The PAWLING family was established in Bampton by the time of the earliest surviving parish registers (mid sixteen century).
By the eighteenth century at least one branch of the family was present in Weald. Moses Pawlin held 21 acres from the Earl of Shrewsbury on a lease of one life in 1789. He was a butcher in Shoreditch at the time and died there in 1793. His will is in the National Archives.

During the long 18C, members of the family in the Bampton area married members of the following families: –

CLARKE

CHURCH

DEWE

FAULKENER

HASKINS

JONES

ORPWOOD

SEARY (twice)

SKINNER

WILLOUGHBY

WRIGHT

WILLIAMS

YOUNG

The only PAWLING grave that is visible in the Bampton grave yard is that of William PAWLING: –

Sacred to the memory of William PAWLING, and Mary his wife.

He died Feb. 25. 1826: aged 72 years. She died Feb. 12. 1798: aged 44 years.

Also in memory of Charles John Embury WENMAN

Son of John and Eliza Fanny WENMAN,

who died April 23. 1851: aged 2 years and 5 months.

Also of Harriet daughter of William and Mary PAWLING,

who died Aug. 14. 1809 aged 22 years.

(Eliza Fanny was a granddaughter of William and Mary.)

The name seems to have died out throughout Bampton parish with William’s death.