Scoles History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Scoles is a name of ancient Anglo-Saxon origin and comes from the family once having lived in the village of Scholes in the parish of Barwick in the West Riding of Yorkshire. At the time of the taking of the Domesday Book in 1086 Scholes was the site of three churches and three mills.
Early Origins of the Scoles family
The surname Scoles was first found in Yorkshire where the name is associated with the village of Scholes in the parish of Barwick which is about nine miles from Leeds, in the West Riding of that county. In 1086 this parish was held by Ilbert de Lacy, and was the site of 3 Churches and 3 mills, today there are still the remains of a bailey, a moat, and a Saxon cross.
Early History of the Scoles family
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Scoles Spelling Variations
Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Scoles family name include Scholes, Scholl, Scholles, Schoall, Schoalles, Scole, Scoles, Scoyles, Scoyle, Scayle, Scayles, Schoales and many more.
Early Notables of the Scoles family
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Scoles Ranking
In the United States, the name Scoles is the 18,452nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
Migration of the Scoles family to Ireland
Some of the Scoles family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 50 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Scoles migration to the United States +
For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Scoles surname or a spelling variation of the name include:
Scoles Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
- Henry Scoles, who landed in Maryland in 1665 2
- James Scoles, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1685 2
- John Scoles, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1685 2
Scoles migration to Canada +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Scoles Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
- Private. William Scoles U.E. (b. 1762) born in the USA who settled in Sandwich Point, Halifax County, Nova Scotia c. 1784 he enlisted in 1778 serving in the 33rd Regiment of Foot, married twice having 3 children, he died in Ferguson's Cove, Halifax, Nova Scotia 3
Scoles migration to Australia +
Emigration to
Australia followed the
First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:
Scoles Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
- Robert Scoles, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "British Sovereign" in 1847 4
Contemporary Notables of the name Scoles (post 1700) +
- Paul Scoles, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2004; Candidate for U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 2004 5
- John B. Scoles, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from New York County, 1838-39 5
- Joseph John Scoles (1798-1863), English architect, born in London, son of Matthew Scoles, a joiner
Citations +
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- 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)
- Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
- State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) BRITISH SOVEREIGN 1847. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1847BritishSovereign.htm
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 13) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html