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![Show Contents]() Sheild History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
This name was anglicized from Ó Siadhail in Gaelic, meaning an 'ancestor of Siadhail' (the prefix Ó denotes 'grandfather of'). Siadhail has been translated to mean 'sloth' or 'sluggishness'. As this name is descriptive of its original bearer, it is considered to be a nickname. However, many Irish of this name originally came from England or Scotland where the name Shields is derived from an Old English word meaning 'shed' or 'hut' - a somewhat more flattering meaning. Early Origins of the Sheild familyThe surname Sheild was first found in the Ulster region counties of Donegal, Derry, Antrim and Down. This family are reputed to be descendents of the great King Niall of the Nine Hostages. Early History of the Sheild familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Sheild research. Another 99 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1545, 1548, 1677, 1693, 1698, 1745, 1800, 1879, 1886 and 1949 are included under the topic Early Sheild History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Sheild Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Shiel, Sheilles, Sheild, Sheill, Sheels, Sheils, Sheil, Shield, Shields, Shieles, Shiels, Shiells, Shielles, Shiell, Sheills, Sheilds and many more. Early Notables of the Sheild familyNotable amongst the family name at this time was Luke O'Shiell (1677-1745), Irish Jacobite, born in Dublin who emigrated to Nantes, France after the Irish defeat, father of Mary O'Shiell, a French-Irish businessperson in Nantes and her sisters Agnés O'Shiell and Anne O'Shiell, founder of the family manor of the O'Shiell, Manoir de la Placelière, which became the gathering place of the large Irish colony in Nantes; Michael...
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 Sheild migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Sheild Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Thomas Sheild, who arrived in Virginia in 1638 1
- Walter Sheild, who landed in Virginia in 1650 1
Sheild Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Roger Sheild, who arrived in Virginia in 1701 1
- Elizabeth Sheild, who settled in Charles Town South Carolina in 1772
- Elizabeth Sheild, who landed in South Carolina in 1772 1
- Samuel Sheild, who landed in Virginia in 1775 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Sheild (post 1700) | + |
- Rexford M. Sheild (1889-1982), American Republican politician, Member of South Dakota State Senate 8th District, 1945-48, 1953-56; Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota, 1948 2
- Frank W. Sheild, American Democratic Party politician, Postmaster at Hampton, Virginia, 1893-97, 1913-22 2
The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Motto: Omne solum forti patria
Motto Translation: Every land is a native country to a brave man
- 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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 22) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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