Sir Robert Bell and His Early Virginia Colony
Descendants: A Compilation of 16th, 17th, and 18th Century English
and Scottish Families with the Surname Bell, Beale, le Bel, … et
al. Revision C
James Elton Bell and Frances Jean Bell
Paperback, 8.25x11 in, 208 pages, Illustrated,
Index, Bibliography
Wheatmark, January 2007
ISBN-10: 1587367475
ISBN-13: 9781587367472
Description
Bells
1066 to 1799
From Warriors to Aristocrats to Transported
Undesirables!
They were: Normans, Nobles, Bishops, Clan Chiefs, Clergy,
Worshipful Merchants, Great Merchants, Ship Captains, Border
Reivers, Citizens, Yeomen, Inventors, Plantation Headrights, Simple
Farmers, Indentured Servants, and Transported Undesirables.
They were active as: Virginia Company of London Charter
Signers, Ship Owners and Privateers, Explorers, Colony Settlers and
Plantation Owners, Members of Parliament, Members of Congress,
Governors, Military Officers and Soldiers, American Patriots, Slave
Owners, and a Presidential Candidate. Many Bell families possessed:
Coats of Arms, Crests and Mottos.
They are: Ancestors of the Present Day Crown and Present
Day Descendants of Scottish Chiefs.
What does a researcher do with a repository of computer notes
and facts of almost one hundred thousand pages covering over ten
thousand kindred Bells of several spellings? Write a book!
An educational narrative of Bell origins, this book tells a
story of their migration patterns and their involvement in many
historical events. This is coupled with “fair use”
articles of other acknowledged authors. For the purist, English,
Scottish, and American NGS Genealogy and Outline Descendant Reports
from about 1520 through 1799 include the families of Sir Robert
Bell, Speaker of the House of Commons and Scottish Chief William
(Red Cloak) Bell, who lived concurrently during the reign of Queen
Elizabeth I. The authors have addressed the family of Bell, from
the days of the Norman Conquerors of the British Isles through
their involvement in the Jamestown, Virginia settlement. This leads
to other American colonies ending circa 1799. More significantly,
Sir Robert Bell has been established as the ancestor to many of the
Virginia Bells.
This book is a compilation of the authors’ discoveries,
information gathered from historical and genealogy sources, and
includes some identified, but as yet unproven, questionable, and
conflicting data. While the authors speak out forcefully about
their findings and conclusions, readers are encouraged to decide
factual accuracies based on over a thousand primary/secondary
sources and End Notes that will prove valuable to other
researchers. Facts are listed by decimal numbers in a timeline
sequence so that the reader can relate Bells living simultaneously
in distant locations.
About the author
Jim and Fran Bell retired to the deserts of southern Arizona in
1993, where they have written many articles for various
publications.
