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The surname Baillais was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France, where this esteemed family has been traced from ancient times.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Baillais research. Another 200 words (14 lines of text) covering the years 1412, 1486, 1551, 1554, 1585, 1632, 1633, 1649, 1653, 1706, 1710, 1780, 1783, 1821, 1825, 1831, 1833 and 1842 are included under the topic Early Baillais History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Baillet, Baillais, Baillay, Bailet, Bailais, Bailay, Baillets, Bailets, Baillays, Bailays, Baillait, Baillaits, Bailait, Bailaits, Bayllet, Bayllets, Bayets, du Baillet, de Baillet, Baillaud, Baillette and many more.
Notable amongst the family at this time was Adrien Baillet (1649-1706), a French scholar and critic, best known as a biographer of René Descartes; Philippe Baillet, Councillor of the Grand Council, President of the Chamber of Requests of the Palace of Dijon, Knight of Saint-Michel, Captain, Governor of Saint-Jean-de-Losne.
Pierre Marie François de Sales Baillot "takes a prominent place among the great French violin-players. He was born Oct. 1, 1771, at Passy, near Paris, where his father kept a school. He showed very early remarkable musical talent, and got his first instruction on the violin from an Italian named Polidori. In 1780...
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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Amedee-Gaston Baillet settled in Louisiana at the age of 21 in 1719; Frans Baillet settled in Philadelphia in 1804.