General Notes

Following narrative is cited in my sources below: (1)  "(From "Behold Virginia" by G.F. Willison--1951) Going up
the James River you pass Harrison's Landing, Berkely, the Forest ---the next projection of land round which the river leads is Jordan's Point, where once lived the too fascinating widow, Cecily Jordan,whose history recalls another instance of the striking difficulty James River men had in holding their sweethearts to their promises.This headstrong lady provided the unique instance of a woman being sued by a man for breach of promise. When her husband died he left her so comfortably provided with worldly goods that hereby, in addition to her other charms, she became quite irresistible to Capt. William Farrar, kinsman to the Deputy Treasusrer of the Colony, and also the Rev. Greville Pooley, minister of the Parish; and apparently they were quite irresistible to her for she engaged herself to both."
"Though he lost his case and had to sign a formal release to the widow Cecily bonding himself in the sum £500 never to have any claim, right or title to her, the Governor and Council of the Colony were so stirred by the extraordinary incident that they issued a solemn proclamation against a woman engaging herself to more than one man at a time. And there is not in Virginia any known record that this edict has ever been revoked. (From "Tidewater Virginia" 1929)."
"The career of the fascinating Cecily as a heartbreaker caused the General Assembly to pass a law for the protection of Virginia bachelors and gave her a place in history."
When the Parson sued, 14 June 1623, Capt. William Farrar, trained for the law in England and now the attorney who administered her husband's estate, successfuly defended Mrs. Jordan in what was the first breach of promise suit in America, winning not only the suit but his client in matrimony. The Governor and Council could not bring themselves to decide the questions and continued it until 27 Nov., then referred the case to the Council for Virginia in London, "desiring the resolution of the civil lawyers thereon and a speedy return thereof." But they declined to make a decision and returned it, saying they "knew not how to decide so nice a difference."  After the Rev. Pooley signed the release, Cecily "contracted herself before the Governor and Council to Captain William Farrar." Counselor Farrar was seven years older than his wife, Cecily. "
"Beyond this point, the history of Cecily becomes obscured by the ascendancy of the independents or Puritans. In that transition, the old plantation aristocracy, of which she was a part, lost power in the affairs of the Colony . But, her original chaperone in America, Capt. William Pierce (111), wound up on the winning team in that shuffle . So did her brother, Christopher Reynolds (111) Thus, Cecily Reynolds-Bailey-Jordan-Farrar-Montague-Parker was able to end out her days in
calm assurance that her title of "Number One Wife and Mother of America" was abundantly secure."
Note: Cecilia was 10 years old when she arrived in America abord the "Swan".
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(2) "...left London on March 16, 1617 aborad the Neptune with Lord Delawarr", reacing Virginia in August 1618.  "...William returned briefly to London after his father's death, and in 1631, sold his inheritance to his brother, Henry, of Berkshire...William's wife, Cecily and his children, Cecily and William appear in the deed.  William was  named as a "commissioner for 'for the Upper Partes kept above Persie's Hundred' in August 1626, with authority to determine whether court should be held at Jordan's Journey or at Shirley Hundred."

SOURCES: LDS FHL AF# 4C9K-Z5 (familysearch.org)
WEB:
"Four Generations of the Family of Strangeman Hutchins and his wife Elizabeth Cox.." edited by Mrs. Gussie Waymire Crider, and Edward C. Crider (www.wisecomp.com/ccl/HutchinsFam.htm)
AWTP:
"BSJTK Smith Family", Jonathan Smith, jonathan374@@aol.com, (who has generously shared the above first narrative with us.)
"Ford And White Family Tree", Bonnie Sloan rbssloan@@madillok.net
"The Path Six & Wierschke Families 7" Sally Six dms@@lewiston.com
"Family Tree for David L. Barker" David L. Barker barkerdl@@comcast.net ATWP (who has generously shared the above second narrative with us.)