Florence Elliott

Family

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(B1-12)
David Bell -Born about 1722 - Died March 1780 - Married 1754-55
Florence Henderson - Born ? - Died about 1809-1810
They had 6 children

She was a daughter of William (source #3) and Susannah Henderson. After David’s death, Florence married 28 September 1785 George Elliott (source #87). David was a private in the militia during the French and Indian Wars and at the time of his death was a captiain of militia, active service in August 1777 or 1778 (source #88). Soon aftrer his marriage he purchased 400 acres of land in Beverly Manor, on Middle River, Augusta County and resided there until his death. This tract is said to have been immediately adjacent to 200 acres on Poage’s Run in Beverly Manor, which was the “home place” of his father William Bell, the immigrant (source #8). The children named in the will (source #4) of David Bell, son of William Bell, immigrant, were:

• 1. William Bell Born about 1756 - Died about March 1826
• 2. John Bell Born about 1758 - Died about March 1835
• 3. Susannah Bell Born about 1759 - Died 26 Sept 1837
• 4. James Bell Born about 1760 - Died ?
• 5. Elizabeth (Betsy) Bell Born about 1768 - Died ?
• 6. David Bell, Jr. Born 6 Sept 1772 - Died Fall of 1848

Notes

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:George_Elliott_%2826%29

Diehl, George West, and Arthur Maxim (Compiler) Coppage. Rockbridge County, Virginia notebook: compiled from articles by Dr. George W. Diehl as published in the News-Gazette, Lexington, Virginia; additional charts and notes have been added, as well as surname index. (Utica, Kentucky: McDowell Publications, c1982) pg. 123-125.

"During the war, Mrs. [Charity Jane DIDDLE] ELLIOTT had died and, when the war was over for him, Captain [George] Elliott returned to Rockbridge with his motherless brood of seven children -- Charity, the youngest, was only two years old. Here, for 125 pounds, he bought a farm of 340 acres near the town of Lexington which was his home for eight years.

On Sept. 28, 1785, Captain Elliott married Mrs. Florence HENDERSON BELL. Widow of Captain David Bell, the wedding being performed in the Old Stone Presbyterian Church community of Augusta by the pastor, the Rev. William Wilson. The Henderson and Elliott families had known each other back in Ireland and the family ties had been increased by several intermarriages.
Florence Henderson, born 1736 and died 1810, was a daughter of Captain William Henderson (1693-1779) [this would be the 1/2 bro. of John, James and Samuel of Berkeley Manor, Augusta Co. VA] and his wife Sussannah. Samuel HENDERSON, brother of William, had married Jane ELLIOTT [not LEEPER or the many others that had been circulated, according to this], died in 1798, an older sister of Capt. Elliott.

Capt. David Bell who married Florence Henderson in 1754, was born in Ireland in 1722. According to one family genealogist, he was son of a David Bell, who migrated to Augusta County from Ireland in the early 1740's. This makes Capt. David Bell, a brother to Joseph Bell, who married Capt. William Henderson's daughter Elizabeth in 1765; Joseph and Elizabeth Bell were ruthlessly murdered by a white male "indentured" servant a few years previously. This designation would place Capt. David Bell as a member of "The Stone Church Bells", in Joseph A. Waddell's classification

To Capt. David and Florence Henderson Bell, seven children were born, viz: William, John, Susannah, James, Elizabeth, Florence and David. William married Susan VANCE, Susannah married Capt. William ALLEN, and Elizabeth married William ALLEN, Jr. All the children were greatly endeared to the stepfather as well as the Elliott children to their stepmother.
[Article continues about the children of Capt. Elliott's first marriage and the subsequent move to Lincoln Co. KY] . . .

On March 5, 1793, Capt. Elliott and his wife Florence, of "Linkhoin Co., St. of Kentucke", sold 340 acres of land to Henry MACKAY, of Rockbridge County, for 33 pounds, 75 shillings, six pence.

Florence Elliott died in 1809.

The first item of business containing her name was a deed, dated May 12, 1809, for 500 acres of land to Thomas HERRING; the price was 800 pounds. The land was in Fayette County, Kentucky.

References

• https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~stonechurchbells/genealogy/Bell%20M...
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:David_Bell_%2828%29
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Florence_Henderson_%286%29
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:George_Elliott_%2826%29
• Updated from RootsWeb's WorldConnect via Captain David Bell by SmartCopy: Jan 13 2015, 14:26:40 UTC