John Bell
1812 - 1882 (69 years)
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Name John Bell [1, 2] Born 4 Jan 1812 Greystead near Bellingham, Northumberland, England 
[1] Gender Male Baptism 21 Sep 1812 Bellingham, Northumberland, England Occupation 1839 Farmer Residence 1839 Moralee, Warksburn, Wark on Tyne, Northumberland, England Occupation 1841 Agricultural Labourer Residence 1841 Hough Welton, Ovingham, Northumberland, England Residence 1851 Bankhead, Lee Hall, Leemailing, North Tyndale, Northumberland, England Residence 1861 Leemailing, Northumberland, England [1] Relation to Head of House: Head Died 1882 Houxtey Bankhead, Leehall, Bellingham, Northumberland, England Buried St. Michael's Church, Wark, Northumberland, England Person ID I820 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 26 Sep 2026
Father Jacob Bell, b. 1767, Halton, Northumberland, England , d. Between 1851 and 1861 (Age 84 years) Relationship natural Mother Ann Rutter, b. Abt 1781, Northumberland, England , d. Between 1841 and 1851, Wark on Tyne, Northumberland, England (Age 60 years) Relationship natural Married 28 Apr 1800 St. John-Lee, Acomb, Northumberland, England Family ID F233 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Frances Stobbard, b. 11 Jan 1815, Hexham, Northumberland, England , d. 1876, Wark-on-Tyne, Northumberland, England (Age 60 years) Married 8 Jun 1839 Wark on Tyne, Northumberland, England Children 1. Margaret Bell, b. 1844, Ovingham, Northumberland, England [natural]2. John Bell, b. 1849, Bellingham, Northumberland, England [natural]3. Luke Bell, b. 23 Apr 1854, Houxtey Bankhead, Leehall, Bellingham, Northumberland, England , d. 28 May 1926, Skipton, Yorkshire, England (Age 72 years) [natural]4. Mary Jane Bell, b. 1856, Bellingham, Northumberland, England [natural]Last Modified 26 Sep 2026 Family ID F230 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Family legend has it that the Bell's were illegitimately descended from one of the Stuart kings. Apparently Frances could recount the whole lineage, but that knowledge died with her. Regrettably, at the time, her daughters were not interested in preserving it.
Family tradition recounts that the Bells lived within five miles of Hexham Abbey.
In 1841 John and Frances have an 11 year old servant working for them named Mary White. She may have been a niece.
- Family legend has it that the Bell's were illegitimately descended from one of the Stuart kings. Apparently Frances could recount the whole lineage, but that knowledge died with her. Regrettably, at the time, her daughters were not interested in preserving it.
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Sources - [S58] 1861 England Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: Rg 9; Piece: 3869; Folio: 4; Page: 1; GSU roll: 543198.
- [S23] England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
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- [S58] 1861 England Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: Rg 9; Piece: 3869; Folio: 4; Page: 1; GSU roll: 543198.