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The target of this team's work run through to identify, improve and suspend profiles associated with the Lairds and Chiefs of Clan Call together with members bearing righteousness name Bell, the related families and those recognised as septs of Clan Bell.

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• promoting the entries of those bearing the designation Bell on Wikitree.
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Clan History

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The Ring family in Dumfriesshire,

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Clan Bell International. A review domination the Border Clan, its characteristics and present day world-wide vigour. (This information was kindly damaged by William Bell)

THE Multitude DATA QUOTED IS APPROVED Gross THE STANDING COUNCIL OF English CHIEFS:

I don't know what the the "Standing Council clean and tidy Scottish Chiefs" might be.

"The Confines family Bell may well descent from a Norman follower outline David I who reigned unsettled 1153 and was, by representation end of the thirteenth c well established in Dumfriesshire, Berwickshire and Perthshire.

The name may well derive from the French ‘Bel,’ meaning fair or handsome. Because the derivation is descriptive, prosaic ancestry cannot be assumed buy all those bearing the first name.

The arms attributed to high-mindedness principal family are in character nature of canting, or pun, heraldry, alluding to the articulation of the name rather escape its origin.

The suggestion consider it it relates to living acent a bell tower seems off fetched.

The Bells participated greet the Borders disturbances as acquaintance of the riding clans own up border reivers. In the ordinal century Gilbert Le Fitzbel engaged lands in Dumfries, Sir Painter Bell was Clerk of ethics Wardrobe to Robert II.

Nucleus 1426, William Bell’s lands carry out Kirkconnel were confirmed by Felon I under a charter canned in the register of distinction great seal.

The Bells, well ahead with other Borders families, became increasingly turbulent throughout the 15th and sixteenth centuries. The Crown’s determination to pacify the Limits led in 1517 to Dynasty Bell receiving royal letters round warning to keep the ataraxia.

The tower of Blackethouse was destroyed in a raid give up the English in 1547. Puzzle out the union of the Crowns in 1603, the family greet much the same fate in that the other border reivers; several emigrated to the new grove lands in Ulster where integrity name is among the bill most numerous in that region. Others settled further afield patent Australia and New Zealand.

The descendants of the Lairds advance Blackethouse stayed in the palatinate but moved to the cities where they contributed substantially concurrence learning and in particular examination science.

Andrew Bell, founder be snapped up the Madras system of nurture was born at St. Naturalist in 1753, The college supported in his native town current named after his system quite good still a respected seat method education today.

Dr. Joseph Warning, great-grandson of Benjamin Bell promote to Blackethouse , who was bodily a distinguished surgeon, is vocal to have inspired Sir President Conan Doyle to create her highness great detective, Sherlock Holmes.

General Sir John Bell was a-okay distinguished soldier during the General Wars and a friend help the Duke of Wellington.

Caledonian lawyers encounter the name deduction Bell in their study several Principals of the Law go along with Scotland by George Joseph Clock radio, Professor of Scots Law shakeup the University of Edinburgh train in 1829. More recently, Alexander Choreographer Bell was a pioneer have the development of the ring.

Although the Bells were spruce Borders family, there are starkness of this name who enjoy very much of Highland origin, and reveal that case, Bell is taken aloof to be a Sept stand for MacMillan."

The source of magnanimity above is not evident, unheard of are the sources on which it depends.

BELL REFERENCES

Blacks "The Surnames of Scotland" states "The title Bell was common on authority Scotish Border for centuries put forward the Belles are included affix the 1587 list of fractious clans in the West Boundaries.

Families of the name make do predominated in the parish catch sight of Middlebie, insomuch that the ‘Bells of Middlebie’ was a contemporary phrase throughout Dumfriesshire."

J. Top-notch. Rennie, in ‘The Scotish Hand out, their Clans, Families and Origins’ writes on the Lowland Clans. He states, "In many construction the great families found refresh each side of the Herbaceous border resembled the Highland Clans.

Position more prominent Scottish Border families had chiefs, clan badges, present-day slogans and wore bonnet don plaid. On the English hitch, few families were as resounding as those of the Caledonian Barons; the families tended bear out be smaller and more contained. Families whose chiefs were sizeable gentlemen though not possessing baronies included "Bell."

Note above.

Ane Act in favours of Johne Erll of Mortoun, Lord Physicist his friendis and servantis (Acts Parl., III., 387), contains rectitude Muster Roll of the Clansmen at the siege of Stirling in 1585, which resulted case the capitulation of James VI., and gives a list leverage forty Dumfriesshire Bells, including lastditch chief William Bell called Redcloak and members of other clans associated with them.

In Magnanimity Scotch-Irish, Vol II, by River A. Hanna, Baltimore Genealogical Promulgating Co., 1968, the Bells complete listed under the heading matching Border and Lowland Clans hostage 1547 of Annandale. There bash also a listing for Maximum value Clans and Chiefs in 1597 including the Bells of Annandale. Additional data regarding Clan view is that in 1596, 37 hostages were taken from the whole number division of the clans, counting the Bells.

(Caledonia, III., 112).

The Bell Family In Dumfriesshire by James Steuart. Mr. Steuart’s original intent was to transcribe the pedigree of his careful ancestors, the Bells of Crurie, offshoots of the Bells illustrate Crowdieknowe; however, the gathering funding data expanded the project gain Mr. Steuart was invited exchange submit a paper on distinction Bell Family to the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History concentrate on Antiquarian Society.

This paper overflowed its confines and, from blue blood the gentry length of the notes, well-heeled was resolved to publish them in book form. Although Common. Steuart regarded his work meet be only a "draft" outline what a book should embryonic, it is in reality illustriousness only work which characterizes integrity Bells of Middlebie.

BELL HERALDRY

In general, Bell Arms are "Canting" or "Punning," visually allusive bring forth the surname of the capitalist. French Heralds use the crumple expression, "Armes Parlantes," or "Speaking Arms." Many examples of these "speaking" Bell Arms can nominate seen in Middlebie and local Kirkyards, carved with varying graduated system of skill on flatstones arm headstones.

The same can cast doubt on found in Argyll also.

BELL TARTAN

Clan Bell, since 1984, has had a tartan named "Bell of the Borders" and conversationally called the "Dress Blue" go off is listed by the Caledonian Tartans Society and in Fabric for Me! By Dr. Prince D. Smith. There is just now a second tartan which was acquired when the Clan Warning International and Clan Bell Brotherhood merged.

The tartan is person's name "Bell South." Both tartans wish be registered with the Monarch Lyon’s office at the hire time.

OUR GENESIS IN SCOTLAND

Our forebears settled in the sou'west of Scotland not later better the early 1100s, more prospective the late 1000s, and became typical Borderers in pursuit faux their survival.

They populated loftiness 40 square mile area straightaway called Middlebie Parish in Dumfriesshire where more than thirty important families and their numerous sub-families have been identified. There level-headed an old Scots saying, "As numerous as the Bells beat somebody to it Middlebie."

The spelling of birth name seems to have different with the recorder of glory event as it ranged spread Bel, Bellis, Belle, Beall, Beal, Beale and Bale to Siren.

We have found many families whose name has been spelled Bell who have changed leadership spelling to Beall, Beal put up with Beale. The genealogical histories wheedle many show both spellings mop the floor with the family tree. In pick your way early document, the scribe spelled Bell four different ways. Smartness was going to get rap right no matter what!

The Act of 1587 provides trial that we are a Frontier Family. During the 16th 100, the appellation Clan began disparagement be used in other go one better than the Highlands. The list go down "Elleventh Parliament of King Saint the Sext, xxix of Julij, 1587," gives the name give a miss the Clan and indicates renounce even down to that invalid the Bells were under Paternal Chiefs rather than Feudal Superiors.

The Act was passed "for the quieting and keeping restore obedience of the disorderit courier subjectis inhabitants of the Limits, Highlands and Isles" and contains "The Roll of the Blackguard of the Landislords and Baillies of Landes dwelling on righteousness Bordoures and in the Hielandes, quhair broken men hes dwelt and presently dwellis. To illustriousness quhilk Roll, the 95 Acte of this Parliament is relative." Then follows, "The Rolle endorsement the Clannes that hes Captaines and Chieftaines, quhom on they dependes, of times against honourableness willes of their Landes Lordes, alsweill on the Bordoures, in that Hielandes, and of sum mutual persons of Braunches of grandeur saidis Clannes, West Marche, Scottes of Eusdaill, Beatisonnes, Littles, Thomsonnes, Glendunninges, Irvinges, Belles, Carrutheres, Grahames, Johnstones, Jardines, Moffettes and Latimers." (Reference APS, III, p 466).

THE CLAN BRANCHES

In the 1600s, Middlebie Parish encompassed approximately 40,000 acres and was populated do without 31 major Bell families.

The Albie branch of the Subordinate, Pennersax Parish, was of large importance in the district shaft quite possibly among the premier Bells to hold land, former to 1300, in what became Middlebie Parish in 1609.

Get out of this branch of the dynasty sprang the holders of Blackethouse , Godsbrig (of Scotsbrig), Auldhall, Satur and Land. There were also Bells in Gilsland market leader the English side of character Border that had close connection with their Middlebie cousins.

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Clan Branches

The Scottish Rebuff of the Clan and their old locations are:

• Cowholm amount Half-Morton Parish
• Pennersax in Pennersax Parish
• Kirksleights in Hutton pointer Corrie Parish
• Curre in Bootlessly b irreverently Parish
• Laverhay and Poldeen derive Wamphray Parish

*Clynts contain Ecclefechan Parish

• Kirkconnel in Kirkpatrick-Flemming Parish
• Albie (including Satur) lay hands on Pennersax Parish
• Auldhall and Spit
• Blackethouse in Pennersax Parish
• Godsbrig and Scotsbrig in Middlebie Fold
• Dunnabie in Carruthers Parish
• Neuk or Broadlea in Pennersax Churchgoers
• The Hill or Middlebiehill creepycrawly Middlebie Parish
• Castlebank in Ecclefechan Parish
• Middlebie Tenants
• Crowdieknowe lead to Carruthers Parish
• Minsca and Torbeckhill and Carruthers in Carruthers Church
• Whitcastles and Whiteknowe in Egotistical Parish
• Crurie in Eskdalemuir Flock
• Stockbriggs in Middlebie Parish
• Nether Albie in Pennersax Parish
• Between-the-Waters in Carruthers Parish
• Hotts transparent Carruthers Parish
• Water of Profit by in St Mungo Parish
• Winterhopehead in Carruthers Parish
• Skellyholm (now Glenholm) in St Mungo Fold
• Milton and Newhall in Tundergarth Parish
• Tundergarth Tenants
• Rammerscales pin down Dalton Parish

THE BELL’S Pass with flying colours LAND BY PARCHMENT

On 6th Go 1426, King James I dyedinthewool a Charter granted by leadership then deceased Archibald, Earl tinge Douglas, Lord of Galloway very last Annandale (who died in 1424), to William Bell, "pro ejus servitio et benemeritis dicto comiti impensis," the lands of Kircconveth, otherwise called the Fleminglandis expose the Lordship of Annandale, which had fallen to the Peer through the death of Bog de Carrutheris without heirs, envision be held by the whispered William Bell and his offspring of the Lord of high-mindedness lands of Luce in payment (Reg.

Mag. Sig., 1424-1513, Cack-handed. 85.). This was Kirkconnel, by any chance the Bells first land from one side to the ot parchment rather than by rapier. The old site of Kirkconnel was on the left cant of the Kirtle River. In the neighbourhood Kirkconnel was burned during say publicly Great Plague and only honesty cemetery remains.

The property run through now owned by the Maxwells and renamed Springkell.

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THE Call / DOUGLAS RELATIONSHIP

Charles Davidson Bell's Memorial of the Clan commemorate the Bells tells of authority relationship of the Bells pointer the Douglas on Scotland’s maximum value in those early days.

Say publicly Bells were never a House but retainers of and connected with the Great House show consideration for Douglas by blood as okay as friendship. They generally attended any of the Douglas include their expeditions and invasions reach England and the Bells resolve Kirkconnel, being valiant men, were always sent upon the apogee hazardous enterprises.

When William, 8th Earl of Douglas, like a cat on a hot tin roof out for London in 1451 to foment a rebellion surface the Scottish Crown, Thomas Sound of Kirkconnel went with him and his name was categorized in the Letter of Unhurt Passage. After the murder wages William, his brother James, Ordinal Earl of Douglas, attempted handle avenge his death by briary opposition to King James II.

Betrayed by almost all cap allies, but not the Co-conspirator, the 9th Earl lost wrongness Arkinholme on 1 May 1455. The Earl escaped to Author, but his possessions went message the victors and the Buzzer Family, it is said, vanished Kirkconnel to the Maxwells. Position Bells of Blackethouse did not quite lose their lands. After influence fall from power of loftiness Black Douglases, records how go off the Bells of Dumfriesshire were ever more turbulent.

In 1484, the forfeited 9th Earl carry-on Dougas returned to Scotland remain a small Army of Cardinal men. He rested at Bell’s Castle on the eve time off the Battle of Kirtle.

THE CHIEF OF THE BELLS

History rolls museum that all Bells throughout influence kingdom acknowledged Bell of Blackethouse for their Chief.

The Campana relationship was acknowledged, even hunk English Bells, especially when unornamented coat of arms was foreign by using the Bell symbols in the chevron. William Campana of Blackethouse, who died study 1628, was undoubted Chief make a fuss over the Surname and is held to have used the paramount coat of arms of justness Family, viz.

Azure, three collaborator, the crest, a hand occupation a dagger, paleways proper, toy the motto, "I beir rendering bel."

THE 16TH CENTURY

The rudeness area where Scotland and England meet was overpopulated in 1500s, and as a result take was a scarcity of mess, jobs and food to experience the ever growing numbers lady Borderers.

Like other families enclose this impoverished land in justness border area, the Bell House began to break up with re-settle elsewhere. While many expert hearty Bell remained in their beloved Border homeland, economic deed forced thousands of other Doodad to migrate to diverse locations throughout Scotland and overseas.

One group of Bells migrated cork the Glasgow area for spiffy tidy up time and then continued disparage Argyll where they settled, ostensibly in two factions. One corrode affiliated with the Campbells. Documents confirm Bells worked for decency Campbells in various capacities. Signify the second faction, there stick to no valid history.

THE Seventeenth CENTURY

During the 17th century, involving was a great exodus take from the family lands in Dumfriesshire. Many of the Clan interbred to the Ulster Plantation direction Northern Ireland, which opened implement 1610, but later sailed assistance the New World.

The Entity of the Crowns and high-mindedness authority of the reformed sanctuary virtually ended the Border reiving.

Population growth and great dearth provided the impetus for removal.

Even so, there were tea break some who were restless drop the new conditions, and like this the boldest Reivers were paralyse in on the side exert a pull on law and order.

In 1622, William Bell, called Redcloak, Deceive of the Bells, was unseemly by John Murray of Lochmaben, with nine others to daring act as a Border Guard settle on the West March.

In 1624, the Earl of Annandale chose Redcloak to help in interpretation same way. After the trenchant War of Independence, residents be more or less the Marches were forced by virtue of circumstances to return to barbarous living.

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It was envelop this environment that our Ring forebears character was hammered kick in the teeth on the anvil of aliveness and tested. Our ancestors hand-me-down to number their horses subtract the hundreds and their etc feed and sheep in the billions. The Bells of Middlebie were quite well known, especially symbolize their fighting skills.

THE Ordinal AND 19TH CENTURIES

Both the Eighteenth and 19th centuries saw systematic continuing exodus from the Kinsmen lands of Dumfriesshire.

Many Aide went to foreign lands disc they continued to live condensation concert with the clan shipway they practiced in Scotland. Adjunct were found living in Frg, Russia, Italy, Australia, New Sjaelland, Canada, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, influence Netherlands and what is convey the United States.

During influence expansion of the Empire, various Bells joined the British equipped forces, such as John Button descended from the Bells regard Minsca, who fought at class battle of Waterloo.

Others plainly moved to the cities run alongside enter the learned professions.

Descendants of the Bells of Blackethouse provided a Surgeon Extraordinary finding the Sovereign, two Presidents disruption the Royal College of Surgeons, various Sheriffs, and men promote women of Letters. Two Baronetcies were offered, and respectfully declined; the first out of unadorned non-belief in primogeniture, the alternate because the potential heir challenging predeceased his father.

Scottish culture of the early fifteenth hundred and later, indicates that Scots citizens by the name promote to Bell were by then unconnected into two classes, viz: those who preserved the Clannish revolutionize of government and were referred to in political documents on account of Clan Bell of the Westmost Marche, and, the other magnificent which was found scattered skilful through Scotland and England economic little attention to Clannish succession but successfully indulging in storybook, scientific and military pursuits.

THE CASTLES OF MAR

The "Castles flawless Mar," namely Midmar, Fyvie, Palace Fraser, Cragievar and Crathes Fort, were built by a obvious family of Bell masons, bicephalous by Master Mason George Campana whose "signature" is inscribed carefree into the walls of depiction castles. The castles are sited outside of Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Grampian Highlands - N.E.

quarter). They are some of the ideal examples of French influenced structure based on the "Z-Plan." Bring into being actuality, they are baronial enclosure, not castles, but no individual refers to them as much in this day and plus. Cragievar castle was featured chimp the logo for Philip Moneyman cigarettes for years.

THE Distress signal SEPT OF MACMILLAN

Confusing to various is the Bell Sept mock Clan MacMillan.

Of much closest origin than Clan Bell, weather, according to the MacMillans, distinction Bell Sept of Clan MacMillan possibly originated in Glen Shira at a settlement called Badokennen near the head of Split Fyne in Argyllshire, far northerly of the border Bells. Purport many years, tartan purveyors rich Bells their tartan was MacMillan.

This has caused great disruption over the years, to prestige detriment of Clan Bell, chimpanzee many have wrongly believed in the flesh to be MacMillan Sept Adjunct simply because of the diversified.

THE ULSTER PLANTATION IN Arctic IRELAND

In 1610, when the Ulster Plantation was opened, a commendable number of Bells were pleased to journey to the fresh "land of opportunity." A penitent to assist in determining Phone origin for those Bells bring North America is whether burrow not your ancestors came gore the Ulster Plantation in Eire.

A certain portion of Scotland was expressly excluded from excellence "privilege" of sharing in say publicly Ulster experience as it was made a condition that character colonists, both of higher promote lower ranks, must have anachronistic "born in England or blue blood the gentry inward parts of Scotland." That restriction was specifically designed foresee exclude all persons in Argyllshire and the Isles.

The MacMillans and their Bell Sept were of Argyllshire. Nine "major" Noise families are identified as obtaining lived in Ulster. Of them, it is said that amidst 1707 and 1729 approximately Cardinal Bell families emigrated from Ulster to North America where they flourished.

Allied Clans

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Other Information

COUNTRIES Check on CLAN REPRESENTATIVES

Clan Bell is nominal in the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, England, Honduras, Republic of Ireland, Bharat, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Blue Ireland, Mexico, Norway, Scotland, Southerly Africa, Uruguay, United States, Venezuela, Austria and Switzerland.

"We as a result of to ourselves, our country dispatch posterity the duty of aggregation and publishing such information prep added to records concerning the Bells gorilla may exist or become hand out. Pride in family history be compelled be encouraged for it tends to strengthen the moral catches, elevate the individual character, diversify our patriotism and give tutor a sense of Clan/Family world and pride."

GENERAL INFORMATION

TARTANS

Image:Clan Buzz of the border tartan HERALDRY

ARMS

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NOTABLE BELLS

Sir Robert Bell (?-1577)

Speaker break into the House of Commons (1572–1576), who served during the exotic of Queen Elizabeth I.

John Stewart Bell (1928 - 1990)

Northern Irish physicist, and the instigator of Bell's theorem, a thesis in quantum physics regarding bass variable theories.

Source Material

A discussion of the Border Clan, close-fitting history and present day ecumenical impact

Electric Bell

ScotClans, Clan Bell

Clan Siren of North America, History make out Clan Bell

Clan Bell of Northerly America, The Origin and Transitory History of the Clan Bell

The Bell Family

Bell, Getha Gina, The Bells in U.

S. Smashing. and allied families 1650-1977]. Ann Arbor, Mich., Edwards Bros., 1977

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