Bailey Family Arms

The Baehli (Bahl) family name first began to be used in the German state of Bavaria. The surname Bahl was given to someone who lived in the village of Balbach in Franconia. however, the Bahl family rapidly expanded into other parts of Germany, branching into numerous autonomous houses. The great European flow of migration to North America, which began in the middle of the 17th century and continued into the 20th century, was particularly attractive to those from Bavaria who wished to escape either poverty or religious persecution. For many Bavarian tenant farmers, the chance to own their own land was a major incentive. So the widespread colonization of the United States began in 1650, when many immigrants from Germany settled in pockets in Pennsylvania,

The Irish Bailey originally came to England following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The name Bailey is for a person who held the civil office of the same name in Normandy. The title 'Le Bailli' was approximately equal to that of Viscount or sheriff. The name Bailey reached England in the great wave of migration following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The surname Bailey was first found in County Down (Irish:An Dún) part of the Province of Ulster, in Northern Ireland, formerly known as county St Mirren. In Scotland the word bailie, rather than bailiff is still used as the title for an officer in the courts.

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