When Thomas Francis Bell was born on 22 June 1844, in Duplin, North Carolina, United States, his father, John Dixon, was 36 and his mother, Margaret Jane Bell, was 34. He married Mary Ann King about 1866, in Duplin, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Warsaw, Duplin, North Carolina, United States in 1870 and Magnolia, Duplin, North Carolina, United States in 1880. He died on 10 July 1925, in Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Bellevue Cemetery, Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, United States.
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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.
Possible Related NamesEnlisted in New Hanover County, NC at age 17, April 22, 1864 in the 2nd Regiment NC Artillery, 2nd Company D. Present or accounted for through August, 1864. Probably fought in both battles at Fort Fis …
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