Mary Bell

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  • Name Mary Bell 
    Gender Female 
    Buried Chancel, St. Nicholas Cole Abbey, London England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Source: http://www.nelsonfamilies.com/index.php/george-nelson-lord-mayor-of-london

      He [George Nelson] was married twice, the second time to Mary Bell, daughter of Humphrey Bell Esq., an eminent Virginia merchant. (London Magazine and Gentleman?s Quarterly).

      He [George Nelson] was buried in the chancel of St. Nicholas Cole Abbey on 4 Dec 1766.

      There is a tablet to him and "also the body of Mary his second wife."
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    • HISTORICAL RECORDS

      Source: Spotsylvania Co. Va. Deed Book E, 1751-61

      Dated & recorded: 1 October 1759: George Nelson, Esq., Alderman of London, in Gt. Britain & Mary, his wife; Latham Arnold & John Maynard of London, Merchants; to Thomas Coleman of Spotsylvania Co., Va.

      Whereas, Humphrey Bell, late of Clapham, in Surry Co., and of Old Swan Lane, in the City of London, Merchant, by his last will & testament dated 12 February 1757, recorded in Prerogative Court of Archbishop of Canterbury, & thereby did leave his property in Virginia to sd. Nelson, Arnold & Maynard, in trust for purposes stated in the will; & whereas by deeds dated 19 April 1757 recorded in King William Co. the said Bell did convey to sd. Arnold & Maynard his lands & plantations in King Wm, King & Queen, Caroline & Spots Cos in trust to sell & convey land said Bell died seized of (a tract of 1,395 ac. in Spots) which Humphrey Hill, Gent. (As agent) did sell to the sd. Thomas Coleman for £299 curr.; said Nelson, Arnold & Maynard by this deed convey the estate to Coleman. [no witnesses]. [similar transactions following: to Daniel Trigg, 500 acres, £80; to Robert Coleman, 2,680 acres, "Iron pan" for £500; to Thomas McNeil, 141 acres, £42.

      Source: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 56, No. 3 (Jul., 1948) contains: Virginia Gleanings in England pp. 323-327

      Virginia Gleanings In England expands on this transaction in Prerogative Court of Archbishop of Canterbury. George Nelson, and Alderman of London City, is Humphrey Bell?s son-in-law. Humphrey was indebted to George Nelson, Latham Arnold and John Maynard. So he left them all of his plantations and land in Virginia along with "all Houses, Edifices, and Buildings, Mills, Stills, Coppers, Slaves, Negros, and Stock." All of his English properties were to be sold to pay debts and whatever was left over was to go to his daughter, Mary Nelson. He gave each of his nieces Mrs. Rebecca Arnold, Elizabeth and Hannah Nicholson, Mary Brown and Ann Roe £100 each; to his nephew Humphrey Hill of Virginia, £100.

      The will's executors were George Nelson, Latham Arnold and John Maynard.

      London merchants had extensive holdings in Virginia and frequent acquired property and mortgages on land and slaves securing debts owed to them by colonists. Humphrey Bell had extensive holdings in King William, Caroline Spotsylvania, and King and Queen counties. He sent his nephew Humphrey Hill to act as his agent in Virginia.

    Person ID I29507  Master File
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2015 

    Father Humphrey Bell,   b. Bef 03 Mar 1678, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 27 Sep 1757, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Family ID F12539  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family George Nelson,   b. ca 1709, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Nov 1766, Bath, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Children 
    +1. George Nelson, Jr.,   d. 09 Mar 1797, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2015 
    Family ID F12540  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart