Hannah Bell

• Not the same as Phoebe Bell Freeman

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Hannah

• Born 1700 in Surrey, Colony of Virginia
• Died 1765 in Sussex, Colony of Virginia
• Wife of John Bell — married 1718 in Surry, Virginia
• Mother of Ann (Bell) Parham, John Bell, Hannah (Bell) Thompson, Burrell Bell, Benjamin Bell, Mary (Bell) Anderson, Balaam Bell and James Bell

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Hannah [Jefferson?][Stokes?] was born 1700 in (Surry) VA & died 1765 in (Sussex) VA. She married John Bell, Jr. (son of John Bell & Ann Bennett) in 1718.

• parents: unknown -- see comments

There are 8 known children: James, Mary Keziah, John III, Burrell, Balaam, Ann, Hannah & Benjamin.

notes

• Name: Burwell Bell
• Parents: John Bell Bell, Hannah Stokes
• Birth Place: Surry, VA
• Birth Date: 1710
• Death Date: 1760

Source Information
Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.

Disputed Origins

Parents have been seen as Edward Jefferson or as Sylvester Stocker. Evidence needed.

Some genealogies have the wife of John Bell as the daughter of Edward Jefferson (son of Peter). Edward Jefferson was born 1675 in VA & died 1760 in VA. His wife is unknown. (Hannah Bell)

The reference for her being a Stokes comes from a minimally sourced Ancestry.com tree and places her as the daughter of Sylvanus Stokes & Cecilia Walker. But this Sylvanus would have been her brother, he was born about 1710, so you would be looking at an earlier Sylvanus Stokes, b abt 1654. This to me is flimsy without any indication for it, so the Geni tree has "parents unknown" as of July 2015 & the possibles listed here. Please continue to research.

No evidence presented as daughter of Silvanus Stokes of Charles City County & Mary Stokes

Will

of Hannah Bell - 1768

(Will Book B, page 153, Sussex Co.VA.)

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Hannah Bell of Sussex County being sick & weak but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to almighty God. I do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following (that is to say) first and chiefly I give my soul into the hands of Almighty God that hath made it and my body I commend to the Earth to be buried in a Christian burial nothing doubting but to
receive the same again by the almighty power of God, as touching worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me, I bestow in manner and form following.

ITEM. I give and bequeath to my son, Benjamin Bell on proviso he comes himself in person to receive him my Negro Man called Boron to him and his heirs but in case that he the said Benjamin should die or not come himself in person to receive him as aforesaid then my will is that the property of the said Slave be vested & remain in my son James Bell & his heirs forever.

ITEM. I give and bequeath unto my son James Bell my Negro Man called Sam also my Negro Girl named Amy to him his heirs and assigns forever.

ITEM. I give and bequeath to my Daughter Hannah Thompson six pounds that her Husband William Thompson owed me also five shillings sterling to her and her heirs forever.

ITEM. I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Anderson my Negro Woman named Patt to her and her heir and assigns forever.

ITEM. I give and bequeath to my Grandson Lewis Barham five shillings sterling.

ITEM. I give and bequeath to my Grandson Silvanus Bell five shillings sterling.

ITEM. I give and bequeath to my Grandson Zadock Bell five shillings sterling.

ITEM. I give and bequeath to my Grand Daughter Phebe Bell five shillings sterling.

ITEM. I give and bequeath to my two Daughters Hanna and Mary all my wearing cloaths to be equally divided between them.

ITEM. I give and bequeath to Elizabeth Adams the Daughter of David Adams one bed and furniture to her and her heirs forever.

ITEM. My will is such that all the rest of my Estate both real and personal be equally divided between my two sons and Daughter, namely, Benjamin, James, and Mary Anderson, proviso that my said son Benjamin should come himself in person to receive his part of the same; but incase my said son Benjamin should die or not come himself in person to receive the same, then it is my desire that the property of his partbe vested & remain in my son James Bell and his heirs forever.

LASTLY. My will is that my son James Bell shall be executor of this mylast Will and Testament rattafying and confirming this and no other to to be my last Will and testament as Witness my hand & seal this twentyfifth day of January One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty five.

Hannah(herXmark)Bell (Seal)

Signed Sealed and Delivered in presence of} Charles Wood, Daniel Eppes, Tabbitha(herXmark)Wiggins, Agnes(herXmark)Manry

At a Court held for Sussex County the 17th day of March 1768. The last will and testament of Hannah Bell deced. was presented into Court by James Bell the Executor therein named who made oath thereto as
the law directs and the same was proved by the oaths of Daniel Eppes and Tabitha Wiggins two of the witnesses thereto and by the Court ordered to be recorded and on the motion of the said Executor
certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form.

The will of Hannah Stokes, which names daughter Mary Anderson, also names grandson Silvanus Bell.Silvanus Bell was a son of Hannah's son John Jr, who married Phoebe Stokes, daughter of Silvanus Stokes (will proved 1766 Sussex Co, cited in Pritchett, Southside Virginia Genealogies, p1876).John Bell Jr died 1748 (Pritchett, SVG, same page), and Silvanus Stokes was placed under the guardianship of John Knight.This John Knight was perhaps the husband or son of Elizabeth Stokes, Phoebe Stokes Bell's sister, who was named as Elizabeth Knight in the will of her mother Cecilia Walker Stokes (will proved 19 Oct 1768 Sussex Co., also cited in SVG, same page).

Cecilia Walker, who married Silvanus Stokes (will pr 1766 Sussex Co VA), was a daughter of William Walker (d. 1723 Henrico Co VA) and his second wife Elizabeth __________.Cecilia Walker had a brother Henry Walker (both named in the will of their mother Elizabeth Walker proved 1727 Henrico, cited in Pritchett p1868).This Henry Walker may have been the Henry Walker who owned land in Bertie Co NC and appears on the Bertie Co tax list 1727.

Source:

• http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/24487106/person/13681420538/mediax/1...|pgNum
• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/a/m/Janet-M-Campbell/W...
• http://wvrebel.0catch.com/JEFFERSON.HTML
• http://www.caryrjr.com/83617.htm
• http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/STOKES/2009-07/124684...
• http://www.oocities.org/heartland/prairie/8712/
• https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/bell/6150/
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jefferson-1333 shows her as daughter of Edward Jefferson (1675-1760, son of Peter) without citation.