Squire Samuel Bell and Jane Welsh

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Husband Squire Samuel Bell ^{1 2}

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           Born: 10 Feb 1773 2
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           Died: 9 Jun 1856 - near Chambersville, Indiana Co, PA 2
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         Father: Robert Bell (1736-1826) 1 2 3 4
         Mother: Jane Minor (      -1791) 5

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       Marriage: 1792 5

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Wife Jane Welsh ^{2 5}

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            AKA: Jane Welch 6
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         Father: [Father] Welsh (      -      )
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Children

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1 M Robert Bell ¹

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           Born: 1793 6
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           Died: Bef 1880
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2 M John Bell ¹

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           Born: 1794 - Westmoreland Co, PA 6
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           Died: Bef 1880
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         Spouse: Margaret McGara (      -Bef 1880) 1

         Spouse: Jane Johnston (      -      ) 1

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3 F Mary W. Bell ¹

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           Born: 1796 6
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           Died: Bef 1880
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4 F Jane Bell ⁷

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           Born: 1798 6
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         Spouse: Thomas Speedy (      -      ) 8

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5 M William Bell ¹

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           Born: 1800 6
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         Spouse: Margaret Clark (      -      ) 1

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6 M Joseph Bell ¹

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           Born: 1802 6
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           Died: Bef 1880
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7 F Margaret Bell ⁹

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           Born: 1804 10
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         Spouse: John McGara (1809-1867) 11
           Marr: 1829 12

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8 M James Johnston Bell ¹

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           Born: 1806 - near McKee's Mill, Indiana Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Catharine McHenry (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 1835 5

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9 F Elizabeth Bell ¹⁴

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            AKA: [Unk] Bell 13
           Born: 1808 6
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           Died: Bef 1880
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         Spouse: Thompson [2] McKee (      -Bef 1880) 13 15

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10 F Nancy Davis Bell ¹⁴

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           Born: 1811 6
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           Died: Bef 1880
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         Spouse: William McKee (      -      ) 15

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11 M Samuel M. N. Bell ¹

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           Born: 1814 6
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         Spouse: Martha Adams (      -      ) 5

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General Notes: Husband - Squire Samuel Bell

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He resided at the McKee mill, and managed it for five years.

He and his family came from Westmoreland County about 1800, and located on the tract in Rayne township, Indiana County. Here he purchased five hundred acres. He served as justice of the peace for over twenty years.

He was "squire" for over thirty years and surveyor for the Holland Land Company of Philadelphia. He moved from Sewickley, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, to six or seven miles southwest of Greensburg, thence to near Saltsburg, where he lived until his removal to McKees Mill in 1807. From there in 1814 he moved to Chambersville, where he bought a large tract of land known as "the Steward's lands," belonging to some English heirs, sold at commissioners' sale for taxes, for $17.53, in 1811.

1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 445, 528.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 868.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1260, 1351.

4 Editor, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 595.

5 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 528.

6 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 445.

7 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 445, 527, 528.

8 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 527, 528.

9 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 445, 465, 528.

10 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 445, 465.

11 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 465, 528.

12 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 465.

13 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 84.

14 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 445, 447, 528.

15 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 447, 528.