Person:James Penn (10)

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James Penn
b.Abt 1600 England
d.30 Sep 1671 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
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  1. James PennAbt 1600 - 1671
  2. Hannah PennAbt 1608 - 1700
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Name[1][2] James Penn
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1600 England
Immigration? 1630 came with wife Katherine aboard one of the ships of the Winthrop Fleet of 1630, sailing from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight to Salem Citation needed
Other[1][2] From 1650 to 1671 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United StatesRuling Elder, First Church of Boston
Will[2] 29 Sep 1671 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Death[1] 30 Sep 1671 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Probate[2] 23 Oct 1671 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 James Penn, in Young, Alexander. Chronicles of the first planters of the colony of Massachusetts Bay, from 1623 to 1636. (Boston: C.C. Little and J. Brown, 1846)
    p 383.

    ... James Penn, who was chosen Aug. 23, 1630, "as a beadle, to attend upon the Governor, and always to be ready to execute his commands in public business." He was a ruling elder, a representative in 1648, and a leading man in the church and commonwealth. He died Sept. 30, 1671. See Col. Rec.; Winthrop, ii. 213, 216, 348 ; Prince, p. 404 ; Hutchingson's Mass, i. 269.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 James Penn, in Pope, Charles Henry. Pioneers of Massachusetts (1620-1650): A Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns and Churches. (Boston: The Author, 1900)
    p 353.

    [PEN, PENN, PENNE, PENNY]
    ... James, came in the first company; appointed beadle to attend the governor Aug. 23, 1630; messenger of the Court in 1634. Settled at Boston; propr., town officer, ruling elder of the church. Appl. frm. Oct. 19, 1630. Was sent as messenger of the chh. to carry contributions to "ye poore church of Christ yt was banished from Bermudas to Segoton or Segotea," 28 (1) 1650; his detailed report is in the records of the church. Deputy, 1647. Wife Katharine adm. chh. with him in 1630. She survived him; she beq. her est. to Mr. James Allen's ch. 25 Oct. 1679.

    He made will 29 (7) prob. 23 (8) 1671. Beq. to kinsmen Mr. James Allin and Penn Townsend; for the maintenance of poor scholars at the College; to the first church of Boston; to his sister Hannah Townsend and her ch. Peter, James and Deborah; to the ch. of Hannah Hull, viz. Thomas, Mary and Hannah; to sister Mary Min[er], and to Sarah Sheally; to wife, life use of estate. ...

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