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Ignatius JOURDAIN
1561 - 1640 (78 years)-
Name Ignatius JOURDAIN [1] Birth 17 Aug 1561 Lyme Regis, Dorset, England 
[1] Christening 17 Aug 1561 Lyme Regis, West Dorset, Dorsetshire, England [1] Gender Male Other 5 Aug 1593 Saint Mary Arches, Exeter, Devon, England [2] Other Occupation Exeter, Devon, England, [2] Merchant, mayor of Exeter, member of parliament _FSFTID LTXL-S8T _FSLINK https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LTXL-S8T _UID 543FF4280BD140308776E169846919317973 Death 15 Jun 1640 Exeter, Devon, England [1] Burial 18 Jun 1640 Saint Marys Arches Church, Exeter, , Devonshire, England [1] Person ID I594776714 Carney Wehofer July 2025 Last Modified 30 Jun 2025
Father William JOURDAINE, b. 11 Jan 1527, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England d. 1633, St Marys, Archer, or Exton, East Devon, England (Age 105 years) Mother Elizabeth RYDER, b. 1535, Liskeard, Cornwall Unitary Authority, Cornwall, England d. 1 Feb 1633, Exeter, Devon, England (Age 98 years) Marriage 1550 Devon, England [3] Family ID F536731518 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Katheryne BODLEY, b. Oct 1570, Exeter, Devon, England, d. May 1593, Exeter St Mary Steps, Devon, England, (Age ~ 22 years) Marriage 24 Jun 1589 Exeter, Devon, England [2] Children 1. Suzan JOURDAIN, b. 5 Jun 1590, Exeter, Devon, England d. 6 Jun 1590, Exeter, Devon, England (Age 0 years)2. Elizabeth JOURDAIN, b. 1 Jun 1591, Exeter, Devon, England d. 27 Sep 1633, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 42 years)3. Joseph JOURDAIN, b. 2 Jul 1592, Exeter, Devon, England d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F536731515 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Sep 2024
Family 2 Elizabeth BASKERVILLE, b. 19 Apr 1576, Exeter, Devon, England d. 18 Oct 1649, Exeter, Devonshire, England (Age 73 years) Marriage 5 Aug 1593 St. Mary Arches, Exeter, Devon, England [2] Children 1. Mary JOURDAIN, b. 5 Apr 1595, Exeter, Devon, England d. 14 Jan 1652, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (Age 56 years)2. Joseph JOURDAIN, b. 25 Dec 1596, Exeter, Devon, England d. 22 Mar 1597, Exeter, Devon, England (Age 0 years)3. Sarah JOURDAIN, b. 4 Mar 1598, Exeter, Devon, England d. 18 Oct 1671, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 73 years)4. Hester JOURDAIN, b. 1 Mar 1600, Exeter, Devon, England d. Yes, date unknown5. John JOURDAIN, b. 2 Feb 1602, Exeter, Devon, England d. 17 Jan 1643, Exeter, Devon, England (Age 40 years)6. Ignatius JOURDAIN, b. 30 Mar 1604, Exeter, Devon, England d. 2 Sep 1680, Sowton, Devon, England (Age 76 years)7. Easther JOURDAIN, b. 2 Mar 1605, Exeter, Devon, England d. Yes, date unknown8. Samuell JOURDAIN, b. 30 Jun 1607, Exeter, Devon, England d. 14 May 1624, Exeter, Devon, England (Age 16 years)9. Jozias JOURDAIN, b. 9 Nov 1609, Exeter, Devon, England d. 13 Mar 1610, Exeter, Devon, England (Age 0 years)10. Nathanyell JOURDAIN, b. 13 Feb 1611, Exeter, Devon, England d. 3 Oct 1615, Exeter, Devon, England (Age 4 years)11. Hannagh JOURDAIN, b. 28 May 1614, Exeter, Devon, England d. 15 Oct 1615, Exeter, Devon, England (Age 1 year)Family ID F536731519 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Sep 2024
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Notes - Jordain was born at Lyme Regis, the son of William Jordain and his wife Elizabeth Ryder. He was baptised at Lyme Regis on 17 August 1561.[1] When he was young he was sent by his friends to Exeter, to be brought up as merchant.[2] In 1576, his employer sent him to Guernsey, where he was converted to puritanism. In 1599 he was appointed bailiff of Exeter. He became a member of the corporation in 1608 and was receiver of Exeter in 1610 and Sheriff of Exeter in 1611. In 1617 he became mayor of Exeter.[1] He was also J.P. for 24 years.[2] In 1621, he was elected Member of Parliament for Exeter. He was deputy mayor in 1624 when all the magistrates fled the city because of the plague. He was re-elected MP for Exeter in 1625, 1626 and 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.[3] In parliament, Jourdain succeeded in having bills passed penalising adultery, Sabbath-breaking and swearing.[4]
Jordain was a devout puritan. He was said to have read the Bible at least 20 times and Acts and Monuments seven times.[5] He attempted to introduce temperance legislation and was considered the scourge of the alehouses in Exeter. When the proclamation regarding rebellious practices in Scotland was read in Exeter Cathedral in 1639, he was one of three men who put their hats on in protest.[1] Jordain was also indifferent to worldly wealth and proud of his humble origins. He claimed " I came, but with a six-pence in my purse to this city; if I had had a shilling in my purse, I had never been mayor of Exeter". He dismissed threats of lawsuits that would leave him with a groat by saying that would be only two pence less than he had when he arrived in the city.[2]
Jordain died at the age of 79 and was buried on 18 June 1640.Camplin, John Denison, " A Problem of New England Genealogy", in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. (New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society), 44 [1913] : 184-186.
Pitman, H. Minot (Harold Minot); Donald Lines Jacobus; and G. Andrews Moriarty. Comstock - Thomas ancestry of Richard Wilmot Comstock. (Bronxville, New York: H.M. Pitman, 1964), 322.
GMB 940 & TAG 43:14-18 citing Jacobus FOOF 1:278-79; WP 3:109; GMN 3:10; NGSQ 71:171, 77:250
"William Hill", in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932), I:279.
See footnote p 279 in History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield vol 1:
https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/48014/FamFairfieldI-003203-278/161471#?imageId=FamFairfieldI-003204-279
TAG 43:14
https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image?pageName=14&volumeId=11857
National Genealogical Society Quarterly 71:171, 77:250 immigration of his daughters on the Recovery
Waters, Henry Fitz-Gilbert, A.M.. Genealogical Gleanings in England. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1901), 1073.
McClintock, Emory. Thomas Trowbridge and Elizabeth Marshall. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Jul 1905), (at 296).
- Jordain was born at Lyme Regis, the son of William Jordain and his wife Elizabeth Ryder. He was baptised at Lyme Regis on 17 August 1561.[1] When he was young he was sent by his friends to Exeter, to be brought up as merchant.[2] In 1576, his employer sent him to Guernsey, where he was converted to puritanism. In 1599 he was appointed bailiff of Exeter. He became a member of the corporation in 1608 and was receiver of Exeter in 1610 and Sheriff of Exeter in 1611. In 1617 he became mayor of Exeter.[1] He was also J.P. for 24 years.[2] In 1621, he was elected Member of Parliament for Exeter. He was deputy mayor in 1624 when all the magistrates fled the city because of the plague. He was re-elected MP for Exeter in 1625, 1626 and 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.[3] In parliament, Jourdain succeeded in having bills passed penalising adultery, Sabbath-breaking and swearing.[4]
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Sources - [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Sep 2024), entry for Elizabeth JOURDAIN, person ID LH62-K4Q. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Sep 2024), entry for Ignatius Jourdain, person ID LTXL-S8T. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Sep 2024), entry for William JOURDAINE, person ID LZFV-PY1. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Sep 2024), entry for Elizabeth JOURDAIN, person ID LH62-K4Q. (Reliability: 3).