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Benjamin Penn, Jr.

Benjamin Penn, Jr., son of Benjamin and Dinah Acton Penn, was born about 1753 in Maryland.  He married Rebecca
Ryan in the summer of 1774 in Montgomery County, Maryland.  In the early 1790's he migrated to Kentucky with his
brothers Joseph and Shadrach Penn, first settling in Bourbon County, Kentucky where he is listed on the 1800
tax list. (census is not available).  In 1810, Benjamin Penn, along with his son Charles, were listed on the census
for Shelby County, Kentucky.  The family of Benjamin Penn in 1810 consisted of: 1 male 10-16, 1 male 16-26,
1 male 45 plus, 1 female 10-16, 1 female 16-26 and 1 female 45 plus.  By 1820 the was living in Franklin County
Kentucky on the waters of Stoney Creek, a fork of the Kentucky River.  Benjamin Penn, Jr., died on May 10, 1827
in Franklin County, Kentucky and is believed to be buried in the Penn family graveyard at Stoney Creek.  Ben
served in the Maryland Line during the Revolutionary War.  At the age of 76, his widow, Rebecca, applied for
pension on December 16, 1836 in Franklin County, Kentucky.  The children of Benjamin and Rebecca as reported
with the pension application were; Azey or Axey, born in 1776 and married a Mr. Marshall, a daughter who married
Mr. McCann, Zacheus and Ephraim Penn, Polly, who married a Mr. Warfield, Charles Penn, born in 1788, Benjamin
Penn, Betsy, who married a Mr. Onann or O'Nan, Noah and Joseph Penn and Rebecca, who married Mr. Shadwick.

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