Joseph Pennock
1677-1771

Builder of Primitive Hall

BORN:  November 18, 1677, Killhouse, Clonmell, Tipperary, Ireland.

MOTHER: Mary Collett

FATHER: Christopher Pennock

WIFE: Mary Levis

MARRIED: Match 3, 1705

LOCATION:  Springfield, Chester County, PA

CHILDREN: (1) Elizabeth Pennock, (2) Samuel Pennock, (3) William Pennock, (4) Mary Pennock,
(5) Nathaniel Pennock, (6) Joseph Pennock II, (7) Ann Pennock, (8) Sarah Pennock, (9) Levis Pennock, (10)Susanna Pennock, (11) Hannah Pennock, and (2) John Pennock

DIED: March 27, 1771 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

SUMMARY: Joseph Pennock, the son of Mary Collett and Christopher Pennock, was born 18 Nov 1677 in Killhouse, Clonmell, Tipperary, Ireland. In one of his passages to America, in a letter of Marque, he was captured by a French Ship of War, and confined in France as a prisoner of war for a year, and he endured much hardship. After the death of his father, Joseph came to America in 1702 to settle his father's Estate. He married Mary Lewis and engaged in a mercantile business. About 1714 he moved to West Marlborough, Chester, PA and settled on a large tract of land, of which he became proprietor by virtue of a Grant from William Penn, to George Collet his Grandfather. He there in 1738 erected a large mansion "Primitive Hall" which still stands today.  He died there in 1771. Primitive Hall is located near Cochranville and West Grove, Pa.

Primitive Hall as it appears today