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William Penn

William Penn
Born [date unknown] [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died in Minety, Gloucestershire, Englandmap
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Biography

The parents and wife of William Penne of Minety are unknown.

What is known is that they had two children; a son William who married Margaret Rastall and a daughter Ann whose married name was Greene.

William Penne of Minety, had his will drawn up on 5 Mar 1591.[1] He described himself as a yeoman and made bequests to:

  • Giles, William, Mary, Sarah and Susannah Penne, children of my late son William Penne
  • his wife Margaret
  • his eldest son George Penne
  • my daughter Ann Greene
  • Elizabeth Greene
  • my overseers Robert George of Cirencester and Richard Lawrence of Withington

Sources

  1. Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
    The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 79
    Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry au Record 5111 #901590 (accessed 20 September 2021)
    Name: Willimi Penne [William Penne]; Residence: Myntie, Gloucestershire, England; Probate Date: 21 Apr 1592; Death Year: Abt 1592.

See Also

  • Penn Family History and Genealogy Countee Cullen Web:
  • Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families Davis, William T. Boston, MA: Damrell & Upham, 1899
  • Colonial Families of the United States of America Mackenzie, George Norbury New York: 1907




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