When William Newall was born on 19 November 1771, in Shropshire, England, his father, Thomas Newall, was 28 and his mother, Anne Webb, was 24. He married Mary Potter on 10 November 1796, in Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 23 December 1812, in England, United Kingdom, at the age of 41, and was buried in England, United Kingdom.
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English: variant of Newhall or Newell .
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