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BALLANTYNE Family History

This famous surname is Scottish. Recorded in many forms as shown below it is locational, either from an estate formerly known as The lands of Bellenden, in the ancient county of Roxburghshire, or from the village of Ballintoun, in the county of Stirlingshire. It is said that both places originate from the Old Gaelic phrase "baile an deadhain" translating as "The farmstead of the dean". It is unclear when the surname was first recorded in Scotland, but John Ballenden, also recorded as John Ballentyne and John Ballantyne was the archdeacon of Moray in circa 1450, whilst Sir Alexander Balendin, was the provost of Methven in 1563.