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BALLANCE Family History

This interesting surname is a metonymic occupational name for one who weighs with a balance, deriving from the Anglo French "balance", Old French "balancier". The surname dates back to the late 12th Century, (see below). Further recordings include one Roger Balaunce, witness, (1221), "The Assize Rolls of Warwickshire", and Thomas le Balauncer (1283), "The Calendar of Letter Books of the city of London". Variations in the idiom of the spelling include Ballans, Ballence, etc. One Susanna, daughter of Edward Ballance, was christened on September 11th 1642, and his son Samuell was christened on October 2nd 1643, both at St.