Hello again, I'm attaching a Gedcom file with the descendants of FD Bell down to my father's (Nigel Johnston) generation, which should answer your questions

SCHEMATIC PRESENTATION OF BELL FIRMS

DATE	SOURCE	TRADING AS	BUSINESS	COMMENTARY, BELLS INVOLVED, QUOTATIONS ETC

Early 1700s	Greer Letter in PRONI, D/1044/525	Robert Greer of Altnavannog and Daniel Bell, at Tullylagan, Co. Tyrone (to be confirmed)	Linen	Daniel Bell (after 1700-?), son of Alexander Bell (1659-1724). The "Note by TG at bottom" of the letter, written to Thomas Greer II by Daniel Bell on 9 December 1778, reads as follows, according to the Index to the Greer Letters at PRONI - D/1044: "This letter was from the father of Mrs Gurney of Earlham, mother of Elizabeth Fry and Lady Thomas F[owell] Buxton. Daniel Bell was my great-grandfather's partner in the linen business at Tullylagan". JWJ believes that this note must have been written by Thomas Greer III: For further detail refer to JWJ’s Family Tree Maker notes on Daniel Bell

Pre-1764	Deborah Nicholl Bell	?, in Lurgan	Tanning	Richard Bell 1694/5-1764

c. 1811	· “The Bells” · Will of John Bell (1748-1811)	?, in Lurgan	Tanning & property on Donegal Quay, Belfast	The Will of John Bell (1748-1811), son of Richard (1694/5-1764) read: “Likewise I leave to my said wife the house I now live in with Tanyard and offices houses thereunto belonging during her life and at her death said house and premises shall become the property of my son Samuel Bell for ever but if my said son Samuel Bell shall die before he comes to the age twenty one years in that case my will is that my said house and Tanyard bequeathed to him shall at the death of my wife Elizabeth Bell be sold and the money arising from such sale shall be equally divided between all my surviving children share and share alike.” There is no information on Samuel B beyond probable birthdate of 1795. (John was uncle to John B (c. 1774-1828) & thus great-uncle to William Bell (1797-1871)). “First I leave and bequeath to Elizabeth Bell my dearly beloved wife my holding in Belfast on the Donegal Quay to be disposed of at her death as she may think proper. … I leave and bequeath to my daughter Mary Bell the tenement in Lurgan I lately bought called Bowen’s tenement for ever, subject to Ten pounds yearly to be paid my daughter Jane Haughton twenty pounds a year during her life out of my concern in Belfast on the Donegal Quay already bequeathed to my wife Elizabeth Bell.”

1776-1796	Daniel Bell of the firm writes to Thomas Greer II at Dungannon, 9 December 1778 (PRONI D/1044/525; ditto 3 September 1779 (D/1044/556a) ditto, from Stamford Hill- date? - (D/1044/571) Other letters from Wakefield and Bell to Thomas Greer II are D/1044/ 531, 533, 535,586, 595, 617, 624, 660, 663, 663b, 683. Letters from TG II to the firm are /538, /661 and /706	Wakefield and Bell, New Hambro, near Dungannon	Bleach yard	Daniel Bell, but was it Daniel wife of Katherine, and father of Priscilla who married Edward Wakefield (born 1749)? And was this one and the same Daniel Bell son of Alexander Bell (1659-1724), above; or a son or nephew? Had the Wakefield and Bell families of NI jointly established a firm in London with a member of each as director (Daniel and Edward)? A Joseph Wakefield of Hall’s Mills also wrote, e.g. D/1044/408, to Thomas Greer II (1724-1803), who was son-in-law to TG I and Elizabeth Bell of Trummery. Presumably this Wakefield was Joseph (1744-1821), who m. Hannah Christy in 1766? TG II also wrote from Rhonehill to TG Junior (III) c/o Wakefield and Bell in London on 20 May 1792. A James I. B(ell) wrote to TG Junior at Dartry Lodge - D/1044/783; and a James J. Bell (the same?) wrote to him from Dublin on 1 December 1794 - D/1044/797. The PRONI website reads as follows on the Greer collections: Linen Trade: “The letters to and from the second Thomas Greer form the bulk of the collection. Greer was chiefly concerned with the linen business but was also involved in the trade of general goods……. All through the letters the Greer family appear to have been connected in business with the Wakefields of London. The partnerships changed from time to time: the first was Wakefield, Willet & Pratt, and the next, mentioned in 1770, was Wakefield, Pratt & Miers and later the name was Wakefield and Bell.” Financial disputes. “Thomas Greer had a bleach green at New Hamborough, near Dungannon, first mentioned in 1775 [D/1044/415]. In 1776 this bleach yard belonged to Wakefield, Pratt & Meirs. After the dissolution of this partnership Thomas Greer's offer of £2000 for 'New Hambro' was accepted [D/1044/531]. Later in that year [D/1044/533] Wakefield & Bell entered into a partnership with him and together they ran it until 1796 when Thomas Greer [D/1044/818] proposed buying Wakefield & Co's share of New Hamborough. Shortly after this the Greers and Wakefields had a final disagreement; they had had many minor disputes but in this case [D/1044/830 and 831] Edward Wakefield went so far as to '...lay an action on their goods...' and Thomas Greer & Son decided to trade with a different firm called Hayters.”

1807	Smyth/Lyons’ Belfast Directory, 1807	John Bell, 51 Hercules Lane, Belfast	Brewing	John Bell “the Brewer” (1773-1830)

1807	Joseph Smyth’s Belfast Directory	John Bell & Co., Margaret Street	Muslin manufacturers	John Bell (c. 1774-1828)

1807	Smyth/Lyons’ Belfast Directory	Bell & Kennedy, 62 Waring Street, Belfast	Wholesale printed calico & linen warehouse	Link with our Bell family still to be proven

1807	Smyth/Lyons’ Belfast Directory	Bell & Haughton, High Street, Belfast	Hardware merchants	Link with our Bell family to be proven, but likely

1807	Smyth/Lyons’ Belfast Directory	William Bell, 20 Bridge Street, Belfast	Woollen draper	Link with our Bell family to be proven

1807	Smyth/Lyons’ Belfast Directory	Alexander Bell, 2 Bridge Street, Belfast	Woollen draper	Link with our Bell family to be proven

1807	Smyth/Lyons’ Belfast Directory	Isaac Bell, senior, 60 High Street, Belfast	Upholsterer	Uncertain that there is any link

1807	Smyth/Lyons’ Belfast Directory	Isaac Bell, junior, Bank Buildings, Belfast (no. 28 in the 1808 edition)	Upholsterer	Uncertain that there is any link

1807	Smyth/Lyons’ Belfast Directory	William Bell, 8 Mill-field, Belfast	Dyer	Uncertain that there is any link

1808	Smyth/Lyons’ Belfast Directory	Bell & McCall	Cabinet makers	Uncertain that there is any link , but a Quaker Richard Bell from Lurgan was apprenticed from 1789 to 1795 to Richard Bastefill, cabinet maker of 83 Capel Street, Dublin. PRONI has in D/1050/15/1/5 the Minute book of Belfast Journeymen cabinet-makers, 1788-1885. These listed inter alia “tickets given” - i.e. certificates of membership? - by the Cabinet Society of Belfast. No. 48, issued on July 5^th, 1795, was to a Robert Bell; No. 03, issued on January 2^nd, 1804, was to a Bell also - the initial being smudged. G? Or R. again?

1819/2	Bradshaw’s Directory for Lurgan	Thomas Bell, Ballyblough, Lurgan	Linen manufacturer	Related?

1819	“Belfast Directory” per footnote in Gill’s The Rise of the Irish Linen Industry p 241			John Bell, presumably (c. 1774-1828) Conrad Gill writes: “John Bell, who has been mentioned already as a discounter of bills [p. 168], combined the trades of yarn merchant, spinner and manufacturer”. For the full quotation, see JWJ’s file genBellJohn1774perGill.doc

?	“The Bells” by Isaac Edward Bell, c. 1972	Name? John and Richard Bell & Co. ? - see immediately below 37 John Street, Belfast (This street no longer exists. It was pulled down to make room for Royal Avenue).	Muslin bleachers	John Bell (c. 1774-1828) and his brother Richard Bell (1778-1831) of Ballyclare “John Bell - generally known as John Bell of Greenmount - though brought up in poor circumstances was successful in business and became a wealthy man. He was at one time in partnership with his brother Richard. They were muslin bleachers. The firm's office was at 37 John Street, Belfast …..”

	The Millers and the Mills of Ireland of about 1850 by William E. Hogg, Dublin, 1998	Messrs Bells and Calvert, Whitehouse Village NE end	Cotton factory	No further details given

1828/29	The Millers and the Mills of Ireland of about 1850 by William E. Hogg, Dublin 1998	Messrs Bells and Calvert, Drumaneeragh	Flax spinning	“Richard [1778-1831] and John Bell [1774-1828], Joseph Calvert and anr.” Spring mill, office, stores, yard and pond. 2 acres 3 roods 0 perches, Valuation £520. Wheel 30/0ft. 8/0 27/6; overshot; 5,000 spindles. “A very extensive mill, main building 3 floors 136 x 21 feet will soon employ 400. The new spinning house was built in 1828 and the business established in 1829. The machinery has all been made by Samuel Boyd and Co. of Belfast and is the only work in Ireland which can be said to be fully made up of native manufacture.”

1840/41	Henderson’s Belfast & Ulster Directory	John and Richard Bell & Co. 2 York Square	Bleachers	Presumably John Bell [1774-1828] and Richard Bell [1778-1831]

	From "Memories of the Green House” by grand-daughter of Richard and Anne Langtry Bell, quoted in “The Bells”			Richard Bell(1778-1831) “It was simply the residence attached to the Ballyclare Bleachworks for muslin bleaching belonging to our grandfather Richard Bell. I think it formed part of the business belonging to the firm of John and Richard Bell and, when the partnership was dissolved, it became the share of our grandfather. …. “Richard Bell was also successful in business. He owned bleachworks at Ballyclare, County Antrim, and lived in the Green House, a residence adjacent to the bleachworks. At that time the present rapid methods of chemical bleaching were unknown and the cloth was bleached by exposure to the weather on the bleach-green. The works have, since his death, been greatly enlarged but parts of the old walls remain. ……… Richard Bell died in 1831. His will was proved in 1832 in the Prerogative Court, Dublin. The family about the time of his death, or later, suffered severe monetary losses. The accounts differ. According to one his loss of fortune occurred while he was on his death bed and his wife bravely forbore to acquaint him of it. According to another, "old Richard Bell" lost £16000 to £17000 by defaulters or bankruptcies in Belfast. Other accounts appear to show that considerable losses were occasioned by the above mentioned failure of John Bell & Son, ten years after his death. Whatever the facts may be and whether there was a single loss or several in succession there can be no doubt of the poverty. One of the sons in his diary under date 4th month lst 1839 says:- ‘Sorrow hath encompassed me round and I have no rest Oh! that the time of death were come .... All my possessions are clean gone. My earthly ones the Lord hath stripped them entirely away and I am too weak to seek for any in heaven ...’ Again, six months later, he says, "I am humbled under the pressing hand of penury. After the death of Richard Bell there were disputes among the sons in regard to the business which ceased to be prosperous and was ultimately sold to Messrs. Kirkpatrick Brothers.” For further info re Ballyclare Bleaching Green, see below, under 1865 Elizabeth Bell etc.

1833	Sheet of paper from Lilly Library, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana	John Bell & Co.		“… (established by Wm’s father John) and carried on by William and his uncle (?) John Stott, became bankrupt in 1833 (see two documents in this collection …)

1841/2	“The Bells” by Isaac Edward Bell, c. 1972 Belfast Guardian, May 1828	John Bell & Son	Manufacturers of linen and cotton goods	John Bell (c. 1774-1828) and his son William Bell (1797-1871) “….. Later he was in partnership with his son William. John Bell & Son were, according to a printed memoir, "large and wealthy manufacturers of linen and cotton goods in and near Belfast, Ireland, and had agents and connections in New York, New Orleans, Havana, Calcutta, Bombay and other well known foreign marts. …… “They, with other manufacturers, were induced to purchase all the cotton that it was possible to procure in l841, following reports of general failure of cotton crops all over the world, and in those days of slow communication by sailing vessels only, it was months before they learned that conditions had changed and immense crops of cotton had been thrown on the market. Prices tumbled, linen and cotton goods were forced to lowest prices ever known, and the largest firms failed. including the firm of John Bell & Son." The memoir continues, "John Bell died soon after" . However, John Bell of Greenmount died 14 years earlier, on 9 May 1828, aged 56: it seems that IEB was mistaken? Perhaps he should have referred to John Bell (1775-1843) and to the firm John Bell & Nephew - see entry immediately following? Or is JWJ mistaken?] “ …and has for many years been one of the most extensive cotton spinners and manufacturers in Ireland, having in his employment many hundreds of industrious families and individuals”.

1840/41	Martin’s Belfast Directory; “A Pioneer Quaker Newspaper - The Irish Friend 1832-1842” by Bernard Canter; Appendix re William Bell”	Bell, John and Nephew, Hercules Street	Muslin Manufacturers	??John Bell of Ballynarey (died 1853) and William Bell (1797-1871): or: “Two near relations of William Bell, members of his Monthly Meeting (Lisburn), were in fact expelled (the technical term is disowned) in 1841, because of their bankruptcy. The incident can hardly have failed to impress him: they were not only kinsmen but their names were similar to his own and to that of his (by then deceased) father. The two Friends disowned were John Bell and William (G?) Bell (William Bell, "junior"), trading as John Bell and Nephew, muslin manufacturers, of Hercules Street, Belfast.” Were these John Bell (1781-1869) and ?? William Bell (1814-1908) ? Elizabeth Constable nee Lamb in her 1901 Reminiscences of Belfast 1830-1840 says “Where Royal Avenue now stretches were two narrow wretched streets - Hercules Street and John Street; Hercules Street was chiefly noted for butchers’ shops.”

1841/2	The Belfast Directory	William Bell, 37 John Street and Piazzas	General Agency, commission merchant, bill and share broker	William Bell (1797-1871)

1842	"A Pioneer Quaker Newspaper - The Irish Friend 1832-1842" by Bernard Canter, unpublished, 1967 : "Appendix -- William Bell”	William Bell	General agency	William Bell (1797-1871) “While in Belfast William Bell conducted a "General Agency", as a commission merchant, bill and share broker, at 37 John Street, (The Belfast directory of 1841-2 gives William Bell’s business as "37 John Street and Piazzas", and his residence as 2 Dock street) which also became the office of The Irish Friend. From various hints in the advertisements of that journal it appears that he acted mainly as an arranger of imports and exports for manufacturers, wholesalers and stores, but also functioned as stockbroker, moneylender, debt collector and negotiator of the sales and lettings of houses and businesses. In 1842 he met with heavy reverses in trade which, according to William Baxter, were "consequent upon the failure of his commercial agents in New York". These reverses caused the failure of his business.

1843/44	Post Office Annual Directory	Bell, William Junior, 11 Church Street	General and Commission Merchant	?? William Bell (1814-1908); William Bell (1797-1871) had just emigrated, but the earlier entry might have been retained if this were not known to the publishers

1840/41	Martin’s Belfast Directory	Bells and Calvert, mills, Whitehouse, town office 6 Mustard Street	Flax spinners	??John Bell of Greenmount (c. 1774-1828); ??or John Bell (1781-1869); plus Richard Bell (1801/2-1873) & Joseph Calvert

1840/41	Martin’s Belfast Directory, also in Henderson’s New Belfast Directory of 1843	Richard and Jacob Bell, Mustard Street	Linen Yarn Merchants	??Richard Bell 1801/2-1873 and his brother Jacob 1805-1856 (Richard Bell 1778-1831 had no brother Jacob)
1840/41	Martin’s Belfast Directory, & ditto	R. and Jacob, 6 Mustard Street	Cotton Yarn Merchants	Ditto
1843/44	Martin’s Belfast Directory	Richard and Jacob Bell 8 Margaret Street	Size Works	??Richard Bell (1801/2-1873) and his brother Jacob Bell (1805-1856)
1843/44	Post Office Annual Directory	Richard and Jacob Bell 4 Mustard Street	Flax Spinners	?? Ditto
1851	Bradshaw’s Directory for Lisburn	Samuel Bell, Bridge St. William Bell, Back Lane Joseph Bell, Johnston’s Entry Andrew Bell, Linenhall St Joshua Bell, Piper Hill John Bell, Longstone William Bell Linenhall St	Woollen draper Weaver Weaver Weaver Weaver Land surveyor Land surveyor	All need to be checked for family link, if any

1852	Henderson’s Belfast & Ulster Directory	23 Little Donegal Street and Whitehouse	also linen and (?)woollen yarn merchants	This item seems to have become disconnected - recheck the 1852 directory

1840/41	Ditto; [and Post Office Annual Directory for 1843/44, and Henderson’s New Belfast Directory]	Abraham Bell, 27 Rosemary Street	· Muslin Manufacturers; and Linen Thread Manufacturers; · in 1843/44 “manufacturer of sewing and tambour thread, bleacher’s red marking cotton &c &c and fancy boxes for linen handkerchiefs”	??Abraham Bell 1787-1859 of Solitude, Lurgan

1843/44	Post Office Annual Directory	Richard Bell, 8 McTier Street	Weaver	?? Richard Bell (1801/2-1873)

1843/44	Ditto	Jacob Bell and Co. , 28 Little Donegall Street	Flax Stores	??Jacob Bell (1805-1856)

1843/44	Ditto	Richard Bell and Sons Whitehouse		??Richard Bell (1801/2-1873)+ Alexander Maxwell Bell (1823-) Elias Hughes Bell (1825-1896), John Bell junior (1829-1864) and ??Joseph Bell (1836-1922)

1850	Maeve Bell, Deborah Nicholl Bell, Alison Kennedy Bell, Sam Bell, orally + e-mails	Thomas Bell and Co. of Lurgan and New York	Handkerchiefs	??Thomas Bell (1811-1852) from Sam Bell (Australia): Thomas Bell and Co. of Lurgan and New York: "the firm ceased in the early 1920s .... The name .... Could be from Thomas Bell (1811-1852) the eldest brother of Samuel Alexander (1821-1901) who was, I believe, the early owner/director/boss. Perhaps Thomas put up the money to get the firm going. All speculation .... Certainly the firm was in full operation by 1850 as I have letters written to the branch in New York from that date .... Incidentally, Richard has other letters from the same period." ....

1852	Henderson’s Belfast & Ulster Directory	Bell, John Jun. & Co., 55 York Street	Yarn and General Merchants	John Bell junior (1829-1864)

1860/61	Martin’s Belfast Directory	Bell and Borthwick, Seaview, Greenisland	(linen and flax)	John Bell junior (1829-1864) and William Borthwick
1861	Ward’s Belfast Directory	35 & 37 North Street		Check directory again

? 24/3/1858, 20/2/1865, 2/12/1865	PRONI D/639/168a ditto /217 ditto /219, 220	Richard Bell & Co. , Belfast	Assignment Agreement about assets Reports
1860/61	Ditto	Richard Bell & Co., 13 Donegal Street	Linen and Yarn Merchants, Flax Spinners etc	??Richard Bell (1801/2-1873)

1871	Bleachers and Finishers Association, A Historical Record, pub. 23/5/1950, in PRONI Library	Hyde Park Bleaching Company		Henry Hilary Bell (1822-?)? The company was one of those which on 1 June 1871 were parties to the price list for bleaching and finishing of linen and other goods.

1866-71 and 1874	PRONI, Ulster Textile Industry, A Catalogue of Business Records	Bell, Timothy & Co.	Flax	The following are some of the references which JWJ found in PRONI per documents D/639/227, /248, /251 and 283b. (Also available apparently on Microfilm MIC/413). NB not D/638 as listed in the PRONI "Ulster Textile Industry, a Catalogue of Business Records, under "Bell, Timothy & Co. Flax. Deed of Partnership 1866-71 & 1874". D/639/227 20 April 1866. Deed of partnership as flax merchants, Timothy Bell, Belfast 1st. part, James Calvert, Whitehouse Co. Antrim 2nd. part, Richard James Purdon, Belfast 3rd part. Under name of Timothy Bell & Co. /228 20 April 1866. Agreement to obtain credit. Same three names as above. /248 13 May 1871. Agreement to pay 8s. in the £ and to execute a release. TB, JC, RJP, Belfast, members of late firm of Timothy Bell & Co. 1st. pt, the Patrington Flax Co. 2nd. pt. (List of creditors attached). /249 19 May 1871. Report of meeting of creditors of Timothy Bell & Co. /250 19 May 1871. Acceptance of resolutions at above meeting, Timothy Bell & Co. and 13 creditors. /261 1871, June, July, August. Claim on Timothy Bell & Co. of £1,029.12.1, Northern Banking Company, Belfast /283b 18 March 1874. Assignment and Release, signed per his Power of Attorney given to Charles Delacherois Purdon, to Richard James Purdon, late of Belfast, now of Toronto, Canada 1st. pt, Timothy Bell and Jas. Calvert, Belfast 2nd. pt. Bankruptcy of partnership. Property - tenements and hereditaments in Academy Street and Caxton Street, Belfast. Paying Richard James Purdon £60. Joseph Chandler Marsh had demised the properties. Can this be Timothy Bell (1819-?), who was said to have emigrated to the USA? The further link with the Calverts suggests our family. See also immediately below.

1870	Belfast & Ulster Directory	Timothy Bell & Co., 89 and 91 Academy Street, Belfast	Flax, tow and commission merchants	Timothy Bell, residence Seafield, Strandtown, Belfast. See above

1880	The Ulster Directory	Linen Hall	[also General Commission Merchants]	?? Richard Bell (1858-1928) and Elias Hughes Bell (1825-1896)

1888 pubd.	“The Book of Co. Armagh” by G.H. Bennett, pub. 1888, facsimile reprint in 1990 - info per S. A. Bell (1919-)	The Lurgan Weaving Co.		The directors included Samuel Alexander Bell (1821-1901) and his brother Frederick Bell (1857-1929). According to S.A. Bell, the book states that the firm had 471 power looms.

1894	Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory	also 40 Queen Street and 10 Donegal Square North		This has become detached - check the directory again.?? Same??
1900	Ditto	16 Donegal Square North		Richard Bell (1858-1928)

	“Belfast and the Province of Ulster in the Twentieth Century”, W T Pike & Co.	11 Donegal Square South		as above
1914	Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory	Ditto		+ John Bell (1861-1932)

c. 1865 1867 c. 1865 5/10/1827	Elizabeth Bell. Statement of case in dispute between members of the Bell family re ownership of certain goods in the bleach green (see below) PRONI D/1905/13	[John and Richard Bell] [John and William Bell]		Louisa Bell [1821-1866]. Greenhouse nr. Ballyclare. Copy draft lease of bleach green at Ballyclare, ANT to James Whisker of Greenhouse muslin bleacher. Bleach green at Ballyclare ANT Louisa Bell. Draft lease; relates deed of 1808. The bleach green at Ballyclare was formerly in the occupation of John Cunningham, Thomas Scott and John and Richard Bell. Alexander Orr to Louisa Bell. Louisa Bell. Statement of case in dispute between members of the Bell family re ownership of certain goods in the bleach green. James Whisker was the husband of Ann Walker, a niece of Elizabeth [1812-1866] and Louisa Bell; John L[angtry] Bell (1809-?) , by verbal agreement, carried on the Ballyclare green (as well as Ballynure) for about £200 per annum paid to Elizabeth and Louisa Bell. E.&L. Bell v. John L. Bell, bleacher of Ballynure, ANT. Copy lease Robert Greenfield of Ballyclare, merchant, John and William Bell of Belfast, Richard Bell of Ballyclare, Thomas Scott of Dromore, Co. Down, merchants and co-partners. Premises and 1 rood at Le (?), Ballyclare
1900	Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory	Bell, N., 23 Rossmore Avenue	Linen Merchants	?? Nicholas J (= Gosselin?) Bell(1875-1939)

1900	Ditto	Bell, J. 18 Howard Street	Linen and Comm[ission] Merchant	??Joseph Bell (1836-1922)

OTHER FIRMS

26 January 1789 (advertisement)	“A Belfast Chronicle 1789 - a Compilation from the Belfast News Letter” by James McAllister, Friar’s Bush Press, Belfast, 1989	George Langtry	Importer of fruits, dyestuffs, teas, Danzig ashes etc	George Langtry (?? father/uncle of Ann Langtry (1782-1863), wife of Richard Bell (1778-1831)

1823 (seal)	Exhibition at the Linen Museum in Lisburn	J. No. Langtry, Ballinderry, Antrim	Brown linen	J. No. Langtry (what relationship to Ann Langtry?)

Misc. dates - e.g. University at Albany records cover 1809-1917	· University at Albany Libraries M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives MS Collections, (MSS-035) · The Winterthur Library: Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera, Winterthur, DE 19735. Control No.: DEWV92-A326 · Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Cornell University Libraries. · NYHistSoc MssColl Non-circulating N11160028 Control No.: NYUGB12282370-A; also NYHW85-A315 · South Caroliniana Library, University South Caroliniana Society; MS Collections · Duke University	Abraham Bell and Co. and its successor/s, Abraham Bell and Son (1844), and ?? Sons, New York	Merchant shipping firm specializing in the export of Southern cotton to the British Isles 1837-1854 … and brought back Irish immigrants and other passengers to the United States from Derry and Belfast in the 1830's and 1840's Brokerage Linen imports to USA	Abraham Bell (1778-1843/56) and his son James Christy Bell (1814-1897); later ?? also his son Abraham Bell (1813-? Dates to be confirmed). ?? Also his grandson John Wethered Bell (1848-1819) and; also ?? his sister Elizabeth Bell i.e. Mrs William Greer (1775-1859)

1889-1895 (records)	Ditto	Bell Brothers, Yonkers, New York	Money-lending	??James Christy Bell (1814-1897)

1859 (see entry next below)	(see entry next below)	The Belfast Steamship Company “took over the vessels and business of the long established Langtry’s line …”	Shipping	?? of the Langtry family

1852, 1879	Journal of the Friends Historical Society re Vol. XVII, page 111	Belfast Steamship Co., formed 1852, became limited company in 1879	Steamship service between Belfast and Liverpool	Article about the role of Quakers in steam navigation. "..... William Valentine and Jacob Bell [1805-1856], another ex-Friend, a flax-spinner, united with numerous Belfast merchants … William Valentine and Elias H. Thompson [1822-1880], a flax and yarn merchant, were most active members of the Board of Directors for nearly thirty years.”

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RINGING TRUE

THE BELL FAMILY OF NORTHERN IRELAND

QUAKERS THROUGH 350 YEARS

INDEX

FOREWORD

THE SURNAME BELL PAGE

THE 17^TH CENTURY

1. ARKINHOLME

2. ARCHIBALD BELL 1617/20-1707: PATERFAMILIAS

3. TO IRELAND

4. CONVINCEMENT

5. SUFFERINGS

6. ULSTER IN THE LATE 1600s

7. OUTLINE DESCENDANT TREE - GENERATIONS 1, 2, 3 AND 4

THE 18^TH CENTURY

8. A DISPUTED WILL

9. THE FIRST RIPPLES

10. SUBSISTENCE

11. THE FABRIC OF THEIR LIVES

12. EMIGRATION TO THE U.S.A.

13. CONTINUITY IN QUAKERDOM

14. WHERE THE BELLS LIVED (TRUMMERY)

15. DESCENDANT TREE - GENERATIONS 4, 5, 6 AND 7

THE 19^TH CENTURY

16. LINEN LOOMS LARGE: THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN BELL

17. SLAVERY AND THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT:

c.1784-1847 RICHARD MAXWELL BELL OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA

1807-1871 WILLIAM BELL OF BELFAST, AND RICHMOND, INDIANA

18. THE BELLS IN AMERICA

1797-1843/56 ABRAHAM BELL OF STRAMORE, CO. DOWN & NEW YORK

1814-1897 JAMES CHRISTY BELL

1850-1923 JAMES CHRISTY BELL

19. CONTINUITY IN QUAKERDOM

1825-1896 ELIAS HUGHES BELL

1831-1876 MARY BELL

1824-1877 DEBORAH BELL

1806-1880 JAMES GREER BELL

1822-1913 EDWARD BELL

1838-1922 HENRY BELL

20. WHERE THE BELLS LIVED (BELLE VUE, SOLITUDE, TULLYLISH HOUSE, ETC)

21. DESCENDANT TREE - GENERATIONS 7, 8, 9 AND 10

THE 20^TH CENTURY

THE GREAT WAR:

1891-1916 RUPERT E. BELL

1879-1917 ISAAC BELL

1891-1918 JOHN MERCER GRIMSHAW BELL

1864-1912 ALBERT HENRY BELL

1867-1932 JOHN BELL AND HIS FAMILY

1935 - ?MARCUS ARTHUR MONEY BELL OF VICTORIA B. C., CANADA

THE BELLS IN AUSTRALIA

THE BELLS IN NEW ZEALAND

1943- JOCELYN BELL BURNELL

OUTLINE DESCENDANT TREE - GENERATIONS 10, 11, 12 AND 13

SOME REFLECTIONS

APPENDICES

· PRINCIPAL SOURCES OF BELL GENEALOGY

· BIBLIOGRAPHY

· INDEX TO NAMES

Bell Firms

SCHEMATIC PRESENTATION OF BELL FIRMS (RHB) & HOWARD MANLEY STEWART BELL’S (HMSB) FAMILY TREES, ETC

ARCHIBALD BELL, ARKINHOLME, DUMFRIESSHIRE, SCOTLAND BORN 1590 - DIED 8/1668?

MARRIED ANN …

ARCHIBALD BELL BORN AUGUST 1620 - DIED 1 NOVEMBER 1707

BORN ARKINHOLME; AFTER 1651 MOVED TO BRUNTON OF GILLSLAND, CUMBERLAND;

CAME TO IRELAND 1655; FIRST LIVED IN CO. ARMAGH;

BURIED MEGABERRY, CO. ANTRIM

MARRIED IN 1648 ANN PURVIS, D. OF ALEXANDER PURVIS OF ARKINHOLME

EITHER (HMSB) RICHARD BELL , 3^RD SON, BORN NOVEMBER 1657 IN BALLARDS(?) OR BALLYARDS PARISH, ARMAGH; DIED JULY 1725

MARRIED IN 1695 ELIZABETH, D. OF STEPHEN ATKINSON, WHO LIVED AT TRUMMERY, MAGHERAMESK, CO. ANTRIM

OR [RHB] GEORGE BELL, 5^TH SON, BORN DRUMTOLLAN, BENBURB CO. ARMAGH

APRIL 1662, DIED 1718; LIVED AT CORCATRY, BALLINDERRY

MARRIED [/1\ SARAH HOULDEN IN 1685]

MARRIED /2\ IN 1697 ABIGAIL ATKINSON, D. OF STEPHEN ATKINSON, BORN 1665

EITHER [HMSB] RICHARD BELL (1695-1764), 2^ND SON OF RICHARD BELL 1657-1725

MARRIED [/1\ IN 1734 … STANHOPE, D. OF HENRY STANHOPE]

/2\ IN 1741 ANNE KIRK, BORN .., DIED 1775

OR [RHB] RICHARD BELL, 1^ST SON OF GEORGE BELL 1662-1718,

MARRIED OUT OF QUAKERS IN 1734

ABRAHAM BELL (SECOND SON) 1742, ALIVE IN 1798

MARRIED IN 1767 MARY, BORN 1743 DIED 1819, D. OF THOMAS AND ELIZABETH TOPPIN OF BALLYHAGEN

MALE JOHN BELL BORN 1781/2 DIED 1869

MARRIED IN 1801 FEMALE ELEANOR [VERSCHOYLE - HMSB] BORN 1781 DIED 1867: [RHB HAS JOHN BELL AS (?) M. ELEANOR BELL, HIS FIRST AND THIRD COUSIN]

RICHARD BELL BORN 1801/2 DIED 20 DECEMBER 1873

MARRIED /1\ IN 1822 ELIZABETH HUGHES BORN 1798, DIED 1831

[MARRIED /2\ LUCY LOCKE CALVERT]

JOHN BELL “JUNIOR” BORN 18 OCTOBER 1829 DIED 30 MAY 1864

MARRIED ON 20 AUGUST 1856 ANNA HULL MERCER BORN 1832 DIED 1888(?),

3^rd DAUGHTER OF HENRY MERCER OF FARM LODGE, LURGAN, CO. DOWN

JOHN BELL, 3^RD SON, BORN SEAVIEW, GREENISLAND, CO. ANTRIM

10 MAY 1861 - DIED 6 JANUARY 1932

MARRIED (1) IN 1898 ANNIE CAROLINE HIND, BORN 1 JANUARY 1869 DIED 6 OCTOBER 1911, D. OF JOSEPH GALES HIND AND ANNIE CAROLINE HIND, nee DAISH

[MARRIED (2) SUSAN PORTER, A COUSIN, IN 1915]

MARGARET EVELYN HIND BELL, 4^TH DAUGHTER,

BORN 21 JANUARY 1911 - DIED 12 SEPT. 1964

MARRIED 2 AUGUST 1937 CECIL THOMAS JACKSON, SON OF THE

REVD. WILLIAM ALEXANDER BAIRD JACKSON OF MONEYMORE, CO. LONDONDERRY

JOHN WILLIAM JACKSON, 1^ST SON, BORN 10 FEBRUARY 1939

MARRIED 6 JUNE 1964 MARGARET ISABEL CHIRNSIDE BORN 4 JUNE 1937

DAUGHTER OF RALPH CLARK AND LUCY MABEL CHIRNSIDE nee AMEY OF WEMBLEY, MIDDLESEX

STEPHEN WILLIAM JACKSON, 2^ND SON, BORN 13 FEBRUARY 1967

MARRIED 17 AUGUST 1996 LAURA JEAN FROST 13 MAY 1969

DAUGHTER OF ALLAN R. FROST & FRANCES F. nee MITCHELL OF TWIN FALLS, IDAHO

LIAM ALAN FROST JACKSON, BORN IN CORK, 8 JANUARY 2001 -

BELL LETTERS

From Google https://www.myjacobfamily.com/historical%20manuscripts/bellletters2.pdf

Letter from Jonathan Bell to Jacob Bell,

att the three Anchors in Lombard Street.

Dated Cockermouth Castel, 22nd of 7th mo 1720.

Dear Brother Jacob,

Offer my kind love to thee hopeing these few lines will find thee in good hilth as throu mercy with father and mother att the wrtieing hear of Dear Brother I am very soery that thee shod go shuch a longe voyage before thee come to see us for we shud a been very glad to a seen thee but since thou cannot I heartly wish the well an desirers thee to be good and care full aboute thy business anit will be for thy own advantage an credit Dear Brother I am obligged to thee for thy kind present that thou intends to send me and for thy well wishes John and I am not marryed yet nor I cannot very well tell when thow I think it will be our long cosen gude is maryed above four weeks ago an is very harty an give her kind love to thee my mother gives her dear love to thee an deliver thy well for an begg of thee to be good an mind thy self and what ever thee dost not to go into bad companion So my Dear brother not haveing any thing more at present but my very Dear love to thee an I hartely (wish- added) prosperity every way an safer return so grest thy Loveing and affectionate sister Ruth Bell.

Dear Brother Jacob,

haveing this opportunity was willing to give thee few lines by which thou may knou know that wee are in difrant well church Mary tho I have been very unwell but am beter I hope my husband is well but he is not at home Dear Brother wee should a been glad to a seen thee hear befere thou had gone but since we cannot I hartily Desier thy preservation every way and desiers that thou may keep near to the Lord and he is able to preserve thee throon all exercises that thou may meat with so must conclud with very Dear Love to thee I rest thy ever Lo Sister Rebekah Walker.

Son Jacob,

I had thy letter on second day last but post was gone ere received itt soe send these few lines this post to thee in expectation they may reach thee ere gone ---- Coast may know we are well but tis — been by at to thy mother to part with though better content then she was but with all desires thou may be a good and hardfull lad study to improve thy loving in God dooing will be thy own happy- ness and of more valleu then all the world or the riches oft thy mother and I Joynes in our Dear Love and hartly affection to thee with earnest prayers and suplications to the Lord that thou may be every way preferred and kept out of the Enemies hands inwardly and outwardly and mayest thou ffriends safe att home again ffind and relations generally well with Love to thee wishing thee a prosporous voyage lett us hear from thee as ( often as — added ) opertunity serves I shall observe to pay R.W. that thou speeks of I conelude my selfe thy loveing and affectionate ffather,

Jonathan Bell

Letter from D. Horner to Daniel Bell

Dated Leeds, 20th August 1744

Dear and Worthy ffrd. D. Bell,

Thy acceptable Letter I recd. in course and was very glad to Bear of thy Getting well Home and found all to thy satisfaction perticularly Reflection upon thy late journey gave thee so much Peace, the Result of Discharging our Dutys Faithfully in our Great and Good Masters Service. And as I am satisfied it will remain Comfortable and Incouraging to thyself, so I am persuaded it is to many more and that thy affectionate visitt and labours of Love will not be Easely forgotten, For indeed and sweetly revived the days of our youth and the love of our Espousalls which in a good degree ( I hope ) United to our Cheifest Beloved, the Lord our God, and one unto another, and may we not say of a truth that Love waxeth not old, May I am in my smal measure a Witness of that flowings of it in many oppertunitys we had together, and at this present time makes me willing to take pen in Hand and scribble a little though Im but poorly in Health at psent, I am my ffrd really sorry for ye acct thou gives abt Rombelone and ye two poor women I wish some means could be found out to keep such at Home. I find theyr Quite weary of Betty Smith in Ireland, and have agreed to appoint her no more Meetings. I suppose thou hast heard that Jno haslara is returned Home from His American journey and in pretty good Health. His acots of his travills and remarks was highly acceptable to us in our last 2rly meeting, Sam Hopwwood came with Him and is on his way for London. As thou requested I must give thee some acot of ye meeting at Armley which often thou wast gone gave the a great deall of pain of mind, for I heard the People were much disappointed so I ventured to let ffrds give them notioe that Bro Longmire and self wd be there at a meet: on first Day afternoon following, which we did wth our ffrds on that side And Abundance of Sober tender people attended the ffrds thought above 500, and mostly Methodists it was ( I think ) a solled open time, and we came home very easey and left them Inquiring wn we wd goe again , that indeed It was sorry my ffrds thou missed so much satisfaction as I believe thou would have found amongst yrs. What will be the consequence of things I can't tell, But Certainly there is a Devine Hand at Work amongst the people, and many are seeking Savation to yr souls - Amongst ye Externalls of Worship who I humbly Hope will in time be Brought to find it at Home and be made to Retire to ys Gifts of God in themselves. I must confess I find my love and good desires Increase towards these peoples and I never meet wth ‘em ( as we frequently did at one opportunity or other ) But I find a degree of ye Gospell spring to roll towards them.

The Young woman thou mentions is gone to Robt Bells to live. I am oblidged to ye, for thy readiness to serve me abt ye Cloth in R. Bells Hand, And as thou hasst ( I presume ) An Interest in S. Fledger I wish could persuade Him to goe buy then theyr good Goods and Cheaps and tho‘ find He can dispose of them I doubt not to advantage If he pleases; Bros and Sister Longmire are not got home from Kendall where they have been some weeks. Mr Dear Mother and Sister are thro‘ mercy pretty well And Join with me in the sallutation of Dear Love to thy self and thine all

I am thy affect Sr

D. Horner

Letter from Fras. Kenshall to Frances Owen
Dated at Balby 11th of the 12th mo 1740-1

I cannot express to the full the satisfaction thy last kind letter afforded me especially to see thy dear Fathers hand in it wch I esteem an additional favr that merits my most gratefull acknowlegmt, and I can‘t well omit telling thee how thankfull I am to Providence that I was Directed to thy Fathers House wch was a place of true Freedom and openness to me in every respect and renderd my stay in London very Agreeable and Satisfactory to me, and he assured dr Friend the great Esteem I bear thy good Father and Thee together vth the Benefit I reapd from the Agreeable Company and Eddif and Conversation of yu both wd be a great Inducermt apprehend it my place again to visit my frds in Londo wch I must acknowledge seems sometimes to be brot into my view and I survey wth pleasure ye Scituation of Some in that Place who are as a City set upon an Hill, may ye Almighty encrease ye number of Such, that others behold and their good works may by their pious Example he prevails upon to Glorify God by a Life of Purity and Holiness and a Conversation Coupled with his Fear.

My Journey into the West was pretty Satisfactory to me and I helieve it was so to my compan M: Pace whom I parted with in Somersetshire and did not see again till she had visited Wales after wch she came to Shrewsbury where I then was and had ye pleasure of seeing her tho‘ her stay was short she being desireous on her mothers accot to get home as soon as she well cou‘d this is I think ahot two months agoe, since wch time I had not heard of Molly till I recd thine. Im concernd to hear she has been so ill, I thot I had never seen her look better than wn she return‘d out of Wales.

Eliz Marriot has been very ill since she came home Occasiond ‘tis tho by a great Cold she got in ye Journey. I was favour^!d wth a good share of health ‘till I came into Shropshire where I was for some time much out of Ordr of a Cold and Swelling in my face wch afer taking some Medicens went away and I have since thro Mercy been as well as usal. I‘m much concernd to hear of poor May Drummonds Indispossition, when thou seest her please to remember my very kind love to her and tell her I sincerely desire it may please Providence to Bless every state to her and if he see meet to give her a perfect Recovery. I shd much rejoyce to hear of it, heartily wishing her Welfare in every Respect. I‘m truly glad to hear you have been favour‘d at London wth the Company of so many Worthy Friends and greatly desire their Visits may have the intended Effect that their Labour of Love may be answered and the great Cause of Religion maintained and promoted in the Earth, that God in Allthings may be Glorified who over all is Worthy to be prais‘d Adored and Magnified for Ever - I hope to be favour‘d wth a letter from thee in a liitle time. I‘m glad to hear so good an Accot of Patty Phillips; poor P. Barclay, she meets wth many Probations but I hope they‘ll all work together for good wn thou seest her please to remeber my very dr Love to her, also to thy Cous Wragg and the Frds thou mentions. be assured dr Frd a large Share attends thy good Fa and thee together wth the whole Family also that I am wth the utmost Esteem and sincerity Thy very Affectionate and much Oblig'd Frd

Frans Kenshall

Letter from Lydia Lancaster to Daniel Bell.

Colhouse, ye 24th, 6th mo, 1745

My Dear Ffriend,

Since I wrote to thee have been favoured with two from thee both which were truely acceptable. the (first-added) containing some account of thy travels and safe arrival home, the latter a comfortable Relation of our national meeting and indeed I am refreshed that thou should remember poor Remott Lydia who tho absent in Person yet a lover of Sions prosperity and according to my measure a traveler for it that her light might yet break fourth in Brightness and which I can at times hope for tho the present face of things Look Dull in many places which ocations mourning yet methinks I see through it with an Eye of faith and do beleive God will raise himself witnessis, Judges and counslers, as at the beginning but oh my dear friend, our lott of labours is fallen in a barron age yet let us not be discourraged but serve out our Generation faithfully knowing that the work we are Engaged in is ye Lords who is all suficient to carry it out, surely that truth which our antiants bought at so dear a rate must never be extinguished again tho through the worthy mindedness of its professers clouds may seem to vail its beauty for a time and the prosperity thereof be stoped in many enquiries after it which is too much the case in our day yet it is my secrit hope that the sum of Rightiousness will breake fourth in Luster again to the drawing many into love therewith now as to things----it remorse I think then when thou wert here I thought of the good time thou had among us when I was at our Quarter meeting in Lancaster last month which was large and indeed pretty Good tho we had no straingers yet truth favoured the meeting - thou willi probably hear of the marriage we lately had betwixt Thomas Hyam and my niece Rawlinson where we had the Company of our ffrd. James Wilson Anne Hyam and her daughters with Eliz. Holliwell all very acceptable to us the London freinds were Good Examples and has left a sweet Savour behind them. I hope the young cupple are right joined together in the fear of God who that Day seemed to own them with a Visitation of his tendering bowing power, may they keep under it is my Disir, Dear Daniel through mercy I am in health I hope both as to the inward and outward man tho not without constant execises yet do hope it will all work together for Good in the End. I shall be Glad if thou hast freedom to receive a line from thee now and then as leasure will permitt while we stay in this frail state of life. and let me know how thou faires and how things are among you and whether thou willt Endeavour to find out another meet help to comfort thee in thy age. pray strive not for money but a virtueous woman of a sweet friendly Disposition and Good natural temper. I am thy friend in Dear Love and all well wishing,

Lydia Lancaster.

Letter from M. Slater to Danniel Bell at Totnam

Dated at Carlton, 15th September 1745

My Dear Sir,

I have intended thee a few Lines ever since I got horne of my long and Trying Jurney both of Body and Mind, which through the favour of Providence I was mercifully help to Gett safe horne and founding family well which was cause of humble thank- fullness to him the giver of all good and indeed when I Recolect and lookes back over my Long and trying Jurney - it is with humble thankfullness to him who is the only helper of bis poor Servents who are treuly Injeyed for his Cause - and my beloved frd, I often looke back with pleasure that ny Lott was cast with thee in that Citty of Bristoll - for to be suer thou was agreat strenth to my Mind in standing ageunze that Spiret that wod apose the treu disapline of the church and Ley waist the good order that treuth established in the beginen, May we be mercifully preserved to keep Cloce to that which first Inlightened our Souls, tho it was but Like the dauning of the day or the day star arising yeat blessed be the Name of the god, (hope-added) we oan say the never setting Sun has Risen upon our hearts - and my humble prayer to the Lord is that nothing may ever Cloud or dim that Glory in our hearts - but that we may ever cloud or dim that Glory in our hearts — but that we may be presond in that Just mans path which will Cause it to Shine brighter and brighter, is what my Spiret is earnestly Concerned for on my own acount and acording to my sin all Mesure for all the Lovers of Christ.

My Bear Frd., it is wiith a heart full of treu Love I (indite(?)- added) these few lines to thee; thou being often in my Dear Remembrance, as I humbly hope I shall be fevard to have a place in thine, when thou art in the injoyment of the Spring of Emortal Comfort whear in we are fevard with access to that throne that we oan begg one for another which I am sure I have great need of - and I often think times looks very threatning without may our looking be only and singly to him who has all power in his hand and will devide afflictions for them who trust in him - I sencerly desire our trust may bein that arme which never failed the Righteous - My Dear Frd, I should be Glad I might be fevard with a few lines from thee soon after thou Recd this that I might hear how thou and thine fairs it will be very acceptable to my dear Husband who Greets thee with much Love unfeigned for thy acceptable viset Lives in his Remembrance and mine with my children ( or childes ) - So I shall oonclud with true love to thee and thine and Remains thy sencer and Much

obliged Frd.

M. Slater

Pleas to give my kind Love to thy Sister in Law or any other Frd., in thy Freedom -

my dear Love to Frd Lawrence if thou pleas.

1750

A letter to daniell bell from john bell, dated 1750 at Bromley, Kent.

to daniell bell, to be left with roger shackleton, in york.
daniell bell, dear friend,

in the love of truth my spouse joyning wlth me we clearly salute thee, fervently desiring, as we have often done since we parted with thee, that our great and good master in whom all sufficiency is, may preserve thee, and grant a suitable degree of strength of body and fortitude of mind, to go through that servise thou art engaged in, to the glory of god, thy own peace, and the Edification and comfort of the churches where thou myst come, but thy long Experience of the Goodness of God to his own faithfull Servants renders it unnecessary to say much in that Head -

I did think it would not he unacceptable to give thee some Account of the yearly Meeting. - it was very large, and continued so to the end,- and the Affairs of the churches were carryed on and managed, in solidity and meekness, without Jarr or Contention, and much to the Satisfaction and Comfort of the Brethren, that I think it may be truly send the great and good Master of our Assemblies precendent in that Meeting, which occasioned many to Rejoyce in His loving kindness. -

through the mercy of providence i was enabled to attend constantly from the beginning of the Meeting to the end and according to the accounts we had the Publick Meetings were generaly large, and pretty weil conducted; since the Meetings were generaly large, and pretty weil conducted, since the Meeting ended, which was on sixth day Evening and a Publiok appointed next morning i have been surely afflicted with my Old Distemper the Cholick, ever since that time, and not yet got clear of it, which has weakened me much, other Friends here are generaly well; We have now no Strangers in London except Elizabeth Marriot and jane huskins, the latter intends to leave us nent week. her companion is gone alone to kent; the last time I see thy son jonathan they were well at tottenham; so with dear love from me and mine i conclude, and an, Thy Old truly loving Friend, John bell.

ps before i had sealed up this thy acceptuble letter from scarborough came to my hand, and i was glad to find thou was invoured with heulth and Strength to go on in thy Service, which i hope will be continued. the few lines when york Quarterly Meeting is over would be very empty my dear love to R. Shackleton and, his, jonathan white and his, any other Friends that may enquire of me - the ollives, loves is to thee farewell. -

bishop^Ts mark;

Letter from D.A. Barclay to Daniel Bell

Dated Urie 17th July 1750

Dear Bro B*Bi

Thy kind favr of the 7th came to my hand late night one my Arrivall hear threw mercy prity well, my wife was very ill att Alenwick wher we stayed a nighte and day one the whole been mending Ever since and I hope after a few days rest will be better then when she set only the child and Roben very well Robert next my one the road and me find them all in the usuall health, only sister Patence Forby from Irland is hear; and I aprehend not far from her end, which I hope when it hapens will be well, we are much pleased to hear thou art better in thy health of which wee desire the take Espicial Care, and as this may be —— —— ( as well as —— ) be the last jurney we will undertake to our native Cuntry, dont hurry butt render thy visit Easy and agreable to thy Selfe and to thy ffds. and relations - I find this Countrey —- in many respects our folds are pleased wth it beyond ther Expectation. - my wife and all our relations hear joyn in true Love to thee and all relations and ffds. that may think of us thy real

Loving Brother D.A. Barclay

Letter from Iydia Lancaster to Daniel Bell

Dated Lancaster 6th November 1756.

Bear Friend,

Thine last week I received which was very acceptable and the more so as it was wrote with thy own hand, that indeed is more than a little admirable that a person of thy age should recover such strength after having lost it so many yrs but we see all things are possible with God who gives and takes as he pleatheth for his own glory and the increase of our faith and trust in him, who hath all Power. I am glad thou art favoured with good health and strength to travel about as in the morning of thy day to be sure it must afford both thee and thy ffriends gt joy and satisfaction. yet those who oannot do so (are-added) attended with ye heart warming influence of divine virtue at Home, and truely acceptable to their ffriends there.

Have also much Reason to be both content and thankful. through mercy I must enjoy a good degree of health which can scarce be enough valued but I (--) not much to say of traveling abroad not being required thereto, nor free to move much without a degree of necessity, friends here of thy acquaintance are all as well as ussuial for ought I know thy niece direy beging to look brgith(sic) upon us again but they are all well as can be expected. I delivered thyn love to them and many more who all acknowledge with the return of theirs, which I disir thee to aceept in the Wholesale way. and may say that upon the whole I hope truth gains ground among us in our meeting which dos not only much increase in number but in a religous concern As I think does our love one to another. I am much joined in Heart to friends here as I also have reason to believe thy are to me in every general way. I am sorry to hear Mr. Putts is but poorly, if he should be removed it will seemingly be a great loss. But we have need to be a resigned people in all things to ye Divine will. my heart is often heavy in the remembrance of London, Heaven only knows how things will turn out there and everywhere.

I sincerely wish we may all be prepared steady on such abuttance as will stand all tryals. I notte thy kind request of seing me once more there but I also hope and disir with submission to the divine will that I never shall be seen there any more, being for ought I know clear yea fully clear there labouring at and about home appears to be my proper work yet the spreadings of Gospel love is many times as open free and extensive as ever in my heart. but thou knows that every one has but their time and season to every purposs and for ought I find the little erants alotted me to run abt was done in their season for which I do not want my reward. I have been long in writing - for which I have thought to drop that part except when found it matter of duty being old and bad at it. also my acquaintance is so large it would (be-added) almost impossible for me to answer all the letters I receive, so hope thou and others will excuse me for that deficencey and take the will for the deed my dear Love salutes thy sister Bell and thy children also my beloved friends D. and G. Barclay and with much regard to thyself remains thy real and rauch obliged friend,

Lydia Lancaster

Letter from Frances Dodshan to Frances Bell
Dated Durham 4th November 1760
My Dear Friend,

I’m much afraid my long silence since I rec'd thy last truly acceptable letter should give thee some uneasy apprehensions on my acct. for indeed I’ve oft been displeased with my self when I’ve recollected how long I've been silent to thee and my worthy Friend P. Barclay, but realy such has been the case with me of late that notwithstanding I’ve several times attempted to write my mind has been so uncommonly restricted in that respect that I found I Could not write with satisfaction; but least my dear Frd. shd be uneasy on my accot. ( as above hinted)

I was resolved to set Pen to Paper tho’ it were but just to let thee know how. I fare; I am thro’ mercy considering my circumstance full as well as I could expect tho’ since I grew Big frequently attended with a pain and weakness in my right hip and thigh wch sometimes renders me incapable of Walking over the Room without help yet have been hitherto enabled to get to Meetings tho’ with considerable difficulty; but thro the goodness of Providence my mind is made in a good degree heayy and reconciled to my present Situation as well as resigned to the future disposal of the Divine Will Concerning me wch I esteem a great favour and hope am truly thankfull for it as well as for the many Blessings I and mine are favoured with I was much concerned to hear of the Death of Robt. Plumstead as well as that of thy Cousin Oxley, they both being likely to be very serviceable in their Stationes but providence knows best how to effect the purpose of his unerring Will, nor is it fit for us poor short sighted mortals to call in question his Dispensations usward or so muoh as to say, What doest thou! I can assure my dr. ffrd it is no small Probation with me to be tried as I’ve been of late and am likely still to be, if my life be spared; yet far be it from me to Reprove He who has hitherto been my Ebenezer and helped thro’ many Tribulations is still all sufficient; in whom I trust come life or come Death.

I was much pleased to hear thou had been favoured with the Company of our dear and worthy frd. Sophia Hume to whom please to remember my very dear Love and tell her I much regrett the long silence that has subsisted between her and me and have several times thot of writing to renew so eduifying and desirable a correspondence but did not certainly know how to direct to her; shd therefore be very glad of a letter from her. I wish thou may be able to read this I would have transcribed it over again but am grown so bad at stooping that writing is become at psent a sort of painfull exercise to me.

My Dear Husband and Children are thro’ mercy pretty well he joins with me in the renwed sallutation of ünfeigned Love to thee thy son and Daughter in wch I am,

Thy truly Affectionate Friend,

Frances Dodshon

Letter from Daniel Bell junior to his father Daniel Bell

Dated June 1777

My Dear Father,

Being convinced of the Satisfaction it will afford my Freinds in general and my own Family in particular to hear of my Arrival in America I am unwilling to omit any opportunity by which they can possibly reoeive that Intelligence and shall therefore forward this letter by Capt. Millyin to NewYork as there may probably be a conveyance to England from that port earlier than Quebec; I sent a few Lines by a Vessel that we met on the Banks of Newfoundland giving you an account of the very disagreeable Passage we had so far; since that time the Weather has been more favourable and we are now in the River St. Lawrence abt 20 Legs from the Isle of Bic ( he place for destination) on our arrival there we must go on board another Ship to reach Quebec wch is abt 50 Leags distant (the Blonde being ordered to New York to join Ld Howe instead of going to Quebec) - Till within these few days we have had one continued severe Gale of Wind from the Time of our departure from England, which has made our passage more disagreeable than a person who has never been at Sea can possibly conceive, our Style of Life has been thoroughly uncomfortable, in the morning we would attempt to Breakfast perhaps as soon as we were seated the Cups and Saucers would be all thrown into our Laps, from that to dinner we endeavour to read, walk the Deck and employ ourselves in recovering from our Fall, of wch we have had some very bad ones, at Dinner our meat was frequently in our Laps as in our Mouthes till we contrived to make the servants set to Seeward and hold their dishes instead of placing them on a table : One day Mrs. Caldwell and myself were thrown over the Backs of our Chairs on our Heads,

Mrs. C fortunately fell on a Bed wch was spread on the Floor, and therefore received no Injury. I fell on the Gun but without any bust, indeed I was lucky in meeting with no great Injury once I broke a small piece of a Tooth another time as I was pouring out a Glass of Wine I was thrown with the Bottle and Glass out of my Chair agt the Bayonets wch hang upon the Side of the Ship and cut my hand in 2 or 3 places. - the good Company of Col Caldwell’s Family and the Civility of Capt Hillyes have so much at abates(?) the Rigor of this Confinement and unpleasant Situation. Our passage has been so remarkably rough and boisterous, our Ship so sickly and many occurences so thoroughly distressing and disagreeable that if we get safe back to our native land I am sure it must be a great Temptation that will induce sny of our Party to venture a second time to cross the Atlantic; on Saturday 31st May two Strange Ships were seen, when Signal was made to chase, the Drum beat to Arms and every Man ordered to Quarters, it being 4 oclock in the Morning wee suddenly changed the pleasure of Tranquility and Sleep to the preparation for engageing but on coming up with the vessells they proved to be our Friends; they having mistaken to make the proper Signal gave us every reason to expect a different Tirmination to this Affair; we had another Alarm a few days since, by hearing a continued Canonading and having great Reason to suppose one of our own Fleet was engaged with a privateer but on our bearing down to them we had the Mortification to find they were celebrating the King’s Birth day; the Alacrity of the people and the Expertness of stowing every Thing away when a Ship

The musquitoes ( a kind of fly ) are a horrid Tax upon travelling in this Country. they sting thro leather and they are so venemous that the wound they make swells surprisingly, there was a man so stung the other day that he was blind and kept his Bed a week. They are thousand (times - added) more venemous than the Flies are at Stamford Hill in the Middle of July; I have hitherto been very fortunate as they have taken an antipathy to me and keep away from me wch is a very uncommon thing for a stranger.

I am stopped in my career of writing by a letter I have just received from Quebec wch informs me that some Ships are going to England. I must forward my letters immediately as several vessels sail together. I have only time by the others to write a line to say that I arrived safe and am well lest the vessell wch carries this should fall into hands of the provincials.

Adieu, Accept a large share of affection. give my Dear love to my Father, Betsey Lucy, Charlotte Becky, Chrissy Jonathan and Caroline and believe me wth every sentiment of Regard and Affection.

Yr dutyfull son,

D. Bell.

I dsire my Father to give my last remembrance to any of my Friends he may see, but particularly to Mr. and Mrs. Kendall Mr. and Mrs Townsend Mr. Grindall Mr. Wyburd I shall soon write to him Mr. and Mrs. Headington the Gentlemen of the Club the Dickenson Mr. and Mrs. Smith ( ?) Mrs. Bevan (-------------------------------------------------------- ?)

Montreal Ist July 1777

To Bell from her son Daniel Bell

Dated 14th June 1777

My Dear Mother,

On my arrival at the Isle of Bic[1] I wrote to my father and sent my letter by New York which I dare say will reach you before this, as there is no ship at present going to England. I arrived at this place after a very disagreeable passage of 2 months on Wednesday 11th June, and have since been introduced to almost all the Families of any Consequence in the place and have met with great Civility and Respect.

I find that when a ship is going away for England I shall be so much hurried that it will not be in my power to write to many of my friends, I shall therefore make a kind of Journal of this letter and remark in it any occurence that happens to me wch is worth notice, as I think it will convey a better Idea to my Frs of my Situation than a few lines written in a hurry; almost immediately after my coming to Shore I took a walk round this town wch is so famous for the Signal Victory gained by Genl Wolfe ( over the French - added ) and the attack made on it last year by the american Rebels.

It is situate on a point of Land wch is formed by the Rivers St, Lawrence and St. Charles, the Country around it very romantic and pleasing. The Town itself dirty and disagreeable, Here are still remains of the attack made by Genl Wolfe on the plains of Abraham and too many dreadful marks of the late attempt by the Rebels.

I have been too short a time to form any accurate Idea of the disposition or manner of the Canadians, tho they differ much from the English; as the Inhabitants were originally French they now retain the Language and customs of that Country; of late years several English and Scotish merchants have settled here and as they increase it is probable the French Customs will gradually wear away.

I live with my Frd Mr. Davison who has introduced me to everybody here, I am just returned from dining with a large party at the Lt. Governors where there was every Elegance and Luxury that this Country affords.

I was always too much attached to my own family and home to be equally happy in a Country where I no scarcely any body, but now look upon myself as a Citizen of the World and must endeavour to reconcile myself to any Situation and to pass my time happily in any place that my lot may be cast in; the present uncertain State of political matters makes it impossible for me at present to form any judgement of the time of my return tho’ it is probable that I shall be able to determine on this matter before I should have an opportunity of sending this letter.

Letter from Daniel Bell to his father Daniel Bell

Dated at Quebec 7th August 1777

My Dear Father

After an Absence of near 4 Months from my Friends, I had on Sunday the Pleasure of receiving a packet of Letters from home, amongst them was your Favor from the May, that, wch contained an account of little Occurences from our parting at Portsmouth, wth letters from my sisters and has not reached me.

Your Journal has been very entertaining to me and I should follow yr plan, but being now engaged in an entire new Set of Acquaintance, an account of the manner of passing my time would not be very interesting, as you are quite unacquainted with the Company with whom I associate, the Civility and Attention I receive from People in general here, makes my time pass as pleasantly as I can expect it at so great a distance from all my old Friends and Acquaintances —

Last Week I went out with a Gentleman an hour or two Cock Shooting, on the 24th July (strange time of year for this Diversion) we killed 3 couple - They are much smaller than ours, The plumage on the Back and Head the same, but their Breast are nearly as red as our robins - tomorrow I am going to look a parcel of Whistling Plover wch I have heard of for the first this Year, they are very plenty in the Fall - I believe there are few Countries in wch a Sportsman cannot find Entertainment.

I am glad to find that you took notice of our Cosn Jaffrays and altho’ I spent some weeks at their House I brought my heart safely away — I fancy to their great astonishment; they seemed surprised and perhaps I may say, without Vanity, mistified, that Dawson Street had more Charms to me than their house - but so it was — Their Good Sense had more Effect on my Judgement and their Civilities on my Gratitude than their Beauty or Charms on my heart - in the other Place I had Good Sense - Civility and every Thing than can render a woman pleasing to struggle againts and therefore it is not much to be wondered at, that much possessions and Accomplishments get the better of a Resolution, wch wanted the Aid of Inclination for its Support.

In answer to my Mother’s letter I have wrote my Mind very fully in this subject to wch I refer you, as I am sure you are interested in my Feelings on a Matter wch affects me so nearly - I am still quite at a loss to think when I shall return, but from what I can gather,

I begin to doubt the possibility of getting to the Southuran eiiher by Land or Water; in wch Case I shall very probably eat my Xmas Dinner at Stamford Hill - altho the immense Atlandtic Ocean is between us.-

I have wrote to you very frequently lately and therefore as I am now much hurried I shall new (sic) finish — Remember me to all my Friends and believe me wth most affectionate Regard to all the Family.

Your dutiful son D.B.

Gen Burgoyn is proceeding fast on his way to Albany and does not at present expect to meet much resistance from the Rebels.

LONDON 1884

letter dated 8th december 1884 from susan shaw to daniell bell

136, Abbey Rd,
Kilburn,

NWl

dear daniell, louisa (sic) demierres the address is:-

traumere,
richmond hill
SW

alfred’s;-

42 rua de golgotha
massarellas
oporto
Portugal.

yours sincerely susan shaw
the letter is black—edged

LONDON 1827

Envelope, dated London, august 18th 1827 and addressed to:-

mrs mount
Gloucestsr lodge
Tunbridge wells.

signed: lord rypon

SURREY 1836

letter from daniell bell to his parents dated 1836:-

Wandsworth school
June Ist 1836

my dear parents,

it is with pleasure that i inform you that our- Vacation will begin on the 22nd inst when. i trust you will find i have made much progress in my studies.

school will reopen on Monday Ist august,. With love to rny sisters, i remiain, my dear parernts, your dutiful son, daniell bell

LONDON 1885

Letter from Susan Shaw to Daniel Bell, dated 25th April 1885.

136, Abbey Road, Kilburn,

Dear dan,

I can only give you the date of your grandmother elinor tumers birth, The 3rd September 1768 - and the date of my brother fulliness death was 1st October 1874.

I have no record of his marriage with aunt elizabeth bell but I have no doubt priscilla will be able to give you the Information I cannot about it all,

Yours sincerely Susan Shaw,

LONDON 1854

A form of prayer to be used in all Churches and Chapels thoughout those parts of the U.K. called England and Ireland, on Wednesday 26th day of April 1854...

London, printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queens most Excellent Majesty 1854. 8 pages

LONDON 1847

A form of prayer...to be used on the 24 th of March 1847 ....

London, printed by George E. Ayre + co 8 pages

the Duke’s funeral

printed by the relgious tract society, instituted 1799; 58 parta nosta, row and 164 piccadilly.

on the funeral of the Duke of Wellington.

8 leaves

1836
A letter to mr William beeston from daniell bell, dated 8th february 1836.
Dear William,

I am very sorry to hear that you were poorly on Saturday which prevented my having the pleasure of seeing you. I am happy (this word added later) to hear from my dear papa that you are better today.

I am dear William your affectionate friend, daniell Bell

LONDON 1885

letter to daniell hell esquire from Joseph c dimdale, dated 4th decenber 1885.*

56 cornhill london. ec

dear sir,

I have been, very remiss ln not writing before.

I enclose an old paper I have found bearing upon the matter I had the pleasure of seeing you upon sometime back and from it I see John dimdale who married susana roger-was 'the eldest son of robert dimdale-who i believe accompanied “Penn“ to pennsylvania and whose portrait in the celebrated print which doubtless you have-bearing upon long stick behind “Penn“.

i am sorry I cannot find a tree going further back than this which is only a Generation further,

in haste i am, Joseph c dimdale.

D.bell esquire

[1] About 50 miles downstream from Quebec, in New Brunswick

CONTENTS:

JACKSON RESEARCH On Dani e l B e ll

SCHEMATIC PRESENTATION OF BELL FIRMS

Bell Firms

BELL LETTERS

Bell Letters 3

CONTENTS:

JACKSON RESEARCH On Daniel Bell

SCHEMATIC PRESENTATION OF BELL FIRMS

Bell Firms

BELL LETTERS

Bell Letters 3

JACKSON RESEARCH On Dani e l B e ll