Scoll History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England
Ireland

Early Origins of the Scoll family

The surname Scoll was first found in Herefordshire where they held a family seat from early times. some say before the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Scoll family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Scoll research. Another 99 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1165, 1196, 1438 and 1448 are included under the topic Early Scoll History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Scoll Spelling Variations

It is only in the last few hundred years that the English language has been standardized. For that reason, Anglo-Norman surnames like Scoll are characterized by many spelling variations. Scribes and monks in the Middle Ages spelled names they sounded, so it is common to find several variations that refer to a single person. As the English language changed and incorporated elements of other European languages such as Norman French and Latin, even literate people regularly changed the spelling of their names. The variations of the name Scoll include Skull, Scull and others.

Early Notables of the Scoll family

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Migration of the Scoll family to Ireland

Some of the Scoll family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 60 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Scoll migration to the United States +

Faced with the chaos present in England at that time, many English families looked towards the open frontiers of the New World with its opportunities to escape oppression and starvation. People migrated to North America, as well as Australia and Ireland in droves, paying exorbitant rates for passages in cramped, unsafe ships. Many of the settlers did not make the long passage alive, but those who did see the shores of North America were welcomed with great opportunity. Many of the families that came from England went on to make essential contributions to the emerging nations of Canada and the United States. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America carried the name Scoll, or a variant listed above:

Scoll Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

William Scoll, who landed in Mobile County, Ala in 1850 1

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)