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Personal data William Bell 

Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5

Household of William Bell

He is married to Flora MacCorquodale.

They got married in the year 1759 at Scotland, he was 39 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Duncan Bell  ± 1760-> 1820 
  3. Eleanor Helen Bell  1762-???? 
  4. Jane Bell  1765-1851 
  5. Anne Bell  1770-< 1807
  6. Thomas Bell  1766-???? 
  7. Elizabeth Bell  1767-1857 
  8. Catherine Bell  1772-????
  9. Isabella Bell  1775-> 1851 
  10. Margaret Bell  1778-1851


Notes about William Bell

(From L.S Descendants of John Bell) William Bell Left Scotland 1772 for America , with 5 children and William`s sister Isabel Bell, in the summer (month of May). Arrived in America in June,and went up the Hudson river to the Scottish settlement at Fort Howard, Albany county. William set up as an innkeeper. During the American Revolution the family left their farm in Charlotte County, and William Sr., and sons William Jr. and Duncan, joined Roger`s Rangers (King`s Rangers, under Major James Rogers). After 1784 they received grants of land in Fredericksburgh - William Jr. - East 1/2, and Duncan - West1/2,lot 9, con. 1. Father William returned to Fort Edward to get his wife and daughters, then came to live near his sons (lot unknown). (from handwritten account given to Thomas Bell by Elizabeth H. Salsbury in letter dated 2/14/1989) miles south of Madoc, Hastings County, Ontario in the area now called Belleville, which reportedly was named for the three Bell brothers. (info from hand written Bell history prepared by Carrie Mellissa Walker on1/6 /1974) put in jail during Revolutionary War - deported to Canada as a Loyalist (from Thomas G. Bell). William and Flora lived on Lot 9, Concession 1 of Fredericksburgh Twp. at Sandhurst. They later moved to Desmond in Camden Township. Bell, William. William Bell of Fredericksburgh interred 29 Sept. 1788. Rev. John Langhorn`s Register, Anglican Diocese of Ontario.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Bell

John Little
????-
John Bell
1693-????

William Bell
1720-1788

1759

Flora MacCorquodale
1733-1795

William McCorquodale Bell
1759-1837
Duncan Bell
± 1760-> 1820
Eleanor Helen Bell
1762-????
Jane Bell
1765-1851
Anne Bell
1770-< 1807
Thomas Bell
1766-????
Elizabeth Bell
1767-1857
Catherine Bell
1772-????
Isabella Bell
1775-> 1851
Margaret Bell
1778-1851

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    Sources

    1. Descendants of John Bell, Linda Smith UE
    2. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    3. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Gale Research, Place: Ontario, Canada; Year: 1781-1788; Page Number: .
      Arrival date: 1781-1788
      Arrival place: Ontario, Canada
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    4. Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
    5. Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s, Genealogical Research Library, Ontario, Canada
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      Residence place: Canada
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    6. Rev John Langhorns Register

    Historical events

    Day of death September 12, 1788

    • The temperature on September 12, 1788 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
    • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1788: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 18 » The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
      • January 19 » The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
      • April 28 » Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
      • May 23 » South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.
      • June 11 » Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
      • June 21 » New Hampshire becomes the ninth state to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
    

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