Rebecca Bell
1770 - 1816 (46 years)
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Name Rebecca Bell [1] Birth 26 Apr 1770 Virginia 
Gender Female Residence 1784 South of the French Broad River Death 14 Sep 1816 Missouri Person ID I29995 MacFarlane Last Modified 29 May 2024
Family John McFarland, Senator BY146078, b. 28 Feb 1764, Bedford Co., Virginia d. 20 Jul 1820, Saline Township, Ste. Genevieve Co., MO. (Age 56 years) Marriage 20 Jul 1786 South of the French Broad River Married 20 Jul 1786 South of the French Broad river, Indian territory Children + 1. John McFarland, b. 14 Feb 1787, South of the French Broad river, Indian territory d. 26 Mar 1874, Fannin Co., Texas (Age 87 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 2. Anna McFarland, b. 23 Apr 1790, Greene Co., (N.C.) Tennessee d. 29 Dec 1869, St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA (Age 79 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 3. William Bell McFarland, RoM02, b. 16 Nov 1792, Greene Co., Tennessee d. 10 Jan 1839, Cooper Co., Missouri (Age 46 years)+ 4. James E. McFarland, BY146078 RoM02, b. 20 Jan 1795, Jefferson Co., Tennessee d. 18 Oct 1871, Fannin Co. Texas (Age 76 years)+ 5. Rebecca McFarland, b. 23 Jan 1798, Kentucky d. 1859, Sherman, Grayson Co., Texas (Age 60 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 6. Mary McFarland, b. 3 Jun 1800, Buncombe Co., North Carolina d. 30 Jan 1857, Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA (Age 56 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 7. Arthur McFarland, b. 19 May 1803, Buncombe Co., North Carolina d. Apr 1850, Texas Co., Missouri (Age 46 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 8. Sarah Hale McFarland, b. 14 Apr 1806, Buncombe Co., North Carolina d. 14 May 1877, Everett, Cass Co., Missouri (Age 71 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 9. Joseph McFarland, b. 10 Jan 1809, Haywood Co., North Carolina d. Between 1860 and 1870, Missouri (Age 50 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 10. Nancy Caroline McFarland, b. 24 May 1812, Haywood Co., North Carolina d. 14 Nov 1909, Fannin Co., Texas (Age 97 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F5712 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 May 2024
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Notes - Mary Helen Haines notes:
I have detached Rebecca Bell from James Bell of Augusta Co. VA and his wife Agnes Hogshead. Even though he had a daughter named Rebecca, new evidence just discovered makes William Bell the likely father. (2016) What makes this likely is the discovery of the Petitions in 1784 from the inhabitants South of the French Broad River to the North Carolina General Assembly, asking for inclusion of their territory into Greene Co. In the list of people signing in 1788 there is a William Bell included in the list with John McFarland. Considering that John and Rebecca Bell McFarland name their second son William Bell McFarland, we can safely assume this connection.
Source:
Henderson, Cherel Bolin, transcriber. "Petitions to the North Carolina General Assembly from Inhabitants South of the Franch Broad-1784-1789". Tennessee Ancestors, Vol. 17, No. 3, East Tennessee Historical Society, Dec. 2001.
Older notes:
There is a Rebecca Bell listed in the will of James Bell about 1782, Augusta County. This James Bell was probably born in Northern Ireland and came to Va. via Pennsylvania, just as the McFarlands did. He lived near Staunton, VA at Long Glades, and had children listed in the will as: James, Frances, David, Samuel, Thomas, Agnes, Sarah, and Rebecca. More research will need to be done to determine if this is the correct match. This particular James Bell would have been about 60 years old at her birth, which seems a little old. Maybe Rebecca Bell married to John McFarland, is a granddaughter to James Bell married to Agnes Hogshead and had an aunt named Rebecca.
From the Bell Clan website: http://www.clanbell.org/content/view/47/86/
THE ULSTER PLANTATION IN NORTHERN IRELAND
In 1610, when the Ulster Plantation was opened, a good number of Bells were encouraged to journey to the new "land of opportunity." A standard to assist in determining Bell origin for those Bells in North America is whether or not your ancestors came through the Ulster Plantation in Ireland.
A certain portion of Scotland was expressly excluded from the "privilege" of sharing in the Ulster experience as it was made a condition that the colonists, both of higher and lower ranks, must have been "born in England or the inward parts of Scotland." This restriction was specifically designed to exclude all persons in Argyllshire and the Isles. The MacMillans and their Bell Sept were of Argyllshire.
Nine "major" Bell families are identified as having lived in Ulster. Of them, it is said that between 1707 and 1729 approximately 500 Bell families emigrated from Ulster to North America where they flourished.
Not enough is known about Rebecca Bell and where she died or is buried. One story passed to me was that she died in Kentucky on the road, however by September, 1816 the family would have been in Missouri according to the birth place of Louisa, John Jr.'s daughter in 1815. The death date of Sept. 14, 1816 is recorded in the Bible records of daughter Nancy Caroline McFarland Sloan. It is also recorded in a separate Bible record owned by Lucille McFarland of Newport, Oregon. Obituary of her daughter Mary says that mother was a Baptist.
Not enough is known about Rebecca Bell and where she died or is buried. The date of 1816 seems too late. They should have been in Missouri by 1815 according to births. Obituary of her daughter Mary says that mother was a Baptist.
- Mary Helen Haines notes:
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Sources - [S1772] Henderson, Cherel Bolin, transcriber, "Inhabitants South of the French Broad-1784-1789", (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Tennessee Ancestors, Vol. 17, No. 3, East Tennessee Historical Society, .;;;;;), Inhabitants South of the French Broad.
- [S1772] Henderson, Cherel Bolin, transcriber, "Inhabitants South of the French Broad-1784-1789", (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Tennessee Ancestors, Vol. 17, No. 3, East Tennessee Historical Society, .;;;;;), Inhabitants South of the French Broad.