'Penny1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Penny of Bruton, Penny of Edge Hill (Liverpool), Penny of London, Penny of Nether Knutsford

                               
John Penny of Bruton, Somerset
1. John Penny of Bruton (b c1616, bur 13.09.1689, rector of Bratton St. Maur)
  m. Margaret (bur 05.04.1678)
  A. James Penny (bpt 08.07.1648, d 24.02.1693/4, Vicar of Great Budworth, 2nd son)
  m. Anne Harding (b 1760-1, d 12.04.1747, dau of Robert Harding of Islip, m2. Thomas Saunders of Acton)
  i. Robert Penny of Nether Knutsford, Cheshire (b 21.10.1687, d before 08.06.1738, surgeon, 3rd son)
  m. Clare Filia Margaretta Alicia Trafford (bpt 22.03.1682/3, d 25.10.1760, dau of William Trafford of Swythamley (Leek) by Clare, dau of William Lawton of Lawton)
a. Henry Penny of Nether Knutsford (b 01.08.1714, d 25.08.1778, surgeon)
  m. (15.06.1749) Elizabeth Brooke (b 1728-9, d 11.04.1775, dau of Thomas Brooke of Astley Hall by Margaret, dau of Thomas Wharton of London)
  (1) Henry Penny of London (b 05.06.1750, d 22.12.1833)
  m1. (20.12.1778) Elizabeth Simmons (d 07.05.1794, dau/heir of Thomas Simmons of Westminster by Martha, dau of Charles Hamilton & sister/coheir of Chrysostom of Chessington Hall)
  (A) Henry Penny of London & Chessington Hall (b 08.12.1780, d 30.04.1850) had issue
  m. (25.08.1808) Sarah Harwood (b 25.08.1781, d 30.04.1865, dau/heir of John Harwood of London & Chiswick by Sarah, dau of John Spateman of Chiswick)
  (B) Elizabeth Penny (b 04.03.1779, d 13.03.1837)
  m2. (17.01.1795) Bathsheba Smith (b c1749, d 07.01.1839, sister of William Smith of Chiswick & cousin of Sir William Smith of Eardiston, Bart)
  (2) Edward Penny of Edge Hill, Liverpool (b 17.07.1751, d 02.09.1815) had issue
m. (15.09.1783) Elizabeth Pickance (b 07.06.1763, d 19.01.1828, dau of William Pickance of Liverpool by Jane, dau of Thomas Brooke of Astley Hall by Margaret Wharton)
  (3) Peter Penny of Nether Knutsford (b 14.10.1754, d 12.08.1796, surgeon, 4th son)
  m. (04.01799) Ann Harrison?
  (4) James Penny (b 24.05.1756, d 31.10.1816, Vicar of Preston) had issue
  m1. (24.09.1795) Elizabeth Butler (b 29.08.1762, d 20.11.1803, dau of Edmund Butler of Rhydding in Bentham by Jane, dau of THomas Welch of Cheshunt)
  m2. (07.04.1812, sp?) Elizabeth Fenton (dau of James Fenton of Hunslet by Dorothy Greame)
  (5) Elizabeth Penny (b 26.01.1766, d 15.11.1836)
  m1. (before 01.01.1789) John Brunt
  m2. _ Wolff of Preson
  (6)+ other issue - Robert (b 024.01.1753, d 25.10.1768), Brooke (b 26.09.1758, d 03.01.1766), Thomas (b 24.06.1761, d 28.01.1791)
  b. Peter Penny of London (bpt 1728, d 15.08.1802, youngest son)
  m. (06.02.1759) Mary Pimlow (d 01.01.1780, dau of William Pimlow of Great Budworth by Ann)
  (1) Thomas Penny of Edge Hill, Liverpool (b 12.10.1770, d 05.06.1838, 2nd son) had issue
  m. Esther Brennand of Prestwich (b 1773-4, d 11.04.1850)
  (2) Elizabeth Penny (b 05.07.1764, d 20.10.1846)
  m. Thomas Edwards of London (b 1761-2, d 02.06.1823)
  (3) Mary Penny (b 03.05.1786, d 15.01.1847)
  m. (18.12.1786) Richard Brooke of Handford (b 14.06.1761, d 15.06.1852)
  (4)+ other issue - Peter (b 29.03.1761, d 07.01.1763), Clare Dutton (b 01.01.1760, d 12.01.1763), Anne Maria Clare (b 24.02.1763, d 23.07.1765), Sarah (b 23.05.1768, d 06.047.1851)
  c. Edward Penny of Chiswick (b 01.08.1714, d 16.11.1791, "first Professor of Painting of the Royal Academy")
  m. (04.09.1755) Elizabeth Simmons (b 1718-9, d 30.04.1790, dau of John Simmons of Westminster by Elizabeth Wilkins)
  d. Frances Penny (b 1712-3, d 23.01.1785)
  m. (06.1747) Buckley Bower of Stockport, later of Aspinshaw (b 1721-2, bur 26.07.1803)
  e. Anne Penny (b 1717, d 20.12.1796)
  m. (03.06.1745) Samuel Wright of Knutsford (b 07.07.1708, d 1791)
  f.+ other issue - James (bpt 1716, a 1790), William (bpt 1719, d before 24.09.1754), Robert (bpt 1720, d before 09.08.1771?), John (bpt 1724, d young)
  ii. Thomas Penny of London (bpt 11.1692, d 17.08.1776, surgeon, youngest son)
  m. Jane
  a. Jane Penny (bpt 30.10.1729, d before 13.02.1776)
  m. Richard Davenport (a 1776, surgeon)
  b. Anne Penny (bpt 11.04.1735)
  m. (30.08.1777) James Jones (b 01.05.1731, d 29.01.1823, Archdeacon of Hereford)
  c Sarah Penny of London (bpt 27.09.1732, d before 07.03.1812)
  d.+ other issue (d young) - Thomas (bpt 15.01.21726/7), John (bpt 27.03.1728), Thomas (bpt 08.07.1731), Thomas (bpt 24.02.1736/7), Sarah (bpt 20.05.1725), Elizabeth (bpt 27.03.1728), Elizabeth (bpt 27.05.1739)
  iii.+ other issue - John (b 1681-2, d 09.07.1758, Rector of Ashton-under-Lyne), James (b 02.06.1686), Meriel (b 22.03.1683, bur 26.08.1684), Ann (bpt 06.1689, d young), Sarah (bpt 05.1691, d before 11.08.1778)
  C. Margaret Penny (bur 06.05.1723)
  m. Gabriel Fellen of Bruton (bur 25.10.1714, goldsmith)
  D.+ other issue - John (bur 29.01.1650/1), Edward (bpt 19.11.1650, a 1693, Rector of Hampton Poyle)

Main source(s): Visitation (Frederick Arthur Crisp, England & Wales, Notes, vol 11 (1915), 'Pedigree of Penny', p135+)
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