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![Show Contents]() Solas History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Early Origins of the Solas familyThe surname Solas was first found in Herefordshire. "The family came to England at the Conquest. Thurston de Solariis settled in Hereford, and Humphrey his brother with Bernard de Newmarch, 1088, in Brecon (Jones, Brecon, i. 92), where the family continued in the seventeenth century. Richard de Solariis in 1165 held three fees of ancient enfeoffment (Liber Niger.) Walter de Solars held Hope-Solar, Herefordshire, in the thirteenth century." 1 "They held Neen-Solers at the end of the twelfth century, and had held Hope-Solers for several generations as mesne-lords before Simon de Solers became its owner through his wife Isabel Stokes, the youngest of two co-heiresses (the elder, AUce, married Robert le Archer, and brought him Aston). "William de Solers inherited Pauntley in Gloucestershire thro' his mother, only child of John de Pauntley. He left two sons, Richard and Simon. Walter, son of Richard, was mesne-lord of Hope, and a Thomas de Solers occurs as owner of Hope and Pauntley 51 Hen. Ill,; but whether he was Simon's son is uncertain. Sir John, Thomas's son, married Joan de Sitsylt (Cecil), and left an only daughter and heir Maud, married to William Whyttyngton of Warwickshire." 2 Today, Neen Sollars is a village and civil parish in south east Shropshire. The village dates back to before the Domesday Book where it was listed as Nene3 The de Solers family were found here from the late 12th century4 Early History of the Solas familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Solas research. Another 95 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1269, 1455 and 1487 are included under the topic Early Solas History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Solas Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Sollars, Sollas, Sollis, Sollace, Soller, Sollar, Sollas, Solles, Solers, Solars, Solis, Solas and many more. Early Notables of the Solas familyMore information is included under the topic Early Solas Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Solas migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Solas Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Peter Solas, aged 27, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1825 5
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- 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)
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Solas migration to the United States 
