When Andrew Bell was born in 1747, in Hanover Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, Walter Bell, was 37 and his mother, Elizabeth Upsilon Zeta, was 33. He married Elizabeth Swope in 1773, in Hanover Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Newton Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1790 and Hopewell Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1800. He died on 5 November 1822, in Mifflin Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 75.
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Historical Boundaries 1750: Cumberland, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Cumberland, Pennsylvania, 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 NamesPrivate, 2nd Co. (Capt. Sam'l Finton), 1st Batt. Cumberland Co., Militia, 1779. Penna. Archives, Ser. 5, v. 6, p. 68, 445
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