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Lancelot BELL (1738-1781) m. Miriam Nicholson (1738-1774)
s/o John Bell (1717-1738) m. Lydia SYMONS (1710-1738)
d/o Thomas Nicholson (1715-1780) m. Mary Jane Hill (1715-1772)
12 May 1738 Miriam (Mariam) Nicholson born at Pasquotank, NC [Daughter of Thomas Nicholson, a minister and anti-slavery advocate] [Little River MM] [Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. I Pasquotank MM p.109 confirms birth date, place, and parents names (doc)] [Quaker Meeting Records Symons Creek MM, confirms parents names, birth date and place (doc)]
12 Jul 1738 Lancelot BELL born Fifth mo. 12, 1738; d. Twelfth mo. 4, 1781; at Pardshaw Hall, Brampton, Cumberland County, England. [or was it Cumberland, NC?] [one source says baptism was 15 Feb 1731 at Brampton (FHL #90568) but has wrong father (John)]
1757 Lancelot Bell moved to Bertie Co, NC [one source says moved from Pardshaw Hall to Pasquotank Co, NC 7 Sep 1758] [listed on Early Bertie Co Tax List]
1759 Lancelot Bell residence was at Pasquotank Co, NC
14 Mar 1759 Lancelot BELL married Miriam Nicholson, Third mo. 14, 1759 at Pasquotank, NC [one source says 14 Mar 1756 to Miriam Morgan] [Little River MM] [Quaker Meeting Record Pasquotank MM Marriage event; also lists her father as Thomas Nicholson and his father as John Bell; Symons Creek MM (doc)] [Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. I Pasquotank MM p.154 confirms birth date, place, and her father’s names (doc)—“1759,3,14. Miriam, dt Thomas, Perquimans Co., m Lancelot Bell, at Little River MH.”] [Quaker Meeting Records Symons Creek MM, confirms fathers’ names, marriage date and place (doc)]
27 Dec 1759 Mary Bell born Twelfth mo. 27, 1759; d. Tenth mo. 7, 1811; at Pasquotank, NC; Nathan Morris at Little River MM Perquimans, NC
15 Oct 1761 Thomas Bell born Tenth mo. 15, 1761; d. Second mo. 4, 1780; at Pasquotank, NC; died at age 19
30 Sep 1763 Sarah Bell born Ninth mo. 30, 1763; d. Eleventh mo. 9, 1827; at Pasquotank, NC; married Benjamin Bundy in Pasquotank, NC
11 Nov 1765 Margaret Bell born Eleventh mo. 11, 1765; d. Fourth mo. 4, 1831; at Pasquotank, NC; married John Winslow at Perquimans, NC
6 Feb 1768 John Bell born Second mo. 6, 1768; d. Twelfth mo., 1839; at Pasquotank, NC; married (1) Sarah Bundy and (2) Lydia Symons at Pasquotank, NC
1769 Lancelot Bell on Pasquotank Early Tax List
8 May 1770 Caroline Bell born Fifth mo.- 8, 1770; d. Fourth mo. 14, 1832; at Pasquotank, NC; married Francis Albertson at Pasquotank, NC
23 May 1773 Mariam Bell born Fifth mo. 23, 1773; at Pasquotank, NC [one source says Perquimans, NC]
24 Jan 1774 Miriam NICHOLSON died (age 35) at Pasquotank, NC [Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Vol. I Pasquotank MM p.94 confirms death date, place, and her father’s names (doc); Quaker Meeting Records Symons Creek MM confirms date and location of death as well as spouses name (2doc)]
2 Jan 1781 Lancelot Bell wrote will; proven Pasquotank Co, NC [North Carolina, Will Abstracts: 1781 BELL, LAUNCELOT, John, Margaret, Caroline, Miriam, Sarah (children)] [Wills, Vol H-I, K1, 1752-1787 (doc)]
21 Jan 1781 Lancelot Bell will probated [North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records: Wills, Vol 1-3, Ada-Mab, 1720-1804 (doc)] [North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records: Original wills, Ackiss, Mary - Fletcher, Theodore C (doc)] [North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records: Wills and Estate Papers, 1663-1978 (doc)]
24 Apr 1781 Lancelot BELL died (age 42) at Pasquotank, NC [Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I, p.94 Pasquotank MM (doc)]
2 May 1781 Lancelot Bell will probate date [North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records: Wills, 1752-1793 (doc)
24 Jan 1787 Lancelot Bell death event listed at Perquimans MM at Eastern Quarterly Meeting (doc) [might not be our Lancelot or it could be his death notice outside his MM]
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN QUAKER GENEALOGY by: William Wade Hinshaw
Pasquotank Monthly Meeting (later Symons Creek Monthly meeting) Pasquotank County, North Carolina Page 154 NICHOLSON 1759, 3,14. Miriam, daughter of Thomas, Perquimans Co., married Lancelot Bell, at Little River Meeting House.