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Where did the Borderlands Bell family come from? What is the Borderlands Bell family crest and coat of arms? When did the Bell family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Bell family history?
The Bell surname arose independently from several different sources. In some instances, it comes from the Old English word "belle" meaning "bell," and was most likely an occupational name for a bell ringer. It may have also been a name for someone who lived near a bell. Bell is also known to have arisen from the English and Scots given name Bel, which derived from the Old French "beu" or "bel," meaning "handsome."
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Bell, Belle and others.First found in Dumfriesshire, where they have been found since ancient times. The Clan is descended from Gilbert le fiz Bel, who had extensive territories in Annandale on the English/Scottish border. He was the first clan chief, when King Edward invaded the Scottish lowlands in 1290 AD. In this brief conquest, Bel forfeited the clan territories of the Bells and the clan moved to Middlebie in Dumfrieshire. Later when Edward of England was defeated by the Scottish they returned to their Annandale territories in the Scottish West Marches and acquired some territories on the southern side of the border at Gilsland just south of Hadrian's Wall.
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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bell research. Another 185 words(13 lines of text) covering the years 1069, 1562, 1577, 1587, 1590, 1603, 1607, 1618, 1774, 1842, and 1896 are included under the topic Early Bell History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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Some of the Bell family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 217 words(16 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Bell. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Bell Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- James Bell, who settled in Barbados in 1635
- John Bell who settled in Virginia in 1638
- George Bell, who came to Virginia in 1638
- Christian Bell, who landed in Virginia in 1650
- Alexander Bell who settled in Virginia in 1654
Bell Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Anne Bell, who landed in Virginia in 1713
- Chr Bell, who arrived in Virginia in 1714
- Christopher Bell, who arrived in Virginia in 1716
- Aaron Bell, who arrived in New England in 1719
- Simon Bell, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1734
Bell Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Agnus Bell, who came to Philadelphia in 1802
- Abraham Bell, who landed in New York, NY in 1816
- Anna Bell, aged 5, arrived in Key West, Fla in 1838
- D Bell, aged 24, landed in Key West, Fla in 1838
- Catharine J Bell, who arrived in New York, NY in 1847
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- 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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We have comprised a great deal of suggested readings that would be of interest to you and your family.
- 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.
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- Hanks, Hodges, Mills and Room. The Oxford Names Companion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Print. (ISBN 0-19-860561-7).
- Papworth, J.W and A.W Morant. Ordinary of British Armorials. London: T.Richards, 1874. Print.
- Foster, Joseph. Dictionary of Heraldry Feudal Coats of Arms and Pedigrees. London: Bracken Books, 1989. Print. (ISBN 1-85170-309-8).
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