See also
| Husband: | William Paley (1711-1799) | |
| Wife: | Elizabeth Clapham (1712-1796) | |
| Children: | William Paley (1743-1805) | |
| Mary Paley (c. 1745-1812) | ||
| Elizabeth Paley (1747-1819) | ||
| Agnes Paley (1750- ) | ||
| Margaret Paley (1754-1754) | ||
| Marriage | 10 Jul 1742 | Giggleswick, Yorkshire |
| Name: | William Paley | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Thomas Paley (1675-1740) | |
| Mother: | Mary Wilkinson (c. 1679-1759) | |
| Birth | 1711 | Langcliffe, Giggleswick, Yorks |
| Occupation | -; Headmaster of Giggleswick School | |
| Occupation | -; Vicar of Helpston (near Peterborough) | |
| Death | 29 Sep 1799 (age 87-88) | Giggleswick, Yorkshire |
| Name: | Elizabeth Clapham | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | William Clapham ( - ) | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1712 | Stackhouse, Giggleswick, Yorks |
| Baptism | 15 Dec 1712 (age 0) | Giggleswick, Yorkshire |
| Death | 9 Mar 1796 (age 83-84) | Giggleswick, Yorkshire |
| Burial | 13 Mar 1796 | Giggleswick, Yorkshire |
| Name: | William Paley | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse 1: | Jane Hewitt (c. 1751-1791) | |
| Spouse 2: | Catherine Dobinson (1742-1819) | |
| Birth | Jul 1743 | Peterborough, Northamptonshire |
| Baptism | 30 Aug 1743 (age 0) | Peterborough Cathedral, Northamptonshire |
| Ordination | 21 Dec 1767 (age 24) | Ordained as Anglican priest |
| Occupation | 1782 (age 38-39) | -; Archdeacon of Carlisle |
| Death | 25 May 1805 (age 61) | Bishopwearmouth Rectory |
| Burial | 4 Jun 1805 | Carlisle Cathedral, Cumberland, north aisle |
| Name: | Mary Paley | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | c. 1745 | Carlisle, Cumberland |
| Death | 18 Sep 1812 (age 66-67) | |
| Name: | Elizabeth Paley | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1747 | Langcliffe, Giggleswick, Yorks |
| Baptism | 16 Apr 1747 (age 0) | Giggleswick, Yorkshire |
| Death | 31 Jan 1819 (age 71-72) | Giggleswick, Yorkshire |
| Name: | Agnes Paley | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | James Paley (1752- ) | |
| Birth | 1750 | Langcliffe, Giggleswick, Yorks |
| Baptism | 25 Jun 1750 (age 0) | Giggleswick, Yorkshire |
| Name: | Margaret Paley | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1754 | England |
| Death | 6 May 1754 (age 0) | |
William Paley was a sizar (undergraduate) at Christ’s College Cambridge graduated BA in 1733-4
and in 1735 became Vicar of Helpston, Northamptonshire. He was a minor canon at Peterborough
and it was whilst here that his son William was born in 1743. In 1744 he was appointed
Headmaster of Giggleswick Grammar School with a salary of £80 afterwards raised to £200. He
held this post until his death in 1799. (There is a Paley House at Giggleswick School at Settle,
Yorkshire named after him.) He was described in the Giggleswick School Register as “Cheerful
and jocose, a great wit, rather coarse in his language”.
Source: www.langcliffe.net/Paley.htm
Adm. sizar (age 19) at CHRIST'S, Jan. 31, 1729-30. 2nd s. of Thomas. B. at Langcliffe, Yorks., 1711. School, Giggleswick. Matric. 1730; Scholar, 1733; B.A. 1733-4. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) Mar. 10, 1733-4; priest, Mar. 2, 1734-5. Minor canon of Peterborough Cathedral. V. of Helpston, 1735-99. Head Master of Giggleswick School, 1745-99. C. of Giggleswick, 1749-69. V. of Horton-in-Ribblesdale, 1769-88. Died Sept. 29, 1799. Father of William, of the Evidences. (Peile, II. 221.)
Source: Ancestry.com. Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA