Beed History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Scotland

The annals of Scottish history reveal that Beed was first used as a name by ancestors of the Pictish tribe of ancient Scotland. The Beed family lived in the lands of Baad near Stirling and also from the lands of the same name in Perthshire since the Middle Ages. The name is also derived from the Gaelic word bad which means "thicket" or "hamlet."

Early Origins of the Beed family

The surname Beed was first found in Stirlingshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times, long before the Norman Conquest in 1066.

Early History of the Beed family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Beed research. Another 60 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1541, 1607 and 1683 are included under the topic Early Beed History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Beed Spelling Variations

Before the first dictionaries appeared in the last few hundred years, scribes spelled according to sound. spelling variations are common among Scottish names. Beed has been spelled Baad, Bade, Baid, Baud, Baide, Badd and others.

Early Notables of the Beed family

More information is included under the topic Early Beed Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Beed migration to the United States +

In those unstable times, many had no choice but to leave their beloved homelands. Sickness and poverty hounded travelers to North America, but those who made it were welcomed with land and opportunity. These settlers gave the young nations of Canada and the United States a strong backbone as they stood up for their beliefs as United Empire Loyalists and in the American War of Independence. In this century, the ancestors of these brave Scots have begun to recover their illustrious heritage through Clan societies and other heritage organizations. Early passenger and immigration lists reveal many Scottish settlers bearing the name Beed:

Beed Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

William Beed, who landed in Maryland in 1678 1

Beed Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Phillip Beed, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1727 1

Citations +

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)