JORDAN, EVERT JOAKIM [SSNE 2756]
- Surname
- JORDAN
- First name
- EVERT JOAKIM
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 IngermanlandSwedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1679/3; J. Ramsay, Frälsesläkter i Finland intill stora ofreden (Helsingfors, 1909), p.213.
Service record
- SWEDEN, ADMIRALTY
- Departed 1675-12-31, as ABLE SEAMAN
- Capacity SAILOR, purpose MILITARY, NAVY
- SWEDEN, ABO AND BJORNEBORG CAVALRY, FINLAND
- Departed 1679-08-01, as LIEUTENANT
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- SWEDEN, SAVOLAK (VIborg?) DRAGOON REGIMENT, FINLAND
- Departed 1703-01-01, as LIEUTENANT-COLONEL
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY