Samuel Jordan

It became a safe haven and stronghold for settlers during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War that ensued after the Powhatan surprise attack of 1622.

[4][5] Though the genealogist John Dorman does not mention either Robert or Samuel, he does acknowledge the possibility that Thomas Jordan, who arrived in Virginia at age 18 aboard Diana in 1619, could be Samuel's son from an earlier marriage in England; however, he points out there is no conclusive evidence to establish this relation.

[6] When Deputy-Governor George Yeardley called the first representative legislative assembly in Virginia in 1619, Jordan served as a Burgess on behalf of Charles City.

[7]: 154  During this first meeting, Jordan also served on the committee of readers for the Great Charter, which been recently received from the Virginia Company and had authorized the assembly.

[7]: 159  As a privilege granted by the Great Charter, Jordan also became an ancient planter,[2] which entitled him to 100 acres of land.

[18]: 554  Farrar eventually acquired his own rights to a 2000-acre patent on Farrar's Island at the site of what had previously been Henricus,[20] Historian Martha McCartney suggests Jordan's Journey may have remained with one or both of Jordan's daughters,[21] but their fates are not recorded.