Richard Huskard
Richard Huskard was an Anglo-Irish settler. He was an ancestor of the family of Skerrett, who later became one of The Tribes of Galway. Later bearers of the name included John Skerrett and John Skerrett . An earlier Richard Huskard held land near Galway in 1278.
Huskard was the original form of the surname Skerrett. The original form was huscarl, a compound word of two distinct words in Old English, hus and churl, 7th Mayor of Galway, 1491–1492.
