[Ancestor] Scull

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1 M Nicholas Scull ¹

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General Notes: Husband - [Ancestor] Scull

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One of those names which are of historic inter-est on both sides of the sea, but especially in the counties of Westmoreland and Allegheny, Pennsylvania, is that of the race which was planted in England about the time of the conquest, by Sir John Scull. It is recorded that Sir John Scull was one of twelve Norman knights who followed in the train of Bernard Newmarch, by some supposed to have been a natural brother of the king, William Rufus. They conquered a part of Wales known as Brecknockshire and the lands were liberally portioned out to the knights who assisted in the expedition. Sir John Scull received the two manors of Bolgood and Crai, the names of which were united, the entire estate being designated as that of Bolgood Crai. There Sir John Scull built a castle, all traces of which long ago disappeared, although tradi-tion points out the spot as the site where stood in 1800 the residence of Sir John Powell, attorney. Sir John Scull is supposed to have been buried in the battle aisle of the abbey and priory of Brecon, and in the church of St. John, the Evangelist, in the town of Brecon, is a tomb bearing the following inscription: "Here lyeth the body of John William Skwl, paternally descended of Sir John Skwl, Knight. He married Anne, daughter of Howell Morgan, of Dwynock. They had issue: William, Thomas, Margaret, Elizabeth, Gwenlliam, Jonnet and Joan. Obit, 1680, aet. 78 Anno." Near this stone is another: "Here lyeth the body of William John William Scull (Skwl), paternally descended of Sir John Scull, Knight. He married Jane, daughter of Gwalter John, of Parish Trallong, gent. They had issue, John, Gwalter, Thomas and Anne Scull. Obit. 1685, aet. 38 years." Having arms, Scull, impaling a bend between six dophins naiant.
Sir Walter Scull, famous in the Wars of the Roses (about 1460), had as his arms gules a bend, voided of the field between six lions' heads erased or. He married the heiress of Sir John Beauchamp and lived until his death at Holt castle, about seven miles from the city of Worchester. The place became a fine large old castellated farm-house with spacious hall, well preserved tower, and part of the battle-mented walls still standing, all very ancient, several hundred years. It was later, with eight hundred acres of fertile land attached, owned by the Earl of Dudley. In explanation of the changes which appear above in the spelling of the family name it may be observed that the name of Scull is most likely of Scandinavian origin, as it occurs as "Skule" in Wheaton and Chrighton's "History of the Northmen."
The Wales family of Scull spread from Brecknockshire into Radnorshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Wiltshire and Buchinghamshire, also into Lon-don. At some early period a branch went over to Ireland, probably into county Cork, as a town and large parish named Scull or Skull, in the lower end near the sea, would seem to indicate.
One of the family in England, Jean Schuyl, fled to the Hague, in Holland, about 1630, where his name, with those of other merchants, is signed to a peti-tion presented to Cromwell in 1651, in reference to the passage of his naviga-tion act, which was intended as a blow to their commerce. The act having passed, their trade with the Carribean Islands and Virginia was ruined. Pieter Jansen Schuyl, or Scholl, emigrated to America from the Hague. He is said to have been the son of the above mentioned Jean Schuyl. He settled at Hempstead, Long Island, and married, November 26, 1661, Margaret, (or Grietie) Provoost, a Huguenot. The name is written Schuyl, Scholl, Scholt, Schol, Scol, Sculle and Scule. [HWC 1906 III, 504]

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 505.