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Edward Penn

Also Known As: "Edward Benjamin"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Harbury, Warwickshire, England
Death: August 12, 1741 (53-62)
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Place of Burial: Birdsville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of William Penn, Jr. and Unknown mother of Edward Penn
Husband of Judith Penn
Father of Mary Cheney; Edward Jr Penn; Benjamin B. Penn; Joseph C. Penn; John Penn and 3 others

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About Edward Penn, the Planter

PARENTS UNKNOWN.

Relationship, if any, to the Penn proprietors of Pennsylvania, unknown and undocumented. He was certainly not a direct descendant, but may have been a collateral relative in some, probably distant, degree.



Name: Edward Penn
Arrival Year: 1700
Arrival Place: Maryland Source Publication Code: 1243 Primary Immigrant: Penn, Edward

Text: Penn, Edward, planter,A. A. Co.,5th June, 1741; 12th Aug., 1741. To son Edward, 5s. To son Benjamin and hrs., 100 A. “Planters Pleasure”. To son Joseph and hrs., 157 A. dwell. plan., “Dunalls Delight.”. To dau. Jane, personalty. To child. viz., Edward, Benjamin, Joseph, John and Jane, residue of personal estate. Exs.: Sons Edward, Benjamin, Joseph and John. Test: John Waters, James Elder, William Waters. 22. 372. Original Source Name: Land Office Original Source Location: Annapolis, [Anne Arundel County,] Maryland, USA

NB: "John Waters" would be John Waters of "Waters Lotte", and William Waters either John's brother or, possibly, his son. Both Waters men were literate (James Elder was not, he "signed" with a mark) and specifically referenced as Quakers.

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Edward Penn, the Planter's Timeline

1683
1683
Harbury, Warwickshire, England
1703
February 15, 1703
Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
1705
January 20, 1705
Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
1707
September 26, 1707
Westminster Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
1710
1710
All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
1712
1712
Anne Arundel County, Province of Maryland
1713
1713
Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
1718
February 16, 1718
All Hallows Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States
1741
August 12, 1741
Age 58
Anne Arundel County, Maryland