William Bell and Dorcas Forster

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Husband William Bell ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 1743 or 1744 - Lower Paxtang Twp, Lancaster (later Dauphin) Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Dec 1813 - Erie, Erie Co, PA 5 6
         Buried: 

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         Father: William Bell (Abt 1705-1783) 5 7 8
         Mother: Jane Lea (      -Bef 1780) 8

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       Marriage: Abt 1783

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Wife Dorcas Forster ^{2 6}

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            AKA: Dorcas Foster 3
           Born: 1764 - Lower Paxtang Twp, Lancaster (later Dauphin) Co, PA 2 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Apr 1826 - Erie, Erie Co, PA 5 9
         Buried: 

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         Father: John Forster (1725-1789) 10
         Mother: Catharine Dickey (1738-1804) 10

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Children

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1 F Catharine Bell ^{5 6}

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           Born: Abt 1784
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William McDonald (      -      ) 5

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2 F Lucinda Bell ^{5 6}

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           Born: Abt 1786
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Apr 1858 11
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jonathan Baird (      -      ) 5 11

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3 F Jane Bell ^{3 5 6}

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           Born: 1788 11
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           Died: 17 Jun 1832 11
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Samuel Hays (1784-1850) 5 11

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4 M John Bell ^{6 12}

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           Born: Abt 1791
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Matilda Reed (      -      ) 11 12

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5 F Nancy Bell ⁶

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           Born: Abt 1794
     Christened: 
           Died: 
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6 F Elizabeth Bell ^{6 12}

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           Born: 17 Aug 1797 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Dec 1874 11
         Buried: 

         Spouse: James Tewksbury (1782-1843) 11 12
           Marr: 9 Feb 1817 11

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7 F Sarah Bell ^{6 12 13}

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           Born: Abt 1800
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Mar 1840 11 14
         Buried:  - Cave Hill Cemetery

         Spouse: Robert Evans Heron (      -Abt 1861) 11 13

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8 F Juliet Montgomery Bell ^{1 6 15 16}

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           Born: 12 Oct 1802 - Erie, Erie Co, PA 11 17
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Feb 1866 - Houghton, Houghton Co, MI 11 17
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Thomas Forster, Jr. (1796-1864) 11 18 19 20
           Marr: 1821 1 15

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9 M William Bell ^{11 12}

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           Born: Abt 1805
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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10 F Maria Dorcas Bell ^{6 12}

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           Born: 10 Oct 1810 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Jul 1881 11
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Peter King Rockwell (1800-1886) 11 12

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General Notes: Husband - William Bell

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He was captain of a company in the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, battalion of associators, commanded by Col. James Burd, in 1776, and in active service in the Jerseys during that year, as also in the years 1777 and 1778. He was an ardent patriot, and influential in public affairs.

About 1799 he migrated to the new lands then opening in northwestern Pennsylvania and settled at Erie. From 1800 to 1813 he was associate judge of Erie County.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 246.

11 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 50.

12 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 251.

13 Laurence Tunstall Heron, One Heron Line and Its Origins (Homewood, IL: Self-published, 1986), Pg 5.

14 Laurence Tunstall Heron, One Heron Line and Its Origins (Homewood, IL: Self-published, 1986), Pg 8.

15 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 550.

16 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 249, 251, 258.

17 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 258.

18 Editor, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 893.

19 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 549.

20 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 249.