Skeats History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland

Early Origins of the Skeats family

The surname Skeats 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.

Early History of the Skeats family

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Skeats Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Skeoch, Skewych, Skeach and others.

Early Notables of the Skeats family

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Skeats migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Skeats Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Daniel Skeats, English Convict from Berkshire, who was transported aboard the "Aboukir" on December 24, 1851, settling in Van Diemen's Land, Australia 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Skeats (post 1700) +

Ernest Willington Skeats (1875-1953), English-born, Australian geologist and academic, awarded the Clarke Medal in 1929, President of the Royal Society of Victoria 1910-1911

Citations +

State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2014, November 18) Aboukir voyage to Van Diemen's Land and Norfolk Island. [These convicts appear to have all landed in Van Diemen's Land], Australia in 1851 with 280 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/aboukir/1851