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Margaret <I>Jordan</I> Pleasants

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Margaret Jordan Pleasants

Birth
Chuckatuck, Suffolk City, Virginia, USA
Death
5 Dec 1746 (aged 44)
Virginia, USA
Burial
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Margaret Jordan

Born 12 Apr 1702 in Virginia

Daughter of Robert Jordan and Mary (Belson) Jordan

Sister of Mary P (Jordan) Pleasants, Edward Jordan and Samuel Jordan

Wife of John Pleasants

Died 5 Dec 1746 in Virginia

Mother of
Mary (Pleasants) Burton
Samuel Pleasants

NOTES ON HUSBAND
John Pleasants III (1697-1771), a Quaker, amassed a fortune in land and slaves, but in later life he advocated the abolition of slavery.
In his last will, 11 August 1771, he requested that his slaves be emancipated.
He married three times,
first to Margaret Jordan (b. ca 1699/1702)
Margaret Jordan

Born 12 Apr 1702 in Virginia

Daughter of Robert Jordan and Mary (Belson) Jordan

Sister of Mary P (Jordan) Pleasants, Edward Jordan and Samuel Jordan

Wife of John Pleasants

Died 5 Dec 1746 in Virginia

Mother of
Mary (Pleasants) Burton
Samuel Pleasants

NOTES ON HUSBAND
John Pleasants III (1697-1771), a Quaker, amassed a fortune in land and slaves, but in later life he advocated the abolition of slavery.
In his last will, 11 August 1771, he requested that his slaves be emancipated.
He married three times,
first to Margaret Jordan (b. ca 1699/1702)


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