Dear JORDAN List, Re: VA/1600s/1700s/Jonas JORDAN and parents, William JORDAN & Rach(a)el MEADOR, (aka MEADOW(S,)) and any other descendants. Re: Rach(a)el JORDAN, born: abt./aft. 1745 poss. in VA, who married John JENNINGS, (RS,) born: abt. 1745 in Richmond Co., VA Hello! MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY CHANNUKAH, HAPPY KWANZA, and every other HAPPY HOLIDAY wish! I'm hoping that there are some of you that are much more familiar with the family of the William JORDAN, born: 1686 in Essex County, Virginia, and his wife, Rach(a)el MEADOR, (aka MEADOW(S,) born: 1686 in Essex County, VA or Old Rappahannock County, VA, died in Amelia County, VA, who were the parents of Jonas JORDAN, born: 1725 in VA, died: June 29, 1795 in VA and who lived in Caroline County, Amelia County, and Bedford County in Virginia and who was a Patriot in the Revolutionary War. Information that I have seen suggests that some of the other children of Rach(a)el MEADOR/MEADOW(S) may have been named Isaac JORDAN, Jeremiah JORDAN, Abraham JORDAN, and William JORDAN in addition to the known Jonas JORDAN. Does anyone know anything about any marriages and children for Jonas JORDAN or any other children of Rach(a)el MEADOR and William JORDAN? My paternal 4th great grandmother was Rach(a)el JORDAN, born: abt./aft. 1745 probably in Virginia, who married John (2) JENNINGS, Sr., (RS,) born: abt. 1745 prob. in Richmond County, Virginia where his family had been since the 1600s when his 2nd great grandfathers, John PAYNE and John (1) JENNINGS, Sr. immigrated into Old Rappahannock County, Virginia in the 1630s. John PAYNE later lived in Westmoreland County, VA. It is believed that his wife was Margaret ROBINSON, (d/o Richard ROBINSON, (early 1600s immigrant into the Tidewater area of VA,) and that John PAYNE and Margaret ROBINSON were the parents of Margaret PAYNE who married 1st husband, John (1) JENNINGS, Sr., before her marriage to her 2nd husband, Christopher EDRINGTON, Sr.. From John JENNINGS, Sr. and Margaret PAYNE, I descend through their son, William JENNINGS, Sr. and his wife believed to have been Mary WILLOUGHBY, (still searching for her parents,) who were the parents of William JENNINGS, Jr., born: abt. 1695 in Richmond County, VA, (formerly Old Rappahannock Co. area,) who married Ann KELLY, born: abt. 1695 in Richmond Co., VA, who was the daughter of (Captain) John KELLY, (s/o of Matthew KELLY and Penelope "Nelly" NORTON,) and (Captain) John KELLY's wife, Amy DONIPHAN, who was the daughter of (Captain) Alexander DONIPHAN, Sr. and his 1st wife, Amiee/Amy/Amee PARTRIDGE. There are so many related and associated families of the DONIPHANs and others above including the HAWKINS, CATLETT, and others that are, also, associated with my PAYNE and JENNINGS families and the MEADOR and JORDAN families that I think there may be a connection for my Rach(a)el JORDAN who married John (2) JENNINGS, Sr., (RS.) From the aforementioned Ann KELLY and William JENNINGS, Jr., my descent continues through their son, Edward Salley JENNINGS, Sr., born: 1720 in Richmond Co., VA, and his wife, Sarah MOORE?, (my paternal 5th great grandparents,) through their son, the aforementioned John (2) JENNINGS, Sr., (RS,) who married Rachael JORDAN. Edward Salley JENNINGS, Sr. and his 4 siblings, William JENNINGS, III, John JENNINGS, Calathan JENNINGS, and Martha JENNINGS were all orphaned in the 1730s with Edward being the oldest at about 15 years at the time. William JENNINGS, III and John JENNINGS were taken under the guardianship of their mother's brother, Matthew DONIPHAN, and their sister, Martha JENNINGS, was taken under the guardianship of their mother's brother, Alexander Doniphan KELLY, and Calathan JENNINGS and Edward Salley JENNINGS, Sr. were taken under the guardianship of the father's brother, Augustus JENNINGS, Sr.. It was Ann, Alexander, and Matthew KELLY's uncle, Alexander DONIPHAN, Jr., who married into the HAWKINS, CATLETT, SALLEE, TALIAFERRO, SHORT family. I am very much looking forward to hearing from anyone who might have any information on the children and grandchildren of Rach(a)el MEADOR and William JORDAN as well as anything more specific on the parents of my Rach(a)el JORDAN who married John (2) JENNINGS, (RS.) In advance, I thank you for any information. Sincerely, Bellinda Myrick-Barnet