Notes for George Penn: On 5 Oct. 1679 John Pigg and Francis Crane received a land patent of 800 acres in New Kent Co., VA on the North side of the Mattaponi River, adjacent to William Hurk (Hurt?), William Horne, Anthony Arnold, Henry Pigg's mill path, Mill Creek Swamp and John Maddison's Spring Branch, for the transportation of 16 persons to VA, including GEORGE PENN and MARY PENDLETON. Virginia Land Patent Book 7, page 13. George Penn is reported in "Cavaliers and Pioneers", by Nugent, to be George "Denn". My viewing of the image of this patent at the Virginia State Library website- http://image.vtls.com/LONN/LO.html shows that the last name is most likely Penn. (Note: If you want to view the image yourself you will have to download a VTLS TIFF image viewer from this site if you do not already have one to view the image.) I think that this George Penn is likely the father of John Penn who died in Caroline Co., VA in 1741 and the grandfather of the four Penn brothers of Caroline/Spotsylvania Cos., VA in the 1700s (i.e., George, Moses, Joseph and John, Jr.). Two of these four brothers (Joseph and Moses) married Taylor sisters (Mary and Catherine) who were the daughters of John Taylor and Catherine PENDLETON (notice the possible connection with Mary Pendleton, an apparent co-passenger with George Penn as per the 1679 land patent). Does anybody have any other reference to this George Penn in VA in the late 1600s?
Children of George Penn are:
+John Penn, Sr., b. 1680, King & Queen County, VA, d. 1741, Caroline Co., VA.
George Penn (b. 1655, d. date unknown)
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