Download or read book The Bell-Shirley Family written by Elva Bell McLin and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Descendants of John Bell (ca. 1750-1834), born in Co. Down, Ireland. He arrived in New York City in 1774. He married Keziah Mapes (1770- 1810) in 1785. They had ten sons and a daughter, and lived in Wall- kill Township, Orange Co., N. Y. Later in life he married a second time to Mary Crane. Descendants live in New York, Ohio, etc. Includes descendants of John Ambrose Shirley (1770-1843), born in Virginia. In Marietta, Ohio, 1797, he married Elizabeth Danner, who had been born in northeastern Pennsylvania, ca. 1783. He died in Marshall Co., Indiana. Descendants live in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Kansas and elsewhere.