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 PENINGTON

PENN

was ordained deacon at Alexandria, June 26, 1869, and priest at the same place by Bishop Johns. June 24, 1870. He was rector of Emman- uel church, Goodson, Va ; St. George's church, Mt. Savage, Md., 1870-73; Church of the Mes- siah, Baltimore, 1873- 77 ; was chosen mis- sionary bishop of Cape Palmas and parts adjacent. West Africa, and was con- secrated in St. Paul's church, Alexandria, Feb. 13, 1877, by Bishops Atkinson, Whittle, Pinkney, and Dudley. He was married in 1881 to Mary Hoge of Wheel- ing, W. Va. He served in Africa until 1883, when he re- signed, and was rector of St. Andrew's church, Louisville, Ky., 1883-93; general agent for com- mission of the P.E. church for colored people, 1893- 96 ; rector of St. Mark's church, Richmond, Va., 1896-99, and rector of Christ church, Fairmont, W. Va., from 1899. The lionorary degree of D.D. was conferred on him by Kenyon college. Gambler, Oliio, in 1877. He is the author of : 3Ioi'e Tlian a Prophet (1880) ; Advice to the Church in Africa : Hopes, Perils and Struggles of the Negroes in America ; What Can the Church do for the Negro in the United States 9 Tiie Won- ders of Christmas ; Origin of the Church Build- ing ; Eternal Life ; The Science of Missions ; Birth, Life, Reign and Glory of Christ in the Soul ; Our Dead — Our Memories — Our Lessoris — Our Duties ; Tlie Commomvealth and the Pris- oner.

PENINQTON, Edward, jurist, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 4, 1726; sou of Isaac Penington, sheriff; grandson of Edward Pening- ton (1667-1711), who immigrated in 1698 to Pennsylvania with William Penn (q. v.), his half brother by marriage, was survej-or-general of the province, and the author of: "The Discov- erer Discovered " (1695), " Rabshakeh Rebuked " (1695), and "Observations upon George Keith's Earnest Expostulation " (1696). Edward Pening- ton, 2d, was educated in Friends schools, became a merchant in Philadelphia and judge of the court of common pleas. In 1762 he was made by the assembly of Pennsylvania, a trustee of the state house (Independence Hall) "for the use of the freemen of the Province and their Represen- tatives." He was attorney for Ann Penn and in 1767 offered Pennsbury Manor for sale ; was elected a member of the American Philosophical

society in 1768, and treasurer of the Society for the Cultivation of Silk in 1770. He formed the committee of correspondence in May, 1774, and was a member of the Provincial convention of July, 1774. When, however, the British threat- ened Philadelphia in 1777, his loyalty to the colonists was suspected, and he was sent to Vir- ginia. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 4, 1796.

PENINQTON, John, author, was born at Mul- berry Hill, Monmouth county, N. J., Aug. 1, 1799 ; grandson of Edward Penington (q. v.) He attended the College of New Jersey and studied law with John Sergeant of Philadelphia, but did not graduate or practice. He became connected with the Bank of the United States and upon the failure of this institution, established a book store in Philadelphia. He was a member of the Historical society of Pennsylvania and of the American Philosophical society in 1839. The honorary degree of A. IM. was conferred on him by the University of Pennsylvania in 1845. He is the author of : An Examination of Beauchamp Plantagenet's Descrip)tion of the Province of New Albion (1840); Scraps Osteologic and Archceologi- cal (1841), and edited a "Description of New York," by Daniel Dan ton. published in 1670, which was reprinted by the Historical Society of Penn- sylvania (1845). He died in Philadelphia, Pa., March 18, 1867.

PENN, John, governor of Pennsylvania, was born in London, England, July 14, 1729 ; son of Richard (1706-1771) and Hannah (Larduer) Penn, and grandson of William the founder, and Han- nah (Callowhill) Penn. He immigrated to Amer- ica early in life ; was a member of the council of the colony of Pennsylvania, 1753-54, and after serving as commissioner to the congress at Al- bany in 1754, visited England, 1755-63, returning in 1763 as lieutenant-governor of the colony of Pennsylvania. The Mason and Dixon line was run during his administration in 1767-68, and in the latter year the treaty with the Indians at Fort Stanwix, N. Y., was accomplished. Upon his father's death in 1771, he returned to England, where he remained until 1773, when he was ap- pointed governor of Pennsj-lvania. He opposed the action of the British parliament in its method of taxation of the colonists, but fearing a royal government for the province might supplant the proprietors took no active part in the contention with the crown. In July, 1775, he was superseded by the committee of safety who doubted liis loyalty to the colonies, and in 1776 by the su- preme executive council. He was arrested, Aug. 12, 1777, and imprisoned, but was released. May 15, 1778, his rights as proprietor being set aside by the state legislature, June 28, 1779. His branch of the Penn family received £32,500 in compen- sation, and the Penn heirs later received from