The surname Skeets was first found in Ayrshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir), formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, where they held a family seat from ancient times, and gave their name to the village of Skeoch near Mauchline, the setting for many of Robert Burns poems.
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Early History of the Skeets family
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Skeets Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Skeoch, Skewych, Skeach and others.
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Early Notables of the Skeets family
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Skeets migration to Australia
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Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:
Mr. James Skeets, English convict who was convicted in Chelmsford, Essex, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Equestrian" on 25th January 1844, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Island) 1
Contemporary Notables of the name Skeets (post 1700)
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Skeets Friedkin, American Democratic Party politician, Presidential Elector for Florida, 1996 2
Skeets migration to Australia 
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