George Ord Sr.

Captain George Ord Sr. (May 26, 1741 – October 13, 1806) was a sea captain during the American Revolution,[1][2] and a privateer who worked on behalf of Philadelphia merchants,[3] who later started a rope-making and ship-chandler business in Philadelphia.

[4] George Ord was born in England and immigrated to Southwark, Philadelphia County.

On January 17, 1767, he married Rebecca Lindmeyer of Southwark, who was the sister-in-law of Reverend Eric Nordenlind, pastor of the Swedish Lutheran Church (commonly called Gloria Dei, or Old Swedes' Church) on the Delaware River.

[4] As captain of the Lady Catherine, Ord led a successful gunpowder raid at Bermuda in August, 1775, and brought the munitions back to Philadelphia for use by the continental army.

[6][7][8] Ord died on October 13, 1806, and is buried in a family plot at Gloria Dei Church cemetery.