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Poling
Mar 27, 2009 0:29:20 GMT -5
Post by tpoling on Mar 27, 2009 0:29:20 GMT -5
My surname's Poling, and I heard from an English friend that many surnames from Cornwall begin with "Pol." There's a town named Poling in West Sussex, a few counties east of Cornwall, where the Poling family is most likely from.
Our family came to the United States in the early 1600s. Instead of Poling, the first immigrant in our family was named Thomas Poland (but his family soon changed it to Poling; it's entirely possible Poling was the original name). He was born in 1590, and left England for Massachusetts, supposedly with the Puritans, just 50 years after the 1549 Prayer Book Rebellion.
Is there any support for the possibility that the Poling family could be originally Cornish rather than English?
Travis Poling Indiana, USA
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Poling
Mar 27, 2009 1:37:06 GMT -5
Post by Cornish Terrier on Mar 27, 2009 1:37:06 GMT -5
Travis - I cannot say whether the name originated in Cornwall in any form however I have had a bit of a look and found scatterings of the name in Cornwall. As early as 1608 there was an Alice PAWLINGE married at Launceston and I notice the name early on at places like North Hill, Boyton and Mevagissey. Through the 1700's there appear to be records of them at Lanlivery, Tremaine and Perranarworthal to name a few and there is a marriage of a Henry POLLINGS at Stithians in 1740. Stithians is about as far West in Cornwall as I can see at the moment but the name also appears through the 1800's in various forms. Some examples:- PAWLINGE, POLLINGS, POLING (late), PAULING, PAWLLIN and POWLING. So there is certainly some connection there. I guess the next step might be to see if we can work out the origins of a few of those listed in IGI and see where links might take us. CT
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Poling
Mar 27, 2009 6:00:08 GMT -5
Post by Mal on Mar 27, 2009 6:00:08 GMT -5
Ah, right,
I have replied to your original message but in this message you add some details.
I found this, not great information, but something to work on perhaps
1221. John Poland or Poling - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Birth: 1620 Gloucester, Gloucester, England married Mary NEW YORK bef 1671 died 5 JUNE 1700
1198. John POLING OR POLAND - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Birth: 1620 <, Gloucester, England> son of 1199. Thomas POLING - International Genealogical Index Gender: Male Birth: 1590 , Gloucester, England
This is a privately entered record so be careful, but does suggest someone out there was researching your name.
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Poling
Mar 27, 2009 9:07:53 GMT -5
Post by HeatherC on Mar 27, 2009 9:07:53 GMT -5
Hello Travis..... and welcome to the forum I see you also posted your query to Genforum..... if you take a look back through the older posts on the Poling family board you will see that in November 1998 there was a posting about the book "History and Genealogy of the Poling Family" by Clerissa H. Tatterson, McClain Publishing Co. It may be an idea to see if you can still get a copy of it ? Also, if you take a look at this thread on the Ancestry message boards, there is a very useful link for you to follow boards.ancestry.com/surnames.poling/453.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashxCame across this explanation of the origins of the Poling surname (Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4) "Altered form of Bolling, possibly also of Bollinger or Pollinger." Bolling meaning English: nickname for someone with close-cropped hair or a large head, Middle English bolling ‘pollard’, or for a heavy drinker, from Middle English bolling ‘excessive drinking’. German (Bölling): from a pet form of a personal name formed with Germanic bald ‘bold’, ‘brave’ (see Baldwin). Swedish: either an ornamental name composed of Boll + the suffix -ing ‘belonging to’, or possibly a habitational name from a place named Bolling(e). So a few choices there lol! And as Malcolm says about the name coming from Gloucestershire, that does seem to be the opinion of a lot of Poling researchers. Hope something here may help Best regards HeatherC
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