Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
SKITT
As described in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
SKITT. " Some time since, a man named James Kit (i.e., Christopher), took a house near mine. He was always called James Kitt— his house got the name of " Shift's "—and the family are now all written Skitt." From a Lancashire correspondent.