Margaret A. Bell

1819 - 1876  (56 years)

• Name	Margaret A. Bell  [1]
  Birth	27 Nov 1819	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Will - Named in Fathers will	8 Jan 1827	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	She was shown as a daughter Margaret A. Bell in the will of William Bell.
  Land - they were named in a land cause	29 May 1833	Northampton County, Virginia, USA   [3]
  	She was shown as Margaret Bell, one of nine children of William Bell, who was one of the children of _____ Bell and Nancy his wife, who was an paternal aunt of John T. Elliott. She was also shown as an infant child, meaning under age 21.
  Census with husband	1850	St. George Parish, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  	She was shown as Margaret Bell, age 30 in HH#551, a 30 year old farmer.
  Record ID	43090
  Death	12 Nov 1876  [2]
  Burial	Thomas H. Bell Plot, Old Tower, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	Her tombstone shows her as Margaret A. Bell, the wife of Thomas H. Bell.
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Robert Bell,   b. Abt 1580, England d. 1657, England  (Age 77 years)  (4 x Great Grandfather)  Margaret (--?--),   b. Abt 1645   d. Yes, date unknown  (4 x Great Grandmother)
  Siblings	3 brothers and 5 sisters
  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,  m. 2 Dec 1833 + 3. Elizabeth 'Betsy' Bell,   b. Abt 1809, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Kendal Mager (of Rachel) Sturgis,  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 County, Virginia, USA  (Age 70 years) ╚═ Elizabeth Mears,  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,  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
  Person ID	I43090	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	31 May 2006

  
  

  Father	William H. (90) Bell,   b. Abt 1775, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Jan 1827 (Age 52 years)
  Mother	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   [5]
  	John Bell was the security on the M.L.B. of William Bell and Rachel Bradford.
  Family ID	F10780	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas H. Bell,   b. Dec 1818, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 10 Oct 1882 (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	17 Dec 1844	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [5]
  	They were shown only as Thomas H. Bell and Margaret Bell.
  Family ID	F13430	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 27 Nov 1819 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Fathers will - 8 Jan 1827 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Land - they were named in a land cause - 29 May 1833 - Northampton County, Virginia, USA Marriage - 17 Dec 1844 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Burial - - Thomas H. Bell Plot, Old Tower, 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. 53 (will of William Bell), 688. [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.