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Early Origins of the Scollay family

The surname Scollay was first found in Lancashire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1332 when Adam Scoler held estates in Lancashire and John de Scolay held estates in Yorkshire in 1379.

Early History of the Scollay family

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Scollay Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Scollard, Scollart, Scollert, Scollerd, Scouler, Scoular, Scouller, Scolley, Scoulley, Scholley, Scholey, Scholar and many more.

Early Notables of the Scollay family

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Ireland Migration of the Scollay family to Ireland

Some of the Scollay family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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United States Scollay migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Scollay Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • James Scollay, who settled in Boston in 1713
  • James Scollay Jr. who arrived in Boston in 1716
  • J. Scollay, who arrived in Boston in 1728
  • John Scollay, who settled in Boston in 1731
Scollay Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • John Scollay, aged 21, who arrived in South Carolina in 1812 1


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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