| ![Show Contents]() Bal History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 France Spain The Bal name comes from that Medieval landscape of northwestern France known as Brittany. The name Bal was originally derived from the family having lived in Brittany, where this distinguished family was established from ancient times. Early Origins of the Bal familyThe surname Bal was first found in Brittany, where this distinguished family was established from ancient times. Early History of the Bal familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bal research. Another 128 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1397, 1701, 1711, 1732, 1777, 1834 and 1893 are included under the topic Early Bal History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Bal Spelling VariationsChanges of spelling have occurred in most surnames. The earliest explanation is that during the early development of the French language, names were not yet fixed in spelling. Usually a person gave his version of his name, phonetically, to a scribe, a priest, or a recorder. This depended on accent, and local accents frequently changed the spelling of a name. Some variables were adopted by different branches of the family name. Hence, there are some spelling variations of the name Bal, including Bal, Balle, Ball, Balard, Balart, Baland, Balland, Balet, Ballet, Ballot, Balot, Ballon, Balon, Ballou and many more. Early Notables of the Bal familyNotable amongst this name at this time was - Louis Balard, also known as Latour, son of Pierre and Sébastienne Pilin, diocese d'Ausion, who died in 1732...
- Benjamin Ball was a French psychiatrist (1834-1893)...
Bal RankingIn France, the name Bal is the 3,508th most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. 1 However, in Netherlands, the name Bal is ranked the 541st most popular surname with an estimated 3,241 people with that name. 2
 Bal migration to the United States | + |
French settlers came early to North American, following in the wake of the explorers, and creating New France. Quebec City, founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain is said to have been the first American site founded as a permanent settlement, rather than as just a commercial outpost. But emigration was slow, in 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 French people in Quebec, and by 1663, when the region was officially made The Royal Colony of New France, by Louis XIV, there still only around 500 settlers. Over 2,000 would arrive during the next decade. Early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. Youths of 18 took fourteen-year-old girls for their wives. The fur trade was developed and attracted immigrants, both noble and commoner from France. By 1675, there were around 7000 French in the colony, and by that same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. Despite the loss of the Colony to England, the French people flourished in Lower Canada. Among settlers to North America of the Bal surname were
Bal Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Barant Janse Bal, who arrived in Long Wand in 1651 3
- Bernhard Jansen Bal, who landed in America in 1652 3
- Anna Petersen Bal, who arrived in New Netherland(s) in 1652 3
- Thomas Bal, who landed in Long Island in 1665 3
| Bal migration to West Indies | + |
The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 4Bal Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century- Thomas Bal, who was established in Barbados in 1678
| Contemporary Notables of the name Bal (post 1700) | + |
- Bal Pandit (b. 1929), Indian cricketer
- http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
- "Most Common Last Names in Netherlands." Forebears, https://forebears.io/netherlands/surnames
- 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)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
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