Excerpt from Memoir of Luther V Bell, M. D., LL. D: Prepared by Vote of the Mussachusetts Historical Society Luther V bell came of an honored parentage and a worthy ancestry. His immediate family, their kindred and associates, through several generations, were of a stock, which, while winning the bread of life by labor on the soil, contributes to society the healthful and vigorous element for all intellectual, professional, and public services. His ancestor in this country was J obn Bell, who was born in Ireland in 1678. The family were of the designation known among us as the, Scotch Irish. They belonged to a colony which had migrated about the year 1612 from Argyleshire, in Scotland, to the city and neighborhood of Londonderry, the capital of the county of that name in the province of Ulster. The city was of ancient origin; and, after having suffered almost to its destruction in the early distractions and revolutions of the country, it had been rebuilt by a company of adventurers from London, in the reign of James I., who prefixed the name of their own capital to the original Derry. The emigration of Scotch Pro testants to that locality had been encouraged by the liberal offer of land, extending over nearly the whole of the six northern counties, made by James I. To invite settlers, after the suppression of the roman-catholic rebellion in those regions. The natural animosity which sprang up between the newcomers and the old proprietors, led, thirty years after the emigration, to the rebellion in the reign of Charles I. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.