Joseph Pretlow & Mary Hare

Joseph Pretlow ca 1795 – | his parents
& 1818 Mary Hare | her parents
of Southampton Co VA

This is my working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!!

Joseph Pretlow married 8 Jan 1818 Miss Mary Hare, the daughter of Bryan Hare of Somerton VA and wife Sarah Shephard [sister of Solomon Shephard of Nansemond Co].
Bryan Hare d aft 1818 was son of Edward Hare d 1757 and wife Mary Scott d 1774.
[both Edward and Mary died in North Carolina.]

Children of Joseph Pretlow & Mary Hare:
1. Zelinda Ann Pretlow 4 July 1819 –
married Edward Everett Holland
2. Robert Scott Pretlow 7 April 1821 – 21 Feb 1885
married Isabelle H Cook of Isle of Wight Co VA
3. Joseph Pretlow 1 Dec 1822 – 1862 single
4. John Pretlow 12 April 1825 – 19 Dec 1901 Franklin VA
married Deborah Ricks of Richmond VA no issue
5. Mary Hare Pretlow 30 Jan 1828 –
married 18 Feb 1846 James Massenberg ca 1823 Southampton Co Va – 3 Sept 1846
a. James Pretlow Massenberg 1847 – 1912
married 1868 Caroline Virginia Tucker 1846 – 1920
i. Mary Pretlow Massenberg 1868 – 1934
married 1890 Charles Godwin Moore 1859 – 1941
married 30 May 1850 Samuel Darden Winborne Hertford Co NC
6. Sarah C Pretlow 18 Sept 1832 – 14 Dec 1840 murdered with grandmother and great uncle
7. Elizabeth A Pretlow 12 Feb 1835 – 10 July 1863 of typhoid fever

Ref: The Winborne Family by B B Winborne


Joseph Pretlow 1765 – bef 1840 | his parents
& 1793 Ann Scott ca 1770 – 1840 | her parents
of Southampton County VA

This is my working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!!

Joseph Pretlow married in Isle of Wight Co VA 28 April 1793 Anne Scott.
The widow Ann Scott Pretlow was murdered along with her brother James Scott and granddaughter Sarah C Pretlow the evening of 14 Dec 1840 by a white man, Matthew Drake, motive robbery.

Only child of Joseph Pretlow and Ann Scott:
1. Joseph Pretlow ca 1795 –
married 8 Jan 1818 Mary Hare

The first Pretlow in Virginia was Thomas Pretlow and his wife Rebecca who arrived about 1632. They had two sons, Joseph and Thomas, and one daughter who married a Mr. Harrison.
Joseph who married Ann Scott descended from this Joseph son of Thomas. B B Winborne


William Scott bef 1750 – | his parents
& Miriam | her parents
of Southampton County VA

This is my working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!!

Children of William Scott:
1. James Scott [wealthy bachelor] ca 1770 – 14 Dec 1840
2. Ann Scott ca 1770 – 14 Dec 1840
married 26 Apr 1793 Joseph Pretlow

James Scott, his sister the widow Ann Scott Pretlow and her grand daughter Sarah were murdered 14 Dec 1840 by one Matthew Drake


William Scott | his parents
& Elizabeth Ratcliff Jordan | her parents
of Southampton County VA

This is my working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!!

William Scott died before Elizabeth, who left the bulk of their estate to the eldest of their four children.

Children of William Scott and Elizabeth Ratcliff Jordan:
1. James Jordan Scott d. 1774
2. William Scott
3.
4.

Ref: Web-site of Thomas Moore


James Jordan 1665 – 1732 | his parents
& 1688 Elizabeth Ratcliff 1668 – ca 1718 | her parents
of Isle of Wight County VA

This is my working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!!

James Jordan married Elizabeth Ratcliff in 1688.
At his death James Jordan, a very wealthy man, divided his estate between his son John and his daughter Elizabeth Ratcliff Jordan who had married William Scott.

Children of James Jordan and Elizabeth Ratcliff:
1. James Jordan
married Patience Terrell
2. John Jordan
3. Elizabeth Ratcliff Jordan
married William Scott


Thomas Jordan 1634 – ca 1699 | his parents
& Margaret Brasseur 1642 – 1708 | her parents
of Nansemond County VA

This is my working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!!

He was a Burgess from Nansemond Co serving in 1696-97.
He became a Quaker in 1660. In Sept 1664 he was imprisoned for six months for holding a Quaker meeting at his own home. Released by the king’s proclamation, he was taken again and bound over to the court. He refused to swear and was sent to Jamestown as a prisoner for ten months. The sheriff confiscated some of his servants, cattle, and household effects, which were valued at the time at 9,000 pounds of tobacco.

Children of Thomas Jordan and Margaret Brasheres:
1. Thomas Jordan III 1660/61 – 1759
married Elizabeth Burgh
2. John Jordan 1663 – ca 1712
married Margaret Burgh
3. James Jordan 1665/66 – 1732
married 1688 Elizabeth Ratcliff 1668 – 1695
married Anne Roseter
4. Robert Jordan 1668 – 1728
married Christian Taberer
married Mary Belsen
married Dorothy Cary
5. Richard Jordan 1670 – 1739
married 1706 Rebecca Ratcliff
6. Joseph Jordan 1672 – ca 1752
married Holia Christian
7. Benjamin Jordan 1674 – 1715/16
married 1703/04 Sarah Ratcliff
8. Matthew Jordan 1676/77 – 1747
married 1699 Dorothy Newby
married 1702 Susanna Bressie
9. Samuel Jordan 1679 – aft 1724
married 1703 Elizabeth Fleming
10. Joshua Jordan 1681 – 1716/17
married ca 1700 Elizabeth Sanbourne


Thomas Jordan ca 1612 – 1685 | his parents
& ca 1628 Lucy Corker ca 1604 – ca 1700 | her parents
of Chuckatuck VA

This is my working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!!

Thomas Jordan served as a member of the House of Burgesses from Nansemond Co.

Children of Thomas Jordan:
1. Thomas Jordan 1634 –
married Margaret Brasheres


The Emigrant

Samuel [Jourdan] Jordan d. 1623 [1625] | his parents
& Marry Canon | her parents
& Cicely | her parents
of England and Jamestown VA

This is my working hypothesis – the way I see it as of this moment!!

Samuel Jordan arrived in Jamestown VA in 1610. Samuel Jordan sailed from England in 1609 on the third supply voyage in the Sea Venture [Sea Voyage] with the new leadership being sent to take over the colony: Sir Thomas Gates, Sir George Somers, and Captain Newport. The Sea Venture was wrecked in Bermuda and only after they had constructed two smaller vessels The Patience and the Deliverance did they reach Jamestown in May of 1610.
In 1619 Samuel was listed as an “ancient planter” that was allocated 100 acres in the “first division” in 1619. In 1619 he represented Charles Citty in the House of Burgesses and was listed as “Samuel Jordan of Charles Hundred gentleman.”
In July 1622 an additional 100 acres in “Diggs His Hundred” was assigned to Samuel Jordan.
In 1623 census he is mentioned as a member of the House of Burgesses.
In 1625 “Captain Samuel Jordan” founded Jordan’s Journey, also known as “Beggers Bush” on 450 acres near where the Appomattox River empties into the James.
Samuel Jordan married Cicely who arrived in Jamestown on the Swan in 1611.
Upon his death his widow became betrothed to two men at the same time, Capt. William Ferrar and Rev. Greville Pooley. This caused so much controversy that the James Citty Council took note and enacted a statute prohibiting any woman from contracting herself to “two several men at the same time.”

Children of Samuel Jordan and wife Cicely:
1. Thomas Jordan ca 1612 –
2. Arthur Jourdan 1623 – 1699

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