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An excerpt from www.HouseOfNames.com archives copyright © 2000 - 2012

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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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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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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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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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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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  2. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston Texas 1896-1951. National Archives Washington DC. Print.
  3. 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).
  4. Browne, James. The History of Scotland it's Highlands, Regiments and Clans 8 Volumes. Edinburgh: Francis A Niccolls & Co, 1909. Print.
  5. Moody David. Scottish Family History. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1994. Print. (ISBN 0806312688).
  6. Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
  7. Burke, Sir Bernard. Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, The Privy Council, Knightage and Compainonage. London: Burke Publishing, 1921. Print.
  8. Fairbairn,. Fairbain's book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, 4th Edition 2 volumes in one. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1968. Print.
  9. Martine, Roddy, Roderick Martine and Don Pottinger. Scottish Clan and Family Names Their Arms, Origins and Tartans. Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1992. Print.
  10. Le Patourel, John. The Norman Empire. New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Print. (ISBN 0-19-822525-3).
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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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