Person:Joseph Penn (2)

Acquisition of Land in Virginia

• April 28, 1739. - Joseph Brock of St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., Gent., and Mary, his wife, to Joseph Penn of Drysdale Par., Caroline Co., planter. £36 1s. 6d. curr. 350 a. (part of pat. granted Larkin Chew, decd., June 4, 1722, and by him sold to sd. Brock, as by Deeds, Oct. 17, 1723, and repatented by sd. Brock, Sept. 2, 1738), in Spts. Co. Thomas Duerson, Mary Lyne, R. Curtis, Junr. May 1, 1739. [Spotsylvania County Deed Book C 1734-1742, pg. 147]

Records of Joseph Penn in Virginia

• Deed recorded 3 Oct 1763. Dated 19 Sep 1763 - From John Taylor of Caroline Co. VA to Joseph Penn of Spotsylvania Co., in trust for purposes here-in-after named, slaves, lands, stocks, etc. for the said Joseph Penn during his natural life then to his children, sons: John, Philip, Moses, Thomas and daughters: Mary, Frances, Catherine, the wife of Larken Gatewood. (Note: John Taylor was the father-in-law of Joseph Penn)

Note: The Trust listed above is likely a substitute for his will. On 2 May 1769 in Amherst Co. VA, the Court Order Book has a reference to Mary Penn, infant orphan of Joseph Penn, deceased chose Larkin Gatewood as her guardian. This record most likely establishes Joseph Penn's death date. (Miller gedcom on Ancestry says he died 26 Jul 1774, probably incorrect based on record above in 1769)

• A deed of trust, the last will and testament of Joseph Penn, dated September 19, 1763, Spotsylvania County, VA. follows: "Whereas Joseph Penn is seized of a tract of land containing 265 acres, whereon he now lives, and also possessed of and entitled to sundry slaves, stock and household goods, and being aged and infirm, and having a large family to provide for, and being desirous of making a just settlement of his estate, and for the love and affection he has for his wife and children, lest he might be taken from the World suddenly when his senses or opportunity might not admit of making a will; This Indenture therefore witnesseth, that for making such a settlement -- in consideration of the sum of 5 shilling -- acknowledged -- to John Taylor, his heirs, exec., administrators, etc. -- all the said tract of land, all improvements, all salves, stock, and household goods and other personal estate, whatsoever of the said Joseph Penn, a particular accounting whereof is contained in the schedule annexed --in Trust for the various uses hereinafter mentioned -- That is to say: the land for the use of the said Joseph Penn for his life and after his death to the use of his son Phillip Penn and his heirs forever, and also a Negro man named Jacob to the use of the said son Phillip immediately, and to his heirs forever. -- Two Negro slaves, Daniel and Slander to the immediate use of son Moses and his heirs forever, and 2 Negroes Major and Judah to son Thomas and his heirs forever.

Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mysouthernfamily/myff/d0023/g0000011.html

Information on Joseph Penn

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BIRTH: St. Georges Parish

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.).
2. ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. International Genealogical index.

   Joseph Penn; Male; Birth: 17 NOV 1717 , Caroline, Virginia; Death: 26 JUL 1774 Saint Georges Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia; Burial: Mcpelah Cemetery,Townsville, , Granville, North Carolina

   Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church.
   Search performed using PAF Insight on 8/5/2007