Col. Samuel Jordan - Death in New Kent or possibly Hanover, but not Henrico County

Hi:

This profile is currently locked with a death place of Henrico County, apparently based on an old FindaGrave bio that also listed Henrico County. Note that FindaGrave currently lists New Kent County (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116185857/samuel-jordan).

The documentary evidence is this: Samuel Jordan "of New Kent County" wrote his will on 2 Oct 1718, and it was proved in New Kent County court on 11 June 1719 (two copies of the will are at images 2-3 and images 4-5 of Library of Virginia, Richmond: Louisa County, Chancery Court Papers, File 1788-004 (Charles Jordan vs. Thomas Freeman), https://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=109-1788-004).

New Kent County at that time covered not just today's New Kent County, but also Hanover County (and areas further west), which was not separated from New Kent County until very late 1719 or early 1720. It never included present-day Henrico County.

On 8 May 1707, Samuell Jordan was among those ordered by the vestry of St. Peter's Parish (at that time governing what are now New Kent and Hanover counties) to assist Charles Ffleming in building a road to his mill, which implies that Samuel had settled near his father-in-law Charles Fleming (C. G. Chamberlayne (ed.), The Vestry Book and Register of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent and James City Counties, Virginia, 1684-1786 (Richmond: 1937), p. 121; https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7469/images/StPete...).

Charles did eventually acquire land in today's Hanover, King William, Goochland, Cumberland, and Powhatan Counties; but as late as 1717 he called himself "Charles Fleming of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County" (Henrico County (VA): Wills and Deeds, 1714-1718, pp. 204-205; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-SL5F?i=133). Given that at this point St. Paul's Parish (covering present-day Hanover County) had already been separated from St. Peter's Parish (now covering only present-day New Kent County), this implies that Charles Fleming's main seat was in present-day New Kent County. This in turn suggests that Samuel Jordan also resided either in present-day New Kent County or possibly in a nearby section of Hanover County - in either case close to Black Creek in northwestern-most New Kent County, seat of the New Kent meeting of the Society of Friends to which Samuel Jordan belonged (see Henrico Monthly Meeting of Friends: Record Book 1699-1757, pp. 51 (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2189/images/42483_...) and 81 (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2189/images/42483_...)).

Absent any evidence that Samuel Jordan died away from home, I would thus suggest that his place of death be updated to New Kent County, Virginia.