Robins H. Bell

1817 - 1860  (42 years)

• Name	Robins H. Bell  [1, 2]
  Birth	17 Oct 1817	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Land - they were named in a land cause	29 May 1833	Northampton County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	He was shown as Robins Bell, an infant child of Geodiah Bell, dec'd, who was 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.
  Census head of household	1850	St. George Parish, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [3]
  	He was shown as Robin Bell the head of HH#612, a 34 year old farmer with real estate valued at $600. Listed with him were the following Bells: Sarah, age 28 and Sarah, age 2. Also listed was Ann Bunting, age 5 and black; Betsy Kellam, age 70; and Geo. T. Mears, age 16 with an occupation shown as "None."
  Record ID	34718
  Death	8 Jul 1860  [1]
  Burial	Kellam-Bell, Old Trower, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	His tombstone shows him as Robin Bell, husband of Sallie and son of Geodiah & Leah Bell.
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Robert Bell,   b. Abt 1580, England d. 1657, England  (Age 77 years)  (4 x Great Grandfather)  Leah Harmon,   b. Abt 1790, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  (Mother)
  Siblings	1 brother and 1 sister
  + 1. Catharine Bell,   b. Abt 1813, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 21 Feb 1894, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age 81 years) ╚═ Benjamin Smith Bradford,  m. 24 Mar 1832 + 2. Robins H. Bell,   b. 17 Oct 1817, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 8 Jul 1860  (Age 42 years) ╚═ Sarah 'Sallie' Kellam,  m. 7 Jan 1846 > 3. Thomas H. Bell,   b. Dec 1818, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 10 Oct 1882  (Age 63 years) ╚═ Margaret A. Bell,  m. 17 Dec 1844
  Half-siblings	2 half brothers and 2 half sisters (family of Geodiah (88) Bell and Catharine 'Caty' Harmon)
  + 1. George H. Bell,   b. 14 Oct 1796, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 5 Jan 1860  (Age 63 years) ╚═ Margaret R. Welch,  m. 19 Dec 1821   2. Sally H. Bell,   b. 15 Dec 1800, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 24 Aug 1850  (Age 49 years) + 3. Mahala H. Bell,   b. 15 Jan 1802, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 10 Nov 1857  (Age 55 years) ╚═ Jesse Phillips,  m. 28 Jul 1823 + 4. James H. Bell,   b. 10 Mar 1805, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 19 Aug 1840  (Age 35 years) ╚═ Charlotte Garrison,  m. 8 Jan 1827
  Half-siblings	2 half brothers and 1 half sister (family of Geodiah (88) Bell and "Unknown")
  + 1. William H. (of Geodiah) Bell,   b. Abt 1798, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Margaret West,  m. 19 Dec 1823 + 2. Lorenzo D. Bell,   b. Abt 1808, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Alice Ann 'Aley' Stewart,  m. 4 Oct 1831 ;   Margaret T. Mapp,  m. 17 Sep 1850 + 3. Margaret Bell,   b. 8 Jan 1810, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 10 Dec 1892  (Age 82 years) ╚═ James R. Downing,  m. 23 Dec 1844
  Person ID	I34718	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Geodiah (88) Bell,   b. Abt 1765, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Nov 1825 (Age 60 years) Other Partners: ╚═Catharine 'Caty' Harmon,   b. Abt 1775, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  m. Abt 1795    ╚═Barbara Harmon,   b. Abt 1790, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  m. 6 May 1812
  Mother	Leah Harmon,   b. Abt 1790, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown Other Partners: ╚═William Hannaford, Sr.,   b. Abt 1760, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 28 Jun 1813  (Age < 53 years)  m. 20 Jan 1812
  Marriage	26 Jun 1813	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  	John W. Garrison was the security on the M.L.B. of Geodiah Bell and Leah Hannaford, widow of William.
  Family ID	F11934	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah 'Sallie' Kellam,   b. 1817, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 18 Jul 1887 (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	7 Jan 1846	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  	They were shown only as Robn Bell and Sarah Kellam. No other information was given.
  Children	+ 1. Sarah A. Bell,   b. Abt 1848, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Burwell August Bell  (Age 26 years)  m. 5 Aug 1866;    ╚═ Joshua Thomas Spence, Sr.  m. 20 Dec 1888 + 2. Georgeana Bell,   b. 1855, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1940, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 85 years) ╚═ John Tankard 'Tank' Doughty  (Age 85 years)  m. 12 Dec 1877
  Family ID	F10988	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 17 Oct 1817 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Land - they were named in a land cause - 29 May 1833 - Northampton County, Virginia, USA Marriage - 7 Jan 1846 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Burial - - Kellam-Bell, Old Trower, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S502] Jean Merritt Mihalyka & Faye Downing Wilson, Graven Stones of Lower Accomack County, Virginia, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1987), 502. [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. [S638] Family Tree Maker's Family Archives, 1850 Virginia Census Microfilm Records, CD#309, 6 CD set, (Broderbund Software, Inc., 1997), 638. [S558] Turman, Nora Miller, Accomack Co, VA, Marriages, 1776-1854, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1994), 558.