Phillip Penn Revolutionary War Patriot
Phillip Penn was born in 1739 to George Penn and Anne Fleming. His grandparents were John Penn and Lucy Granville. Phillip was a first cousin to John Penn (Signer of the Declaration of Independence. ) Phillip married married Martha Crutcher in 1762 in Caroline Co. Virginia. He served in the Amherst Co. Virginia Militia under Captain William Tucker. They had 11 children including Nancy Penn who married David Taylor. In 1990 his will was found in a Clerk's Office in box of unrecorded & loose papers; Bassett Patrick Co. VA Library; Probate: Will dated 29 Nov 1802 proved July 1806; copy from Bassett Library. The Will of Philip Penn says: First my desire and wish is that all my just debts should be paid. Secondly I bequeath and give to my Sons George, Wilson , & Gabriel, each one Schilling, also to my Daughters Fanny Flulcher, Lucy Hanna, Milly Ross, Scintha Sneed, & Nancy Taylor (wife of David Taylor) , each one Schilling, Third...