William Bell, Sr
1705 - 1783 (78 years)-
Name William Bell [1, 2, 3, 4] Suffix Sr Birth 1705 Antrim, Antrim, Northern Ireland 
[1, 2, 4] Gender Male Family Search ID L5TJ-WMH Reference Number https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bell-9431 Burial 1783 New Side Churchyard Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [2] Death 29 Oct 1783 Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2, 3, 4] Person ID I43164 MontyHistNotes_II Last Modified 6 Sep 2025
Father John Bell, ¶, b. 1675, Northern Ireland d. 17 Sep 1751, Newtown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 76 years) Relationship natural Mother Anne Bennett, ¶, b. 1681, Northern Ireland d. 1731, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 50 years) Relationship natural Family ID F32290 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jane Jean Lea Richardson, b. 1710 d. 1780, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 70 years) Marriage 1731 [4] Children + 1. Captain George Bell, b. 1734, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA d. Mar 1816, Decatur, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 82 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. Pvt Thomas Bell, b. 1737, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 23 Jun 1815 (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. William Bell, b. 1743, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 11 Dec 1813, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 70 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]> 4. Arthur Bell, b. 11 Jan 1753, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA d. 6 Aug 1834, Westfield, Chautauqua, New York, USA (Age 81 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F30011 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 Sep 2025
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Birth - 1705 - Antrim, Antrim, Northern Ireland 
Death - 29 Oct 1783 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S831] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
Record for William Sr Bell
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2204&h=906530&indiv=try - [S2745] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for William Bell
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=136864948&indiv=try - [S3043] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 142 : 1918.
Record for Dorcas Bell
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61157&h=3605483&indiv=try - [S4118] Bell, Raymond Martin, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, (Name: Edwards Brothers Inc; Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan;), Bell, William (1705-1783) Page 48.
Book found on Ancestry.com
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/17131/
Book found at FamilySearch
https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/606611-the-bell-family-of-mifflin-county-pennsylvania-the-ancestors-and-descendants-of-john-henderson-bell-of-decatur-township
Book found at Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/bellfamilyofmiff00bell/page/n7/mode/2up
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/17131/
- [S831] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).