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Thomas Penn

Birthdate:
Birthplace: St. George's Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Colonial America
Death: January 08, 1793 (41)
Granville, now Vance County, North Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Joseph Penn, Sr. and Mary Penn
Husband of Susannah Penn
Father of Benjamin Penn
Brother of John Penn; Joseph Penn, Jr; Catherine Gatewood; Phillip Penn; Moses Penn and 5 others

Managed by: John Roger Tyler Moore
Last Updated:

About Thomas Penn

1. John Penn, born December 13, 1736, married Elizabeth Holladay.

2. Joseph Penn, born September 27, 1738.

3. Catherine Penn, born March 11, 1741, married Larkin Gatewood.

4. Phillip Penn., born February 6, 1742 or 1743. See below.

5. Moses Penn, born December 3, 1744, died December 31, 1795, in Oglethorpe, Georgia. He married Frances Richardson.

6. Elizabeth Penn, born July 16, 1746, married Nimrod Mitchell.

7. James Penn, born August 12, 1748.

8. Thomas Penn, born April 25, 1749.

9. Frances Penn, born in 1756, married on August 5, 1771, John Hunt.

10. Mary Penn, born in 1757, died in 1830, married in 1763, William Stewart.


GEDCOM Note

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!Places of Residence: Spottsylvania, Co., Virginia, Amherst Co. Va. Elbert Co.Ga. Georgia Census: 1820 - Thomas Penn- Elbert Co. GA Page 189 1830 - Thomas Penn- Elbert Co. GA Page 160

Occuptation: Plantation Owner

!Military Record: Thomas Penn, 1st Lieutenant 1790, 8th Co. Elbert Co., Georgia, Georgia Militia

!Eighth District--Beginning at William Higginbotham's on the Beaverdam, Creek, thence down the Beaverdam to the line of District Number 2 at Carter's plantation, thence along the said line until it intersects the line of District 3, thence along the said line to Thomas Burke's,thence to the beginning.

!Eighth Company, Elbert Co.Ga Benjamin Higginbotham, Esquire, Captain. Thomas Penn, Gent., 1st. Lieut. John Grinnell,Gent., 2nd. Lieut.

!Deed Book A, Elbert Co.,Georgia: To Thomas Penn From Joseph G. Higginbottom, 200 Acres on Beaverdam,Creek, 14 May 1791 Thomas Penn was granted 498 Acres on Beverdam Creek, Elbert Co., Ga. 5 Aug 1793

!Research of Penn family by Andrew Leon Penn, Covington,Ga.

Robert S.Penn, deceased,of Atlanta, Ga. said his Great Grandfather, Thomas Holliday Penn had an old book that had written in it the names of Thomas Penn, his son Benjamin F. Penn.,all were born in Virginia. Benjamin F.Penn was born in Amherst Co. Virginia

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Thomas Penn's Timeline

1751
April 25, 1751
St. George's Parish, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Colonial America
1780
1780
Amherst, Virginia, USA
1793
January 8, 1793
Age 41
Granville, now Vance County, North Carolina, United States