Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Penn was born in 1751, in Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States, his father, Benjamin B. 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 Bethlehem Pike Farm Cemetery, Paris, Bourbon, Kentucky, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (10)
- Joseph Penn, "United States Census, 1820"
- Joseph Penn, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Joseph Penn, "United States Census, 1810"
Spouse and Children
1751–1823 Male
1773–1843 Female
Children (14)
1775–1826 Male
about 1783–1865 Male
about 1784– Male
1786–1867 Male
1787–1863 Male
+9 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1707–1777 Male
1709–1777 Female
Siblings (9)
1734–1799 Male
1737–1777 Female
1740–1803 Male
1747– Male
1748–1829 Female
+4 More Children
World Events (6)
1776
Age 25
1776
Age 25
1788 · The First Presidential Election
Age 37
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from either of two places called Penn (in Buckinghamshire and Staffordshire), both of which are named with Brittonic penn ‘head’, often used in hill-names.
English: topographic name or metonymic occupational name from Middle English pen(n) ‘enclosure, animal pen, fold’ (Old English penn), for someone who lived by or worked at a fold. Examples of this surname are formally difficult to distinguish from those in 1 above.
English: from a pet form of the female personal name Pernel, see Parnell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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