Brief Life History of Mary
Mary Bell was born on 3 March 1792, in Pasquotank MM, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States. She died on 9 July 1839, in Wayne, Indiana, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in South Lawn Cemetery, Dublin, Jackson Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Joshua Morris and Edith Wilson marriage; in the U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681
- Named in will of father
- Quaker record of marriage
World Events (3)
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
Age 2
1799 · Gold Nuggets Found
Age 7
1816
Age 24
Name Meaning
English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from the Middle English personal name Bell. As a man's name this is from Old French beu, bel ‘handsome’, which was also used as a nickname. As a female name it represents a short form of Isabel .
English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from Middle English belle ‘bell’ (Old English belle), in various applications; most probably a metonymic occupational name for a bell ringer or bell maker, or a topographic name for someone living ‘at the bell’ (as attested by 14th-century forms such as John atte Belle). This indicates either residence by an actual bell (e.g. a town's bell in a bell tower, centrally placed to summon meetings, sound the alarm, etc.) or ‘at the sign of the bell’, i.e. a house or inn sign (although surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in Scots and English).
English: from Middle English bel ‘fair, fine, good’ (Old French bel ‘beautiful, fair’). See also Beal 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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