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Hi Ed:
William and Alexander Bell of Drumlough.
I have documented from 1769 Freeholder Records through to 1929 PRONI Valuation Records. There were other Bell families in the same area but I just focused on the land #7 James/William Bell to Isaac and Susan Irvine; and #37 Alexander & Samuel Bell to John A Bell to William Bell.
Maybe something will help you track your family.
Bells of Drumlough
Records in chronological order for the earliest to the latest Bell families in Drumlough.
1769 Freeholder List: (first record in Drumlough)
#363 Alexander Bell
#368 John Bell (rejected)
#369 James Bell
#370 William Bell
1789 Freeholder List: (second registration & addition of their sons)
#824 William Bell
#825 Alexander Bell
#826 Samuel
#827 James
PRONI Freeholder records
Lease of Lives in a Deed indicates usually three lives of children /grandchildren of the person taking the lease. The lease expired when all three named had died.
1813 Joseph Bell - Lives of James, Joseph & James Bell)
James Bell -(Lives of James Bell)
1815 William Bell - (Lives of Alex Bell, Joseph Morrow & Margaret Bell)
James Bell - (Lives of John & Samuel Bell & John Donaldson)
John Bell - (Lives of James & Isabella Bell & John Woods)
1823 James Bell - (Lives of John & Samuel Bell & John Donaldson)
William Bell - (Lives of Alexander Bell, Joseph Morrow & Margaret Bell)
John Bell - (Lives of John & Samuel Bell & John Donaldson)
John Bell - (Lives of James & Isabella Bell & John Woods)
1864 The records then jump to 1864 with the Griffith’s Valuation Records:
#7 Drumlough - James Bell 19A 2R 35P
#37 Drumlough - Alexander Bell 3A 1 R 25P
John Bell, Grocer 1P 20R
#7 Valuation Records of James Bell 19A 2R 35P
1866 Changes from James Bell to William Bell
1893 Changes from William Bell (d. 23 May 1892) to Isaac Irvine
1895 Changes from Isaac Irvine to Wm. & Joseph Bell
1913 Split into two sections A & B
7A Isaac Irvine changes to Susan Irvine
7B Joseph Bell/William Bell changes to James McCartney 1916 then to John Graham 1920
1924 7A Susan Irvine changes to Elizabeth A. Annett
7B John Graham
1923/ 7A Elizabeth Annett
1929 7B John Graham
Note: 1911 Census Isaac and Susan Irvine’s name is spelled Irwin. They are registered in Drumlough with their daughters Martha and Elizabeth (Lizzie).
#37 Valuation Records for Alexander Bell 3A 1R 25P
1866 a) Alexander Bell
b) John Bell (Grocer) House and garden – changed in 1878 to Alexander & Samuel Bell
Changed in 1886 to John A. Bell
1895 a) Alex Bell to Elizabeth Bell
b) Alex Bell & John A. Bell to Reps. 1896 (d. 9 Sep. 1895)
1907 John A. Bell to William Bell
1920-23 William Bell
1923-29 William Bell
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William and Alexander Bell of Drumlough.
I have documented from 1769 Freeholder Records through to 1929 PRONI Valuation Records. There were other Bell families in the same area but I just focused on the land #7 James/William Bell to Isaac and Susan Irvine; and #37 Alexander & Samuel Bell to John A Bell to William Bell.
Maybe something will help you track your family.
Bells of Drumlough
Records in chronological order for the earliest to the latest Bell families in Drumlough.
1769 Freeholder List: (first record in Drumlough)
#363 Alexander Bell
#368 John Bell (rejected)
#369 James Bell
#370 William Bell
1789 Freeholder List: (second registration & addition of their sons)
#824 William Bell
#825 Alexander Bell
#826 Samuel
#827 James
PRONI Freeholder records
Lease of Lives in a Deed indicates usually three lives of children /grandchildren of the person taking the lease. The lease expired when all three named had died.
1813 Joseph Bell - Lives of James, Joseph & James Bell)
James Bell -(Lives of James Bell)
1815 William Bell - (Lives of Alex Bell, Joseph Morrow & Margaret Bell)
James Bell - (Lives of John & Samuel Bell & John Donaldson)
John Bell - (Lives of James & Isabella Bell & John Woods)
1823 James Bell - (Lives of John & Samuel Bell & John Donaldson)
William Bell - (Lives of Alexander Bell, Joseph Morrow & Margaret Bell)
John Bell - (Lives of John & Samuel Bell & John Donaldson)
John Bell - (Lives of James & Isabella Bell & John Woods)
1864 The records then jump to 1864 with the Griffith’s Valuation Records:
#7 Drumlough - James Bell 19A 2R 35P
#37 Drumlough - Alexander Bell 3A 1 R 25P
John Bell, Grocer 1P 20R
#7 Valuation Records of James Bell 19A 2R 35P
1866 Changes from James Bell to William Bell
1893 Changes from William Bell (d. 23 May 1892) to Isaac Irvine
1895 Changes from Isaac Irvine to Wm. & Joseph Bell
1913 Split into two sections A & B
7A Isaac Irvine changes to Susan Irvine
7B Joseph Bell/William Bell changes to James McCartney 1916 then to John Graham 1920
1924 7A Susan Irvine changes to Elizabeth A. Annett
7B John Graham
1923/ 7A Elizabeth Annett
1929 7B John Graham
Note: 1911 Census Isaac and Susan Irvine’s name is spelled Irwin. They are registered in Drumlough with their daughters Martha and Elizabeth (Lizzie).
#37 Valuation Records for Alexander Bell 3A 1R 25P
1866 a) Alexander Bell
b) John Bell (Grocer) House and garden – changed in 1878 to Alexander & Samuel Bell
Changed in 1886 to John A. Bell
1895 a) Alex Bell to Elizabeth Bell
b) Alex Bell & John A. Bell to Reps. 1896 (d. 9 Sep. 1895)
1907 John A. Bell to William Bell
1920-23 William Bell
1923-29 William Bell
Dalzell