Thomas Paget (Puritan minister)

Thomas Paget
Bornc.1587
Possibly Rothley
DiedOctober 1660
NationalityEnglish
EducationUniversity of Cambridge
Occupation(s)Anglican clergyman, later nonconformist teacher.
Years active1611–1660
SpouseMargery Gouldsmith
ChildrenNathan Paget, Dorothy, Elizabeth, Thomas, John, Hanna
ReligionPresbyterian
ChurchChurch of England, Dutch Reformed Church
Ordained6 June 1609 (deacon)
WritingsPreface to A Defence Of Church-Government, Exercised in Presbyteriall, Classicall, & Synodall Assemblies (1641)
A Demonstration of Family Duties (1643)
A Religious Scrutiny (1649).
Offices held
Curate and lecturer of Blackley Chapel, Manchester
Pastor at English Reformed Church, Amsterdam
Curate of Chad's, Shrewsbury
Rector of Stockport.

Thomas Paget (born circa 1587-died October 1660) was an English Puritan clergyman, controversialist and theologian, committed to a Presbyterian church order. As a minister in Manchester, he was an early opponent of Laudian ceremonies in the Church of England. He served the English Reformed Church, Amsterdam, and later at Shrewsbury was a strong supporter of the regicide and of the republican Commonwealth of England. He spent his final year as rector of Stockport.