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Jonathan Bell (c. 1754–1788)

Jonathan Bell was an able seaman aboard the Sirius which arrived at Sydney in January 1788 as part of the First Fleet. He died at Port Jackson and was buried on 26 July 1788.

* information from Mollie Gillen, The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989), p 30

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'Bell, Jonathan (c. 1754–1788)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/bell-jonathan-30245/text37526, accessed 21 April 2024.

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Alternative Names
  • Bell, Jonothan
Birth

c. 1754
Whitehaven, Cumberland, England

Death

1788 (aged ~ 34)

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