Show ContentsShill History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Shill family

The surname Shill was first found in Staffordshire where they held a family seat and were believed to be descended from an ancient Saxon Chieftain named Scealda who held lands in that shire before the Norman Conquest.

Early History of the Shill family

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Shill Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Shillitoe, Shillittoe, Sillitoe, Sillittoe, Silitoe, Silittoe, Shillady, Sillito, Sillitto, Shillitty, Shillity and many more.

Early Notables of the Shill family

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Ireland Migration of the Shill family to Ireland

Some of the Shill family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. More information about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Shill family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Roger Silito, who arrived in Virginia in 1643.


Contemporary Notables of the name Shill (post 1700) +

  • John Walker Shill (1913-1976), Canadian ice hockey forward who played 6 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, New York Americans and Chicago Black Hawks from 1933 to 1939
  • Joseph Shill, American politician, Representative from New York 5th District, 1950 [1]
  • William Roy Shill (1923-1998), Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 79 games in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins between 1942 and 1947
  • Stephen A Shill (b. 1957), British television and film director, actor, screenwriter and television producer


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 22) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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