Samuel Jordan ( d. 1623 ) was an early settler and ancient planter of colonial Jamestown . He arrived in Virginia around 1610 , and served as a Burgess in the first representative legislative session in North America . Jordan patented a plantation known as Jordan 's Journey , which became a safe haven and stronghold for settlers during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War that ensued after the Powhatan surprise attack of 1622 . Jordan died in 1623 . After his death , the control of Jordan 's Journey was uncertain as his wife Cecily Jordan became involved in the first breach-of-promise dispute in North America with Greville Pooley . Ultimately , Cecily Jordan prevailed in the case . She then married William Farrar , and Jordan 's daughters with Cecily inherited Jordan 's Journey . Samuel Jordan came to Virginia sometime around 1610 , as his 1620 patent mentions him as having lived ten years in the colony
Powhatan surprise attack of 1622
Indian massacre of 1622
Samuel Jordan