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So which family group do you belong to?
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GROUP
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Descent from John Palliser
(1578-1623) of Newby Wiske, North Yorkshire, yeoman |
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Naturally, this is my family group. There are items about some of them
within these pages, where they have entries in The Dictionary of National
Biography, and other published biographies. This group originates in Maunby, in the parish of Kirby Wiske near
Northallerton,
North Yorkshire. Until this century,
they were landowners, with younger sons going into the Church, Army or Navy.
Their progeny have been mainly in Ireland, London and Sussex since leaving Yorkshire in
the 1660s. From this group descends many of those featured in the Dictionary
of National Biography (entries of which are repeated on this site), and also Charles Palliser, author of The Quincunx and
other novels. One branch also emigrated to Virginia in the 17th
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Descent from Christopher Palliser
(c1555-1624) of Kirby Wiske, North Yorkshire,
yeoman (cousin to the above) |
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Group 2 stems from Group 1, but the break is in the late 16th
century. This Group remained in Kirby Wiske, until the 1840s, one branch going through Canada, to the United States, and another through London to Australia, by (lack of?) virtue of the family convict, who was
transported for stealing five fowl. Another branch went to Bedale in North Yorkshire. |
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Descent from William Palister and Edith Kirlew of
Cawood, Yorkshire |
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Group 3 is a small group originating in Cawood whose tentacles spread
to Leeds. Descendants are in Canada and Australia. |
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Descent from Michael Palliser (bur
1796) of Sutton, North Yorkshire, innkeeper |
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This group descends from Group 10 (see below). Their known origins were
in Sutton-under-Whitestonecliff
and nearby Felixkirk but they were later more widespread in the Wharfedale and Rawdon (Guiseley)
areas of West Yorkshire. Members of this clan have turned up in the United States. This group includes
Michael Palliser (1815-1904) who wrote his family history, but which was
published by his son in 1919. Group 5
has been merged with Group 10. |
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GROUP
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Unsorted Pallisers
(etc) originating in Thirsk |
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So many Palliser (etc) families moved in and out of Thirsk
at various points, that it is not always possible to link them to other groups.
For the most part, I have not actually investigated them, as
yet, so some of them may be linked. Some of these are currently being
worked on, and a few of them should be on my Rootsweb
pages soon. |
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Descent from Nathaniel Palliser
(born 1823) of Brimham Hall, North Yorkshire,
farmer, grandson of William Palliser and Mary Grange. |
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This is a small group, concentrated round Hartwith
near Kirkby
Malzeard, Yorkshire. The possibility was that
this group is connected to Group 14 but I feel they descend from Group 10.
William Palliser and Mary Grange married in Ripon, but Elizabeth, their
daughter was born in Thirsk.
However, there is equally the possibility of this group having their origins
in Thirsk itself. While Nathaniel's children's births were all registered as
Palliser, the family abandoned the name of Palliser, in favour of Nathaniel
Palliser's patronymic, Addyman. His mother,
Elizabeth Palliser, married John Addyman after his
birth. |
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Descent from Marmaduke Palliser
(Freeman of York 1684) whitesmith |
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The origins of this group were in York
and Sessay, North
Yorkshire, just a few miles from Thirsk
and South
Kilvington. Most of the family stayed in the
area, and some of them are featured in a locally published diary,
"William Metcalf, His Book", which covers the closing three decades
of the 18th century. One line went to London, via Kent. From the Kent group descend Sir Arthur Palliser,
the Second World War admiral; Sir Michael Palliser,
of the Foreign Office; the artist Anthony Palliser,
the actor Nicholas Palliser,
and the writer Peter
Palliser. |
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Descent from John Palliser
(married 1786) of Coxwold, North Yorkshire |
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This relatively small group abounded in the general Helmsley
area of Yorkshire. Descendants are still there today. |
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Descent from William Palliser
(1714-1787) of Sowerby, North Yorkshire, weaver |
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What was group 20, is the progenitor of the prolific Group 10, but they
are now combined. Their origins were in South
Kilvington, North Yorkshire, only a few miles from Kirby Wiske. No link to Group 1 has yet been found by me, but
I'm sure the link cannot be that distant. This group stayed mainly in this
area of England, and descendants are still in the area today. Group 10
remained initially in Sowerby
by Thirsk, then spread to Northallerton,
where they made their name as builders, and from there to Australia , and the United State, where they also made
their name as builders and architects! Numerous descendants of this group
still live in Northallerton
and the surrounding area to this day. To this group belongs Herbert William Palliser
(1882-1963), the British sculptor; George Palliser,
Architect, quoted on the Bissell Architects site and Elmer Palliser of
America who was stranded on Cocos Island. |
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Descent from John Palliser
(married 1606) of Copt Hewick, near Ripon, North
Yorkshire, yeoman |
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Group 14 is a large group originating from the villages around Ripon,
Yorkshire. They probably originated in Catterick, and may be a branch of
Group 1. Their family members abounded around Leeds
and stayed mostly in the area. However, one branch went to the USA late last
century, and they are predominantly in St Louis, Missouri. From this group is
historian Professor David
Palliser and chess player Richard Palliser. Group
28 has been found to stem from this group, until this particular clan took
itself further north in the mid-19th century, to the Durham and Lanchester areas and was
one of the most prolific will-writing groups because, for many years, they
had a grocer’s shop in Consett, co
Durham. There are still descendants there today. |
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Descent from Richard Palliser
(married 1832) of London, saddler & harnessmaker |
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This family was a group of saddlers who lived in London early in the 19th
century. Richard Palliser, brother of George, however, emigrated to Tasmania,
leaving brother George behind. A descendant (non-Palliser) was one of the
first ladies to go up to Oxford University. From this group descends Arthur Palliser,
known as Jack, the Australian flying ace, who was from Tasmania, and Florence
Palliser, later the wife of Sir Samuel Barrow of Surrey. Their son, Sir
Malcolm Palliser Barrow, was a government minister of Rhodesia and
Nyasaland. This group is now known to have originated in Sowerby by Thirsk,
and has been merged with Group 10. |
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Descent from John Francis Palliser
of Bristol |
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This family has its origins in Bristol but with London connections in
common with Group 2, specifically Thomas Street, Bethnal Green. I strongly
suspect that John Francis Palliser of Bristol is the same persons who was
baptised as Doctor Wilson Palliser in Stepney, London. 17 has been merged with Group 2. |
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Descent from Levi Palliser of the
Knaresborough area, Yorkshire |
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Within Palliser families, the Christian name of Levi is an unusual one,
so it is a fair bet that those with the name are probably of the same group.
This group descends from a batch of Pallisers in Farnham,
near Knaresborough,
Yorkshire, through an illegitimate line which descended from a branch that
was long in Ripley, near Ripon. This group may be the progenitors of all Pallisers in England, but I am still working on that. |
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Various families from the
Scarborough area, unsorted |
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I have had a batch of emails from people researching Pallisers of the Scarborough
area. So far, I have not managed to link these Seamer/Ayton
families together, due to missing data, but I have linked them in one file. |
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Descent from John Palliser and
Mary Hambleton of Thirsk |
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I have had a batch of emails from people researching the clockmaker Pallisers, who went from Thirsk to Hull and beyond. These
have now been found to descend from Group 10 and so have been merged to that
group. |
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Descent from Robert Pallister and
Ann Woodhouse of Skelton by Guisborough, Yorks |
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Several grandsons of this couple from Skelton
by Guisborough emigrated to Michigan, USA before about 1850 |
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GROUP
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Descent from Robert Pallister
whose children were baptised at Cockerton, County Durham |
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This group originated in Cockerton, County
Durham at some point being at the Shoulder of Mutton pub. Some branches
remained in County Durham and Yorkshire, but others went to Australia. |
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Various families |
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Since I have been on the internet, I have become increasingly aware of
the numbers of Pallisers in the Catalonia area of
Spain. There are probably more Pallisers (that
spelling) in the Spanish telephone books, than there are combined Pallisers and Pallisters in the English phone books. It
begs the question: who came first, the English Pallisers
or the Spanish Pallisers? The English paliser is said to derive from a ‘maker of palings and
fences’. The Spanish palicer is said to derive from
someone who worked with fur pelts. So, are these two distinct origins of the
same surname? There were Pallisers in Catalonia at least
from the mid-16th century. From the Menorcan Pallisers descends Francisco Sintes Pellicer, an
activist and one of the founding families of Nassau County, Florida. Those
from MENORCA
have been uploaded to WorldConnect at Rootsweb. Those from mainland SPAIN are still being
worked on. |
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UNGROUPED PALLISERS &
VARIANTS |
Various origins, unsorted |
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I have had odd emails and letters from various people looking for their
roots. For various reasons, these Pallisers'
origins do not make themselves clear from my databases, either because of
missing data, or because I have not studied them closely enough yet. |
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PALSER & PELSER |
Various origins, unsorted |
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I have had odd emails and letters from various people looking for their
roots. For various reasons, these Palliser's origins do not make themselves
clear from my databases, either because of missing data, or because I have not
studied them closely enough yet. |
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