WILLIAM PENNOCK
THE STORY AS I KNOW IT
The Pennock family was a leading Quaker family in
colonial Pennsylvania. The descendants are numerous. Three
known books have been written about them:
The Pennocks of Primitive Hall by George Valentine
Massey II,
The Pusey Family by Pennock Pusey, and
Christopher Pennock Genealogy, compiled by Charles
A. Rudolph, 1959.
William Pennock was born 12/8/1823 in Chester
County Pennsylvania. He was the son of John Pennock and Elizabeth
Stevens. His father was a miller.
His mother died before 1850. William was
their oldest child. In 1850 William is
living with the Hage family as a farm
laborer.
In 1852 he married Margaret
Jane McMasters. Very likely in the New London
Presbyterian Church. Before they wed she was caring
for children. The parents of those children are
buried in New London Presbyterian church Cemetery.
They had 10 known children. They are:
1. Elizabeth (Lizzie) born 1852, she wed Alfred
Bowers and died in 1883
2. Morris born 1854 may have died very
early. He is not on the 1860 or 1870 census.
3. William Herbert born 1854 twin, he wed Hannah
Keighley
4. James Hibbert born 1855, he wed Mary Scott
5. Thomas
Hughes born 1858, he wed Martha Mary Missimer
6. Mary Alice born 1860, never wed, she died 1922.
7. Annie Woodrow born about 1863 wed Amos
Curry
8. Harry Owens born 1865 died 1878
9. Harvey Lewis born 1867 wed Sarah Mason
10. Bayard Taylor born 1871 died 1895
William continued as a farmer through out his
life.
The 1870 Chester
County Census has William Pennock and family in.London Britain,
Strickersville. William is the head
of the household, a farmer with his wife and 8 children
and his father John
Pennock, age 69, a miller. We don't know
when John died, but it was probably before 1879.
William Pennock died Sept 18, 1879 and is buried
in the New London Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Margaret
Jane McMasters Pennock lived until 1907. She
is buried next to William along with 4 of their
children: Lizzie, Harry O, Bayard and Mary Alice.
Their tombstone is listed on Find a Grave.
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