The descendants of Thomas Jordan, planter, of Prince William County, Virginia (1685-1745) settled throughout the American Southeast and West. This genealogy covers the related families of Thomas Jordan (1740-1815) of Granville, North Carolina and West Frankfort, Illinois; Reuben Jordan of Jordan Village, Owen County, Indiana, as well as Francis Jordan (1743-ca.1810) of Montgomery County, NC. Additional material is included on the origins of the Jordan family in medieval and early modern Britain, as well as possible connections between this family and those of Samuel, George, and Richard Jordan of the Jamestown colony.