One of the earliest known “Bell” ancestors was Belus, the first high priest and architect of the Temple of Bel in Babylonia, 2600 B.C. (Tower of Babel).This Belus was son of Namrut and appears in the Bible as Accad or Akad, son of Nimrod.
This family also descends through the Hyksos Kings and The Ramessedian Dynasty of Egypt and Danaus King or Argos , all of whose family names were Bel.
Beltani, the Arch Patriarch or Great Dan (Dan) of Belfort in Gaul , was Chief of the Belovici, the ruling tribe of the Belgae Confederation, whom Caesar mentions as being good fighters.
Beltam’s son, Belcaramas, was b. 127 B.C.; m. Hiltara, dau. of the Lord of Tara, 107 B. C.; came into Ireland , 87 B. C. and founded Belfast . Salem , of the Belg or Belovici tribe, came into England 423 A. D. under Zephan or Belcevanus, from Ireland . He had a son Tomas. Tomas’ son, the first Bell in Great Britain to bear the family name, was Archer or Arthor Bel of Waybridge in Surrey , England , A. D. 1026. He was chief of the Archers in the levies of King Harold and was killed at the Battle of Hastings.