Re: cannot find Mary Bizell
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cannot find Mary Bizell
Marlene Joyce 5/10/07
Marlene, I think I have figured out your family ancestry. It took some digging in North Carolina census records, but the people were fairly "well-behaved," living in Hertford Co., NC back to at least the early 1800s. Here is the data I found, along with "tentative" conclusions, which may seem a bit controversial, especially about Charles Hall.
Best wishes
Roger Bissell, editor, Bissell Histories & Mysteries
co-administrator, Bizzell/Bissell Y-DNA Project
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Tracing ancestry of Mary Bizzell and Charles Hall, parents of Mary Hall.
Of Hertford Co., North Carolina
Both born about 1855
Based on data below, it appears that Mary (aka M. E. and Marietna) Bizzell, who m. Charles Hall after 1880, was first married to ____ Caders and had two children with him. She apparently was the daughter of John and Eliza (aka M.E.) Bizzell (alternatively spelled Bizell and Bissell) of Murfreesboro and St. Johns, Hertford Co., NC. John was born about 1823 or 1824, and Eliza was born about 1829. Although the 1900 census says Mary E. (Bizzell) Hall was born August 1855, the earlier censuses show her as born anywhere from 1857 to 1860.
Charles Hall appears to have been the grandson of William and Sarah Hall of Murfreesboro and St. Johns, Hertford Co., NC, and probably the son of their unmarried daughter Elizabeth (aka Bettie). In the 1870 census, Charles was 11 and listed immediately after Bettie age 25—and in the 1860 census, Jno. F. age 1 was listed immediately after Elizabeth age 13. Since Elizabeth was shown with older brother Jno., age 19, in the 1860 census, Jno. F. age 1 in the 1860 census was highly likely not her younger brother, but her son, and that she renamed him Charles (perhaps after his biological father) between the 1860 and 1870 censuses. Elizabeth/Bettie was born about 1845/47, and her parents, William and Sarah (Charles’s maternal grandparents, whose surname he bore), were born about 1803 and 1810, respectively.
1910 census—St. Johns, Hertford Co., NC
Charles Hall age 54 was remarried about 1903 to Addie____age 22.
Daughter Mary was not in the household, probably having married by that time.
1900 census—St. Johns, Hertford Co., NC
Charles Hall b. May 1855, wife Mary E. b. August 1855
Daughter Mary b. Oct. 1885
1900 census—Hertford Co., NC—no Bizzell, Bizell, Bizzel
1880 census—St. Johns, Hertford Co., NC
Charles Hall age 20 was farm laborer in household of Jessie Matthews
1880 census—St. Johns, Hertford Co., NC
John Bizell 56
Eliza 49
Arnettie 24
Indiana 17
Sirlesebeth 13
Isaiah 12
Rufus 10
Mary Caders (daughter) 21 [See Marietna in 1870 census, M.E. in 1860 census]
Neallie B. Caders (grandson) 6
William B. Caders (grandson) 2
Next door in household of Thomas and Elizabeth Godwin (age 22 and 31)—laborer: Robert Bizell 20 (probably Hezekiah from 1870 census)
1870 census—Winton Twp., Hertford Co., NC
William Hall 67
Mary A. 40
Delia 35
Bettie 25
Charles 11
Bernberry 27
1870 census—St. Johns, Hertford Co., NC
John Bizzell 50
Eliza 38
Ebenezer 16
Arnettee 13
Marietna 10 [See Mary Caders in 1880 census, M.E. in 1860 census]
Heseckiah 9
Indiana 7
Seedee 6
Inse 4
Isah 2
Rufus 5/12
1860 census—Murfreesboro P.O., Hertford Co., NC
Wm Hall 57
Sarah 50
M. A. (Mary A.) 30
W. H. (male) 29
Thomas 21
Jno. 19
Benberry 16
Elizabeth 13
Jno. F. 1 (speculate: this is Charles, born out of wedlock to Elizabeth, renamed by 1870)
Sarah 80
Note: 3 families down from Wm. Hall in 1860 are: Sidney Bissell (female) 35, Wm. Bissell 25, Jno. Bissell 22, Alfius Bissell 18. Note: probable patriarch John Bissell age 80 also Murfreesboro P.O., Hertford Co., NC.
1860 census—Murfreesboro P.O., Hertford Co., NC
John Bissell 45 (age overstated)
M. E. 29
E. 7
Amerette 5
M. E. 2 (see Mary Caders in 1880 census, Marietna in 1870 census)
Hezekiah 5/12
1850 census—Northern District, Hertford Co., NC
John Bizzell 74
Sarah 72
1850 census—Northern District, Hertford Co., NC
John Bizell 27
Eliza 21
1850 census—Southern District, Hertford Co., NC
William Hall 47
Sally 43
Mary A. 22
William 19
Jerimiah 17
Sally M. 15
Veilly 13
Thomas 11
John 9
Benbury 6
Elizabeth 3
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