My Family Tree - JORDAN, James

Narrative

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<div align="left">James Jordan <span style="font-size:12pt">(alias Sheridan) was sentenced in Dublin to 7 years
transportation in 1789 .</span></div>
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<div align="left">Occupation<span style="font-size:12pt">: Looked after government boats and had a farm of his own.</span></div>
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<div align="left"><span style="font-size:12pt">Email from Gary Allison:</span></div>
<p><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">When Mary died, James took over the raising of his family which</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12pt"> </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">included William [Saltmarsh]
& they spent some time on NI after his sentence had been completed trying to grow vegies on
a 10 acre plot he bought. He also acted as a Pilot. After unsuccessfully James & some of his
older sons & William were granted land grants at Norfolk Plains & James & William later had a
fall out over some land & after that they went their own ways.</span></font></p>
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Events

Event	Date	Description	Sources
Birth	1756

Arrival	1792-09-00		3a
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Occupation	after 1793	pilot and coxswain	3b
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Departure	1793		3c
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Occupation	1805-02-00	Pilot for government boat crew	3d
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Fact 1	1810-08-00		3e
			3e
Property	1810	12 acre grant of land, Norfolk Island	3f
			3f
Occupation	1812-01-08	coxswain of government boats at Norfolk Island and assistant pilot	3g
			3g
Departure	1813-02-13		3h
			3h
Property	1813	80 acres, Norfolk Plains	3i
			3i
Death	1840-02-04

Burial	1840-02-06

Families

Family of JORDAN, James and BUTLER, Mary

Married

Wife

BUTLER, Mary ( * 1772 + 1812-08-31 )

Event	Date	Description	Sources
Status (Primary)		MARRIED

Marriage	1792

Family (Primary)			2b
			2b

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
JORDAN, Richard	1794-12-25	1854-05-10
JORDAN, Catherine	1801	1839-12-15
JORDAN, James	1802-11-19	1888-09-08
JORDAN, Thomas	about 1807	1887
JORDAN, John	about 1809	1879-08-28

Attributes

Type	Value	Notes	Sources
_UID	9836F13D3BC34C488EF316880BE73F5C3A92

Attributes

Type	Value	Notes	Sources
_UID	1A78117CD44028448D3BBB10044541985436

Pedigree

1. JORDAN, James
  1. BUTLER, Mary

Source References

David Beswick: Chapter 1 of Beswick Family History
1. - Confidence: Low
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    [Entry Recording Date : 6 SEP 2005]
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Frank Lee: GEDCOM File : JamesJORDAN.ged
1. - Confidence: Low
2. - Confidence: Low
Pauline King: Mary Butler (c1772-c1812) Transprted on the Lady Juliana
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  - Confidence: High
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Birth Name	JORDAN, James 1a 2a
Also Known As	Sheridan
Also Known As	Gordon Sheridan
Gender	male
Age at Death	84 years, 1 month, 3 days