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

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 -

CONTENTS:

JACKSON RESEARCH On Dani e l B e ll

SCHEMATIC PRESENTATION OF BELL FIRMS

CONTENTS:

JACKSON RESEARCH On Daniel Bell

SCHEMATIC PRESENTATION OF BELL FIRMS

JACKSON RESEARCH On Dani e l B e ll