Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in USA
The earliest record of William Bell the Farmer is May 6, 1738 when he is listed as owning a 203 acre farm on Paxton Creek, then Paxton Township, Lancaster County. This farm was located in what is known today as Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania and known as "Bell's Increase". It was in the Bell family until 1796. The stone house built about 1760 was torn down in 1970 to make way for the Progress Avenue exit of Interstate 81. William was likely an Ulster Scot, born in Ireland and came to Paxton from Bucks County as early as 1736. He may have been the nephew of John Bell I who came from Ireland to Bucks County in 1719 and who died in Newtown in 1751. He was an elder of the New Side Presbyterian Church of Paxton.
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| Date of Birth | 1st Jan 1705 (circa) | VIEW SOURCE |
| Date of Death | 23rd Oct 1783 | VIEW SOURCE |
| Names of Children | John, George, Jean, Thomas, Sara, Mary, William, Dorcas, Margaret, Arthur and Andrew Will of William Bell - August 18, 1780 Recorded in Lancaster County Pennsylvania in Will Book D, Volume 1, Page 391 | VIEW SOURCE |
