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Mary Beard (Bell)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Augusta County, VA, United States
Death: between October 19, 1805 and October 19, 1806 (74-80)
Beard's Ford, Augusta County, VA, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William ‘the immigrant’ Bell, Sr and 1st wife of William Bell
Wife of Edward Edwin Beard
Mother of Hugh Beard; William Beard; Pvt. Samuel Beard, Sr.; Elizabeth Craig; George Beard and 9 others
Sister of William Bell, Jr.; Capt. David Bell and Samuel Bell, Sr.
Half sister of Capt. Joseph Bell, Sr.; Martha Hutcheson; William Mordecal Bell, II; Jane Rankin Holmes; Isabell Bainbridge and 1 other

Managed by: Jenna Christine Shaffer
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About Mary Beard

Biography

https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~stonechurchbells/genealogy/Bell%20M...

(B1-14)
Mary Bell -Born around 1726 - Died around 1804 - Married around 1753
Edward Beard - Born ? - Died June 1806 - 6 Children

She was probably born in Ireland and came to America with her father. He was named as one of the executors of the will of his father-in-law, the other executor being David Bell, a brother-in-law of Edward beard. The farm on which Edward beard and his wife lived was conveyed to him by Samuel Lockhart, 17 May 1753, and lay on both sided of North River. (source #8)
Children

  • 1. William Beard
  • 2. Charles Beard
  • 3. Samuel beard
  • 4. John Beard
  • 5. Elizabeth Beard - Married John Craig His home was in VA and they moved to KY.
  • 6. Mary Beard - she married 2nd John Bell of Albemarle,VA. She lived in KY, following her first marriage.

Origins

The five children named in the will of William Bell, immigrant, were:
11. William Bell, Jr. * Born Circa 1720 - to NC or TN circa 1782
12. David Bell* Born Circa 1722 - Died March 1780
13. Samuel Bell* Born Circa 1724 - Died June 1803
14. Mary Bell* Born Circa 1726 - Died Circa 1804
15. Joseph Bell Born 25 May 1742(os) - Died 4 March 1823

(Information about families of 11-14 based on compilations prepared by Jud Judge Samuel M. Wilson, Lexington, KY.)

References

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Mary Beard's Timeline

1726
1726
Augusta County, VA, United States
1750
1750
Virginia, United States
1754
May 22, 1754
New Hope, Augusta, Virginia, USA
June 26, 1754
Botetourt or Augusta County, Virginia, United States
1756
February 19, 1756
New Hope, Augusta, Virginia, United States
1757
1757
1758
February 6, 1758
New Hope, Augusta, Virginia, USA
1758
1760
March 20, 1760
New Hope, Augusta, Virginia, United States