James Bell and Mary Newkirk

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Husband James Bell ^{1 2}

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         Father: Robert Bell (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: Agnes Fleming (      -      ) 2

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• Note: This may be the same person as : James Bell.

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Wife Mary Newkirk ³

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Children

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1 M Robert Bell ³

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         Spouse: Elizabeth Ross (      -      ) 3

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2 M Henry Bell ³

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3 M Joseph Bell ³

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4 M James Bell ³

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5 F Jennie Bell ³

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         Spouse: John Hultz (      -      ) 3

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6 F Agnes Bell ³

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         Spouse: Robert Sbawhan (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - James Bell

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He and his brother, John, came to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and settled on Charles [Chartiers?] creek, he purchasing some four hundred acres on the west side of the creek. Soon after this settlement the balance of his father's family also came to Allegheny County, where they remained and died.

He and his brother, John, took out patents for four hundred acres, each on opposite sides of Chartiers creek. Clearing the land and farming was their principal business, while they were continually harrassed by the Indians, particularly during the Revolutionary war.

It is a well-founded tradition in the family that he, while a boy, was captured by the Indians and taken to where the town of Vincennes, Indiana, now stands. A hair trunk and other trinkets of his captivity were later in the possession of the Justus family of Carnegie, Pennsylvania.

He had nine children, seven sons and two daughters.

1 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 574.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 298.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 299.