Paliser History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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• Ireland

Etymology of Paliser

The name Paliser comes from one of the family having worked as a person who made palings or fences. 1 "The palliser (the French palis, a pale, a stake) was a kind of parker, one who guarded or fenced enclosures." 2

Early Origins of the Paliser family

Early History of the Paliser family

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Paliser Spelling Variations

Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Paliser have been found, including: Paliser, Palliser, Pallisar, Palisar, Palister and many more.

Early Notables of the Paliser family

William Palliser (1646-1726), Archbishop of Cashel, son of John Palliser, born at Kirkby Wisk in Yorkshire, and received his early education at Northallerton under John Smith. At the age of fourteen he entered Trinity College, Dublin, of which he became a fellow in 1668. He received deacon's orders at Wexford in November 1669, and priest's orders on the 28th of the following January, in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Palliser was elected 'medicus' in Trinity College, Dublin, in October 1670, and appointed professor of divinity in that university in 1678. 3 Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser (1723-1796), of an old family long settled in...
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Migration of the Paliser family to Ireland

Some of the Paliser family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Migration of the Paliser family

Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Among the first immigrants of the name Paliser, or a variant listed above to cross the Atlantic and come to North America were : James Pallister who settled in Barbados in 1634; Rich Pallison, who arrived in Virginia in 1677; Thomas Palliser, who arrived in Virginia in 1682; Patrick Palliser, who came to America in 1740.