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Where did the Scottish Bald family come from? What is the Scottish Bald family crest and coat of arms? When did the Bald family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Bald family history?
The ancestors of the Bald family lived among the Strathclyde-Briton people of the Scottish/English Borderlands. Bald is a name for someone who lived in Peeblesshire.
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
- A description and/or full color picture of the Coat of Arms, Crest, and Motto (where available)
Spelling and translation were hardly exact sciences in Medieval Scotland. Sound, rather than any set of rules, was the basis for spellings, so one name was often spelled different ways even within a single document. Spelling variations are thus an extremely common occurrence in Medieval Scottish names. Bald has been spelled Bald, Baald, Bauld and others.First found in Peebles, where they held a family seat from ancient times.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early history!
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bald research. Another 128 words(9 lines of text) covering the years 1214, 1553, 1627, 1776, 1783, 1859, and 1861 are included under the topic Early Bald History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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Our PDF Extended History includes the early notables!
Another 25 words(2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Bald Notables in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Bald. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Such hard times forced many to leave their homeland in search of opportunity across the Atlantic. Many of these families settled along the east coast of North America in communities that would become the backbones of the young nations of the United States and Canada. The ancestors of many of these families have rediscovered their roots in the 20th century through the establishment of Clan societies and other patriotic Scottish organizations. Among them:
Bald Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Francois Bald, who arrived in Louisiana in 1718
- Elias Bald, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1738
- Robert Bald landed in Philadelphia in 1750
- John Bald landed in Philadelphia in 1753
- Jacob Bald, aged 35, landed in Pennsylvania in 1753
Bald Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Robert Bald, who arrived in America in 1809
- Anna Maria Bald, who settled in Baltimore in 1833
- Michael Bald landed in Philadelphia in 1838
- W Bald, who landed in San Francisco, Cal in 1850
- John George Bald, who landed in St Clair County, Ill in 1856
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- Robert Bald (1776-1861), Scottish surveyor and mining engineer
- Bruce Bald, Editor
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Our PDF Coat of Arms + Extended History product is the whole package all in one. With a full color Coat of Arms along with a very detailed History, full symbolism, bibliography and settlers listed by the centuries.
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- Scots Kith and Kin And Illustrated Map Revised 2nd Edition. Edinburgh: Clan House/Albyn. Print.
- Scarlett, James D. Tartan The Highland Textile. London: Shepheard-Walwyn, 1990. Print. (ISBN 0-85683-120-4).
- Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
- Leeson, Francis L. Dictionary of British Peerages. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1986. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-1121-5).
- Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
- Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
- Barrow, G.W.S Ed. The Charters of David I The Written Acts of David I King of Scots, 1124-53 and of His Son Henry, Earl of Northumerland, 1139-52. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1999. Print.
- Le Patourel, John. The Norman Empire. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Print. (ISBN 0-19-822525-3).
- Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
- Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
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The Bald Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Bald Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.
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