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Family of William Paley and Elizabeth Clapham
| Husband: | William Paley (1711-1799) | |
| Wife: | Elizabeth Clapham (1712-1796) | |
| Children: | William Paley (1743-1805) | |
| Mary Paley (1745?-1812) | ||
| Elizabeth Paley (1747-1819) | ||
| Agnes Paley (1750- ) | ||
| Margaret Paley (1754-1754) | ||
| Marriage | 10 Jul 1742 | Giggleswick, Yorkshire |
Husband: William Paley
| Name: | William Paley | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Thomas Paley (1675-1740) | |
| Mother: | Mary Wilkinson (1679?-1759) | |
| Note (shared): | 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 | |
| Birth | 1711 | Langcliffe, Giggleswick, Yorks |
| Occupation (1) | -; Headmaster of Giggleswick School | |
| Occupation (2) | -; Vicar of Helpston (near Peterborough) | |
| Death | 29 Sep 1799 (age 87-88) | Giggleswick, Yorkshire |
Wife: Elizabeth Clapham
| 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 |
Child 1: William Paley
| Name: | William Paley | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse 1: | Jane Hewitt (1751?-1791) | |
| Spouse 2: | Catherine Dobinson (1742-1819) | |
| Children: | Jane Paley (1778-1826) | |
| Elizabeth Paley (1781- ) | ||
| William Paley (1781-1817) | ||
| Edmund Paley (1782-1850) | ||
| James Paley (1783-1863) | ||
| Mary Paley (1787- ) | ||
| Edward Paley (1788-1833) | ||
| Ann Paley (1789-1876) | ||
| John Paley (1790-1790) | ||
| Note (shared): | William Paley, Doctor of Divinity, English theologian. Ordained in 1767, he
lectured on moral philosophy at Christ's College, Cambridge. Made a prebendary
of the cathedral church of Carlisle (1780), he became archdeacon of the diocese
(1782), and chancellor (1785), the year he published Principles of Moral and
Political Philosophy. He wrote Horae Paulinae (1790), in proof that the New
Testament is not “a cunningly devised fable,” and A View of the Evidences of
Christianity (1794), for which he is celebrated.
His book Natural Theology; or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity (1802) achieved great popularity. Paley's work strongly influenced Charles Darwin, who was "charmed and convinced of the long line of argumentation" (Autobiography). Paley's analogy of the watch inspired the title of Richard Dawkins's book "The Blind Watchmaker" (1986). In 1825 a complete edition of Paley's writings was published by his son, Edmund Paley. Source: http://www.answers.com/topic/w illiam-paley See also Dictionary of National Biography | |
| Birth | Jul 1743 | Peterborough, Northants |
| Baptism | 30 Aug 1743 (age 0) | Peterborough Cathedral, Northants |
| 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 |
Child 2: Mary Paley
| Name: | Mary Paley | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1745 (app) | Carlisle, Cumberland |
| Death | 18 Sep 1812 (age 66-67) | |
Child 3: Elizabeth Paley
| 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 |
Child 4: Agnes Paley
| Name: | Agnes Paley | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | James Paley (1752- ) | |
| Children: | Thomas Paley (1778- ) | |
| Birth | 1750 | Langcliffe, Giggleswick, Yorks |
| Baptism | 25 Jun 1750 (age 0) | Giggleswick, Yorkshire |
Child 5: Margaret Paley
| Name: | Margaret Paley | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1754 | England |
| Death | 6 May 1754 (age 0) | |