Penn Place
Penn Place
I have so far come across almost no information regarding this tiny village; I do not believe it still exists at all today. The only mention of it I have ever come across is in Major Woodard's History of Burlington County, published in 1883. He says it was in what was at that time Randolph Township. Below is the entire description:
This settlement is situated in the northeast part of the township, on the Wading River. It is merely a small rural hamlet containing a few scattered dwelling houses.
Elsewhere in that same history, Woodward gives a brief genealogy of the Penn family but what if any their relation is to this town I have not ascertained. Below is the genealogy he provided:

"It is said that William Penn, the founder of Philadelphia, had an adopted son, and from him descended the Penns of Cumberland, Burlington, and Ocean Counties."

James Penn, sr. emigrated from Cumberland County to Washington Township. He settled on the West Plains, where he lived until about 1814, when he died at the age of 88. His children were:

UPDATE
I received the following info about Penn Place from another researcher recently:
"I know where Penn Place is, I was just there today. I hunt and explore old towns,graveyards,ruins and the like. There is one cellar hole and one possible covered foundation and several bricks laying around. It's deep in the pines and the clearing today is much smaller then on the old 1890 map. There's several black walnut trees on both sides of the sand road and the surrounding woods are full of briars".



If you know anything at all about this place, please email me.
This page was last updated on Feb 29th, 2004.