Bell York II (1750 - 1839)

Born 16 Feb 1750 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Brown) York — married 28 Dec 1770 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut Colony

Husband of Deborah York — married 16 Feb 1809 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 5 Jan 1839 at age 88 in North Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States

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Genealogically Defined

Biography

Bell York II was born two days after Valentine's Day, on a Monday, February 16, 1750, to Bell York and Ruth Main in Stonington, Connecticut Colony .^[1]

First Marriage

Bell married first his wife, Anna (Brown) York three days after Christmas, on 28 Dec 1770, and the ceremony was performed by Elder Simeon Brown, in Stonington.^[1][2]

Children From First Marriage

Bell York, III; b. 10 Apr 1771^[1][3]

Anna (York) Brown; b. 15 Feb 1773^[1][4]

Sarah York; b. 23 Nov 1774^[1][5]

Esther York; b. 27 Oct 1776^[1][6]

Martha York; b. 16 Dec 1780^[1][7]

Marvel “Marvin” York; b. 07 Nov 1784^[1][8]

Zebulon York; b. 20 Oct 1783^[1][9]

Ruth (York) Wells; b. 20 Mar 1786^[1][10]

Phebe (York) Holmes; b. 30 Jun 1788^[11]

Second Marriage

After Anna died, he married for his second wife his first cousin once removed Deborah York 16 Feb 1809, with the ceremony performed by Rev. Jedidiah Randall in North Stonington.^[12]

Children From Second Marriage

Isaac York; b. 13 Jul 1810^[1]

Daniel York; b. 29 Sep 1812^[1]

Death, Will, & Probate

Bell died at the age of 88, on 5 Jan 1839 in North Stonington. Unfortunately, his burial location is unknown.^{[13][14][15][16]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} Wheeler, Richard Anson; (1900); History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900; Press of the Day Publishing Company, New London, Conn.; #60 PG 698-700; Retrieved from https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n11/mode/2up
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. View with paid subscription: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1062/VBMDUSACT1634_0043-0053?pid=229713
3. ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74B-8RC : 3 December 2014), Bell York in entry for Bell York, 11 Oct 1771; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
4. ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W5-7BK : 3 December 2014), Bell York in entry for Anna York, 15 Feb 1773; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
5. ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W5-7YB : 3 December 2014), Bell York in entry for Sarah York, 23 Nov 1774; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
6. ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W5-W32 : 3 December 2014), Bell York in entry for Esther York, 27 Oct 1776; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
7. ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W5-7JN : 3 December 2014), Bell York in entry for Martha York, 16 Dec 1780; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
8. ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74B-DQ4 : 3 December 2014), Bell York in entry for Marvin York, 07 Nov 1781; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
9. ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74B-DQQ : 3 December 2014), Bell York in entry for Zebulon York, 20 Oct 1783; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
10. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W5-7XY : 3 December 2014), Bell York in entry for Ruth York, 26 Mar 1786; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
11. ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7W5-WQ6 : 3 December 2014), Bell York in entry for Phebe York, 30 Jun 1788; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
12. ↑ Ancestry.com.Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. View with paid subscription: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1062/VBMDUSACT1634_0030-0384?pid=155778
13. ↑ Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: The Charles R. Hale Collection. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. Hartford, View with paid subscription: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2900/32971_302195-00027/316304
14. ↑ Connecticut Observer, Obituaries (Hartford, Connecticut), 26 Jan 1839; PG 3; view through: NewsBank.com
15. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial #88263748; No photos and some errors: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=88263748&ref=acom
16. ↑ U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930; for Bell York; Connecticut; New Haven Columbian Register: Death 1812-1840; PG 276; View with paid subscription: through NewsBank.com

• History of Stonington etc. (Wheeler, 1900), p. 699-700, no. 82: https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofs00whee_1#page/n721/mode/1up

• Breed Family Association #16 (March, 1963), Charles B. Newhall et.al.; p. 18, no. 150: https://archive.org/details/BreedFamilyAssociationVol161963OCR/page/n61