William H. (90) Bell

Abt 1775 - 1827  (52 years)

• Name	William H. (90) Bell  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	Abt 1775	Accomack County, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Will - Named in Father's will	26 Sep 1797	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  	He was shown as a son William Bell in the will of William Bell.
  Will - Named in Mother's will	23 Oct 1817	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [5]
  	He was shown as son William Bell in the will of Ann Bell.
  Death	Jan 1827  [4]
  Will	8 Jan 1827	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  	To wife Rachel Bell all my lands & plantation whereon I now live being 25 acres & at her death or marriage to son John S. Bell. To daughter Nancy Bell ... To daughter Betsy Bell ... To daughter Caty Bell ... To son William Bell $20. To son James S. Bell $20. To daughter Margaret A. Bell $20. To daughter Juliet Emily Bell $20. To an unborn infant, if it should live, $20. To the whole of my children the balance not before given, naming their names Nancy Bell, Betsy Bell, Caty Bell, William Bell, John S. Bell, James Bell, Margaret Bell, Juliet Emily Bell & an unborn infant. James Glen Extr. Witt: John Smith & Leah Bell.
  Probate	29 Jan 1827	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  	George H. Bell becomes the Admr. with James Glen & the widow relinquishing, with John Smith (Matchapungo) & Jacob Bell securities.
  Land - they were named in a land cause	29 May 1833	Northampton County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	He was shown as William Bell, a child of _____ Bell and Nancy, his wife, who was formerly Nancy Elliott who died in the life time of her nephew John T. Elliott, who died intestate in N'hamp Co, VA, some 10 years earlier. That since the death of the said John T. Elliott (now known to be 30 Dec 1823) William Bell, who was one of the children of ----- Bell and Nancy, his wife, has departed this life intestate, leaving a widow, Rachel Bell who is still living, and nine children, viz: Catharine, Eliza and Nancy Bell and your orators and oratrixes Arinthia J., Juliet, Margaret, James, John and William Bell, and since the death of the said William Bell, dec.,his said widow Rachel and three of his said children, viz: the said Catharine, Eliza and Nancy Bell on the 9 January, 1829, conveyed their interest to the said John G. Joynes.
  Record ID	34087
  Siblings	4 brothers and 1 sister
  + 1. John (89) Bell,   b. 18 Oct 1760, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1811, Somerset Co, Maryland  (Age 50 years) ╚═Lucreshe 'Creshe' Bradford,   b. Abt 1760, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  ,  m. Jun 1795   ╚═Mary Catherine 'Polly' Marshall,   b. 18 Mar 1770, Coventry Parish, Somerset Co, Maryland d. Bef Apr 1808, Somerset Co, Maryland  (Age < 38 years),  m. 10 Jan 1797, Somerset Co, Maryland   + 2. Euphemia 'Famey' (93) Bell,   b. Abt 1765, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 29 May 1833  (Age < 68 years) ╚═Hillary Mears,   b. Abt 1759, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1 Apr 1836  (Age 77 years),  m. 23 Sep 1787, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   + 3. Geodiah (88) Bell,   b. Abt 1765, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Nov 1825  (Age 60 years) ╚═Catharine 'Caty' Harmon,   b. Abt 1775, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  ,  m. Abt 1795   ╚═Leah Harmon,   b. Abt 1790, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  ,  m. 26 Jun 1813, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   ╚═Barbara Harmon,   b. Abt 1790, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  ,  m. 6 May 1812, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   + 4. William H. (90) Bell,   b. Abt 1775, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Jan 1827  (Age 52 years) ╚═Rachael (86) Bradford,   b. 9 Nov 1785, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 17 Feb 1862  (Age 76 years),  m. 3 Oct 1800, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   + 5. George (92) (of Wm) Bell,   b. Abt 1780, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1824  (Age < 43 years) ╚═Nancy Hall,   b. Abt 1780   d. Mar 1824  (Age 44 years),  m. 13 Jul 1805, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   + 6. Anthony (91) Bell,   b. 22 Oct 1789, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 8 Jul 1864  (Age 74 years) ╚═Ann Tignal,   b. Abt 1790, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 8 Feb 1848  (Age 58 years),  m. 18 Dec 1813, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   ╚═Keturah Garrison,   b. 19 Oct 1790, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 13 Mar 1872  (Age 81 years),  m. 18 Oct 1848, Accomack County, Virginia, USA
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Robert Bell,   b. Abt 1580, England d. 1657, England  (Age 77 years)  (3 x Great Grandfather)  Ann Kelly, (Kelly?),   b. Abt 1675   d. Yes, date unknown  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID	I34087	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2007

  
  

  Father	William (52) Bell,   b. Abt 1734, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Sep 1800 (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Anne 'Nancy' Elliott,   b. Abt 1745, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Feb 1824, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1765  [1, 6, 7]
  	According to Rev. John W.A. Elliott's Ledger Book, Anne Elliott the only daughter was much petted and was not deprived of anything that would be to her comfort. It was the custom of young ladies to practice the riding on horseback. She became very expert on the saddle, and frequently visited her mother's relations in Northampton. She was handsome. Her feats of horse riding procured quite a sensation on the young fellows whom she met, so that quite a rivalry for the gay young damsel arose. Finally a Mr. Bell gained the suite, and they were married. Wedding parties went the rounds, dancing was very fashionable at these early times. After through with their parties the wife wished to settle in the neighborhood of her father and bought and situated themselves on Machipongo, built the house now known as Thomas H. Bell's, one of the descendants. Their family was large and a large descent, many of the great-grandchildren yet remain.
  Family ID	F11933	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rachael (86) Bradford,   b. 9 Nov 1785, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 17 Feb 1862 (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	3 Oct 1800	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [8]
  	John Bell was the security on the M.L.B. of William Bell and Rachel Bradford.
  Children	1. Nancy Bell,   b. 5 Jul 1801, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 10 Oct 1876 (Age 75 years) + 2. Catharine 'Caty' Bell,   b. 13 Aug 1805, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 19 Sep 1882, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 77 years) ╚═ Arthur (87D) Bradford  (Age < 36 years)  m. 2 Dec 1833 + 3. Elizabeth 'Betsy' Bell,   b. Abt 1809, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Kendal Mager (of Rachel) Sturgis  (Age < 50 years)  m. 27 Jul 1837   4. William Bell,   b. Abt 1812, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Atta Ann Harris  m. 25 Jan 1855   5. John S. Bell,   b. 21 Jan 1815, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 16 Feb 1894 (Age 79 years) + 6. James S. Bell,   b. 4 Aug 1816, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 4 Dec 1886, St. George Parish, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 70 years) ╚═ Elizabeth Mears  (Age 87 years)  m. 22 Dec 1844   7. Margaret A. Bell,   b. 27 Nov 1819, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 12 Nov 1876 (Age 56 years) ╚═ Thomas H. Bell  (Age 63 years)  m. 17 Dec 1844   8. Juliet Emily Bell,   b. Abt 1824, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   9. Arintha J. Bell,   b. 1827, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F10780	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1775 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Father's will - 26 Sep 1797 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Marriage - 3 Oct 1800 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Mother's will - 23 Oct 1817 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - 8 Jan 1827 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Probate - 29 Jan 1827 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S688] Moody K. Miles III & Barry W. Miles, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000), p. 49 (will of Ann Bell) & p. 53 (will of William Bell), 688. [S884] Stratton Nottingham, Northampton County, Virginia, Land Causes 1731-1868 & Lancaster County, Virginia, 1795-1848, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1991), p. 119-126 (suit for division of land of John T. Elliott), 884. [S940] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 3, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 2007), p. 210 (Richard Smith Family), 940. [S688] Moody K. Miles III & Barry W. Miles, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000), p. 53 (will of William Bell), 688. [S688] Moody K. Miles III & Barry W. Miles, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000), p. 49 (will of Ann Bell), 688. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 428 (will of Ann Elliott, widow of Thos.), 570. [S885] Elliott, Rev. J.W.A. - Ledger Book, 885. [S558] Turman, Nora Miller, Accomack Co, VA, Marriages, 1776-1854, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1994), 558.