Skeets History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Skeets family

The surname Skeets 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 Skeets family

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Skeets Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Skeets family

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Skeets migration to Australia +

Skeets Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. James Skeets, English convict who was convicted in Chelmsford, Essex, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Equestrian" on 25th January 1844, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Island) 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Skeets (post 1700) +

Skeets Friedkin, American Democratic Party politician, Presidential Elector for Florida, 1996 2

Sources +

Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 4th May 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/equestrian
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 30) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html