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1653-1800 Lancaster County, Virginia Wills [Ida J. Lee];
BELL, Rev. John. Will. 18 Feb. 1742. Rec. 10 June 1743.
Wife Elizabeth, her dower in 2470 a. land in Pr. William county, and plantation in Lancaster; Sons: William, Thomas, James, John and Charles. Gr. son: Charles Jones son of dau. Ann, decd. Daus. Ann, Elizabeth, and Mary. Son-in-law, Shapleigh Neale and his wife, my dau. Margaret. Mentions land given dau. Margaret, wife of Shapleigh Neale by his brother, Dr. Alex. Bell, decd. Son John (not 21) 1770 a. land in Pr. William Co., also lot and house in town of Falmouth, King George County. Son William, 300 a. in Pr. William Co., son Thomas, land in Pr. William Co., "given and bequeathed by Dr. Alexander Bell, my decd. brother." Son Charles, land in Lancaster. Extrs. Wife and son John. Wits. Thomas, James and John Leathead, Thos. Edwards. W.B. 13, p. 334.
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1653-1800 Lancaster County, Virginia Wills [Ida J. Lee];
BELL, Rev. John. Inventory in Lancaster and Pr. William counties. Returned by John Bell, one of his Extrs., and recorded 10 June 1743. W.B. 14, p. 46.
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1743-1752 King George County, Virginia Deed Book 3; [Antient Press]; Page 109
Indenture made 11th September 1745 between ROBERT JONES of Hamilton Parish Prince William County and JOHN BELL of Lancaster County Gent. .. for sum Ten pounds current money of Virginia .. make over one Lott containing half an acre in Town of Falmouth King George County Number 7 .. according to platt made by JOHN WARNER then Surveyor of King George County .. which said Robert Jones purchased of ROBERT CARTER, WM. THORNTON, JOHN FITZHUGH, CHARLES CARTER Directors of said Town of Falmouth .. Bell paying yearly quit rents ..
Presence Richard McGraw, Robert Jones
Robt. Mosley, Nicho. Strother,
Daniel Campbell
At a court held 6th December 1745 .. Deed of Feeofment recorded.
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1743-1752 King George County, Virginia Deed Book 3; [Antient Press]; Page 183-184
Indenture made 4th June 1747 between JOHN BELL Parish of Christ Church County of Lancaster Gent. & ANDREW ROSS Parish Brunswick King George County Gent. .. for sum Thirty two pounds current money of Virginia sold one certain lot or half acre in Town of Falmouth Numbered 7 .. purchased by ROBERT JONES of ROBERT CARTER, WILLIAM THORNTON, JOHN FITZHUGH & CHARLES CARTER Gent., Directors and Trustees of Town of Falmouth & by Robert Jones sold to John Bell by deed 11th September 1745 ..
Presence Peter Hedgman, John Grant, John Bell
William Eustace, Daniel Campbell,
Alexr. Campbell, Robt. McLaurine, Wm. Grant
At a court held 5th June 1747 .. Deed of Feoffment, Livery & Seizin & Receipt of consideration money recorded.
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1759-1761 Fauquier County Minute Book (Antient Press); Page 1
Fauquier County Court 24th of May 1759
A Commission of the Peace bearing date WILLIAMSBURG the Seventh day of May last under the Seal of the Colony as a Dedimus Potestatem for administering the Oaths directed to THOMAS HARRISON, JOSEPH BLACKWELL, JOHN WRIGHT, WILLIAM BLACKWELL, JOHN FROGG, JOHN BELL, WILLIAM EUSTACE, JOHN CHURCHHILL, WILLIAM GRANT, JOHN CRUMP, DUFF GREEN, YELVERTON PEYTON, THOMAS MARSHALL, GEORGE LAMBKIN, WHARTON RANSDALL, ELIAS EDMONDS, THOMAS McCLANAHAN and RICHARD FOOTE, Gent., or any four or more of them whereof any of them, the said THOMAS HARRISON. JOSEPH BLACKWELL, JOHN WRIGHT, WILLIAM BLACKWELL, JOHN FROGG, JOHN BELL, WILLIAM EUSTACE, JOHN CHURCHHILL or WILLIAM GRANT should be one were read by virtue of the Dedimus Potestatem, the said THOMAS HARRISON having first taken the Oaths appointed to be taken by Act of Parliament instead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy the Oath appointed to be taken by an Act of Parliament made in the first year of the Reign of his late Majesty, King George the first, our Royal Father Intituled, "An Act for the Further Security of his Majestys Person and Government and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia, being Protestants, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales and his open and secret Abettors," also the Test together with the Oath of a Justice of the Peace and the Oath of a Justice of the County Court in Chancery which said Oaths were
administered to him by the said YELVERTON PEYTON and THOMAS MARSHALL; And then the said THOMAS HARRISON administered all the before mentioned Oaths to the said WILLIAM BLACEWELL, WILLIAM EUSTACE, JOHN CHURCHHILL, WILLIAM GRANT, YELVERTON PEYTON, THOMAS MARSHALL and GEORGE LAMKIN, who made and subscribed the Test
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
Bef 1703 - 1743 (> 40 years)