Mary (Dean) Bell (1777 - 1829)

Born 12 Jul 1777 in Virginia

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 8 Aug 1829 at age 52 in Tennessee

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Biography

Mary Dean was born 17 July 1777 in Virginia and died 8 August 1829.^[1][2]

Mary married James Bell, son of Robert and Mary Bell. He was born 23 August 1777 and died 22 June 1823. Both Mary and James are buried in the Bell Cemetery. Her tombstone says that she is wife of James Bell, daughter of William and Eleanor Tase Dean.^[2]

Research Notes

Father: The profile attached as this Mary's father - Adam Dean (abt.1730-1787) - includes the following to support that he married Eleanor Teas:

"Page 775.--19th March, 1765. Adam Dean and Eleanor, his wife, to Charles Teas, 5 sh., 310 acres on South River, part of a tract patented to Robert Turk, 6th September, 1736; corner to Robert Turk's land; corner John Patrick's line. Teste: Wm. Teas, Jno. Dean, Samuel Kinkade. Delivered: Charles Teas, September, 1766."^[3]

Adam Dean's Second Wife: Adam Dean (abt.1730-1787) is also attached as the husband of Elizabeth (Edmiston) Dean (abt.1745-abt.1803), who married Adam in May 1784 in Washington, Wood, Virginia,^{[citation needed]} after her first husband, William Edmondson (abt.1734-1780), was killed in the Battle of Kings Mountain.

Captain William Edmondson was under Campbell's command^[4] - Col. W. Campbell - from Washington County, Virginia. His Find a Grave memorial has him born 1740 in Cecil County, Maryland, died 7 October 1780 at King's Mountain. However, the text appears to contradict the birth date and location: 1734 in Augusta County. It says that he was "also known as William Edmiston", which brings his wife Elizabeth's maiden name into question. And the memorial is not attached to any other memorials.^[5]

There may be some confusion as to which William died at King's Mountain and which married Elizabeth - see for example William Robert Edmiston (1736-1822) born in Cecil County in 1736 (per WikiTree) and died in Washington County, Virginia. His second wife: Elizabeth (Kennedy) Edmiston (1748-1821). His profile calls the Captain William who died a brother-in-law, so his wife would be Elizabeth Edmiston.

Bell Cemetery, Vesta Rd & Gwynn Rd, Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee.^[2]

Cemetery information - transcription of her tombstone, identifying her as "Wife of James Bell" also says that she was the "daughter of William and Eleanor Tase Dean", but the sourced profile attached 3 March 2022 is for Adam Dean (abt.1730-1787). That profile prior to a merge had a birth year of 1720. There was a William Dean whose will, proved 1773 in Augusta County, Virginia, named Adam Dean as son and executor (he declined and William's widow was executrix). The will also named a daughter Mary, but she could not be this Mary if her tombstone date of birth is correct (1777).

Children

Profiles attached as her children, as of 28 April 2023:

• Eleanor Taze (Bell) Baird
• Mary Boyd (Bell) Drennan
• Robert Bell
• Ira Dean Bell
• Samuel Albert Bell
• George Washington Bell
• Rebecca Robertson Bell
• Ann Williamson (Bell) Foster
• Sarah Campbell Bell

Children of James and Mary buried in the Bell Cemetery in Lebanon:

• Robert [Bell]: Born in Davidson County Tenn on November 15 1805, Died September 1892
• Ira Dean [Bell]: Born January 22 1808, Died July 15 1827
• Rebecca Robertson [Bell]: Born February 24 1816, Died September 22 1840
• Sarah Campbell [Bell]: Born February 20 1822, Died July 7 1827

DAR Descendants

As of 28 April 2023, four descendants of James and Mary (Dean) Bell have joined the DAR based on the record of Robert Bell (her father-in-law/father of James Bell).^[6]

• ancestors of DAR member Lucile Byrd Klingman
  • Mary Dean born 12 July 1777, died 8 August 1829; married James on 14 May 1801
  • James Bell born 23 August 1777, died 23 June 1823
  • Son George Washington Bell born 23 March 1813, died 22 September 1888, married Eveline Smith in 1841 (no locations given)
• ancestors of DAR member Mary Katherine Hughes Boney
  • Mary Dean born 12 July 1777, died 8 August 1829, married James on 14 May 1801
  • James Bell born 23 August 1777, died 22 June 1823
  • Daughter Ann Williamson Bell was born 8 July 1818, died 23 March 1900; married James Ewing Foster on 28 September 1842 (no locations)
• ancestors of DAR member Jewell Derryberry Boling
  • Mary Dean born 12 July 1777, died in Wilson County, Tennessee on 8 August 1829, married James on 14 May 1801
  • James Bell born 25 August 1777 in Guilford County, North Carolina, died in Wilson County, Tennessee on 22 June 1823
  • Son Robert Bell born in Davidson County, Tennessee on 15 November 1805, died Vesta, Wilson County on 1 September 1892, married 1st, Polly Frizzell Hooker born in Wilson County, Tennessee on 25 May 1811, died in Vesta, Wilson County on 3 June 1841 (married 14 January 1830)
• ancestors of DAR member Maude Baird
  • Mary Dean born 12 July 1777 in North Carolina, died in Rutherford County on 8 August 1829, married James on 14 May 1801
  • James Bell born 23 August 1777 in Guilford County, North Carolina, died in Rutherford County, Tennessee on 22 June 1823
  • Son Robert Bell born in Davidson County, Tennessee on 15 November 1805, died Vesta, Wilson County on 1 September 1892, married 2nd, Sarah Ann Ferguson born in Rutherford County, Tennessee on 21 January 1818, died in Vesta on 11 February 1876 (married in March 1842)

Sources

1. ↑ Original information for profile created by Joe Snead.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Bell Cemetery (accessed 28 April 2023).
3. ↑ Page 415, Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia: Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800, Volume 3. (The Commonwealth Printing Company : 1912). Google Books link. The citation on Adam's profile referenced "p150-151", which is Will Book VI.
4. ↑ https://archive.org/details/kingsmountainmen00whit/page/170/mode/1up
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #51932859 for Captain William Edmondson (accessed 28 April 2023).
6. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 28 April 2023), "Record of Lieutenant Robert Bell", Ancestor # A008776.