Bouldin History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

The origins of the name Bouldin are from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It is derived from the Old English personal name Bealding, which was originally derived from the name Beald. The name was not recorded before the Conquest. 1

Early Origins of the Bouldin family

The surname Bouldin was first found in Lincolnshire, where Joscius filius Balding was listed in the Curia Regis Rolls during the reign of Richard I. Gilbertus filius Balding was also found in Lincolnshire as recorded in the Curia Regis Rolls form 1212. Alice and John Baldyng were found in the Subsidy Rolls from Sussex in 1327, as was Robert Beldyng in 1332. 1

As far as understanding spelling variations is concerned, we found this interesting entry: "In 1674, Suffolk Anthony Baldin and Bartholomew Baldinge occur side by side with Baldwin, so that Balding is sometimes a late development of Baldwin." 1

The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 included: William Bolding, Salop (Shropshire.) 2 And in Norfolk, John Bolden was listed there 2 Edward VI (during the second year of the reign of Edward IV). 3

Early History of the Bouldin family

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Bouldin Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Bouldin family name include Balding, Baulding, Baldyne, Bolding, Baldyng, Beldyng, Baldinge, Baldin, Poldin and many more.

Early Notables of the Bouldin family

Distinguished members of the family include Gilebertus filius Baalding, a prominent 13th century landholder in Lincolnshire.Noel Baulduin or Baudouin, was a native of the Netherlands, contemporary with Josquin des Prés, and from 1513 to 1518 chapel-master of the church of Notre Dame at Antwerp, where he died in 1529. Two of his motets were...
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Bouldin Ranking

In the United States, the name Bouldin is the 6,048^th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 4

Bouldin migration to the United States +

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Bouldin surname or a spelling variation of the name include:

Bouldin Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

William Bouldin, who arrived in Virginia in 1610 5

Bouldin Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

T. Bunyan Bouldin, aged 26, who landed in America, in 1912
Tyrrell Bouldin, aged 27, who landed in America, in 1913
Terrile Bouldin, aged 28, who immigrated to America, in 1914
Robert L. Bouldin, aged 20, who immigrated to the United States, in 1918

Contemporary Notables of the name Bouldin (post 1700) +

Wood Bouldin (1811-1876), American politician, Delegate to Virginia secession convention, 1861 6
Virgil Bouldin (b. 1866), American Democratic Party politician, Chair of Jackson County Democratic Party, 1890-92; Member of Alabama State House of Representatives, 1896 6
Thomas Tyler Bouldin (1781-1834), American Democratic Party politician, U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1829-33, 1833-34 6
Thomas J. Bouldin, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Arizona State Senate, 1931-32 6
Richard E. Bouldin, American Republican politician, Postmaster at Bel Air, Maryland, 1891-95, 1904-12 6
Mariane Bouldin, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 2004 6
James Wood Bouldin (1792-1854), American politician, Representative from Virginia, 1834-39 6
Charles H. Bouldin, American politician, Postmaster at Bel Air, Maryland, 1848-49, 1853-54, 1869-70 6
Charles D. Bouldin, American Democratic Party politician, Postmaster at Bel Air, Maryland, 1845-48 6
Donald W. Bouldin (b. 1979), American co-developer of the Davies–Bouldin index in 1979, a metric for evaluating clustering algorithms
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The Bouldin Motto +

The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.

Motto: Sto Ro Veritate
Motto Translation: I stand for the truth.

Citations +

Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Rye, Walter, A History of Norfolk. London: Elliot Stock, 62, Paternoster Row, 1885. Print
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 29) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html