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The Original Lists of Persons of Quality, Emigrants, Religious Exiles, Political Rebels, Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years; Apprentices; Children stolen; Maidens Pressed; and Others Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700 : With Their Ages and the Names of the Ships
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When his father died, Richard Bland III inherited the property and moved inland, building a new residence about 1.5 miles south of the original plantation. Jordan Point itself remained with the Bland family until the end of the 19th century. It was then sold to the Leavenworth family, who sold it to
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During this time, Jordan's Journey grew in both population and prosperity. By the time of Virginia Muster of 1624/1625, Jordan's Journey was the fourth highest ranked settlement in Virginia in terms of combined material wealth, population, and military strength. During the colonial assemblies of 1624
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Airport, which was located on the site of Jordan's Journey. In 1987, the airport property was sold and a residential development, "Jordan on the James" now occupies its former site. It was also the site of the Jordan Point Golf Course, which closed in 2015. Today Jordan Point has a marina, which is
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The land around Beggars Bush, which was usually spelled without the possessive apostrophe, may have had its name as early as 1617, as the Vingboons map, which is thought to be a Dutch copy of a 1617 English map of the settlements on the James river transliterates the name of the area around Jordan
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to her after Jordan's death. Farrar had sought refuge at Jordan's Journey when his own plantation was overrun in the 1622 Powhatan surprise attack. In the Virginia muster of 1624/25, both Farrar and Cecily Jordan were listed as heads of the Jordan's Journey household; by 1625, they were married.
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during the same time period. The complex had two foci, the original two longhouses of the Jordan household and the three additional longhouses that were built after Farrar arrived; this unusual dual ground plan respected the social reality that Jordan's Journey at this time had two initially
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steaming downstream in the early morning hours collided with the Benjamin Harrison Bridge, when its steering gear malfunctioned. The collision destroyed two spans and seriously damaged the drawbridge. As a result, the bridge was out of service for 20 months and ferry service was temporarily
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Sometime after the abandonment of the Jordan-Farrar site, the land around Jordan Point came into the possession of Benjamin and Mary Sidway, who surrendered the land in 1657 to the joint ownership of John Bland, a merchant of London, and his brother
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Following the massacre, the original residence gradually expanded into the complex at the Jordan-Farrar site, a palisaded fortification structured around five English longhouses. This type of complex is similar to the fortified
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and English-Native American Contact periods, dating between 1150 and the early 1600s. The archaeological findings suggest that during the Contact period, the area had become a village occupied by the lower orders of the
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states that the rebellion started on Jordan's Point when Nathaniel Bacon took leadership over a group of insurgents there, who wanted to attack Native American settlements against the wishes of the colonial government.
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sense of proportion" that had been started around 1760, but its construction appears to have come to a halt with the death of Richard Bland II in 1776 and it was in ruins after 1781, the year that the Virginia
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The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the First Session of the Legislature, in the year 1619. Published Pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia
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and 1625, Jordan's Journey was substantial enough to be represented by Nathaniel Causey,who had escaped from his plantation at Causey's Care during the 1622 Powhatan attack. When Farrar became
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unmarried heads of household, William Farrar and Cecily Jordan, while still providing a systematic defensive arrangement based on the principles of then-current fortification theory.
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Though the area around Jordan Point had been occupied by native Americans for millennia, archeologists have found evidence of settled agricultural settlements that date from the
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Minutes of the Council and General Court of Colonial Virginia 1622-1632, 1670-1676 with Notes and Excerpts from Original Council and General Court Records into 1683, Now Lost
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notes that Jordan's Journey was one of many alliterative names that were given to some of the earliest plantations (e.g., Pace's Pains, Cawsey's Care, and Chaplains Choice).
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in 1929. In 1945, it was acquired by Hummel Aviation. Bland family cemetery, which include the graves of both Richard Bland I and II, is still present at Jordan Point.
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In, addition, Jordan Point was long served as a crossing point for the James River. It was once the southern terminus of a ferry system across the river connecting
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Samuel Jordan died in early 1623. Official colony records of this time refer to the entire settlement as Jordan's Journey. After Samuel Jordan's death, his widow
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in Which they Embarked, and other Interesting Particulars; from Mss. Preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England
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in Which they Embarked, and other Interesting Particulars; from Mss. Preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England
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site, but provides images of life in Virginia in the 1620s during the time that Jordan's Journey was founded that are based on the archaeological record.
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Up to the 1670s, there is no evidence that the Blands actively used the land. However, Giles Bland, the son of merchant John Bland, became involved as
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provides color images of many of the artifacts dating from 1620-1640 discovered at Jordan's Journey. (McCartney, 2011, explains their significance).
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copper plate engraved map of Virginia shows that the village at Jordan's Point was still extant in 1607, when the first English settlers arrived at
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station. As evidence of this ongoing expansion, archaeologists also found the remains of a large, elaborate brickwork building "consistent with a
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Barka, Norman F. (1993). "The Archaeology of Piersey's Hundred, Virginia, within the Context of the Muster of 1624/5". In James Stoltman (ed.).
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Forts of the Chieftains: A Study of Vernacular, Classical, and Renaissance Influence on Defensible Town and Villa Plans in 17th-Century Virginia
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just north of the south footing of the Benjamin Harrison Bridge on the James River. Jordan Point Marina was devastated by the storm surge from
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During this time, Jordan's Journey grew: In February 1624, 42 people were living there; by January 1624, it had grown to 56 people.
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Jordan Point today seen from the approach to the Benjamin Harrison Memorial Bridge; visible are the skeleton lighthouse tower and
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Jordan's Journey: A Preliminary Report on Archaeology at Site 44PG302, 44PG303, Prince George County, Virginia 1990-1991
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Mouer, L. Daniel; McLearen, Douglas C.; Kiser, R. Taft; Egghart, Christopher P.; Binns, Beverly; Magoon, Dane (1992).
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William, Neville (1964). "The Tribulations of John Bland, Merchant: London, Seville, Jamestown, Tangier, 1643-1680".
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Jordan's Journey: A Preliminary Report on the 1992 Excavations at Archaeological Sites 44PG302, 44PG303, and 44PG315
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had removed the Native American presence in the area surrounding Jamestown. Sometime soon afterwards, the colonist
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provides detailed maps of Jordan Journey archaeological site, particularly the layout of the Jordan-Farrar complex.
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description of bark covered buildings, the smaller being shaped like beehives and larger having an oblong form.
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Morgan, Tim; Luccketti, Nicholas; Straube, Beverly; Bessey, S. Fiona; Loomis, Annette; Hodges, Charles (1995).
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in 2003 and over 100 boats and yachts were seriously damaged or destroyed. The marina has since been rebuilt.
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acquired unencumbered title to the land. and established Jordan's Point Plantation, which was a more typical
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In March of 1622, the Native Americans of the Powhatan Confederacy launched a surprise attack, known as the
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Jarvis, Michael; van Driel, Jeroen (1997). "The Vingboons Chart of the James River, Virginia, circa 1617".
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Robert Beverley's illustration of a Native American Village, similar to the one discovered on Jordan Point.
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Archaeological Excavations at Jordan's Point: Sites 44PG151, 44PG300, 44PG302, 44PG303, 44PG315, 44PG333
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Archaeology of Eastern North America Papers in Honor of Stephen Williams, Archaeological Report No 25
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McLearen, Douglas C.; Mouer, L. Daniel; Boyd, Donna M.; Owsley, Douglas W.; Compton, Bertita (1993).
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of the "Upper Partes", which included all settlements upstream from Jordan's Journey from the
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Billings, Warren (1991). "The law of servants and slaves in seventeenth-century Virginia".
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lift span bridge replaced the ferry system. Jordan Point Road now carries State Routes
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Jordan Point had a small airport built by Hummel Aviation in the 1940s known as the
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jordan Point, Virginia
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Jordan's Point, Virginia, Archaeology in Perspective, Prehistoric to Modern Times
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Jordan's Point, Virginia: Archaeology in Perspective, Prehistoric to Modern Times
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Richard Bland Cemetery, Jordan's Point on James River, Prince George County, VA
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Historic marker at location of Jordan's Journey commemorating Samuel Jordan.
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Location of Native American settlement at Jordan Point upstream from
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The English colonists began creating settlements upstream along the
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The Lists of the Living and Dead in Virginia, February 16, 1623/24
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Later additions, including palisades (Jordan's Journey, 1622-1635)
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was established in 1855 to help guide ships up the James River.
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with labor primarily supplied by the colonists themselves and
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of the later colonial era with its economy still focused on
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managed the household with the help of a fellow settler,
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Original Jordan Residence (Beggars Bush, 1620-1622)
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Unincorporated community
Location of Native American settlement at Jordan Point upstream from Jamestown on the James River circa 1607 (from Smith and Hole's 1624 map of Virginia).
Jamestown
James River
map
Jordan Point is located in Virginia
Jordan Point is located in the United States
37°18′26″N 77°13′14″W / 37.30722°N 77.22056°W / 37.30722; -77.22056
State
Virginia
County
Prince George
Time zone
UTC−5
Eastern (EST)
DST
UTC−4
GNIS
unincorporated community
James River
Prince George County
Richmond
Jamestown
James River
Virginia colony

late Woodland
Powhatan
Robert Beverley's
John Smith

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