The name Skillings is English and the Coat of Arms contains Silver shield with two red chevrons and red stripe at top on which there are three bezants. The Crest is A greyhound courant.
Spelling variations include: Skelhorn, Skellern, Skellorn, Skillern, Skillen, Skillan, Skilland, Skellon, Skilling, Skillim and many more.
First found in Yorkshire where they were anciently seated as Lords of the Manor of Skeleron in Rimington.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Hugh Skillin settled in New York in 1833; Isaac and wife Nancy settled in Texas in 1835; Elizabeth Skellen and husband settled in Maryland in 1668.
