This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/iQB.2ACE/721.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Dear Carol, I may very well have jumped to an unrealiable conclusion on the Bell family information. I found this in the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire By Syil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin Davis......Page 87 BELL Shadrach, New Castle, first ment. at Cape Eliz. 1683. Taxed New Castle 1691. His wid. Rachel and three younger sons deeded common rights in 1722. Children are listed as: Shadrach b. 3 July 1685 Elizabeth born 19 Mar 1687/88 Meshach b. 29 Jan 1689/90 Benjamin b. 5 Aug 1695 Thomas b. 12 Mar 1699/1700 I wasn't sure of the birth year of our Elizabeth Bell at the time. Thank you for correcting me. Respectfully Yours, Angie