Balland History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England
France
Ireland

The Anglo-Saxon name Balland comes from the family having resided in Suffolk, where they held a family seat in the village of Baylham, from which they took their name.

Early Origins of the Balland family

The surname Balland was first found in Suffolk, in the village and civil parish of Baylham. The village dates back to the Domesday Book of 1086 when it was first listed as Beleham and probably meant "homestead or enclosure at a river-bend" from the Old English words "begel" + "ham" or "hamm." 1

The parish, in the union and hundred of Bosmere and Claydon, East division of Suffolk, 3 miles from Needham-Market was small but contained about 275 inhabitants in the late 1890s. 2

Early History of the Balland family

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Balland Spelling Variations

Balland has been spelled many different ways. Before English spelling became standardized over the last few hundred years, spelling variations in names were a common occurrence. As the English language changed in the Middle Ages, absorbing pieces of Latin and French, as well as other languages, the spelling of people's names also changed considerably, even over a single lifetime. Spelling variants included: Baalham, Balan, Baylham, Balum, Balam, Ballam, Balaam and many more.

Early Notables of the Balland family

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Balland Ranking

In France, the name Balland is the 1,557^th most popular surname with an estimated 3,813 people with that name. 3

Migration of the Balland family to Ireland

Some of the Balland family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. More information about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Balland migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Balland Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Mr. Balland, British settler travelling from London aboard the ship "Evening Star" arriving in Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand on 13th April 1863 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Balland (post 1700) +

Antoine Balland, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 5

Citations +

Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 11) Antoine Balland. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html