hi
yes 1293 is def Willian his army pension show his father and mother,
my bell line comes from islay my father James stewart Bell married bella miller
daughter of john miller and mary mcgugan, manasses 1888s sister,
shame i d contact you few weeks earlier i had access to williams army pension , medal, and service records, but my subscrptions just expired,
perhaps you can access them using a free trial
some of my own familly army records revealed a few surprises,
on the subject of manasses i know one of them was blind,
and theres a story in old greenock news papers that one was birched for stealing a pawn ticket and 2 shillings, im not certain which manasses it was as there was 3 or 4 manasses in the mcgugan line,
the watt library, greenock has old news paper stories on line some might be of interest to you,
Ronnie