Ancestry of
Geena Davis

Movie and TV Actress

James Bell

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• • 8th Great-grandfather of Geena Davis — 11th Generation
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  • 1794 
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  • ABT 1676 
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  Esther Bell

  Mary Bell (Ahnentafel No:897 )

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  • James Bell was awarded an island for bravery in the Great Swamp Battle where he was wounded. Soon after, while working in a field he and two sons were ambushed and murdered by Indians.

• Sources for James Bell

  • ¹ New England Ancestors Magazine, 2000, Vol. 1.2, p. 40.
  • ² Goodenough, Caroline Leonard, Legends, Loves and Loyalties of Old New England, Rochester, Massachusetts: Published by the Author (1930), 271.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 112.

Geena Davis photo by Alan Light (CC BY-SA 2.0)