FATHER

John Howse

MOTHER

Alice Lloyd

HUSBAND

Robert Linnel

CHILDREN

1. Bethia Linnel
    b. 7 Feb 1640 Barnstable

Peninah Howse
by Susan Brooke
Mar 2023

Peninah Howse was baptized 11 Apr 1595 in Egerton, Kent, England. (1) She was a member of John Lothrop's Separtist Congregation in London and arrested in 1632 along with Rev. John Lothrop and her brother, Samuel Howse.  (2) She was released in the Spring of 1634 and married Robert Linnell about that time. She and her husband left for the Colonies  and were in Scituate, MA by 1638.  Her husband died 27 Feb 1662/3 leaving her his home.  However, his son from his first marriage, David Linell, "has possessed himself of the house."  Peninah was in court on 20 Oct 1669 asking for "satisfaction" for the cost of that home. (3)

Sources

(1) Christening

Penimah Howse
11 Apr 1595
Egerton, Kent, England
Father: John Howse

(2) The Howes, Lothrops, and Linnells of Kent and London, England, and Scituate

and Barnstable, Massachusetts

By Dan R. McConnell

 2007 

Now, hear the voices of Archbishop Laud, of Rev. John Lothrop and of the Howes and their friends (from the Proceedings of the Court of the High Commission.)
 

“ 5 May, 1632. This day were brought to the court out of prison diverse persons whixh were taken on Sunday last at a conventicler met at the House of Barnet, a brewer’s clerk, dwelling in the precinct of Black Friars: By name, John Lothrop, their Minister, Humphrey Barnard, Henry Dod, Samuel Eaton, William Granger, Sara Jones, Sara Jacob, Peninah Howes, Sara Barbon, Susan Wilson and diverse others”---

Sara Barbon “ I dare not swear, I do not understand it. I will tell the truth without swearing”

Then they were then all taken to the New Prison.

“8 May, 1632. Laud to Sara Jones—“ This you are commanded to do of God who says you must obey your superiors."  Sara Jones "that which is of God is according to God's Word and the Lord will not hold him guiltless that takes His name in vain."

‘Lothrop. I do not know that that I have done anything which might cause me justly to be brought before the judgement seat of man, and for this oath, I do not know the nature of it”

Laud  "You are accused of Schism."

To Samuel Howes ‘Will you take your oath?’ Howes I am a young man and do not know what this oath is."

Peninah Howes is then asked to take the oath, but she refused. Laud “Will you trust Mr Lothrop and believe his rather than the Church of England." 

(3) According to "Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families" by Amos Otis, 1888
"Mr. Robert Linnel came over in 1638, settled in Scituate that year, and removed to Barnstable on the following. The prefix of honor to his name indicates that he was a man of some wealth and consideration in his native land. Be brought a letter, certifying that he and his wife had been members in good standing in the Congregational Church in London, and recommending them to the church in Scituate, of which they became members Sept 16, 1638.
He took the oath of allegiance to the King and of fidelity to the Colony Feb. 1, 1638-9, and was admitted a freeman on the 3d of December following. He was one of the grantees of the lands at Sippican January 1638-9, and a grand juror at the June term of the Court,
Mr. Linnel was nearly sixty years of age when he came to Barnstable. His daughter Sarah born, if the Custom House record is reliable, in 1607, married in England Thomas Ewer, and came over in 1635. Her husband died in 1638, and she married Dec. 11, 1639, Thomas Lothrop of Barnstable. Mr. Savage calls Sarah the daughter of William Larnet or Larned, of Charleston. The spelling of the name in Mr. Lothrop's record of his son's marriage favor that supposition; but that is not reliable, for no Barnstable name is found spelled in so many different forms. Whether Linnel or Linnet is the better spelling, it is difficult to determine.
If Sarah was his daughter, he was born as early as 1584, and was too old when he came over to enter vigorously into the business of pioneer life, and his age accounts for the quiet, secluded manner in which he afterwards lived. He died 27 Feb. 1662-3, an aged man, leaving a small estate to his widow and children.
Mr. Linnel died a poor man. In his will dated 23 January, 1662-3, he gives to his wife Jemimah Linnel the use and improvement of his house and homelot so long as she remains a widow, and his furniture, a plow, a cart, and two cows and a calf forever. To his son David he gives his lot on the south side of the road containing four acres adjoining John Caseley's land, three acres of marsh at Sandy Neck, and his house and homelot, including the swamp he bought of Thomas Lewes after the death or marriage of his wife. To his daughter Abigail three acres of upland and meadow in the common-field, on the northt-westerly side of mattakeese pond, To John David (who married his daughter Hannah) his two oxen, on condition that he provided his wife with wood, plowed her grounds, and mowed her meadow two years, if she remained a widow so long, if not, then to be free. To his daughter Bethia one cow, "to have it when my wife will."
Oct 20, 1669, "Penniah Linnet" complained to the Court that David Linnit had possessed himself of the house and land given her by her deceased husband, Mr. Robert Linnitt, and had given her no satisfaction for the same. The Court ordered that he give her satisfaction for the same before the next March Court.

Together, they emigrated from London to Scituate, Mass circa 1633, and then were among the first settlers in Barnstable Mass 1638 or 9^{[2] [3] [1][4] [8] [9]} .

On September 16, 1638, they joined the new church at Scituate^[10]

Robert had 5 children, presumably with his first wife (based on baptism records for four, and the ages and marriage dates for the others). It is clear that Jemima/Pennina had one child:

1. Bethia, baptized February 7, 1640 in Barnstable^{[11][1] [4] [9]}

Robert died January 23, 1662, and his widow survived him^{[1] [4] [9] [12]}. In October 1669, she asked for, and received compensation from her son-in-law John Davis for using the house^[1]. This profile shows she died some time after that date.

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