Joseph Bell

Not the same as Capt. Joseph Bell, Sr.. Not the husband of that 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.

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Disambiguation

Not the same as Capt. Joseph Bell, Sr.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bell-1622

(For a time a tradition was current among the descendant of Joseph Bell to the effect that he was an only child, son of a Joseph Bell who was murdered, with his wife, by an indentured servant. The origin of this tradition is not clear, but it is known that there was an older Joseph Bell (contemporary to William Bell, father of Joseph . This older Joseph Bell purchased a lot at the founding of Staunton in 1747, and received a license to operate an “ordinary” in 1758. It seems likely that he was a close associate, probably a brother of William Bell, which could account for the confusion in the tradition).

References

• https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/b/e/l/Thomas-W-Bell/GENE25-0002.html
• 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 >