JORDAN, Mary M.

1783 - 1866  (82 years)

• Name	JORDAN, Mary M.
  Birth	27 Aug 1783	Mt. Pleasant, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey
  Gender	Female
  Death	17 Apr 1866	Luthersburg, Brady Twsp., Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania
  Burial	Unknown	Luthersburg Union Cemetery ~ Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I2256	Smith-Merrill
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2003

  
  

  Father	JORDAN, Mark,   b. May 1761, Mt. Pleasant, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey d. 2 May 1833, Pike Twsp., Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania (Age ~ 71 years)
  Mother	Bloom, Eva Ann,   b. 19 Aug 1764, Alexandria, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey d. 7 Aug 1845, Pike Twsp., Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	1782	Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F561	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Beams, David,   b. Abt 1783   d. Aft 1814, Luthersburg, Brady Twsp., Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania (Age ~ 32 years)
  Marriage	12 Dec 1803	Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F691	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2003

  
  

  Family 2	Taylor, James M.,   b. 30 Jun 1796, Half Moon Valley, Centre Co., Pennsylvania d. 3 Feb 1882, Luthersburg, Brady Twsp., Clearfield Co., Pennsylvania (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	18 May 1816
  Family ID	F692	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2003

  
  

• Notes

  excerpt by Laun Smith-- "Mary Jordan's life covered an extremely productive and developmental period for the young republic of the United States. She was a young girl when the members of the Constitutional Convention met at Philadelphia in 1787, and she lived through the two formative administrations of George Washington, the father of our county. The year she was married the first time, 1803, saw Thomas Jefferson use the implied powers of the presidency to purchase the Louisianna Territory and just about double the territorial span of the United States. And, it was just before the end of the War of 1812 to 1815 that her first husband left home never to return again. Her first husband, David Beams, was a harness maker. Mary was in her twentieth year when she married him, an advanced age for brides in those days. She and David were wed in Cumberland County, and apparently they joined her family in the trek westward -- moving directly to an area thirteen miles west of the Jordan grist mill. Between April 23, 1803 and March 13, 1810, Mary had six children by Beams, and by the time their last child was born a young Quaker apprentice names James M. Taylor was living with them. By 1814 James was eighteen years of age, having been born on June 30, 1796. In 1814 David Beams left his family in the care of young Taylor and headed..." I DON'T HAVE THE REST OF THE BOOK AND DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GET IT.