When William Paling was born on 11 December 1780, in Lowdham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Palin, was 24 and his mother, Mary Knight, was 11777. He married Ann Dennerley on 23 January 1803, in Lowdham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 8 daughters. He died on 22 December 1855, at the age of 75, and was buried in Lowdham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom.
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English: usually a variant of Palin .
English: occasionally perhaps a habitational name from Poling (Sussex). The placename probably derives from Old English pāl ‘stake, pole’ or a personal name derived from this word + the groupname suffix -ingas (genitive -inga). However, it is uncertain that this surname has survived.
Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a seller or catcher of eels, from Middle Dutch paeldinc, modern Dutch paling ‘eel’. Compare Paulding and Pawling .
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