A101 RALPH BELL.
A102 Robert, of Sowerby: 1615-1711.
A103 Ralph, of Sowerby: d. s. p. 1735. He was succeeded by his nephew.
A104 Ralph Consett, of Brawith Hall, who assumed under his uncle’s will, the surname of Bell : d. 1770.
A105 Ralph, of Thirsk: b. 1720.
(1) John, A106.
(2) Robert, of Kildale: b. 1768.
(A) Marianne.: m. Edmund Turton.
(3) Marianne,: m. 1798, Rev. Henry Gale, M.A.
A106 John, of Thirsk: b. 1764.
(1) Ralph: b. 1804, d. y.
(2) John, of Thirsk: b. 1809; d. unm. 1857, having devised the estate to his nephew.
(3) Frances ,: m. 1823, Rev. Wm. MacBean.
(A) Frederick , of Thirsk Hall: b. 1830; J. P. and D. L.; Capt. North York Rifles; assumed name and arms of Bell , by Royal License 1852, and d. s. p. 1875.
(B) Archibald: b. 1832; d. s. p. 1868.
(C) Alfred: 1833-1847.
(D) Frances : m. 1847, Rev. Henry Smith: d. 1859.
(a) Reginald, now of Thirsk Hall: A107
(b) Henry.
(c) Frances Elizabeth.
(d) Josephine Henrietta
(E) Elizabeth : m. 1859, Henry Robert Markham.
(4) Jane.
A107 Reginald, of Thirsk Hall, co. York : b. 1848; assumed the surname and arms of Pell by Royal License, 1877.
(1) John, J. P. North Riding Yorks : b. 1879; Ch: Robert (1907), Peter (1912).
(2) Frederick : Capt. Gordon Highlanders, b. 1881.
(3) Rev. Ralph: b. 1884.
(4) Violet Eva: m. 1902, Frederick G. Walker.
(5) Henrietta May: m. 1905, Ulick Roland Burke.
(6) Evelyn Heather.
There is a small mistake. Violet Eva Bell was my grandmother and she married Frederick Edmund Walker of Ravensthorpe manor,not Frederick G. Walker.
The Bells of Thirsk first appear in the records with the marriage of John Bell and Elizabeth Hasselbury 23rd July 1542
A Henry Bell was first granted land at Fawdington near Thirsk in mid 1500, some names appear to match Bells from the Dent and Askrigg areasof Yorkshire, but don’t know if this is significant.
Current indications are that the Bells from Dent and Askrigg had relatives spread far and wide across England, to points as far away as Norfolk, this is also supported by DNA results matched to paper records.
The earliest Bell births at Thirsk seem to be in the 1570’s which predates claims that the Bells cannot be traced back this far due to an adoption, the adoption referred to would effect one line of descendancy and there are about 6 or more other lines of descendancy from Thirsk, which all predate this adoption as I recall.
Mike Bell, Bell Clan descendant.
Francis Bell of Stamford, Connecticut (1611-1689) may have come from Thirsk, according to some sources (my family believed he was from Scotland). Do you know if this is the case?