Daniel Pennington1

M, #2295, b. 17 October 1694, d. 18 February 1777
Last Edited: 4 Mar 2011
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Parents:

Father: William Pennington2 b. 28 Jan 1657, d. a 1722
Mother: Margaret Hall2 b. 15 Feb 1667

Family:

Elizabeth Michener b. 29 Nov 1701, d. a 1775

Children:

Mary Pennington16
William Pennington16
Hannah Pennington16
Daniel Pennington16
Elizabeth Pennington+ 16 d. bt Sep 1809 - Feb 1811
Sarah Pennington16
Margaret Pennington16
John Pennington16
Paul Pennington+16
Martha Pennington16

Notes

  • Note*: Timeline for Daniel Pennington:
    1694 - Birth: Aldingham parish, Lancashire, England to Quaker parents.
    1713 - Emigration: Swarthmore Meeting writes a certificate of removal for Daniel, dated first month 1713. The certificate was copied into the records of Falls Meeting, Falls Twp., Bucks Co., Pa. [Falls Removals p. 45]. [Abstracts Hinshaw p. II:1051, Watring p. 154]
    1717 - Removal to New Jersey: 7th mo 1717 he requests Falls Mo. Mtg. for a certificate to Burlington Mo. Mtg. [Hinshaw, p. 1021]. The Burlington Mo. Mtg. admits his 10th mo 1717 [Meldrum 1:104].
    1718 - Parents and brother Paul remove from Swarthmore England meeting to Middletown Bucks Co. meeting. And in 1722 they remove to Abington meeting.
    1721 - Residing in New Jersey: The March 1721 settlement of the estate of Joshua Fretwell, of Mansfield Twp., Burlington Co., listed payments to Daniel Pennington [NJA 23:174].
    1724 - Residing in New Jersey: 7th mo 1724 he requests Burlington Mo. Mtg. for a certificate to proceed in marriage at Abington Mo. Mtg. [Meldrum, 1:71]
    1724 - Marriage: 28th of 7th mo 1724 second intentions are declared at Abington Mo. Mtg., and found clear to proceed [Cope abstract, p. 137].
    1724-1734 - Removal to Pennsylvania. Date unknown.
    1734 - Residing Moreland: Listed as tenant at Moreland Manor in 1734. [Roberts, p. 215, citing Pubs. Gen. Soc. of Pa., I:176].
    1734 - Relocating: 3 Oct 1734 Daniel receives return of survey in New Britain Twp., Bucks Co.
    1735 - Fire: 23rd of 12th mo 1735 he makes application to Abington Mo. Mtg. for assistance, having lost most of his effects in accidental fire [Roberts, p. 216, citing Abington Minutes].
    1736 - Removal to Bucks Co.: 29th o of 9th mo 1736 Daniel & his wife are granted a certificate by the Abington Mo. Mtg. to the Buckingham Mo. Mtg., Bucks Co. [Roberts, p. 216, citing Abington Minutes].
    1737-1762 - Active in Buckingham Mo. Mtg. [Roberts, p. 216].
    1766 - Taxes levied.
    1775 - Writes his will 5th of 12th mo 1775, and dies 18th of 2nd mo 1777.6,7,8,9,10,11,12
  • Note: Land: 227 acres in New Britain twp, Bucks Co., surveyed 3 Oct 1734 for Daniel Pennington, for 10 Sept 1734 warrant.
    (Brother Paul had a warrant dated 9 Aug 1734 for survey of 225 acres, but no recorded survey.)13
  • Note: Will of Daniel Pennington, of New Britain, yeoman.
    Dated 12-5-1775; pr. Dec. 14, 1782.
    Wife, Elizabeth.
    Sons-in-law William Lukens and Joseph Conrad.
    Sons William, Daniel, John and Paul (decd.)
    Daus. Hannah Bradfield, Elizabeth Lukens, Sarah Carlile, Margaret Davis, Martha Conrad and Mary Pennington.
    Grandchildren: Daniel Lukens, Daniel Carlile, Paul, John and Priscilla Conrad, and Rebecca, dau. of son Paul.
    Execrs.: Wife Elizabeth, son-in-law John Carlile, and Robert Kirkbride.
    Wits: Edward Goode, Everard Conard, Margaret Conard.
    [Roberts cites Absts. of Bucks Co. Wills; vol I, p. 374]14
  • Note: McNealy book has only one set of tax records for New Britain Twp. during Daniel Pennington's life span, a Poor Tax compiled in 24 Oct 1766. Three Penningtons appear: Daniel Pennington Sr., Daniel Pennington Jur. &, in the Single Men section, John Pennington.15
  • Note: The list of children is based on the will of Daniel Pennington. Roberts notes that "no registration of the births having been found."14

Citations

  1. [S405] Roberts, Clarence V., Ancestry of Clarence V. Roberts & Frances A. (Walton) Roberts : comprising a chart and sketches of some fifty-six ancestral families who settled mostly in or near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: Wm. F. Fell, printers, 1940), p. 214, citing English Friends' Records, Lancashire. p. 195.   Roberts--Roberts.pdf
  2. [S405] Roberts, Clarence V., Ancestry of Roberts, p. 214, citing English Friends' Records, Lancashire.
  3. [S405] Roberts, Clarence V., Ancestry of Roberts, p. 195.
  4. [S437] Society of Friends, Abington Monthly Meeting, Men's Minutes 1746-1797. Minutes 1746-1774 abstracted by Gilbert Cope. Minutes 1774-1782, and Minutes 1782-1797 copied. Filmed at Historical Society of Pennsylvania. FHL Microfilm 383,429. p. 137.
  5. [S291] 'Memoranda from the diary of John Dyer of Plumstead, Bucks Co., Pa.', publ. in Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania [PGSP], vol 3, No 1, pp. 38-72 p.46.
  6. [S450] Society of Friends, Falls Monthly Meeting, Bucks Co. Filmed 1948 at Newtown, Bucks Co., Pa., courtesy Falls United Monthly Meeting. Original. FHL Microfilm 20,710.
  7. [S201] Hinshaw, William Wade, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. II (Pa. & N.J.), Vol III (N.Y.) (Originally published Ann Arbor, 1938. Reprinted Genealogical Publishing Co. Baltimore 1969., ).
  8. [S523] Watring, Anna Miller and Wright, F. Edward, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 17th & 18th Centuries, Volume 2, Quaker Records: Falls and Middletown Monthly Meetings (Westminister, Maryland: Family Line Publications, 1994).
  9. [S288] Meldrum, Charlotte D., Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey; Vol. 1: Burlington & Mt Holly Monthly Meetings; Vol. 2: Chesterfield, Evesham & Little Egg Harbor Monthly Meetings; Vol. 3: Many sources. (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2007).
  10. [S127] Documents relating to the colonial, revolutionary and post-revolutionary history of the state of New Jersey. aka New Jersey Archives.
  11. [S439] Society of Friends, Abington Monthly Meeting. Women's Minutes and Marriages , Births & Deaths, now Montgomery Co., Pa., abstracted by Gilbert Cope, about 1903. Filmed at Historical Society of Pennsylvania. FHL Microfilm 383,428. Item 2.
  12. [S405] Roberts, Clarence V., Ancestry of Roberts.
  13. [S348] Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, State Archives, Land Records, Related Resources: Land Records Indices. Accessed Oct 2021, online https://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/…, Copied Survey Book C155, p. 75.
  14. [S405] Roberts, Clarence V., Ancestry of Roberts, p. 216.
  15. [S284] McNealy, Terry A. and and Frances Wise Waite, Bucks County Tax Records, 1693 - 1778 (Doylestown, Pa.: Bucks County Genealogical Society, 1982), p. 47-48.   McNealy--Bucks-Tax.pdf
  16. [S405] Roberts, Clarence V., Ancestry of Roberts, p. 216, citing Daniel Pennington's will.