See also

Family of William Paley and Elizabeth Gill

Husband: William Paley

  • Name:

  • William Paley

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • William Paley (1743-1805)

  • Mother:

  • Jane Hewitt (c. 1751-1791)

  • Note (shared):

  • William Paley was “admitted pensioner (age 17) at Pembroke, Mar.20, 1798. Eldest son of the Venerable William Paley, D.D. who was rector of Bishop-Wearmouth, Durham. at Appleby, Westmorland, Schools: Carlisle Grammar and Louth Grammar. Matriculated as a member of the University from Pembroke College at Michaelmas 1798. BA (3rd wrangler) 1802; MA 1805). Fellow of Pembroke. Awarded a Members’ Prize [1803 and] 1804 [these prizes for a Latin dissertation, endowed by the University’s Member of Parliament, and awarded to BAs]. Admitted at Lincoln’s Inn Nov 11, 1802. Called to the Bar (no date recorded). Author, Law of Principal and Agent. Died Mar 17, 1817 aged 37 at Pentonville.”

    J.A. and J. Venn, Alumni Cantabridienses Part II vol 5 (Cambridge 1953) page 11

  • Birth:

  • 1781

  • Appleby, Westmorland

  • Residence (1):

  • 1813 (age 31-32)

  • No.2 Essex Court, Middle Temple, London (on Will)

  • Will (1):

  • 18 Sep 1813 (age 31-32)

  • Will also mentions daughter in law Matilda Harvey

  • Residence (2):

  • 1817 (age 35-36)

  • Brain's Row, Spa Fields, Clerkenwell

  • Death:

  • 12 Mar 1817 (age 35-36)

  • Pentonville, Middlesex

  • Burial:

  • 18 Mar 1817

  • St James, Clerkenwell (aged 37)

  • Will (2):

  • 24 Mar 1817 (age 35-36)

  • Will proved

Wife: Elizabeth Gill

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Gill

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • c. 1783

  •  

  • Residence:

  • 1831 (age 47-48)

  • Tollington Park, Islington

  • Death:

  • 14 Feb 1831 (age 47-48)

  • Islington, Middlesex

  • Burial:

  • 26 Feb 1831

  • St Mary, Islington (aged 48, Eliza Paley)

Note on Husband: William Paley - shared note

William Paley was “admitted pensioner (age 17) at Pembroke, Mar.20, 1798. Eldest son of the Venerable William Paley, D.D. who was rector of Bishop-Wearmouth, Durham. at Appleby, Westmorland, Schools: Carlisle Grammar and Louth Grammar. Matriculated as a member of the University from Pembroke College at Michaelmas 1798. BA (3rd wrangler) 1802; MA 1805). Fellow of Pembroke. Awarded a Members’ Prize [1803 and] 1804 [these prizes for a Latin dissertation, endowed by the University’s Member of Parliament, and awarded to BAs]. Admitted at Lincoln’s Inn Nov 11, 1802. Called to the Bar (no date recorded). Author, Law of Principal and Agent. Died Mar 17, 1817 aged 37 at Pentonville.”

J.A. and J. Venn, Alumni Cantabridienses Part II vol 5 (Cambridge 1953) page 11