| ![Show Contents]() Shales History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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England
Early Origins of the Shales familyThe surname Shales was first found in Somerset where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1254 when Richard Shales held lands. Early History of the Shales familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Shales research. Another 76 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1376, 1455 and 1487 are included under the topic Early Shales History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Shales Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Shales, Shayles, Shayle, Shail, Shale, Scheyle, Sheyles and many more. Early Notables of the Shales family- the Shales family of Gloucestershire
| Shales migration to the United States | + |
Shales Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- John Shales, who arrived in Annapolis, Maryland in 1726
- Daniel Shales, who landed in America in 1764 1
- John Shales, who arrived in America in 1764 1
- Daniel Shales, a bonded passenger who arrived in Maryland in 1764
- Francis Shales, who settled in Pennsylvania in 1773
Shales Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- William and Mary Shales, who arrived at Philadelphia in 1805
- William Shales, aged 26, who landed in New Castle or Philadelphia in 1805 1
- Patrick Shales, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1838
| Shales migration to West Indies | + |
The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 2Shales Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century- Elizabeth Shales, who arrived in Barbados in 1668
| Contemporary Notables of the name Shales (post 1700) | + |
- Thomas William Shales (1944-2024), American writer and television critic
- Tom Shales (b. 1944), Pulitzer Prize-winning (1988) writer with The Washington Post
- 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)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
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