Penn, John

1699 - 1746  (47 years)

• Name	Penn, John
  Birth	29 Jun 1699	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  LifeSketch	John Penn (January 28, 1700 – October 25, 1746) was a proprietor of colonial Province of Pennsylvania (later the American state – the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania after 1776). He was the eldest son of the colony's founder, William Penn (1644–1718), by his second wife, Hannah Callowhill Penn (1671–1726). He was the only one of Penn\'s children to be born in the New World – the Americas (in the Slate Roof House in Philadelphia) and was hence called \"the American\" by his family. Life Penn was raised by a cousin in Bristol, England, where he learned the trade of merchant in the linen trade. As a result of his father\'s will and by his mother\'s appointment, he received half of the proprietorship of Pennsylvania. On May 12, 1732, John with his brothers Thomas Penn and Richard Penn, as the proprietors of Pennsylvania, signed an order to create a commission. This order was directed to Governor Gordon, Isaac Norris, Samuel Preston, James Logan, and Andrew Hamilton, Esquires, and to the gentlemen James Steel and Robert Charles. The commission, which was to be made up of at least three or more of these individuals, was given full power on behalf of the proprietors for the \"running, marking, and laying out\" of any boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland. This was in accordance with the signed agreement between the Penn brothers and Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore on May 10, 1732. He returned to Pennsylvania in September 1734, and attended the meetings of the Pennsylvania Provincial Council, but went back to England in 1735, to support the colony\'s rights in the boundary dispute with Maryland. The ultimate resolution of this dispute was the surveying of the Mason–Dixon line. Penn, his brother Thomas, and their agents were responsible for the infamous \"Walking Purchase\", under which the Penn family acquired more than one million acres (400,000 ha) of Pennsylvania land from the Lenape Indians. He never married and died in Hitcham, Buckinghamshire, England, without issue, and was buried at Jordans. His will left his rights in the province and lower counties to his brother Thomas Penn.
  Name data	Johnne
  FSID	G8BW-FYN
  Name	Johnny
  Death	25 Oct 1746	Hitcham, Buckinghamshire, England
  	age 47
  Burial	Aft 25 Oct 1746	Jordans, Buckinghamshire, England
  Person ID	I111908	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	Penn, William Hon founder,   b. Abt 14 Oct 1644, London, England d. 30 Jul 1718, Ruscombe, Berkshire, England (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Callowhill, Hannah Margaret,   b. 11 Feb 1671, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England d. 20 Oct 1726, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, England (Age 55 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	11 Nov 1695	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
  historical marker, jt	20251214GHLn- Hannah Callowhill Female 11 February 1671 – 20 October 1726 • LVL4-6YG Historical Marker, Philadelphia
  		Callowhill Penn, Hannah Phila Marker LDS 20251214GHLn- Hannah Callowhill Female 11 February 1671 – 20 October 1726 • LVL4-6YG Historical Marker, Philadelphia
  Family ID	F63103	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Allen, Ann
  Family ID	F63104	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 29 Jun 1699 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Burial - Aft 25 Oct 1746 - Jordans, Buckinghamshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

TEST MARKER

TNG ID: I111908

FSID: G8BW-FYN