Bellche History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Bellche

Bellche is a name whose history is connected to the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Bellche family once lived at or near a bank or ridge. Further research showed the name was derived from the Old English word Balca which means dweller by the bank or ridge. 1

Early Origins of the Bellche family

Early History of the Bellche family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bellche research. Another 164 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1185, 1295, 1327, 1332, 1604, 1659, 1669, 1670, 1735 and 1744 are included under the topic Early Bellche History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bellche 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 Bellche family name include Balch, Balche, Belch, Belche, Ballch, Bellch, Ballche and many more.

Early Notables of the Bellche family

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Migration of the Bellche family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, 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 Bellche surname or a spelling variation of the name include: John Balch, who arrived in Salem Massachusettes in 1620; Benjamin Balch, who sailed to Massachusettes in 1624 and John Balch, who arrived in Texas in 1836..