Edward Penick

Edward Penick was born 1670 and died 1721 in Hanover Co., VA

Notes for Edward Penick:

First showed up when son Edward was baptized Aug 15, 1686.

Variants: Penick, Penix, Pinick, Pinix

Edward first appears in records on August 15, 1686 at the baptism of his son, Edward Jr., in St. Peter's Church, New Kent County, Virginia. He was living in St. Peter's Parish in 1694 when son William was baptized and in 1689 when his name appears on a list of landowners who were ordered to procession or walk around and re-mark the boundaries of each man's land. From records we gather that Edward was English and he was a communicant from the Church of England.

The following is taken from Layman W. Priest's book: The Penick Family, published by the McClure Printing Company, Inc.,

Verona, Virginia, 1982

The name Pinick first appeared in colonial records on 15 August 1686, when Edward, the son of Edward Pinick and Elizabeth his wife, was baptized in St. Peter's Parish, Kent County, VA. (C.G. Chamberlayne, ed., The Vestry Book and Register of St. Peters Parish, New Kent and James City, Counties, Virginia 1684-1786 [Richmond: The Virginia State Library, 1937]. pg. 381

The variant Pinix appeared on 4 May 1694, when the Vestry of St. Peter's Parish ordered all landowners, including Edward

Pinix, to procession or walk around and remark the boundaries of each man's land (ibid., pp. 19-21).

The variant Penix appeared on the Rent Roll of 1704, when Edward Penix was shown with 200 acres of land in the Parish

of St. Peter's and St. Paul's in New Kent County, Virginia. (Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, XXXI (1923), 215 and

225.

When St. Paul's Parish was formed from St. Peter's in 1704, Edward Penix and his land were included in the new parish. A

comparison of names near Edward's name on 4 May 1689 procession with names in Edward's precinct in later processionings in

St. Paul's Parish should identify some of Edward's closest neighbors:

Processioning ordered May 4, 1689:

William Winston, John Lewis, John Crawford, Charles Fleming, Nicholas Mills, Edward Penix, Robert Deprest, Francis Easter, John McKoy, Mr Polegreen, John Brown (The Vestry Book of St. Peter's Parish, pp.19-21).

Processioning completed 27 November 1708:

Robert Anderson, Sr., Capt Robert Anderson, David Crawford, Nicholas Mills, Sr., Edward Penix, John Brown, Anthony

Winston, John Sanders, and the Widow Winston (Chaberlayne, p.208).

Processioning ordered 17 March 1711/12:

Capt. Robert Anderson, David Crawford, John Hickman, Rees Hughes, Robert Mills Sr., Robert McKoy, Nicholas Mills,

James Wade, Edward Penix, Mr. Robert Anderson (ibid., pp 220 and 225).

Processioning completed 25 February 1715/16:

Capt. Robert Anderson, David Crawford, John Hickman, Rees Hughes, Robert McKoy, Nicholas Mills, James Wade and

Edward Penix (ibid., pp 233 and 237).

Edward the father may have died not long after 11 April 1721 when the Vestry of St. Paul's Parish Ordered that the Church Wardens see what necessity Edward Penix is in, and allow him what they shall think fit. (ibid., p. 94) The neighbors of Edward

Penix on 22 August 1727 processioning are different from those of previous processioned in 1727 belonged to Edward the son

rather than to Edward the father (ibid, p. 271).

More About Edward Penick:

Birth: BEF 1670,

Death: AFT 11 APR 1721, Hanover Co., VA

Children of Edward Penick and Elizabeth // are:

  1. William Penick, was born 1694 in New Kent Co., VA and died 1750 in Amelia Co., VA

2. John Penick, was born Unknown in Hanover County, Virginia and died 1734 in Hanover Co., VA
3. Edward Penick, was born 1686 in New Kent Co., VA and died 1735 in Hanover Co., VA