Person:William Paisley (2)

Immigration in 1736 from Ireland to Philadelphia, PA: 1764 to Guilford County, NCWilliam Paisley, Sr., our original Paisley ancestor in thiscountry, was born in Tyrone County, Ireland, of Scotchparentage, between the years 1700 and 1705. He lived thereuntil his marriage to Eleanor (Nelley) McLean in 1736 or 1737. Soon after their marriage they migrated to this country andsettled in the valley of the Schuykill River, twenty milesabove Philadelphia, where he lived on rented land and whereby industry and good management he reared six children incomfortable circumstances and saved enough money to bringhis family to North Carolina and to purchase land for them. His first wife died in Pennsylvania, and he afterwards marriedCatherine Hamilton.

!BIRTH-DEATH-MARRIAGE: Dorothy MacDowell, MCDOWELLS IN AMERICA; (451).!MARRIAGES: Acklen, TENNESSEE BIBLE RECORDS & MARRIAGE BONDS; p. 68; (453).!CHILDREN: Christine Cary, Paisley Family; (452).!SPOUSE (3): Deeds; Guilford, NC; Books C & D; FHL Film #0019047; (464).Immigrated abt 1736 to Schuylkill River Valley, Lancaster, PA then migrated to Guilford county, NC about 1765!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Silva Dell Wilson Partridge, PAISLEY AND ALLIED LINES; Spokane, WA: Zions Intermountain Press, 1973; had brother John that settled in Delaware; (655).!SPOUSES: TIB card to Arizona Temple; (719).!Paisley Family Newsletter gives death as 5 May 1787!MARRIAGE (3): Marriage records of Rowan county, NC; William Peasley to Elizabeth Denny!memorial stone to him in the Alamance Presbyterian Church Cemetery!ordained in Pennsylvania; elder of Alamance Church; Paisley newsletter; FHL 313903; Alamance Presbyterian Church Session minutes and records 1829-1885!father may be John b. 1670 Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland; John's father Edward b. 1610 Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland and d. Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland; death given as 5 May 1789 by Mary McClain!Paisley Newsletter; journal entry about his preaching; (1081)

Family Group

Husband N45 William Paisley

Born:        1707   - County Tyrone, Ulster Provence, Ireland
Marr:    BEF 1736   - Ireland  
Died:    MAY 1787   - Guilford County, NC

Father: John Paisley Mother: Other Spouses: Elizabeth Denny Catherine Hamilton

Wife Eleanor McLean

Born:        1717   - Ireland 
Died:    BEF 1765   - Lancaster, Pa  

Father: John McLean Mother: Margaret Mary Moore Other Spouses:

Children 1. Margaret Paisley

Born:        1747   - Lancaster County, PA
Marr:           - William Denny 
Died:        1810   - Guilford County, NC

2. Jane Paisley

Born:        1737   - Philadelphia, PA
Marr:    1762   - John White 
Died:        1804   - Adairville, Logan County, KY

3. Mary Paisley

Born:        1750   - Lancaster County, PA
Marr:    1775   - James Wilson Doak 
Died:  3 JUL 1837   - Beechgrove, TN

4. Robert Paisley

Born:        1739   - Lancaster County, PA
Marr:    1765   - Margaret Major 
Died:        1832   - Adairville, KY

5. John Paisley, Col. N43

Born:        1745   - near Philadelphia, Pa.
Marr:    1769   - Mary Ann Denny 
Died:    OCT 1811   - Guilford County, NC

6. William Paisley

Born: 25 DEC 1742   - Lancaster County, PA
Marr:    1763   - Deliverance Paine  
Died: 11 SEP 1822   - Guilford County, NC