JORDAN, EVERT JOAKIM [SSNE 2756]

Surname

JORDAN

First name

EVERT JOAKIM

Title/rank

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL

Nationality

SWEDISH

Region

Social status

OFFICER

Education

Religion

Text source

Evert Jordan was a lieutenant in Swedish service in 1679. He was a son of Edward Berendt von Jordan [SSNE 2755] and his wife Anna Magdalena von Liebstorff, born ca. 1660. He began his military career in the Admiralty in 1675 and then entered Abo area cavalry regiment two years later. He departed in 1679 when he became a lieutenant. In 1688 he returned to military service in Savolaks dragoon regiment. His last promotion was to lieutenant colonel, but he died in 1703 outside Thorn in Prussia. He was married to Maria Elisabet Rigeman, and in 1688 received a lifetime donation of his grandfather's [SSNE 4788] returned Solkova lands in Ingermanland.

Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1679/3; J. Ramsay, Frälsesläkter i Finland intill stora ofreden (Helsingfors, 1909), p.213.

Service record

SWEDEN, ADMIRALTY

Arrived 1675-01-01, as ABLE SEAMAN

Departed 1675-12-31, as ABLE SEAMAN

Capacity SAILOR, purpose MILITARY, NAVY

SWEDEN, ABO AND BJORNEBORG CAVALRY, FINLAND

Arrived 1677-08-03, as NCO

Departed 1679-08-01, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, SAVOLAK (VIborg?) DRAGOON REGIMENT, FINLAND

Arrived 1688-08-18, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1703-01-01, as LIEUTENANT-COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY