William Carey DD (1761 - 1834)

Born 17 Aug 1761 in Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Dorothy Plackett — married 10 Jun 1781 in Piddington, Northamptonshire, England

Descendants

Died 9 Jun 1834 at age 72 in Hooghly, West Bengal, India

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Biography

William Carey DD is Notable.

William was a Protestant missionary.

"Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God." - William Carey

Known as the Father of Modern Missions, William Carey was born on 17 August 1761 in Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, England. He was christened in St James the Great in Paulerspury on 23 August 1761.^[1] He was the son of Edmund Carey and Elizabeth Wells

The village of Paulerspury is known as his birth location through many different sources such as biographies and oral family history. He was baptised in the old Norman font at St James the Great Church in Paulerspury. The church also displays a Plaque to commemorate his achievements and his father and grandfather were parish clerks at St James.

William married Dorothy Plackett in Piddington, Northamptonshire on 10 June 1781.^[2]

William Carey was a British missionary, a Particular Baptist minister, a translator and an activist. He also opened the first University in India offering degrees.

His essay, An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens, led to the founding of the Baptist Missionary Society. He went to Kolkata (India) in 1793, arriving aboard the Danish ship Maria on 11 November, but was forced to leave the British Indian territory by non-Baptist missionaries. He joined the Baptist missionaries in the Danish colony of Frederiksnagar in India (Serampore), and there he lived with people ravaged by extreme poverty and diseases. He translated the Bible into Bengali, Oriya, Assamese, Arabic, Hindi and Sanskrit.

William died in Hooghly, West Bengal, on 9 June 1834, and was buried in the Serampore Missions Burial Grounds, Barrackpore, West Bengal.^[3]

Sources

Most/nearly all of the biographical information was entered by Dr. Pam Morris, William's 5th-great-granddaughter, on 3 June 2019.

1. ↑ Free UK Genealogy, “Register of unspecified type, St James the Great Church, Paulerspury, Northamptonshire” database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58188f87e93790eca35c36bc) : accessed 22 Jun 2019), [data about William Carey 23 Aug 1761 ]; citing Register number.
2. ↑ Free UK Genealogy, “Register of unspecified type, St John the Baptist Church, Piddington, Northamptonshire” database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58184957e93790eb7f848810) : accessed 22 Jun 2019), [data about William Carey to Dorothy Plackett 10 Jun 1781 ]; citing Register number 158.
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #41800625

• 1835 Baptist and Reflector page 15 & 16 Death of Dr. Carey http://media2.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/tbarchive/1835/TB_1835_January.pdf

See also:

• Records of the Family of Deacon, of Kettering and London, with notices of allied families

• Lane-Poole, Stanley, "Carey, William (1761-1834)." Dictionary of National Biography, Edited by Leslie Stephen, Vol. IX, Canute--Chaloner, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1887) page 77.
• Wikipedia: William Carey (missionary)
• Wikidata: Item Q312948, en:Wikipedia