When Anna Phillips was born on 15 September 1785, in Frederick, Maryland, United States, her father, Samuel Phillips, was 43 and her mother, Nancy Anna Sargent, was 39. She married Benjamin Penn Jr on 7 January 1802, in Frederick, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Pleasant Township, Brown, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Georgetown, Pleasant Township, Brown, Ohio, United States in 1860. She died on 16 August 1874, in Georgetown, Brown, Ohio, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Georgetown, Brown, Ohio, United States.