When Charles Ottley was christened on 6 January 1782, in Mucking, Essex, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Otley, was 11779 and his mother, Hannah Whips, was 24.
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English: habitational name from either of two places called Otley, in Suffolk and Yorkshire. The placenames derive from the Old English personal name Otta + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
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