Biography

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 >

William Bell, son of John Bell, was born about 1740 in Lancaster county, Penn. He moved to Culpepper county, Va., where he married. He had a son, William Bell, who, born about 1775, married Hansbrough and had: Peter H., governor of Texas; James, William; a daughter who married Governor William Smith of Vir- ginia; and John.
However, Capt. James M. Bell, son of Samuel Bell, is seen as the father of the children above.

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Children of JOHN BELL and UNKNOWN UNKNOWN are:

5. ii. WILLIAM BELL, b. 15 Oct 1740, Cecil City, Cecil, MD, USA; d. 1796.

References

1. 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 >
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hansborough_Bell (1810-1898) married Ella Rives Eaton
3. Coyner, C. Luther (July 1899). "Peter Hansborough Bell". The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association. 3 (1). Texas State Historical Association: 49–53. https://www.jstor.org/stable/30242699
4. https://www.thetintypeshop.com/family/Douglas/Surnames/AtoC/BE/Bell... (dead link)