John Usher Bell
Abt 1830 - 1907 (76 years)
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Name John Usher Bell Born Abt 28 Jan 1830 Wark on Tyne, Northumberland, England 
Gender Male Baptism 28 Jan 1830 Wark on Tyne, Northumberland, England Residence 1851 Bridge House, Shitlington Township, Wark on Tyne, Northumberland, England Residence 1881 Lee Hall, Leemailing, Wark on Tyne, Northumberland, England Died 1907 Low Angerton near Morpeth, Wark on Tyne, Northumberland, England Person ID I847 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 26 Sep 2026
Father George Bell, b. Abt 1811, Warden near Hexham, Northumberland, England , d. Abt 1850 (Age 39 years) Relationship natural Mother Margaret Usher, b. Abt 1810, Heatherington, Wark on Tyne, Northumberland, England , d. Aft 1851 (Age > 42 years) Relationship natural Married 5 Jun 1830 Wark on Tyne, Northumberland, England Family ID F168 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Esther Thompson, b. 1831, Wark on Tyne, Northumberland, England , d. Aft 1881 (Age > 51 years) Married 19 Mar 1853 Wark on Tyne, Northumberland, England Children 1. Mary Bell, b. Abt 20 Nov 1853, Bellingham, Northumberland, England , d. Aft 1881 (Age > 29 years) [natural]2. Maggie Bell, b. 1865, St. John-Lee, Acomb, Northumberland, England , d. Aft 1881 (Age > 17 years) [natural]Last Modified 26 Sep 2026 Family ID F240 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - John was the illegitimage son of Margaret Usher. She later married George Bell. It is not certain the George Bell is actually John's natural father, or just adopted father.
John Usher Bell was a farmer of 450 acres at Lee Hall, Leemailing near Bellingham, Northumberland, England. Lee Hall is the location of the "Lang Pack Tragedy" -- where a burgler who tried to break into Lee Hall by hiding in a pedlar's sack. When the sack moved one of the servants of the house fired his gun into the back killing the would be burgler. His unidentified body is buried in the yard of St. Cuthbert's Church, Bellingham.
In 1881 John Usher Bell had an "indoor farm servant" working for him, named Abraham Dawson, born 1863 in Allendale, Northumberland. Abraham Dawson is found elsewhere in this database as the brother-in-law of Rev. Luke Bell.
- John was the illegitimage son of Margaret Usher. She later married George Bell. It is not certain the George Bell is actually John's natural father, or just adopted father.