I recently gave a talk to residents of my retirement village about my family in the Civil War. Readers of this blog should already be familiar with much of the story, but this is a more complete version. This was my talk. Good morning. My name is Edwin Saunders Jordan. I go by the nickname […]
The Charlestown Retiement Community, which is now my home, has a number of clubs and activities. One of these is the Civil War Roundtable. Sometime in the near future I hope to give a brief presentation to the group telling them about my own family’s Civil War experiences. Much of the information I present here […]
My son Stuart Jordan continues his research on the Jordan family. This is his latest update: “For those of you who have read the 2nd edition of my book regarding our Jordan family – Beneath the Black Walnut (2022) – I wish to provide some updates. “In Section VII of the book, I examine Y-DNA […]
Over the years, I have made a number of blog posts on our Jordan family of Halifax County, Virginia. These are among the most visited posts in this blog. Now, in the summer of 2024, I thought it time for a concise review of some of the pertinent information. There are many Jordan families. Until […]
Over the life of this blog, my article on Jordan Family Roots has been my most visited post. As of August, 2021, it had been accessed more than 600 times, twice the number of visits to any other article. For that reason I thought it would be well to do an update in which I […]
I am often repetitive for purpose of clarification. Family relationships are sometimes complicated. As previously noted, there is evidence my family descends from a Jordan male forebearer living in southwest England in the mid to late 16th century. Ignatius Jordan (Jourdain), one time mayor of Exeter, and his putative brother, Silvester Jordan (Jourdain) of the […]
Despite the recent hubbub about politics, the most frequently visited post on the jordans-journey.com blog is the one entitled “Jordan Family Roots.” I must have a lot of cousins out there. The surname Jordan is not uncommon, and the fact you and I may have the same last name is not a strong indication we […]
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