Hello, on the Jordan name ,I have papers of my family where the name was change 03 times ,JOURDAN, JORDEN AND JORDAN , my GrandFather was Jourdan change to Jorden my Father was Jorden change to Jordan ,my Father said he didn,t know why they took out the E. AND MADE IT A,HE WAS French, Irish, and Cherokee,Robert Jordaine went to England married there had family and some of them came over here .and the french were Huguanots and Nomades.my Father was born 1880 .in KY. most our family came from Surry Co Virginia,in to Ky. ----- Original Message ----- From: CCarnivale@aol.com<mailto:CCarnivale@aol.com> To: JORDAN-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:JORDAN-L@rootsweb.com> hELLO Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 2:32 PM Subject: Re: [JORDAN] Samuel Jourdan/Jordan The name was probably spelled and pronounced Jourdan because of the proximity to French Huguenots in Goochland Co. VA., not because they were French. They carried the English name of Jordan when they came to America. The pronunciation stuck and the spelling did not, in most cases, especially in the south. That would be "Samuel Jordan, Gentleman," denoting his class status in society, not his name. ==== JORDAN Mailing List ==== List webpage - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/j/jordan.html<http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/j/jordan.html> Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm<http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm>

Lloyd, MY Jordans began to spell their name Jourdaine, then Jourdan, then Jordan. I think the names gradually changed, sometimes by the census takes and sometimes. My own maiden name of Witherington, began as Widdrington in England and is spelled Worthington, Weatherington, but we had our ancestor's Bible wereh our name was spelled Witherington, so we stuck to the original spelling. Collene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lloyd McCraney" <Lwmc37@msn.com> To: <JORDAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 12:42 PM Subject: Re: [JORDAN] Samuel Jourdan/Jordan > Hello, on the Jordan name ,I have papers of my family where the name was change 03 times ,JOURDAN, JORDEN AND JORDAN , my GrandFather was Jourdan change to Jorden my Father was Jorden change to Jordan ,my Father said he didn,t know why they took out the E. AND MADE IT A,HE WAS French, Irish, and Cherokee,Robert Jordaine went to England married there had family and some of them came over here .and the french were Huguanots and Nomades.my Father was born 1880 .in KY. most our family came from Surry Co Virginia,in to Ky. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: CCarnivale@aol.com<mailto:CCarnivale@aol.com> > To: JORDAN-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:JORDAN-L@rootsweb.com> hELLO > Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 2:32 PM > Subject: Re: [JORDAN] Samuel Jourdan/Jordan > > > The name was probably spelled and pronounced Jourdan because of the proximity > to French Huguenots in Goochland Co. VA., not because they were French. They > carried the English name of Jordan when they came to America. The > pronunciation stuck and the spelling did not, in most cases, especially in the south. > > That would be "Samuel Jordan, Gentleman," denoting his class status in > society, not his name. > > > ==== JORDAN Mailing List ==== > List webpage - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/j/jordan.html<http://lists.rootsweb. com/index/surname/j/jordan.html> > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm<http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN- links.htm> > > > > ==== JORDAN Mailing List ==== > List webpage - http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/j/jordan.html > some JORDAN resources - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/surnames/jordan/ > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > >

Would anyone on the list know of ANY Jordan and Ross marriages which would have occurred in NC or TN? The years could be from 1760 on to perhaps 1825. Also does anyone have an Ann or Annie Jordan or an Ann or Annie Ross who may have been born between 1800-1815 who would have married in TN? Sheri Kelly in Louisiana --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone.