George Joseph Penn Sr. (1706 - 1749)

Born 1706 in Caroline County, Virginia

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Died 12 Aug 1749 at about age 43 in Drysdale Parish, Caroline, Virginia, British Colonial America

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Biography

George Penn, of Caroline County, VA, brother of Moses Penn who married Catherine Taylor and were the parents of John Penn, the third Signer of the Declaration of Independence, married Ann (no surname given), prior to 1750, this George and Ann unknown.

Penn moved from Caroline County to Amherst, then Albemarle County, VA, and were the progenitors of the Penns who are in Amherst at the beginning of the Revolutionary War.

Children of George and Ann Penn:

1. Frances Penn, b. Jan. 9, 1735, married 1st Ambrose Lee, who died 1764,

2. George Penn, b. Dec. 12, 1737, his Will on page 184, filed Feb. 5, 1790, Will Book No. 3, pg. 267, Amherst County, VA, gives names of his ten children. No mention of his wife.

3. Philip Penn, b. Jan. 27, 1739 and had several daughters

4. Gabriel Penn, b. Jul. 17, 1741 and married Sarah Callaway, d/o Col. Richard Callaway & Frances Walton of Bedford County,VA.

5. Abraham Penn, b. Dec. 27, 1743 and married 1768, Ruth Stovall, d/o James Stovall and Mary Cooper of Amherst County, VA.

6. William Penn, b. Apr. 7, 1745. Never married. Lieutenant in Continental Army. His Will on pg. 188.

George was born about 1700. In 1727, he obtained a deed to 614 acres in King and Queen County, Virginia ^[1]:

Name: George Penn

Date: 5 Mar 1727

Location: King and Queen Co., VA

Property: 614 acres on a branch running into Mattapony River, otherwise called Warner's River.

He passed away in Caroline, Virginia Colony in 1749. His will was presented in court by his wife Ann (Fleming) Penn who served as his executrix ^[2]

George's wife was named Anne but last name unknown. George bought land 28 September 1728, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. He is also listed in several land deeds in the same county in 1734 and in 1746. His Will was destroyed but record of it in court on 8 September 1749. He is believed to have died in Caroline County. His widow, Ann (???) Penn Dudley, names five children in her Will dated 5 May 1764, at Amherst County. The Will was proved 21 July 1764. George Penn died testate in Caroline County, Virginia, in 1749. His Will was presented in Court for probate by his widow, Ann Penn, executrix. The Will itself is destroyed with most of the records of Caroline County, Virginia. Reference to the Will is in the surviving Court Order Books for Caroline County, Virginia. George Penn was about 50 years old when he died. His widow, Ann, remarried to Thomas Dudley and this caused a second Court proceeding to prove George Penn’s will on 8 January 1756, by Moses Penn, one of the exeuctors named therein. Parents are John Penn and Elizabeth Madison Children-

1. Frances Penn - Born 9 January 1734. She married Ambrose Lee/Lea and 2nd to Drury Tucker. (Please see Lee & Tucker family histories.)

2. George Penn, Jr., born 12 December 1737. He married Sarah Lee/Lea and second to Mary Lea/Lee (widow of Simeon Walden).

3. Phillip Penn, born 27 June 1739. He married Margaret Crutcher.

4. Gabriel Penn, born 17 July 1741. He married Sarah Callaway.

5. Abraham Penn, born 27 December 1743. He married Ruth Stovell.

6. William Penn, born 9 April 1746. .He was a Lieutenant in the Continental Line of the Revolutionary War for over 3 years before his death and as a result he earned a right to Military Land Grant for 2,666-2/3 acres of land in the Military Land Grant District of KY or OH.This land grant was distributed to the heirs of William Penn after his death which consister of his four brothers who were named beneficiaries of his estate in his will:Gabriel Penn, Abraham Penn, Phillip Penn andGeorge Penn, Jr.Evidence seems to suggest that Gabriel Penn's son, James Penn somehow acquired the right to all of property as a survey of 2,666 acres was made on Drakes Creek in KY in the Military District on 4 Oct. 1793.

7. Moses Penn, born 13 January 1747/48.

Name: George Joseph Penn. Given Name: George Joseph. Surname: Penn. Suffix: Sr. A Given name was found in addition to a first name in the NAME tag.

FSFTID L5KQ-WX1.

Buried Caroline, Virginia, United States.

Sources

1. ↑ George Penn in the Virginia, U.S., Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850. Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965. Originally published in 1912.
2. ↑ Will of George Penn presented by Ann Penn, executrix. Caroline Co., Va., Court Order Book 1746-1754, p.172, 8 Sept. 1749.

• "Our Kin" Bedford County Virginia Families: by Ackerly & Parker - printed C. J. Carrier Company, Harrisonburg, VA. 1999. page 183-184:

• Caroline County, Virginia., Court Order Book 1746-1754], p.172, 8 Sept. 1749. Will of George Penn presented to Court.

• death - Caroline County, Virginia, Wills, Library of Virginia, 1749, reel 12
• Source: “Our Kin” Bedford County Virginia Families: by Ackerly & Parker-printed C. J. Carrier Company, Harrisonburg, VA 1999: On page 183-184: George Penn, of Caroline Co., VA, brother of Moses Penn who married Catherine Taylor & were the parents of John Penn, the third Signer of the Declaration of Independence, married Ann (no surname given), prior to 1750, this George and Ann (--) Penn moved from Caroline County to Amherst--then Albemarle Co., VA, and were the progenitors of the Penns we find in Amherst at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. We have already seen that Gabriel Penn, of Amherst Co. deeded in 1764, land in Spottsylvania Co., VA.

Acknowledgements

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