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Where did the Bell coat of arms come from?
When did the Bell family first arrive in the United States?
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Origin Displayed: Borderlands
Origins Available: Borderlands, English, French
Spelling variations of this family name include: Bell, Belle and others.First found in Dumfriesshire, where they have been found since ancient times. Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: George Bell, who came to Virginia in 1638; James Bell, who settled in the Barbados in 1635; John Bell who settled in Virginia in 1638; Alexander Bell who settled in Virginia in 1654. (From www.HouseOfNames.com Archives copyright © 2000 - 2009)
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Suggested Readings for the name Bell"Ancestral Lines and Descendants of Frances Emily (Botsfor, Morse and Jean) (Botsford) Bell" by Doreen Potter Hanna, "Backward Glimpse" by Iris Bell. "Sir Robert Bell and His Early Virginia Colony Descendants." by James Elton Bell and Frances Jean Bell. Wheatmark, January 2007 Some noteworthy people of the name Bell- Alexander Melville Bell (1819-1905), American teacher of elocution and father of Alexander Graham Bell
- Lawrence Dale Bell (1895-1956), American aircraft designer
- Technical Sergeant Bernard Pious Bell (1911-1971), Army soldier and a recipient of the Medal of Honor, for his actions in World War II
- Brigadier-General Marcus Brenneman Bell (1893-1981), American Commanding Officer 10th Mountain Division (1951)
- Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), inventor of the telephone, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, emigrated to the United States in 1870, where he was a Professor of Physiology at Boston University, and exhibited his telephone invention in 1870
- William E. Bell (b. 1945), award winning Canadian Young Adult fiction author
- Brigadier General George Gray Bell OC, MBE, CD (1920-2000), Canadian soldier, civil servant, and academic awarded the Officer of the Order of Canada in 1988
- Graham Arthur Charlton Bell (b. 1949), English academic, writer, and evolutionary biologist
- George John Bell (1872-1944), Australian politician, speaker of the Australian House of Representatives (1934-1940)
- Arthur Clive Howard Bell (1881-1964), English critic of art and literature
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Another 4 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products. DISSOLUTION OF THE BORDER CLANSThe Border Families of England and Scotland led a difficult life that began in the 13th century. Their allegiance was difficult to determine and often led to conflicts between themselves, the Highlanders and the English. Border raids were common in the fight to hold land and power so much so that they were often called Border Reivers, a term derived from the word reive, an early English word to rob or plunder, and/or from the Northumbrian and Scots Inglis verb reifen from the Old English reafian.[1] MoreTHE JACOBITESThe Jacobites were the supporters of the Catholic James II, whose brief reign as king of Britain was marred by religious conflict between the monarch and his largely Protestant subjects. In 1669, James converted to Catholicism while serving as Lord High Admiral. News of his conversion leaked out to the general public in 1673, and he was forced to resign from his post due to the ensuing controversy. Although the outraged aristocracy attempted to exclude him from the succession, they failed to do so and upon the death of James' elder brother Charles II in 1685, their fears of having a Catholic king became a reality.
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