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Family of William Paley and Jane Hewitt

Husband: William Paley

  • Name:

  • William Paley

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • William Paley (1711-1799)

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Clapham (1712-1796)

  • Note:

  • 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/william-paley

    See also Dictionary of National Biography

  • 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

Wife: Jane Hewitt

  • Name:

  • Jane Hewitt

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • c. 1751

  • Carlisle, Cumberland

  • Death:

  • May 1791 (age 39-40)

  • Carlisle, Cumberland

  • Burial:

  • 1791

  • Carlisle Cathedral, Cumberland, north aisle

Child 1: Jane Paley

  • Name:

  • Jane Paley

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Fergus Graham (c. 1766-1829)

  • Birth:

  • 1778

  • Carlisle, Cumberland

  • Baptism:

  • 23 Jan 1778 (age 0)

  • Saint Lawrence, Appleby, Westmorland

  • Death:

  • 24 Oct 1826 (age 47-48)

  • Arthuret, Cumberland

Child 2: Elizabeth Paley

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Paley

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • William Priestly ( - )

  • Birth:

  • 1781

  • Dalston, Cumberland

  • Baptism:

  • 5 Apr 1781 (age 0)

  • Dalston, Cumberland

Child 3: William Paley

  • Name:

  • William Paley

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Elizabeth Gill (c. 1783-1831)

  • 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

Child 4: Edmund Paley

  • Name:

  • Edmund Paley

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Sarah Apthorp (1788-1864)

  • Children:

  • Anne Paley (1813-1872)

  •  

  • Frederick Apthorp Paley (1815-1888)

  •  

  • William Paley (1816-1911)

  •  

  • Jessie Paley (1818-1866)

  •  

  • Catherine Paley (1819-1880)

  •  

  • Edmund Paley (1822-1840)

  •  

  • Edward Graham Paley (1823-1895)

  •  

  • Temple Chevallier Paley (1825-1910)

  •  

  • Francis Henry Paley (1826-1909)

  •  

  • John Hewitt Paley (1830-1857)

  • Note:

  • Minister of religion and author, Rector of Easingwold, Yorks. In 1825 he published a complete seven volume edition of the works of his father, William Paley.

  • Birth:

  • 1782

  • Cawthorn, Yorkshire

  • Title:

  •  

  • Reverend

  • Occupation (1):

  • btw 1809 and 1822 (age 26-40)

  • Vicar of Cawthorne, Yorks

  • Occupation (2):

  • btw 1812 and 1837 (age 29-55)

  • Vicar of Easingwold, Yorks

  • Occupation (3):

  • btw 1838 and 1858 (age 55-76)

  • Rector of Gretford with Wilsthorpe, Lincs

  • Will (1):

  • 11 Apr 1847 (age 64-65)

  • Date of Will

  • Education (1):

  •  

  • Carlisle Grammar School & Jesus Coll, Cambridge

  • Education (2):

  •  

  • Queens Coll, Oxford

  • Death:

  • 1850 (age 67-68)

  • Gretford, Lincolnshire

  • Burial:

  • 7 Sep 1850

  • St Thomas a Becket, Gretford, Lincs (aged 67)

  • Will (2):

  • 29 Nov 1850 (age 67-68)

  • Will proved

Child 5: James Paley

  • Name:

  • James Paley

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Alice Hutchinson (c. 1781- )

  • Note 1:

  • PALEY The Reverend James, 23 January 1864. The Will of the Reverend James Paley late of Laycock Vicarage in the Parish of Laycock in the County of Wilts Clerk and Vicar of the said Parish deceased who died 9 December 1863 at Burton Grange in the Township of Clifton in the County of York was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of James Paley of Seal in the County of Kent Surgeon and Charles Edward Paley of Burton Grange aforesaid Solicitor the Sons two of the Executors. Effects under £4,000.

  • Note 2:

  • PALEY, JAMES. Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 28) at Magdalene, Dec. 1811; from Queen's College, whence he had matnc. Mar. 17, 1807, aged 22 {sic). [3rd] s. of the Rev. William 1758) D.D. deceased. School, Carlisle Grammar. Matric. Lent, 1812; B.A. 1813. V. of Lacock, Wilts., 1814-63. Died Dec. 9, 1863, aged 80, at a son's residence, Burton Grange, York. Father of the next; brother of Edmund (1800) and William (1798). (Carlisle Grm. Sch. Reg.; Al. Oxon.; Clergy List; G. Mag., 1864, i. 128.)

    Source: Alumni cantabrigienses

  • Birth:

  • 1783

  • Carlisle, Cumberland

  • Baptism:

  • 1 Jan 1784 (age 0-1)

  • Saint Mary, Carlisle, Cumberland

  • Occupation:

  • btw 1814 and 1863 (age 30-80)

  • Vicar of Lacock, Wilts

  • Education:

  •  

  • Carlisle Grammar & Magdalene Coll, Cambridge

  • Census:

  • 1851 (age 67-68)

  • Vicar of Lacock (Wilts), South Parade, Micklegate, Yorks

  • Death:

  • 9 Dec 1863 (age 79-80)

  • Burton Grange, Clifton, Yorkshire

Child 6: Mary Paley

  • Name:

  • Mary Paley

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Robert Paley (1780-1859)

  • Birth:

  • 1787

  • Carlisle, Cumberland

  • Baptism:

  • 29 May 1787 (age 0)

  • Saint Mary, Carlisle, Cumberland

  • Census:

  • 1841 (age 53-54)

  • Wife in household

Child 7: Edward Paley

  • Name:

  • Edward Paley

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Mary Anne Paley (1786-1874)

  • Birth:

  • 18 Jan 1788

  • Carlisle, Cumberland

  • Baptism:

  • 4 Jul 1788 (age 0)

  • Saint Mary, Carlisle, Cumberland

  • Death:

  • 1833 (age 44-45)

  • Ripley, Yorkshire

Child 8: Ann Paley

Child 9: John Paley

  • Name:

  • John Paley

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 6 Aug 1790

  • Dalston, Cumberland

  • Death:

  • 6 Aug 1790 (age 0)

  • Dalston, Cumberland

Note on Husband: William Paley

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/william-paley

See also Dictionary of National Biography

Note on Child 3: 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

Note on Child 4: Edmund Paley

Minister of religion and author, Rector of Easingwold, Yorks. In 1825 he published a complete seven volume edition of the works of his father, William Paley.

Note on Child 5: James Paley (1)

PALEY The Reverend James, 23 January 1864. The Will of the Reverend James Paley late of Laycock Vicarage in the Parish of Laycock in the County of Wilts Clerk and Vicar of the said Parish deceased who died 9 December 1863 at Burton Grange in the Township of Clifton in the County of York was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of James Paley of Seal in the County of Kent Surgeon and Charles Edward Paley of Burton Grange aforesaid Solicitor the Sons two of the Executors. Effects under £4,000.

Note on Child 5: James Paley (2)

PALEY, JAMES. Adm. Fell.-Com. (age 28) at Magdalene, Dec. 1811; from Queen's College, whence he had matnc. Mar. 17, 1807, aged 22 {sic). [3rd] s. of the Rev. William 1758) D.D. deceased. School, Carlisle Grammar. Matric. Lent, 1812; B.A. 1813. V. of Lacock, Wilts., 1814-63. Died Dec. 9, 1863, aged 80, at a son's residence, Burton Grange, York. Father of the next; brother of Edmund (1800) and William (1798). (Carlisle Grm. Sch. Reg.; Al. Oxon.; Clergy List; G. Mag., 1864, i. 128.)

Source: Alumni cantabrigienses