Elizabeth Bell

Not the same as Elizabeth Bell

The Bell family in America being an account of the founders and first colonial families, an official list of the heads of families of the name resident in the United States in 1790 and a bibliography. by Weeks, Lyman Horace. (1913) < Archive.org >

One Virginia colonial family was descended from Matthew Bell of Scotland and Ireland.

Joseph Bell, youngest son of Matthew Bell of Ireland and Pennsylvania, was born in Lancaster county, Penn., about 1714. With William Craig and others of Pennsylvania he moved to Augusta county, Va., in 1740, being one of the original settlers of the county.

He married Elizabeth Henderson of Augusta county. His children were:

1. William;
2. Susan, married John Wayt;
3. Elizabeth married John Johnston of Eo- anoke;
4. James,
5. William A.,
6. Margaret and
7. John J.