Margaret JORDAN

   Other names for Margaret were Mrs. Margaret CABELL and Mrs. William CABELL.

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  General Notes:

He married, early in 1756, Margaret, daughter of Col. Samuel Jordan by his first wife, Ruth Meredith. The following account of his courtship was written years ago by one of his granddaughters:

"My grandfather was a young man of great promise and worth. When he commenced visiting Col. Jordan's family, it caused quite a sensation among the daughters of, the house. One of the older sisters thought that she was the attraction, and was very peremptory in keeping her sister Margaret, who was very young, in the background. On one of his visits, he was pleased with some very nice mince-­pies (of which he was very fond), and Mrs. Jordan told him 'the pastry was made by her step-daughter Margaret, whom he had not yet seen.' In those days, it was customary to ask the father's permission before addressing his daugh­ter; and he soon after astonished the family by asking Col. Jordan for permission to address his daughter Margaret­ -- the elegant pastry-maker, whom, it was supposed, he had not seen. He had managed, however, to get a glimpse of her before asking for permission to address her. This Cinderella-like tale, whether strictly true or not, always invested my grandmother with a peculiar interest to me

Mrs. Margaret Jordan Cabell survived her husband fourteen years. Dr. George Cabell, Jr., who married her niece, was her physician in her last illness. She died in March 1812, at "Union Hill," and was buried there. She is always referred to in the letters of her children and rela­tives with the greatest reverence and respect. Her father, Col. Samuel Jordan, settled at "the Seven Islands," on the south side of James River, in the present county of Buck­ingham, where he owned a considerable body of land. He also owned 5250 acres on Jordan's Creek in Halifax Coun­ty, and 4699 acres in Albemarle. He was a justice of the peace for Albemarle, 1746-1761; a captain in 1753; sheriff, 1753-1755; presiding justice of the peace and county lieu­tenant of the new county of Buckingham in 1761. The records of this county having been destroyed, I have but little material to base a sketch upon. He is said to have been a burgess from Buckingham, 1761-1766. He was cer­tainly a burgess from that county in 1767 and 1769.

Margaret married William CABELL II, son of Dr. William CABELL and Elizabeth BURKS. (William CABELL II was born on 13 Mar 1729/30 in Licking Hole Creek, Goochland County, VA and died on 23 Mar 1798.)