John Bell (1722 - 1769)

Born 1722 in Surry, Virginia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 25 May 1769 at about age 47 in Southampton County, Virginia Colony

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Biography

John Bell, son of John and Hannah Bell, inherited 135 acres on the south side of Spring Branch from his father. He married Phoebe, daughter of Sylvanus Stokes and his wife, Cecilia Walker. Their children were baptized in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Albemarle Parish, Surry, then Sussex County and mentioned in the Will of their grandmother, Hannah Bell in 1768:

• Sylvanus Bell, baptized January 1, 1746, married Mary (nee) and became the father of Elizabeth, born July 13, 1772; John, born December 24, 1770; and James, born February 11, 1774^[1][2]

• John Bell, baptized January 9, 1748, died May 25, 1748, reported by Gregory Rawling (A.P.R)^[3][4]

• Zadock Bell^[5][6]

• Elizabeth Bell, married David Adams^[7][8]

Sources

1. ↑ Bell, J. E., & Bell, F. J. (2007). Sir Robert Bell and his early Virginia Colony descendants: A compilation of 16th, 17th, and 18th century English and Scottish families with the surname Bell, Beale, le Bel ... et al. Tucson, Ariz: Wheatmark. Pg. 67
2. ↑ Boddie, J. Bennett. (1955). Southside Virginia families. Volume 1. Pg. 38. Redwood City, Calif.: Pacific Coast Publishers.
3. ↑ Bell, J. E., & Bell, F. J. (2007). Sir Robert Bell and his early Virginia Colony descendants: A compilation of 16th, 17th, and 18th century English and Scottish families with the surname Bell, Beale, le Bel ... et al. Tucson, Ariz: Wheatmark. Pg. 67
4. ↑ Boddie, J. Bennett. (1955). Southside Virginia families. Volume 1. Pg. 38. Redwood City, Calif.: Pacific Coast Publishers.
5. ↑ Bell, J. E., & Bell, F. J. (2007). Sir Robert Bell and his early Virginia Colony descendants: A compilation of 16th, 17th, and 18th century English and Scottish families with the surname Bell, Beale, le Bel ... et al. Tucson, Ariz: Wheatmark. Pg. 67
6. ↑ Boddie, J. Bennett. (1955). Southside Virginia families. Volume 1. Pg. 38. Redwood City, Calif.: Pacific Coast Publishers.
7. ↑ Bell, J. E., & Bell, F. J. (2007). Sir Robert Bell and his early Virginia Colony descendants: A compilation of 16th, 17th, and 18th century English and Scottish families with the surname Bell, Beale, le Bel ... et al. Tucson, Ariz: Wheatmark. Pg. 67
8. ↑ Boddie, J. Bennett. (1955). Southside Virginia families. Volume 1. Pg. 38. Redwood City, Calif.: Pacific Coast Publishers.

• http://www.oocities.org/heartland/prairie/8712/
• Headley, Robert K. Married Well and Often: Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia, 1649-1800, Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003
• Southside Virginia Families, by Boddie, John Bennett, Pacific Coast Publishers, Redwood City, CA, 1955-1956, Volumes I, page 38, digitized here: https://books.google.com/books?newbks=0&id=yruvKfanqvAC&q=John+Bell#v=snippet&q=John%20Bell&f=false
• Surry County, Virginia, Wills, Estate Accounts and Title: Lyndon H. Hart, III, Surry County, Virginia, Wills, Estate Accounts and Inventories; 1730 - 1800 (Southern Historical Press, Inc., Easley, South Carolina; 1985)
• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=7125411&pid=-1158956288

DNA

Relationships are confident by a triangulated group on MyHeritage consisting of Richard Douglas, Carol (Graham) Goff, and Robert Flynn, who share a 11.5 cM segment on chromosome 13. The most-recent common ancestors shared by all three are John Bell and Hannah Jefferson.

Relationships are confident by a triangulated group on MyHeritage consisting of Richard Douglas, Benjamin P. Bell, and Robert Flynn, who share a 28.2 cM segment on chromosome 13. The most-recent common ancestors shared by all three are John Bell and Hannah Jefferson.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Bell-3340 created through the import of NEWEST BACKUP_2011-10-12.ged on Oct 13, 2011 by Season McMillan.