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Catherine Penn 1741–1806 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 March 1741

Birth Location: St Georges Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia Colony, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1806

Death Location: Elbert, Georgia, USA

Father: Joseph Penn

Mother: Mary Taylor

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Dolly Higginbotham, Amy Gatewood

Catherine Penn was born in 1741 in St Georges Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia Colony, Virginia, USA, the child of Joseph Matthew Penn And Mary Elizabeth Taylor. Catherine Penn had children including Amy Gatewood, Dolly Gatewood Higginbotham. Catherine Penn passed away in 1806 in Elbert, Georgia, USA.

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Biography

  • Catherine Penn was born in 1741 in St Georges Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia Colony, Virginia, USA, the child of Joseph Matthew Penn And Mary Elizabeth Taylor.
  • Catherine Penn had children including Amy Gatewood, Dolly Gatewood Higginbotham.
  • Catherine Penn passed away in 1806 in Elbert, Georgia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Joseph Penn
1717–1774
Birth Location: Caroline, Virginia, USA
JP
Mary Taylor
1718–1757
Birth Location: Rapidan, Culpeper, Virginia, USA
MT

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Dolly Higginbotham
1763–1830
Birth Location: Amherst Co. VA
DH
Amy Gatewood
1757–1826
Birth Location: Amherst, Essex, Virginia, United States
AG

Catherine Penn's Ancestors

Self
Catherine Penn
1741–1806
Birth Place: St Georges Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia Colony, Virginia, USA
Parents
Joseph Matthew Penn
1717–1774
Caroline, Virginia, USA
Mary (Elizabeth) Taylor
1718–1757
Rapidan, Culpeper, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
John (Penn \ Grandfather of Declaration of Independace Signer \ Brother of famous William) Penn
1650–1749
Wiltshire, England
Lucy Granville
1673–1719
Gloucestershire, England
Catherine (Isabella) Pendleton
1699–1774
King and Queen County, Virginia, United States of America
Colonel (John Powell Taylor (6th Great) Grandfather)
1696–1780
Hare Forest Plantation, Caroline County, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
John (Admiral)
1609–1676
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Immigrant
1571–1632

Catherine Penn's Descendants

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Catherine Penn (11 March 1741–1806)
  1. 1. Dolly (GATEWOOD -) Higginbotham 1763–1830 m. Francis Higginbotham 1759–1828
    1. 1. james (thomas) Higginbotham 1796–1860 m. Julia Higginbotham 1809–
      1. 1. Anna (S) Higginbotham 1840–1868 m. Lemuel (Charles Aubert) Sr 1837–1896
        1. 1. Anna (L) Aubert 1862–1918 m. Daniel (Warren Rivers) Sr. 1858–1915
        2. 2. Esther Aubert 1860–1942 m. Richmond (Augustus) Frost 1847–1925
        3. 3. Robert (Leufroy) Aubert 1857–1886
        4. 4. Lemuel (Charles Aubert) Jr 1867–1910
        5. 5. Leona Aubert 1860–1918
        6. 6. Robert (Leufroy Aubert) Jr. 1858–1886
        7. 7. James (Edward) Aubert 1868–1929
        8. 8. Lemuel Aubert 1867–1910 m. Herminie (Marceline) Roth 1846–1937
        9. 9. Mark (Tucker) Aubert 1867–1878
        10. 10. Robert Aubert 1857–1886 m. Marie (Malvina) Gautreaux 1861–1890
        11. 11. Esther Aubert 1860–1942
      2. 2. Julia (E.) Higginbotham 1843–
      3. 3. Mark (F) Higginbotham 1845–
      4. 4. Matthew (T) Higginbotham 1847–
    2. 2. Clayton (Cleaton) Higginbotham 1796–1822
    3. 3. Lucy (HIGGINBOTHAM -) Stodghill 1789–1862
    4. 4. Amey (T. HIGGINBOTHAM) Riley 1800–1853
    5. 5. Lawson ((Sassin)) Higginbotham 1794–1860
    6. 6. Caleb Higginbotham 1787–1829
    7. 7. Martha (HIGGINBOTHAM -) Carter 1790–1833
    8. 8. Caleb Higginbotham 1787–1829
    9. 9. Mary Higginbotham 1789–
  2. 2. Amy Gatewood 1757–1826

Catherine Penn's Timeline

2 Records

1741
11 March 1741
Birth of Catherine Penn in St Georges Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia Colony, Virginia, USA
St Georges Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia Colony, Virginia, USA
1806
1806
Age 65
Death of Catherine Penn in Elbert, Georgia, USA
Elbert, Georgia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 March 1741
    Event Place: St Georges Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia Colony, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1806
    Event Place: Elbert, Georgia, USA
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