Henry Penny1

M, d. before 18 May 1630
     Henry was born in Devonshire, England. Henry married Jane (?) circa 1595. He was a baker. Henry made his will on 6 April 1630 at the parish of Paignton, Devonshire, England.

Will of Henry Penny of Paignton, baker, dated 6 April 1630. To the poor ot htis parish 3 pence. To Allen Penny, my son, my great Bible. To Joane Barter, my daughter, one platter dish. To Katherine Penny, my daughter, my great pan, etc. To Cicely Chapin, my daughter, my second great pan. To Elliner Penny, my daughter, three pans called Coomings pans, etc. To Allise Penny, my daughter, one pan, called the Cheepe pan. To Susan Penny, my daughter, one cupboard, one taable board and one bedsted in Bridgetowne Pomery, etc. To David Chapin, my nephew, 20 pence yearly for seven years to be paid by esectris towards his bringing up & learning. To William Penny, my nephew, my best silver spoons. To Jane Penny, one other of the children of my said son Allen Penny, 12 pence. To Katherine Penny, one other daughter of Allen Penny, 12 pence. To Jane Barter, Joane Barter, and Elizabeth Barter, children of Robert Barter, 12 pence each. To Katherine Chapin & Sarah Chapin, 12 pence each. Residue to Jane, my wife, and make her esectrix. Overseers, good friends, William Bennett & John Fall. Signed by Henry Penny Witnessed by William Bennett, John Fall, John Harris.1,2

Henry departed this life before 18 May 1630 in the parish of Paignton, Devonshire, England. The inventory of Henry's estate was taken on Saturday, 18 May 1630. It was taken by William Churchmard, Ellize Todd, Allen Penny & Samuel Chapin.3

Family

Jane (?)
Children

Citations

  1. [S1713] Howard Millar Chapin, The English Ancestry of Dea, Samuel Chapin of Springfield, Mass., 352 - Soon after this an American genealogist accidentally 'found, in the registers of Paignton, a parish in Devonshire, on the shore of Tor Bay, about seven miles north from Dartmouth, the record of the marriage of Samuell Chapin and Cicely Peny [Penny], 0 Feb. 1623 [1623/4]; and the same registers were found to contain several other Chapin and Penny records, including the baptism of David, son of Samuell Chapin, 4 Jan. 1624 [1624/5], that of Samuel himself, on of John Chapin, 8 Oct. 1598, that of Cicely, daughter of Henry Penny, 21 Feb. 1601 [1601/2], and the marriage, 14 Sept. 1590, of John Chapin [Samuel's father] and Phillipe Easton.t Henry Penny of Paignton, baker, in his will dated 6 Apr. 1630, made bequests to his daughter, Cicelly Chapin, his nephew [i.e., grandson], David Chapin, and to Katherine Chapin and Sarah Chapin; and thus the identity of the Samuel Chapin and wife Cicely of Paignton with the Samuel Chapin and wife Cicely of Springfield, Mass., was established. - http://www.americanancestors.org/databases/…
  2. [S1703] Gilbert Warren Chapin, The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data, With Brief Biological Sketches of the Descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin, page IX - Abstract of the Will of Henry Penny dated 6 April 1630 - Note - The new Oxford Dictionary published in Oxford 1908, states that "Nephew" was used to represent a grand son quite commonly in the seventeenth century, and examples are given where nephew is used as early as 1297 and as late as 1699.
  3. [S1703] Gilbert Warren Chapin, The Chapin Book of Genealogical Data, With Brief Biological Sketches of the Descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin, page IX.