Brief Life History of John
When John Penn was born on 10 November 1772, in Amherst, Virginia, United States, his father, John Phillip Penn, was 30 and his mother, Martha Holloday, was 38. He married Mary Baker about 1794, in Elbert, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. He died about 1828, in Elbert, Georgia, United States, at the age of 57.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- John Penn, "United States Census, 1820"
- Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR6N-RWS?cc=1999178&wc=9SY5-YWB%3A267655201%2C268137301
Spouse and Children
1772–1828 Male
1774– Female
Children (10)
1794– Male
1799– Female
1802– Female
1805– Female
1808– Female
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Parents and Siblings
1742–1802 Male
1735– Female
Siblings (11)
1763–1850 Female
1766–1836 Female
1768–1848 Male
1770– Female
1772–1828 Male
+6 More Children
World Events (8)
1776
Age 4
1776
Age 4
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
Age 15
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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