Scallan History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Ireland

Early Origins of the Scallan family

The surname Scallan was first found in Wexford (Irish: Loch Garman), founded by Vikings as Waesfjord, and located in Southeastern Ireland, in the province of Leinster, where they held a family seat as a branch of Madigan clann. Traditionally they are descended from Fiacha Araidhe the 37th King of Ulster. More directly, they are descended from Scoieach, a chieftain and schoolteacher of the Madigan line and related to the Mannings. Irish history was greatly influenced by the Norman invasion of 1172, and thereafter, the surnames of Irish Gaelic clanns and septs and many of the Norman families became almost indistinguishable. This family name was found later in County Meath and represented the first recorded reference to the name.

Early History of the Scallan family

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Scallan Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Scallen, Scallan, Scullin, O'Scallan, O'Scallan, O'Scullin, McScallan and many more.

Early Notables of the Scallan family

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Scallan migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Scallan Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Richard Scallan, who arrived in New York, NY in 1811 1
James Scallan, aged 19, who arrived in Alexandria, Va in 1812 1
William Scallan, aged 20, who landed in Virginia in 1812 1
Robert Scallan, who landed in Norfolk, Va in 1817 1
John Scallan, who settled in Philadelphia in 1848
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Scallan migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Scallan Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Martha Scallan, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1842

Contemporary Notables of the name Scallan (post 1700) +

Éamonn Scallan (b. 1971), retired Irish hurler from Castletown, County Wexford
Bishop Thomas Scallan (1766-1830), Irish-born, Newfoundland Third Roman Catholic bishop of St. John's, Vicar Apostolic of Newfoundland in 1816

Citations +

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)