'Bell03'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Bell of Alnwick, Bell of Shortridge, Bell of Sowerby
[We are not aware of there being any connection between the families shown below. They share the page for our convenience.]
We show the father of Edward & Thomas and their sisters as ... | |||||||||||||||
?? Bell | |||||||||||||||
1. | Edward Bell 'of Galladea' of Low Buston (a 1617) | ||||||||||||||
2. | Thomas Bell | ||||||||||||||
A. | Edward Bell of Cheswick then Shortridge (d 1671) | ||||||||||||||
m. Isabella (a 1687) | |||||||||||||||
i. | Thomas Bell of Shortridge (bur 26.07.1687) | ||||||||||||||
m. Phillis Smith (bur 22.12.1680, sister of Thomas Smith of Togston) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Edward Bell of Shortridge & Spittal (bur 24.04.1752) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1711) Margaret Kenelm of Little Hough (bur 20.09.1746) | |||||||||||||||
(1) | Thomas Bell of Shortridge (bpt 03.12.1713, bur 16.06.1768) | ||||||||||||||
m1. Margaret (bur 22.06.1757) | |||||||||||||||
m2. (22.05.1758) Phillis Buston (b 1710, bur 04.04.1799, dau of Roger Buston of Buston) | |||||||||||||||
(A) | Thomas Bell of Shortridge (bpt 31.07.1746, bur 09.10.1773) | ||||||||||||||
m. (30.05.1769) Dorothy Smith (b 1745-6, d 30.04.1826, dau of Thomas Smith of Togston) | |||||||||||||||
(i) | Thomas Bell 'of Alnwick' of Shortridge (bpt 17.11.1772, d 28.12.1826) had issue | ||||||||||||||
m. (03.12.1805) Margaret Selby (dau of George Selby of Twizell, m2. William Clark of Belford Hall) | |||||||||||||||
(B) | Margaret Bell (b 1748-9, d 05.06.1792) | ||||||||||||||
m. (02.11.1784) John Tate of Guyzance North Field | |||||||||||||||
(C)+ | other issue - | ||||||||||||||
(2) | Edward Bell of Alnwick (bpt 31.05.1720, bur 03.03.1779) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1747) Margaret Adams (b c1724, bur 31.01.1802) | |||||||||||||||
(A)+ | issue - John (bpt 24.04.1745, bur 08.10.1745), John (bpt 31.03.1756, bur 23.03.1774), Edward (bpt 17.07.1754, bur 07.04.1777), Thomas (bpt 11.06.1766, bur 18.10.1795), Margaret (bpt 20.03.1743/4, bur 03.05.1746), Mary (bpt 03.12.1746, bur 18.12.1766), Jane (bpt 22.06.1748, d infant), Ann (bpt 15.11.1749, bur 10.06.1751), Margaret (bpt 07.08.1751, a 1779), Elizabeth (bpt 09.02.1753, bur 09.05.1770), Jane (bpt 13.05.1757, d by 1779?), Sarah (bpt 22.02.176), Barbara (bpt 30.12.1764, bur 28.02.1771) | ||||||||||||||
(3)+ | other issue - John (bpt 29.09.1717), Henry (bpt 04.10.1722, bur 07.06.1728), George (bpt 10.12.1724), Jane (bpt 09.04.1712, bur 17.02.1717/8) | ||||||||||||||
b. | Jane Bell (bur 29.10.1683) | ||||||||||||||
ii. | Margery Bell | ||||||||||||||
m. George Potter (a 1687) | |||||||||||||||
iii. | Grace Bell (a 1687) | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Waugh (d by 1687) | |||||||||||||||
iv.+ | other issue - John (a 1671), Edward of Newcastle (a 1687, tanner) | ||||||||||||||
B.+ | 5 daughters | ||||||||||||||
3. | Agnes Bell | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Watson | |||||||||||||||
4. | Margaret Bell | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Wilson | |||||||||||||||
5. | Eleanor Bell | ||||||||||||||
m. _ White | |||||||||||||||
6. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
m. _ Fenwick | |||||||||||||||
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We show the father Henry, Thomas & William as ... | |||||||||||||||
?? Bell | |||||||||||||||
1. | Henry Bell of Thirsk | ||||||||||||||
BLG1952 starts with the following Ralph. Information on his father & siblings was kindly provided by a contributor (CV, 15.08.14) who was investigating this family. | |||||||||||||||
A. | Ralph Bell 'of Sowerby' | ||||||||||||||
i. | Robert Bell of Sowerby (b 1615, d 1711) | ||||||||||||||
m. Elizabeth (b 1715) | |||||||||||||||
a. | Ralph Bell of Sowerby (d 03.11.1735 (sb 1733?), MP) | ||||||||||||||
m. (03.03.1697) Rachel Windlow (dau of Richard Windlow of Yarm) | |||||||||||||||
BLG1952 reports that Ralph dsp. However, HoP ('Ralph Bell') reports that he had 2 sons (dvp) + 2 daughters. HoP confirms that "his principal heir was his nephew Ralph Consett" so it is not unlikely that all of his children dsps before or shortly after he died. | |||||||||||||||
(1)+ | issue - 2 sons (dvp), 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
b. | Elizabeth Bell (d 1736) | ||||||||||||||
m. (1683) Peter Consett of Thirsk | |||||||||||||||
One of their sons "inherited the estates of his uncle Ralph Bell, and assumed the name and arms of Bell." | |||||||||||||||
c.+ | other issue - John (dsp before 1735), 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
ii. | Mary Bell probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
m. James Cayley of Thornmanby | |||||||||||||||
B. | Catharine Bell | ||||||||||||||
m. Marmaduke Kirkbie | |||||||||||||||
C.+ | other issue - Augustine, Richard (bpt 23.06.1581?), Elizabeth, Sarah (bpt 23.11.1577?), Isabella | ||||||||||||||
2.+ | other issue - Thomas, William | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : 'A History of Northumberland' (vol 5, John Crawford Hodgson, 1899, 'Bell of Shortridge', p234+)
(2) For lower section (originally uploaded 04.09.14 into BZmisc20) : BLG1952 ('Bell of Thirsk') with input reported above
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