Samuel Jordan was an early settler and Ancient Planter of colonial Jamestown. He arrived in Virginia around 1610, and served as a Burgess in the first representative legislative session in North Ameri
Thomas Armstrong's illustration of the First Assembly in Virginia, which Samuel Jordan attended.
Virginia Historical Highway Marker of Jordan's Journey
Ancient planter was a term applied to an early settler who migrated to the Colony of Virginia before 1616 and remained there for at least three years. The settler received a land grant, which was equi
Samuel Jordan
…Samuel Jordan (died 1623) was an early settler and Ancient Planter of colonial Jamestown. He arrived in Virginia around 1610, and served as a Burgess in the first representative legislative session in North America…
"Cultivation of tobacco at Jamestown 1615"
Historical marker mentioning ancient plantations along the James River
Title page of "A Breife Declaration of the Plantation of Virginia duringe the first Twelve Yeares" (1624)