John Penn
BIRTH
Jul 14, 1729
London, England
DEATH
February 9, 1795
Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
FAMILY
FATHER:
Richard Penn
(1706-1771)
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Penn, John
(1729-1795)
John Penn was an American Founding Father who served multiple terms in the Continental Congress, and who signed both the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation as a delegate of North Carolina.
HOMES:
MARKER
John Penn Home Marker
15 Rural Rd, Oxford, NC 27565
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WIFE
Anne Allen
(1755-1830)
WIFE
Grace Cox
(?-1760)
Places | Image | Address | GPS | Site |
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John Penn Home Marker | 15 Rural Rd, Oxford, NC 27565 | MARKER |
DIED:
Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
Feb 9, 1795
Penn was born near Port Royal in Caroline County, Virginia, the only son of Moses Penn and Catherine (Taylor) Penn. He attended at common school for two years as his father did not consider education to be important. At age 18, after his father's death, Penn privately read law with his uncle, Edmund Pendleton. He became a lawyer in Virginian 1762.
In 1774, Penn moved to the Stovall, North Carolina. There, he was a representative at the colony's Third Provincial Congress in August 1775. In 1775 Penn was elected to the Continental Congress. He was re-elected in 1777, 1778 and 1779 and is said to have served with distinction. During his tenure, he signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. In 1780 Penn was appointed to the North Carolina board of war. Following his appointment to the Congress, he practiced law until his death in 1788.