| ![Show Contents]() Shovell History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England Early Origins of the Shovell familyThe surname Shovell was first found in Hertfordshire, where the first record of the name was Aluricus Scoua who was listed in the Domesday Book. Leuuinus Scufe was listed c. 1067 in the reference "Old English Bynames" and Wulnod Scoue was listed as a Templar Knight in 1185. The name is probably derived from the Old English word "scufa," which means to "thrust, push." The name is often metonymic for Shoveller and it's variants. In this latter case, the name is a trade name for someone who makes "shovels." As the names are so similar phonetically, it is now difficult to clearly determine which origin is which. One branch of the family was found at Knowlton in Kent. "The mansion-house was the residence of Sir Cloudesley Shovel, to whom it came by marriage with the widow of Sir John Harborough, whose two sons were drowned with Sir Cloudesley when his vessel was wrecked off the Scilly Isles." 1 Born John Shovell in 1650, he assumed the first name of Cloudesley from his maternal grandmother Lucy Cloudisley and rose to become Admiral of the Fleet from a cabin boy. Early History of the Shovell familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Shovell research. Another 90 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1301, 1609, 1650, 1703, 1707 and 1777 are included under the topic Early Shovell History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Shovell Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Shovel, Showl, Shovell, Shoveller, Shouler, Showler and many more. Early Notables of the Shovell familyNotables of the family at this time include - Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cloudesley Shovell (c.1650-1707), an English naval officer and politician
 Shovell migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Shovell Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Andrew Shovell, who arrived in Maryland in 1651 2
- Elizabeth Shovell, who landed in Maryland in 1671 2
| Shovell 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. 3Shovell Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century- Elias Shovell, who sailed to Barbados in 1679
| Contemporary Notables of the name Shovell (post 1700) | + |
- Sir Cloudesley Shovell (1650-1707), English admiral, named Rear-Admiral of England in 1704
- Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
- 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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Shovell migration to the United States 
Shovell migration to West Indies 
