Felix Bell

Abt 1785 - Bef 1828  (< 43 years)

• Name	Felix Bell  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1785  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Will - Fathers	23 Jan 1799	Accomack Co, VA   [2, 3]
  	Will of William Bell, Ockn., written - 23 Jan 1799, proved - 29 Jul 1799, mentions wife - Elizabeth, children - Agrippa Bell [". . . I give the land where I now live containing 169 A. to my son Agrippa Bell, he to find my son Samuel Bell his home as long as he is single"], Margaret Bell, Ecana Bell, Samuel Bell, Felix Bell, Elizabeth Smith Bell & _____ (blank with "nameless" written in), and that his brother Anthony Bell & George Kellam were appointed executors.
  Census with mother	1800	Accomack Co, VA   [3, 4]
  	Head of Household: Betty Bell (Wlm.) (Arc.), 26-45; 1M 0-10 [(“Unnamed” in father’s will) Bell?]; 2M 10-16 [Samuel Bell?, Felix Bell?]; 1F 0-10 [Elizabeth Smith Bell?]; 2F 16-26 [Margaret Bell?, Ecana Bell?]
  Census with mother	1810	Accomack Co, VA   [3, 5]
  	Head of Household: Betty Bell, 45+; 2M 16-26 [Samuel Bell?, Felix Bell?]; 1F 10-16 [Elizabeth Smith Bell?]
  Security on Marriage License Bond	13 Nov 1816	Accomack Co, VA   [3, 6]
  	Felix Bell [Agrippa's brother] made security on the 13 Nov 1816 marriage bond for Agriippa Bell (of William) & Elizabeth Roberts (widow of William Roberts)
  Administrator	30 Dec 1816	Accomack Co, VA   [3, 7]
  	Jacob Bradford and Felix Bell were appointed administrators of the estate of Agrippa Bell; Isaac Coleburn, John Kelly & James Glen securities. [Agrippa was the brother of Felix and the brother-in-law of Jacob]
  Land bought	29 Sep 1817	Accomack Co, VA   [3, 8]
  	In a deed dated 29 September 1817, Jacob and Margaret Bradford sold Felix Bell 42 acres “being the Land which descended to the said Jacob Bradford and Margaret his wife in right of said Margaret from Agrippa Bell." Thomas Smith of Jona. was the only witness to the deed.
  Census head of household	1820	Accomack Co, VA   [3, 9]
  	Head of Household: Felix Bell, 26-45; 1M 0-10 [James Thomas Anders Bell?]; 3M 26-45 [Felix Bell, Samuel Bell?, ?]; 1F 26-45 [Sallie T. (Bradford) Bell?]
  Land bought	1822	Northampton Co, VA   [3, 10]
  	"(N113) 1822 John and Nancy Fatherly, William Fatherly, and Esther Fatherly joined in a sale of the 111 acres of Jacob Fatherly land to Felix Bell."
  Will	20 Dec 1827	Accomack Co, VA   [3, 11]
  	"BELL, FELIX - 20 Dec 1827/24 Nov 1828 - To son James T. A. Bell my plantation whereon I now live containing 400 acres, which includes the Smith Stringer lands & the lands that were my father's. Sell my interest in the grist mill & lands I purchased with heirs of John N. Stratton Esq. & the plantation which I purchased of the Fatherly's lying in Occohannock Neck containing 113 acres. The residue to my son James T. A. Bell & all of the children which I may have by my present wife. Extr. to take charge of my son James T. A. Bell & his estate & educate & manage him & his estate. Friend William P. Moore Extr. Witt: John R. Potter, George M. Belote, William P. Moore & Thomas H. Kellam Jr. Prob: George Smith & Thomas R. Joynes securities."
  Death	Bef 24 Nov 1828	Accomack Co, Virginia   [1]
  	It was on this date that his will was probated.
  Probate	24 Nov 1828	Accomack Co, VA   [3, 11]
  Record ID	73763
  Person ID	I73763	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	William Bell, Jr.,   b. Abt 1755, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Bef 29 Jul 1799, Accomack Co, Virginia (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth 'Betty' (--?--),   b. Abt 1757, of Accomack Co, VA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1776	of Accomack Co, VA   [3]
  Family ID	F43141	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sally T. Bradford,   b. Abt 1788, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Bef 31 Aug 1827 (Age < 39 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1810  [1]
  Children	1. James Thomas Anders Bell,   b. Abt 1812, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F24081	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah S. Green,   b. Abt 1800   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	31 Aug 1827	Accomack Co, Virginia   [12]
  	Thomas Edmunds was the security on the M.L.B. of Felix Bell and Sarah Green of George.
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F24082	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S688] Moody K. Miles III & Barry W. Miles, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000), p. 50 (will of Felix Bell, f/o James T.A. Bell), 688. [S2163] Nottingham, Wills & Adm of Acc Co, 1663-1800 (Pol), (Polyanthos, Inc., Cottonport, LA 1973), p. 460 (Will of William Bell, Ockn.), 2163. [S3047] Rodwicke Ybarra , Corrections and Additions to the MilesFiles, 3047. [S578] Jody Powell, 1800, 1810 & 1820 Accomack Co, VA, Census, (Roanoke, TX: Jody Powell, 1991), p. 4 (Head of Household: , 578. [S578] Jody Powell, 1800, 1810 & 1820 Accomack Co, VA, Census, (Roanoke, TX: Jody Powell, 1991), p. 56 (Head of Household: Betty Bell), 578. [S558] Turman, Nora Miller, Accomack Co, VA, Marriages, 1776-1854, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1994), p. 22 (13 Nov 1816 marriage bond for Agrippa Bell & Elizabeth Roberts), 558. [S688] Moody K. Miles III & Barry W. Miles, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000), p. 49 (Admin. of Est. of Agrippa Bell), 688. [S616] Accomack Co, VA, Deeds, No. 016, 1817-1818, pp. 194-195 (Deed from Jacob and Margaret Bradford to Felix Bell), 616. [S578] Jody Powell, 1800, 1810 & 1820 Accomack Co, VA, Census, (Roanoke, TX: Jody Powell, 1991), p. 114 (Head of Household: Felix Bell), 578. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Whitelaw, Ralph T. - Virginia's Eastern Shore, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 524 (John & Nancy Fatherly sold 111 A. to Felix Bell), 572. [S688] Moody K. Miles III & Barry W. Miles, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000), p. 50 (20 Dec 1827 Will of Felix Bell; proved 24 Nov 1828), 688. [S558] Turman, Nora Miller, Accomack Co, VA, Marriages, 1776-1854, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1994), 558.