THE BELL FAMILY IN AMERICA Many pioneers bearing the name of Bell were in the provinces of New England as early as 1643, and also in New Jersey before 1680 and in Penn- sylvania about 1682. To Virginia several of the name came direct from Scotland and settled in the middle and southwestern parts of that colony between 1642 and 1720. Most of these emigrants were from Edinburgh, Linlithgow, Jedburg, Paisley and Glasgow in Scotland; some from northern England and southern Ireland and others from the counties Londonderry and An- trim in northern Ireland. In England, Scotland and Ireland the Bells were armor bearing. The heads of more than thirty families of the name received grants of arms, several of them as far back as the early part of the sixteenth century.
That most of these families were derived from some commonstock is shown by the fact that a common featuretheir crests a hawk belled. Bell of Berkshireof their arms was three church bells and Buckinghamshire had: arms, — sable, threewings expanded argent, beaked and belled or,church bells argent, two and one, and three es- toiles or, one and two; crest, — a hawk withwith a string fiotant from the bells gules.
JOSEPH BEALL / BELL was born Abt. 1664 in SCOTLAND.
Children of JOSEPH BEALL / BELL
i. JOHN/JOSEPH BELL
JOHN OR JOSEPH BELL, b. Abt. 1690, Scotland to England; d. NJ
John Bell, of the city of New York, house carpenter, brought suit in the Supreme Court of New Jersey, against William Antill, of the city of New Brunswick, merchant, on a bond, dated Perth Amboy, October 23, 1740, conditioned for the payment of $106.8.8, current money of New York. He won suit.
Children of JOHN OR JOSEPH BELL are:
i. ISSAC BELL, b. 1715, Upper Hardwick, Sussex, NJ; d. 1785, Beaver Co., PA.
ii. JOHN BELL, b. 1725, Long Island, NY, New York; d. January 06, 1780, Morris, Roxbury, NJ.
iii. ONESIMUS "SIMEON" BELL, b. June 12, 1738, Long Island, NYNew York vol 12 p. 131; d. April 18, 1826, Elizabeth(town), NJ SAR#101319 Morgan, Green, PA.
iv. JOSEPH "JABESH" BELL, b. 1740.
ii. JOHN BELL, b. 1725, Long Island, NY, New York; d. January 06, 1780, Morris, Roxbury, NJ.
iii. ONESIMUS "SIMEON" BELL, b. June 12, 1738, Long Island, NYNew York vol 12 p. 131; d. April 18, 1826, Elizabeth(town), NJ SAR#101319 Morgan, Green, PA.
iv. JOSEPH "JABESH" BELL, b. 1740.
ISSAC BELL (JOHN OR JOSEPH, JOSEPH BEALL /) was born 1715 in Upper Hardwick, Sussex, NJ, and died 1785 in Beaver Co., PA. He married (1) ELIZABETH HIXON. He married (2) KEZIAH CORWIN Abt. 1737
Isaac Bell, born 1715 in prob. Upper Hardwick, Sussex Co., NJ; died 1785. He was the son of . John Bell.
An Isaac Bell was elected commissioner of road, Hartwick Twp., Sussex Co., NJ, May 1756 (Genealogies of NJ Families, p. 467-473). Isaac Bell was granted a permit for a public house (Hartwick, Nov. 1757). Isaac and John Bell were voters in 1776, representatives to Constitutional Convention (Some Early Records of Morris Co., NJ). Isaac was on a Committee to form a Presbyterian Church in Hartwick in 1764 (Pioneer Families of Northwestern NJ, p. 66). According to "Early Germans of NJ" by Chambers, p. 761, his father was John Bell.
Children of ISSAC BELL and KEZIAH CORWIN are:
i. EPHRAIM BELL, b. Bet. 1738 - 1742.
ii. JESSE BELL, b. Bet. 1739 - 1742; d. 1791; m. MASSEY.
iii.JOSEPH BELL b. Bet. 1740 - 1742.
iv. JAMES BELL, b. Abt. 1741; d. Franklin Co., VA or 1780 Sussex Co., NJ.
v. SARAH BELL, b. Bet. 1741 - 1743; m. (1) CONSIDER COOK; b. Abt. 1738; m. (2) RICHARD STIFF.
vi. UNKNOWN BELL, b. Abt. 1742.
vii. ZEPHANIAH BELL, b. Abt. 1743, Newton, Sussex Co., NJ; d. February 25, 1848, Nelson, Green Co., KY.
iv. JAMES BELL, b. Abt. 1741; d. Franklin Co., VA or 1780 Sussex Co., NJ.
v. SARAH BELL, b. Bet. 1741 - 1743; m. (1) CONSIDER COOK; b. Abt. 1738; m. (2) RICHARD STIFF.
vi. UNKNOWN BELL, b. Abt. 1742.
vii. ZEPHANIAH BELL, b. Abt. 1743, Newton, Sussex Co., NJ; d. February 25, 1848, Nelson, Green Co., KY.
viii. BENJAMIN BELL, b. Abt. 1744, NJ; d. June 05, 1820, Morpeth, Howard Twp, Kent Co., Ontario, CAN; m. ELIZABETH PETTIT, 1779, Sussex Co., NJ; b. 1753, Sussex Co., NJ; d. September 10, 1835, Morpeth, Howard Twp, Kent Co., Ontario, CAN.
ix. PETER BELL, b. Abt. 1745, Stillwater, Sussex, NJ; d. February 06, 1835; m. NANCY HULL.
x. MARY BELL, b. October 24, 1748; d. December 29, 1834, Beaver County, Pa..
xi. HENRY BELL, b. Abt. 1750, Newton, Sussex Co., NJ; m. ELIZABETH.
xii. ISSAC GRANVILLE BELL, SR., b. Abt. 1750; d. Beaver Co., PA.
xiii. JOHN BELL, b. Abt. 1752, Newton, Sussex Co., NJ.
xiv. ROBERT BELL, b. Abt. 1753; d. April 12, 1837, Belleville, Richland Co., Ohio; m. (1) HANNAH BOGGS; m. (2) MARY YOST.
xv. GEORGE BELL, b. Abt. 1754, Hardwick, Sussex, NJ; d. February 15, 1791.
ISSAC.GRANVILLE BELL, SR. (ISSAC, JOHN OR JOSEPH, JOSEPH BEALL /) was born Abt. 1750, and died in Beaver Co., PA.
Believe that Issac Bell was from Berkeley, Va. Originally came from New Jersey with the Primitive Baptist Church.
Family left Beaver, then went to Rome Township, Lawrence Co., Ohio
Nathaniel Bell and Issac were shown on New Jersey tax records of 1780's.
Believed Ephriam and Zephania were brothers of Issac. They are together in Beaver Co., and Lawrence Co., Ohio.
Mary Bell WFT# 46 born May 24, 1748. Died Dec. 29, 1834 in Beaver. Married Nathaniel Hazden.
1800 Beaver census had Joseph Bell with Issac. 02010 females: 30010
Issac Bell 1792 Volunteer for the Defense of Allegany, PA. Under Col. Samuel Wilson.
5dth Detachment PA militia under Col. James Fenton at Carlisle.
Pension: regiment, Col. H. Brady, Holledaysburg, Beaver.
Issac Bell 1793-1887 b. Allegheny Co., PA. Bros: Johnson, Benjamin, Joseph, and Epraim.
Born Allegany Co., then went to Beaver. Next Rome Township, Lawrence, Ohio in 1808.
Then to Fall Mills, Tazewell, Va in 1825.
Then to Shinbrier, Mercer Co., Va 1850 per Yvonne Booz.
1870 Mercer Census: b. PA, lives in Rock Twnshp. 80 years old.
According to Larry Bell, Randy's brother: lived in Pennsylvania, then Ohio (Proctorville), then Mercer. Ballard left during the Civil War. He was a coal miner.
22 Mar 1999 from Basil and Mabel Ferrell at 45 Hubert Hill Road, Chapmansville, WV 25508-9613 "Our Family (Bell Family) came from Ireland near the Scottish Border, came to Pennsylvania, then spread. We are from the same area as Alexander Graham Bell. According to the 1790 to 1820 census, there are a lot of Bell Families living in Pennsylvania and Virginia. Issac's sons were in the 60th Virginia Confederate Army.
The Shinbrier Cemet. is old. During the Civil War, Union Troops retreated back from Princeton, on the Bluestone River. The cemetery is located where the Blueston makes a Horseshoe turn. Lots of people died from smallpox in this area after the Civil War
Children of ISSAC GRANVILLE BELL, SR. are:
i. BUCKHANON BELL, b. 1792, VA; d. Aft. 1850, Giles, WV.
ii. ROBERT BELL, m. ELIZABETH VANOVER, April 13, 1803, Montgomery Co., WV.
iii. MARY ANN BELL, m. JAMES MILLER, October 25, 1832, Lawrence Co, Ohio.
iv. UNIZ BELL, b. father possibly Joseph "Jabesh" Bell; m. JOSEPH WILLARD, October 07, 1824, Lawrence Co, Ohio.
ix. PETER BELL, b. Abt. 1745, Stillwater, Sussex, NJ; d. February 06, 1835; m. NANCY HULL.
x. MARY BELL, b. October 24, 1748; d. December 29, 1834, Beaver County, Pa..
xi. HENRY BELL, b. Abt. 1750, Newton, Sussex Co., NJ; m. ELIZABETH.
xii. ISSAC GRANVILLE BELL, SR., b. Abt. 1750; d. Beaver Co., PA.
xiii. JOHN BELL, b. Abt. 1752, Newton, Sussex Co., NJ.
xiv. ROBERT BELL, b. Abt. 1753; d. April 12, 1837, Belleville, Richland Co., Ohio; m. (1) HANNAH BOGGS; m. (2) MARY YOST.
xv. GEORGE BELL, b. Abt. 1754, Hardwick, Sussex, NJ; d. February 15, 1791.
ISSAC.GRANVILLE BELL, SR. (ISSAC, JOHN OR JOSEPH, JOSEPH BEALL /) was born Abt. 1750, and died in Beaver Co., PA.
Believe that Issac Bell was from Berkeley, Va. Originally came from New Jersey with the Primitive Baptist Church.
Family left Beaver, then went to Rome Township, Lawrence Co., Ohio
Nathaniel Bell and Issac were shown on New Jersey tax records of 1780's.
Believed Ephriam and Zephania were brothers of Issac. They are together in Beaver Co., and Lawrence Co., Ohio.
Mary Bell WFT# 46 born May 24, 1748. Died Dec. 29, 1834 in Beaver. Married Nathaniel Hazden.
1800 Beaver census had Joseph Bell with Issac. 02010 females: 30010
Issac Bell 1792 Volunteer for the Defense of Allegany, PA. Under Col. Samuel Wilson.
5dth Detachment PA militia under Col. James Fenton at Carlisle.
Pension: regiment, Col. H. Brady, Holledaysburg, Beaver.
Issac Bell 1793-1887 b. Allegheny Co., PA. Bros: Johnson, Benjamin, Joseph, and Epraim.
Born Allegany Co., then went to Beaver. Next Rome Township, Lawrence, Ohio in 1808.
Then to Fall Mills, Tazewell, Va in 1825.
Then to Shinbrier, Mercer Co., Va 1850 per Yvonne Booz.
1870 Mercer Census: b. PA, lives in Rock Twnshp. 80 years old.
According to Larry Bell, Randy's brother: lived in Pennsylvania, then Ohio (Proctorville), then Mercer. Ballard left during the Civil War. He was a coal miner.
22 Mar 1999 from Basil and Mabel Ferrell at 45 Hubert Hill Road, Chapmansville, WV 25508-9613 "Our Family (Bell Family) came from Ireland near the Scottish Border, came to Pennsylvania, then spread. We are from the same area as Alexander Graham Bell. According to the 1790 to 1820 census, there are a lot of Bell Families living in Pennsylvania and Virginia. Issac's sons were in the 60th Virginia Confederate Army.
The Shinbrier Cemet. is old. During the Civil War, Union Troops retreated back from Princeton, on the Bluestone River. The cemetery is located where the Blueston makes a Horseshoe turn. Lots of people died from smallpox in this area after the Civil War
Children of ISSAC GRANVILLE BELL, SR. are:
i. BUCKHANON BELL, b. 1792, VA; d. Aft. 1850, Giles, WV.
ii. ROBERT BELL, m. ELIZABETH VANOVER, April 13, 1803, Montgomery Co., WV.
iii. MARY ANN BELL, m. JAMES MILLER, October 25, 1832, Lawrence Co, Ohio.
iv. UNIZ BELL, b. father possibly Joseph "Jabesh" Bell; m. JOSEPH WILLARD, October 07, 1824, Lawrence Co, Ohio.
v. ELIZABETH BELL, m. JOSHUA BURGIN, October 05, 1825, Lawrence Co, Ohio.
vi. JOHN BELL, m. POLLY BROWN, February 11, 1823, Franklin Co, VA.
vii. EPHRAIM BELL.
viii. ISSAC BELL, b. April 26, 1793, Allegany Co., Pa., Beaver Co., PA 92 yrs. at death; d. Bet. May 07, 1882 - 1883, Rock Township, Mercer Co., WV.
ix. JOSEPH BELL.
x. BENJAMIN BELL
ISSAC BELL (ISSAC GRANVILLE, ISSAC, JOHN OR JOSEPH, JOSEPH BEALL /) was born April 26, 1793 in Allegany Co., Pa., Beaver Co., PA 92 yrs. at death, and died Bet. May 07, 1882 - 1883 in Rock Township, Mercer Co., WV. He married (1) RHODA "RODA" SLATER Bef. 1820 in Gallopolis, Ohio. He married (2) ELIZABETH JONES October 13, 1822 in Lawrence Co, Ohio. She died Bef. 1824. He married (3) NANCY SHRADER September 21, 1824 in Tazewell Co VA, daughter of DAVID SHRADER and NANCY NUCKLES. She was born 1806 in VA, and died WFT Est. 1830-1900
Children of ISSAC BELL and NANCY SHRADER are:
i. BENJAMIN BELL, b. Abt. 1827, Tazewell, VA; d. Abt. 1920, Logan Co., WV or Mercer or Boone.
ii. JAMES H. BELL, b. May 18, 1828, Tazewell or Mercer Co, Va.; d. November 14, 1909, Mercer Co, Va..
iii. SAMUEL BELL, b. March 11, 1834, VA; d. June 15, 1898, Bud Mountain in Wyoming Co., WV.
iv. DAVID BELL, b. Bet. 1821 - 1826, Tazewell Co., VA; d. WFT Est. 1853-1912.
v. JOHN GRANVILLE BELL, b. Bet. 1826 - 1831, Tazewell Co., VA; d. WFT Est. 1859-1894.
SAMUEL BELL (ISSAC, ISSAC GRANVILLE, ISSAC, JOHN OR JOSEPH, JOSEPH BEALL /) was born March 11, 1834 in VA, and died June 15, 1898 in Bud Mountain in Wyoming Co., WV. He married CHARLOTTE MILAM CHARITY CHARLOTTE MILAM January 01, 1852 in Tazewell Co., VA. She died in Bud Mountain in Wyoming Co., WV
Children of SAMUEL BELL and CHARITY MILAM are:
i. MARY "POLLY" BELL, m. FLOYD BELCHER; b. January 1861; d. Abt. 1945.
ii. NANCY BELL, b. Abt. 1855; m. JOHN R. MILLS; b. Abt. 1856.
iii. CHARLOTTE BARBARA BELL, b. September 12, 1856; d. November 16, 1916.
iv. JAMES F. BELL, b. Abt. 1858; d. Abt. 1897; m. (1) PRISCILLA VICTORIA MILLS; b. Abt. 1860; . (2) JOSEPHINE LAFFERTY CALLOWAY; b. February 09, 1880; d. March 07, 1945.
vi. JOHN BELL, m. POLLY BROWN, February 11, 1823, Franklin Co, VA.
vii. EPHRAIM BELL.
viii. ISSAC BELL, b. April 26, 1793, Allegany Co., Pa., Beaver Co., PA 92 yrs. at death; d. Bet. May 07, 1882 - 1883, Rock Township, Mercer Co., WV.
ix. JOSEPH BELL.
x. BENJAMIN BELL
ISSAC BELL (ISSAC GRANVILLE, ISSAC, JOHN OR JOSEPH, JOSEPH BEALL /) was born April 26, 1793 in Allegany Co., Pa., Beaver Co., PA 92 yrs. at death, and died Bet. May 07, 1882 - 1883 in Rock Township, Mercer Co., WV. He married (1) RHODA "RODA" SLATER Bef. 1820 in Gallopolis, Ohio. He married (2) ELIZABETH JONES October 13, 1822 in Lawrence Co, Ohio. She died Bef. 1824. He married (3) NANCY SHRADER September 21, 1824 in Tazewell Co VA, daughter of DAVID SHRADER and NANCY NUCKLES. She was born 1806 in VA, and died WFT Est. 1830-1900
Children of ISSAC BELL and NANCY SHRADER are:
i. BENJAMIN BELL, b. Abt. 1827, Tazewell, VA; d. Abt. 1920, Logan Co., WV or Mercer or Boone.
ii. JAMES H. BELL, b. May 18, 1828, Tazewell or Mercer Co, Va.; d. November 14, 1909, Mercer Co, Va..
iii. SAMUEL BELL, b. March 11, 1834, VA; d. June 15, 1898, Bud Mountain in Wyoming Co., WV.
iv. DAVID BELL, b. Bet. 1821 - 1826, Tazewell Co., VA; d. WFT Est. 1853-1912.
v. JOHN GRANVILLE BELL, b. Bet. 1826 - 1831, Tazewell Co., VA; d. WFT Est. 1859-1894.
Children of SAMUEL BELL and CHARITY MILAM are:
i. MARY "POLLY" BELL, m. FLOYD BELCHER; b. January 1861; d. Abt. 1945.
ii. NANCY BELL, b. Abt. 1855; m. JOHN R. MILLS; b. Abt. 1856.
iii. CHARLOTTE BARBARA BELL, b. September 12, 1856; d. November 16, 1916.
iv. JAMES F. BELL, b. Abt. 1858; d. Abt. 1897; m. (1) PRISCILLA VICTORIA MILLS; b. Abt. 1860; . (2) JOSEPHINE LAFFERTY CALLOWAY; b. February 09, 1880; d. March 07, 1945.
v. RHODA BELL, b. March 10, 1860; d. April 13, 1907.
vi. CHRISTEENA BELL, b. Abt. 1862; m. JOHN M. "DOC" BELCHER.
vii. JOHN BELL, b. Abt. 1863; m. ELIZA CLAY; b. Abt. 1866.
vi. CHRISTEENA BELL, b. Abt. 1862; m. JOHN M. "DOC" BELCHER.
vii. JOHN BELL, b. Abt. 1863; m. ELIZA CLAY; b. Abt. 1866.
ix. LORENZO BELL, b. March 15, 1866.
x. FLOYD BELL, b. May 15,1870; d. Aug 17, 1931
Married to Emily Hazeltine Belcher-Bell (1876-Deceased) on Jul. 6, 1894.
i. William C. Bell (1898-Deceased).
Children of FLOYD BELL and PARTHENIA MILAM are:
ii. LILY MAE BELL b. 1898; d 1966
iii. KELLY BELL b1899; d 1910
iv. NANCY JANE BELL b.1901; d. 1985
v. BLANE BELL b.1904; d. ?
vi. DEWEY BELL b.1906; d?
vii. ELLA BELb. 1908; d. 1985
viii. JESSE BELL b.June 15, 1910; d. January 22,1969
ix. VIRGIL BELL b. 1913; d. 1972
x. ALICE A BELL b.1914; d.1916
xi. FRED BELL b. 1916; d.1942
xii. WILLIAM BELL b.1916; d. 1918
xiii. ZADA D BELL b. 1925; d. 1925
Great story, now to find sources. I know Y. B. Booz wouldn't quite accept the additional info, she pretty much stopped at Beaver County, PA. I am a descendant of Leora Bell and Oliver Prichard. I see that a lot was gleaned from Issac's svc in War 1822.
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