11/20/2019
ORWELLIAN DOUBLETALK (C) 07/27/2020
ORIGIN OF LIFE, THE (S) 09/10/2019
PANTIE RAIDS (F) 08/05/2018
PANTIE RAIDS REDUX (F) 03/22/2020
PATHS OF GLORY (H) 07/11/2019
PEARL HARBOR (H) 12/07/2019
PERFECT MAN, THE (E) 09/22/2018
PERSPECTIVE (C) (H) 08/12/2020
POINT OF VIEW (C) 06/01/2019
POLITE POLITICS (P) 05/27/2020
POLITICAL TURMOIL (P) 09/24/2020
POLITICAL WARS AND THE MEDIA (C) (P) 09/06/2018
POOH! POOH! (P) (E) 11/15/2020
POSTAL POLITICS (E) (P) 09/07/2020
POSTS ON FAMILY (G) 12/31/2018
PRAYER, A (S) 11/03/2020
PRAYER FOR HEALING (S) 03/09/2019
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE VIRUS (E) 03/24/2020
PRESIDENT TRUMP: OUR WHIRLING DERVISH (P) 04/05/2020
PROGRESSIVISM VS TRADITIONALISM (C) 11/01/2020
PROSPECTS (S) 03/18/2019
PROUD TOWER, THE (E) (S) 03/20/2020
PUMP OUT THE BILGE (M) (P) 05/02/2020
QUID EST VERITAS? (S) 09/29/2018
RACE AND RACISM (C) (H) 07/20/2018
RACISTS? (P) (C) 10/08/2020
REAGAN AND THE QUEEN (F) 01/18/2020
REAL SKINNY. THE (P) 02/18/2020
REAL WAR, THE (C) (P) (S) 10/29/2019
REFLECTIONS ON IMPEACHMENT (P) 01/25/2020
REFORMATION (H) 10/30/2018
REMEMBER LIDICE (H) 06/08/2019
REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR (H) 12/07/2018
REMEMBERING MOM (G) 06/26/2020
REMEMBRANCE (A) 09/10/2018
REPARATIONS (P) (C) 10/12/2020
REVIVAL (P) 03/08/2020
RESCUE STATION, THE (S) 07/17/2018
RIGHTEOUS MIND, THE (C) (P) 06/14/2019
RIOTS AND REVOLUTION? (P) 12/04/2020
RIVES FAMILY ROOTS (G) 01/06/2019
ROMNEY’S CONSCIENCE (P) 02/05/2020
ROOTS (C) 08/24/2019
ROTTEN TO THE CORE (P) 10/28/2020
RUNNING THE GOOD RACE (S) (C) 08/26/2020
SADNESS (P) (E) 10/29/2020
SAGA OF THE HOOD (H) 04/24/2019
SANDMANN AND HIS HAT (P) 08/27/2020
SCROOGE (M) 12/12/2020
SELL THEM THE ROPE (C) 09/25/2020
SEXUAL VIOLENCE: A SAD STATISTIC (C) 09/21/2019
SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY (G) (A) (S) 07/11/2020
SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON (A) 01/29/2019
SHELL SHOCK (P) 11/05/2020
SHROUD OF TURIN. THE (S) 06/28/2019
SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI (S) 07/13/2018
SILENT SAM (E) (H) 12/03/2019
SODA FOUNTAINS (M) 05/15/2020
SONG OF ROLAND, THE (H) 05/07/2019
SOUND THE CLAXON! (P) (E) 10/19/2020
SOUTHERN YANKEE, A (F) 07/23/2018
SPOTTED HORSE LANE (F) 02/16/2019
SPRINGTIME FUN (A) 05/20/2020
STAND UP FOR AMERICA! (E) (C) (P) 06/23/2020
STANDARDS (F) 10/06/2018
STEALTHY INTRUSION (C) (E) 07/26/2020
STILL DRIVING (F) 01/15/2020
STRANGE THINGS (M) 03/05/2020
SUBURBAN UTOPIA (C) 07/31/2020
SUNRISE (A) 10/23/2019
SURPRISE PACKAGE, A (F) 08/15/2018
SURVIVAL OF THE UNFITTEST (H) (C) 08/32/2020
TALENT (M) 09/19/2020
TAXES, DEFICITS, AND DEBT (C) 01/14/2019
TELL ME TRUE (P) 10/26/2019
TERRIBLE THIRST FOR ORANGEADES, A (A) 01/22/2019
THANK YOU, LORD (G) 12/07/2020
THANK YOU, PEOPLE OF AMERICA (S) 08/24/2018
THANKSGIVING (H) (S) 11/28/2019
THEMISTOCLES, HERO OF SALAMIS (H) 05/18/2019
TIPPING POINT, THE (P) 10/23/2020
THEY STOLE IT FAIR AND SQUARE (E) (P) 12/15/2020
THIN VENEER (C) 07/20/2020
THIN VENEER (SHORT VERSION) (C) 07/20/2020
THOUGHTS ON THE ELECTION (P) 11/29/2020
THROW UP YOUR HANDS (P) 12/29/2019
TIPPING POINT, THE (P) 10/23/2020
TITANIC, THE (H) 04/15/2019
TOO TOUGH FOR TIGERS (A) 02/19/2019
TOUCH OF THE MASTER’S HAND (S) 10/13/2018
TRAITORS (C) (G) 07/15/2020
TRANSFORMATION OF THE DEM AND REP PARTIES (H) 09/04/2018
TRIBUTE TO A CHILDHOOD FRIEND (A) 09/09/2020
TRIBUTE TO FAMILY, A (G) 06/11/2019
TRICK OR TREAT ? (F) 10/27/2018
TRUE OR FALSE? (P) (E) 11/20/2020
TRUE OF FALSE REDUX? (M) 01/14/2021
TRUE OR FALSE – THE ELECTION WAS RIGGED? (P) 01/16/2021
TRUE OR FALSE – TRUMP THE WORST? (P) 01/22/2021
TRUMP A RACIST? (P) 08/25/2020
TRUMP: AN EVALUATION (P) 11/18/2019
TRUMP AND THE EVANGELICALS (P) 01/10/2020
TRUMP BASHING (E) (P) 04/22/2020
TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME (P) 01/22/2020
TRUMP THE RACIST (P) 05/17/2020
TRUMP VS THE RADICAL LEFT (P) 09/15/2020
TRUMP’S TAXES (P) (E) 09/29/2020
TRUTH (C) (E) 07/05/2020
TRUTH BE DAMNED (C) 09/22/2020
TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS, THE (S) 12/27/2020
TWELVE YEARS TILL WORLD’S END (E) 03/05/2019
TWO PROGRESSIVE THINKERS, A CRITIQUE (C) 09/17/2019
unHAPPY PLANTATION, THE (H) 05/14/2019
UNWINNABLE WARS (H) 09/19/2018
VERILY, VERILY; TRULY, TRULY (P) 02/21/2020
VERITAS (S) 07/05/2020
VERY PLEASANT PLACE, A (A) 08/09/2018
VIETNAM AND WATERGATE (H) 07/29/2019
VIEWPOINT (P) 02/27/2020
VIRTUES AND VALUES (C) 06/02/2020
VOICE OF REASON, A (P) 11/11/2020
VOTE (C) 08/17/2018
VOTING (P) 10/04/2020
WALL OF LIES, A (P) (M) 11/19/2020
WAR AND MADNESS (H) 07/12/2018
WAR OF THE WORLDS (H) 10/20/2019
WATERGATE (H) (P) 06/22/2019
WATERLOO (H) 06/18/2019
WE, THE PEOPLE (C) 07/10/2020
WHAT ABOUT TRUMP? (P) 11/24/2018
WHAT CAN WE DO? (E) (C) 06/07/2020
WHAT HAPPENED TO KASICH<KRISTO, AND WILL? (P) 10/01/2020
WHAT TO DO? (H) (P) 08/10/2020
WHEN HELL FROZE OVER (H) 10/08/2019
WHERE DO THEY STAND? (C) (E) 07/22/2020
WHERE HAVE THE HEROES GONE? (C) 08/13/2018
WHO IS HE? (P) 10/21/2020
WHO IS THE BIGOT? (C) 02/26/2019
WHOM THE GODS WOULD DESTROY (P) 09/28/2019
WILL THE TRUTH COME OUT? (P) 06/11/2020
WINDS CAME, THE (A) 09/13/2018
WITH WHOM DO YOU MARCH? (E) (C) 06/29/2020
WITHOUT A VISION (S) 08/22/2018
WITHOUT EXCUSE (S) 07/14/2018
WORD POLICE (C) O9/02/2020
WORKING FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY (A) 10/02/2020
YOU CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN (A) 08/08/2020
ZIMMERMAN TELEGRAM, THE (H) 05/11/2019
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Hi,
I like your blog and will be checking back often. My 9th GGF was Richard Jordan who first recorded in Isle of Wight co, Va in 1654 when he married Elizabeth Reynolds. Richard is reportedly the son of Samuel Jordan of Jordan’s Journey and his wife Cecily Phippen but “called Reynolds” (it’s complicated). Richard is supposed to have been the unborn child that Cecily was pregnant with when she refused Rev Grenville Pooley’s offer of marriage just 3 days after the death of her husband Samuel Jordan.I have done a lot of work on Cecily’s ancestry and I’m currently working on Samuel’s ancestry. BTW Samuel had three sons and two daughters by Frances Baker in England prior to his arrival in Virginia. At least two of the sons and one daughter later came to Virginia and settled there.
Cecily Phippen’s parents were Robert Phippen but alias Fitzpen (it’s also complicated) and Cecily Jordan, daughter of Thomas Jordan of Melcombe Regis, Weymouth, Dorsetshire, England. —- I’m already looking for a connection between Samuel Jordan and Cecily and her father Thomas Jordan.
FYI. A few of the names that you might like to look up are: Rev George Phippen, Truro Church, Cornwall, England. Pay particular attention the 1620 Royal Visitation, And if you can find it, his Will written in Lamorran, Cornwall in July 1650, Also David Phippen who settled in Hingham, Massachusetts in 1635, then removed to Boston in 1641. And finally and probably the most interesting; Owen Phippen who was captured by Turkish pirates in 1620 and who made his escape 7 years later. There is a plaque to dedicated to him in the old part of Truro church that was placed there by his brother George. These three are the siblings of Cecily Phippen (but called Reynolds) who was at Jordan’s Journey, Virginia.
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I love your blog site, Dad!
JJ
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I know, right? I do not even know your father, but I too am enjoying it! My pa is soon to be 102 and I firmly believe if macular degeneration hadn’t taken his eye sight, totally, about 3 years ago? He would still be on his computer! He had never discovered blogging, but lord how I wish he would have!
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