Gates Co. Marriage Bonds Incomplete List from The Harrell Book, Family of Samuel, 1811, Gates Co., N. Carolina by Emily Theresa Harrold Withers (1944), daughter of Eber Shaw Harrold (Harrell) typewritten, unpaged, additions made 1965, in DAR Library, Washington, D.C. - Records transcribed c. 1965 by Meg Harrell, wife of Evans Malott Harrell, Sr.
(only early ones before 1820 were copied by Mary Edith "Meg" Harrell of Cincinnati, Ohio)
| County | Name | Marriage Date | Name | Bondsman |
Reference |
| Bertie Co. | Christian Harrell | Feb. 27, 1770 | Thomas Trotman | In Chowan Co. | |
| Bertie Co. | John Harrell | Dec. 22, 1785 | Mary Barfield | ||
| Bertie Co. | Josiah Harrell | Dec. 13, 1777 | Mary Ann Gardner | ||
| Chowan Co. | Elizabeth Harrell | Apr. 15, 1835 | John Whitehead | ||
| Chowan Co. ? | Gring Harrell | Aug. 23, 1790 | Elizabeth Kittrell | Bertie Co. written on side | |
| Chowan Co. ? | Henry Harrell | Mar. 10, 1788 | Annis or Anneis Davis | Bertie Co. written on side | |
| Chowan Co. | John Harrell | Jan. 9, 1788 | Margaret A. Miller | Chowan Co. | |
| Chowan Co. ? | Zachariah Harrell | Sep. 10, 1764 | Martha Everitt | Edgecombe Co. written on side | |
| Edgecombe Co. | (Meg notes more records after 1835 were not copied) | ||||
| Gates Co. | Abraham Harrell
Of Nansemond Co., VA |
Dec. 7, 1793 | Priscilla Parker | ||
| Gates Co. | Abraham Harrell | Dec. 17, 1803 | Mary Briggs | David Harrell | |
| Gates Co. | Aron Harrell | Apr. 30, 1813 | Mary Askyou | ||
| Gates Co. | Aron Harrell | Apr. 8, 1809 | Penelope Piland | ||
| Gates Co. | Charles Harrell | Nov. 27, 1806 | Mary Carter | Abraham Harrell | |
| Gates Co. | David Harrell | Jan. 15, 1787 | Celia Hunter | ||
| Gates Co. | David Harrell | Mar. 25, 1790 | Smith Hurdle | ||
| Gates Co. | David Harrell | Nov. 1796 | Ann Galline | Dempsey Harrell | |
| Gates Co. | Dempsey Harrell | No Date | Janice Rountree | Peter Harrell | |
| Gates Co. | Eli Harrell | Jan. 3, 1804 | Charity Boyd | Dempsey Harrell | |
| Gates Co. | Elias Harrell
Of Nansemond Co. |
Sep. 29, 1780 | Christian Rountree
of Gates Co. |
Job Harrell of Nansemond Co. | |
| Gates Co. | Elisha Harrell | Dec. 18, 1786 | Pinnina Evre | Peter Harrell | |
| Gates Co. | Henry Harrell | Mar. 28, 1786 | Milley Spivey | ||
| Gates Co. | Jacob Harrell | Apr. 1, 1797 | Esther Lassiter | ||
| Gates Co. | Jesse Harrell, Jr. | Mar. 8, 1802 | Lidia Pierce | ||
| Gates Co. | Jesse Harrell, Jr. | Nov. 4, 18?? | Sarah Hayes | Elisha Harrell | |
| Gates Co. | Jethro Harrell | Dec. 30, 1812 | Nancy Tr?eth? | ||
| Gates Co. | Jethro Harrell | Dec. 29, 1812 | Judith Taylor | ||
| Gates Co. | Jethro Harrell | June 9, 1824 | Nancy Jones | ||
| Gates Co. | John Harrell | Dec. 26, 1796 | Trisa Puam? or Pisam? | ||
| Gates Co. | John Harrell | June 16, 1813 | Peggy Tallington | ||
| Gates Co. | Josiah Harrell | Sept. 26, 1788 | Julia Fryor | ||
| Gates Co. | Moses Harrell | Nov. 5, 1813 | Salley Harrell | Jethro Harrell | |
| Gates Co. | Noah Harrell | Aug.11, 1787 | Mary Riddick | ||
| Gates Co. | Peter Harrell, Jr. | Dec. 5, 1796 | Martha Williams | Peter Harrell, Sr. | |
| Gates Co. | Samuel Harrell | Aug. 6, 1798 | Sarah Riddick * | ||
| Gates Co. | Samuel Harrell | May 30, 1781 | Elvey Riddick * | David Harrell | |
| Gates Co. | Theophilus Harrell | Oct. 26, 1797 | Mary Gwinn | ||
| Gates Co. | Thomas Harrell | Aug. 11, 1801 | Nancy Eure | Dempsey Harrell | |
| Gates Co. | William Harrell | Apr. 20, 182- | Margaret Lee | Elisha Harrell | |
| Gates Co. | William Harrell | July 23, 1805 | Peggy Eure | ||
| Gates Co. | William Harrell | Sept. 21, 1805 | Elizabeth Felton | Fred Jones |
Other Notes from the Harrell Book:
c. p. 5 letter of Samuel Runnels Harrell to Mrs. Withers... "my grandfather came from Wythe Co., Va. and it was always said that his parents came from N. Carolina to Virginia" [He also recounted the story of Madame Marie Harrell who invented Camembert Cheese who has not been shown to be an ancestor.] Letter written about 1944.
Line (prob. of Mrs. Withers).
| Name | Birth Date | Location | Death | Location | Comment |
| Samuel Harrell | c 1663 | Kent, England | c 1753 | Original purchases of Harrell Farm | |
| James Harrell | 1708 on farm | 1790 | planter, merchant and storekeeper | ||
| Samuel Harrell | 1750 | on the farm near Sunbury | 1828 | planter and slave owner, soldier in the Revolution | |
| James or Hames Harrell | 1792 | Sunbury, NC | 1858 | near Harrelsville, NC | A brother of Abner for whom the town was named. James soldier War of 1812. |
| William Bernard Harrell | 1823 | Suffolk, VA | 1906 | Dunn, NC | |
| Name | Location | Date | Reference | Spouse | Other |
| Samuel Harrell
(Most, if not all of Samuel's children well delineated. None went to Wythe Co., VA) |
Of Gates Co., NC | Signed Feb. 13, 1811 | Will Book 2, pp. 53-55 | Salley Harrell, spouse | 3 youngest sons:
Willis, Andrew & Isaac 5 youngest children: Henry, Willis, Andrew, Elizabeth & Isaac Named: Son William, daughter Mary, son Noah, son Abner, son James, son Joseph, daughter Nancy, son Henry, sons William & Noah executors |
| Noah Harrell | For Noah, see Tylers Cyclopedia of Va., Biography, vol. 4, p. 560 (1915) | ||||
| Abner Harrell | See Col. & State Hist. of Hertford Co., NC by Benjamin B. Winborne (1906) | ||||
| William Harrell | Dec. 26, 1833* | See Wrenn Woodward by Mary Middleton Wrenn, Library of Congress | |||
| Mary Harrell | Dec. 6, 1825 marriage | John Wilson | no issue | ||
| James Harrell | this book | ||||
| Joseph Harrell | Estate sold 5 Dec. 1820 | ||||
| Nancy Harrell | never married | ||||
| Samuel Harrell | May 30, 1781 marriage | Elvey Riddick | |||
| William Harrell * | Dec. 26, 1833 | Elizabeth | Son William H. Harrell
land formerly Henry Harrell's sons James A., William H ** & James A. Harrell Executors. | ||
| William H. Harrell ** | Gates Co., NC | Sept. 21, 1805 marriage | Elizabeth Felton | ||
| Samuel Harrell | Chowan Co. | 1761 Will | rec. Wills 1694-1808 | Son William, son Isaac, son
Abraham, son Samuel, daughter
Rachel Harrell, daughter Martha
Harrell, rest to wife.
Sons William & Isaac executors. Witnesses Josiah Cranberry, Demsey Harrell, James Casten | |
| William Harrell | Chowan Co. | 1762 Will | Elizabeth | Wife Elizabeth, son Samuel, brother Abraham to take care of son Samuel till he comes of age, other children mentioned, but not by name. Abraham Harrell, executor. |