William Bell and Jane Lea

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Husband William Bell ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: Abt 1705
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           Died: 29 Oct 1783 - Paxton Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 4
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         Father: [Ancestor] Bell (      -      )
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Jane Lea ³

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            AKA: [Unk] Lea,2 Jean Lea 3
           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1780
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Children

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1 M John Bell ^{2 5}

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           Born: 1732 2 6
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           Died: 1809 or Aug 1810 - Cecil Twp, Washington Co, PA 2 6
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Boyd (1735-1800) 2 7

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2 M George Bell ^{5 8}

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           Born: Abt 1734-1736
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           Died: Mar 1816 - Decatur Twp, Mifflin Co, PA 9 10
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         Spouse: Mary Bell (      -Bef 1816) 8
           Marr: Ireland

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3 F Jean Bell ⁵

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            AKA: Jane Bell 5
           Born: Abt 1736
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4 F Sarah Bell ⁵

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           Born: Abt 1738
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5 F Mary Bell ⁵

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           Born: Abt 1741
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6 M William Bell ^{5 11 12 13}

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           Born: 1743 or 1744 - Lower Paxtang Twp, Lancaster (later Dauphin) Co, PA 1
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           Died: 11 Dec 1813 - Erie, Erie Co, PA 1 14
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         Spouse: Dorcas Forster (1764-1826) 12 14
           Marr: Abt 1783

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7 F Dorcas Bell ⁵

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           Born: Abt 1746
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8 M Thomas Bell ⁵

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           Born: Abt 1748 - Paxton Twp, Lancaster Co, PA
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           Died: 1814 ?
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         Spouse: Unknown (      -      )
           Marr: Abt 1800

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9 F Margaret Bell ⁵

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           Born: Abt 1750
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10 M Arthur Bell ⁵

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           Born: 11 Jan 1753 - Paxton Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 5
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           Died: 6 Aug 1834 - near Westfield, Chautauqua Co, NY 15
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         Spouse: Eleanor Montgomery (1768-      ) 15
           Marr: Abt 1784

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11 M Andrew Bell ⁵

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           Born: Abt 1755 - Paxton Twp, Lancaster Co, PA
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General Notes: Husband - William Bell

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This is an old Scotch-Irish family who fled from Londonderry, Ireland, to Scotland, during the religious persecution. From Scotland they emigrated to New Jersey, where William, the first pioneer of the name, located.

About 1837 he settled on 200 acres along Paxton Creek in Paxton Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (later Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County) about two miles from the city limits of Harrisburg.

1 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 250.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 471.

3 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 10.

4 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 20.

5 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 12.

6 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 49.

7 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 24.

8 Raymond M. Bell, Founders of the Bell Family (Carlisle, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 4.

9 Raymond M. Bell, Founders of the Bell Family (Carlisle, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 8.

10 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 40.

11 Editor, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 894.

12 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 247.

13 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1226.

14 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 28.

15 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 26.