wife of Matthew Bell

Married Matthew 1702 in Ireland.

“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" page 16-17. Archive.Org

Matthew Bell, son of Matthew Bell of Scotland and Ireland, and elder brother of John was born near Coleraine, county Londonderry, about 1677. He came to America about 1710, landing in New York and, making his way to Pennsylvania, settled there in Chester county, ,in the part which was subsequently Lancaster and then Cumberland. It is believed that he married in Ireland. His children were: Samuel, William, John and Joseph.

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Generation No. 2

https://www.thetintypeshop.com/family/Douglas/Surnames/AtoC/BE/Bell...

2. MATHEW2 BELL (MATTHEW1)1,1,1 was born 1677 in Colerain, Londonderry, Ireland1,1,1, and died 1722 in Cumberland, PA, USA1,1,1. He married UNKNOWN UNKNOWN1. She was born 1681 in Colerain, Londonderry, Ireland1.

Children of MATHEW BELL and UNKNOWN UNKNOWN are:

• i. SAMUEL3 BELL1,1, b. 1703, Ireland1,1; d. 17011.
• 3. ii. JOHN BELL, b. 18 Feb 1709/10, New York, New York, NY, USA; d. 21 Jan 1742/43, Cecil, MD, USA.
• iii. JOSEPH BELL1, b. 1714, New York City, New York, NY, USA1; d. 17731.
• 4. iv. JAMES BELL, b. 1718, Antrim, Ireland; d. 1787, Staunton, Augusta, VA, USA.

References

• Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County Pennsylvania, Volume 1 . By John Woolf Jordan. Page 252. GoogleBooks