In 1741, his maternal grandfather James Steel or Steele left a a bequest to his grandson James Pennington.
Sources
Minutes of Meeting
Calendar of Kent County, Delaware probate records, 1680-1800, page 93.-94 Database and images at Ancestry.com Image accessed 27 Sept 2021.
STEEL, JAMES. Will (copy). Made Dec. 31, 1741. Philadelphia. Heirs: wife Martha; daus. Mary Hillyard, Rebecca Steel, Elizabeth Shute (wife of William), Ann Renshaw (wife of Richard), Ruth Thompson, Martha Pennington; sons-in-law William Shute, Richard Renshaw, Thomas Pennington; grandchildren Rebecca, Martha, Elizabeth Shuite {sic}, children of William & Elizabeth; James Sanders; Rebecca Sanders; James & Martha Pennington; James, Henry, Elizabeth & Hanah {sic} Steel; Daniel Hammon, wife’s half-bro.; John Hammon, son of Dan’l; Samuel Powel, Jr.; Lynford Lardner. Exec’rs, sons-in-law Charles Hillyard, Richard Renshaw,daus. Mary Hillyard, Rebecca Steel. Wits. Septimus Robisson, Isaac Jones. Prob. March 5, 1741. Arch vol. A48, pages 199-200. Reg. of Wills, Liber I, folios 38-40.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James: