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Origin of Scales Total Records: 1  Origin of Scales, Meaning of Scales Origin: The Scales family dates back from the landing of William the Conqueror in 1066.The origin of the name came from the commander of that division of King William's army, which came to England with him from Normandy, whose duty it wasto scale walls of a besieged city when the proper time came to make such an assault. The general's name was Hugh; they had only one name then; in the history of time he is called Hugh de Schalers ; that is Hugh commander of of city walls and fortifications ; in the course of years the spelling became Hugh de Scales and after two or three centuries the de was dropped. I found this in Genealogical and Family History in the State of New Hampshire. Surnames: Scales Submitted by: Joe Scales 2/17/2012 8:38 PM Page 1 of 1

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