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bayliss Name Meaning and History

English: occupational name for an officer of a court of justice, whose duties included serving writs, distraining goods, and (formerly) arresting people. In England formerly it was also a status name for the chief officer of a hundred (administrative subdivision of a county). The derivation is from Middle English, Old French bailis, from Late Latin baiulivus (adjective), ‘pertaining to an attendant or porter’ (see Bailey).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The bayliss name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the bayliss family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of bayliss Families in the US in 1920
Number of bayliss families
 20-38
 7-19		 1-6
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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