When Joseph Penn was born in 1751, in Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States, his father, Benjamin Penn Sr, was 44 and his mother, Dinah Acton, was 42. He married JANE KENNEDY on 10 October 1779, in Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 29 August 1823, in Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States.