Sarah JOURDAIN

• Name	Sarah JOURDAIN  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	Between 04 Mar 1598 and 1599	St. Mary Archer, Exeter, co. Devon   [1]
  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.
  Person ID	I32514	Main Tree

  
  

  Family 1	William HILL,   b. 1576, Lyme Regis, Dorset., England d. Sep 1649, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	28 Oct 1619	St. Mary Archer, Exeter, co. Devon, England   [1]
  Children	1. Sarah HILL,   b. Abt 1620, England d. 23 Aug 1653, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut (Age 33 years)  [Birth]   2. William HILL   d. 19 Dec 1684  [Natural]
  Family ID	F23625	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Edmund GREENLEAF   d. 24 Mar 1671, Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
  Marriage	Aft 1663  [1]
  Family ID	F23626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S02419] Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, (Name: Name: Clearfield Company, Inc.;;), 76-3279.