Show who are you S the romance of your name by RUBY HASKINS ELLIS A bell HE origin of the name bell I 1 T THE dates back to the days of druid ism in ancient briton long before the christian era in that country the druids were ere priests of the tribes of camri which were about forty in number spread over the greater part of angland and scot land the were worshipers of oak trees hills rivers sun and mistletoe upon the coming of the romans into great britain they found that the druids had great influence over the people so they set about to destroy the objects of worship the druids then called a meeting and decided to form a clan for their mutual protection and called them selves bell in honor of one of their I 1 gods in later times the clan became divided the scottish people of this name retained their organ lya tion as a clan but the english branch became more interested in literary and scientific pursuits they spelled their name deal beal or beale but the relationship between the families was still acknowledged this is seen by the same devices used on the coats of arms of both houses when king ring james of angland in 1005 offered lands in northern ireland to peoples of england and scotland many immigrants by the name of bell accepted then came the great tidal wave of immigration F u nu n n M al R I 1 aai V ha ing WHO dun to america and by 1725 more than settlers by the name of bell had come to america either direct from england and scotland or by the way of ireland in virginia there were many early arrivals of this nf name me and a num nuin her of bell dell families located in mary land most of the maryland faint lies spelled the name beale or beall there were immigrants also by this name who settled in massa chu john beale deale settled in hingham bingham mass coming from nor folk england in 1638 in penn sylvania william beale from wilt shire england was a settler in chester county lir 1 irginia ginta north carolina mary land pennsylvania and massachi Mass achu furnished a substantial army of bells and bealls in the war for or america americas s independence and bear ers of this name have answered the call to service in every crisis in the nation s history A monnet family took its name from ta THIS aown a town in france near the kiver river ain in the latter sixteenth century pe pierre are monnet was massacred in paris on st bartholomew day for his adherence to the king of na varre pierre was the ancestor ot of the protestant bonnets of the hugue I 1 M U q 4 H nu HUI jnnett not province and it was to him or his son that the coat of arms was granted in ills descendants isaac kobert robert and pierre who were huguenot refugees left france and went to london where in they were naturalized and became british subjects they later came to america isaac settled in calvert county maryland about and married elizabeth williams robert made his home in cecil county maryland and married margaret darrell pierre joined the huguenot col ony on staten island where he lived and died 0 public publio ledger inc service |