Lydia (Nicholson) Bell (1766)

Born 23 Dec 1766 in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Bell — married 17 Jun 1785 in Dublin, Ireland

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Biography

Lydia (Nicholson) Bell was born in Ireland.

Lydia was a Friend (Quaker)

Lydia Nicholson was born 23 December 1766 in Dublin to Thomas Nicholson and Christian Jaffray.^[1] She married Thomas Bell, son of Gamaliel Bell of Abbeylux, Queen's County, on 17 June 1785.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ “Ireland, Society of Friends, Births,” database with images, FindMyPast, Family List of Thomas Nicholson and Christian Jaffray, (accessed 14 January 2022); citing Dublin Monthly Meeting Family Lists, 1734-1827, Archive Reference MM II M3, Religious Society of Friends in Ireland Archives. Thomas Nicholson son of John Nicholson of Hall’s Mill in the County of Down on the 1st day of the 3rd Month 1761 in a publick Assembly of the People called Quakers at Sycamore Alley in Dublin took to Wife Christian Jaffray daughter of Robert Jaffray of Dublin aforesaid by whom he had issue…Lydia a daughter born the 23. 12mo. 1766.”
2. ↑ “Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Marriages,” database with images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMARR%2F9879G : accessed 05 December 2023), marriage of Thomas Bell and Lydia Nicholson in Dublin on 17d 6mo (Jun) 1785; citing Register of marriages, DUBLIN, 1859, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.