Sarah JOURDAIN

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Between 04 Mar 1598 and 1599, St. Mary Archer, Exeter, co. Devon

Notes:

"History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield":..(Sarah Jourdain, dau. of Ignatius ad Elizabeth of Exeter, co. Devon).....Elizabeth, wife of Ignatius Jourdain, was sister of Sir Simon Baskerville, and dau. of Thomas Baskerville of Exeter, co. Devon, Bailiff in 1590, by his wife, dau. of Richard Perry, Bailiff in 1585. Her bother Simon, of London, was physician to James I and Charles I; the latter knighted him.
Ignatius, son of William Jourdain of Lyme Regis, bapt. there 17 Aug. 1561; began his business life among his knosmen in Exeter; in 1576 was sent by his employer to Guerney, where he was converted; m. (1) at St. Mary Archer, Exeter, 24 June 1589, Katherine Bodlie, dau. of John, who was buried 4 May 1593; m. (2) 5 Aug. 1593, Elizabeth Baskerville, In 1599 he was appointed a Bailiff of Exeter; member of the Chamber, 1608; Receiver of the City, 1610; Sheriff of Exeter, 1611; Mayor, 1617; Deputy Mayor, 1624, for three months during the plague, all the magistrates having fled; Member of Parliament from Exeter, 1625, also 1625/6 and 1627/8. He was a Puritain, and in 1639 when the proclamation touching the rebellious practices in Scotland was read in Exeter Cathedral, Alderman Jourdain was one of three who put on their hats in silent protest. For this he was commanded either to apologize or to appear before the Council in London. He did neighter; but did not long survive; buried 18 June 1640. His widow Elizabeth was buried 18 Oct. 1649.

Sarah married William HILL on 28 Oct 1619 in St. Mary Archer, Exeter, co. Devon, England. William (son of James HILL and Judith JOURDAM) was born in 1576 in Lyme Regis, Dorset., England; died in Sep 1649 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sarah HILL was born about 1620 in England; was christened on 02 Feb 1621 in High Onger, Co. Essex, England; died on 23 Aug 1653 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut.
2. William HILL died on 19 Dec 1684.

Sarah married Edmund GREENLEAF after 1663. Edmund died on 24 Mar 1671 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]