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merchant jurist

Samuel Penhallow, British merchant, jurist.

Background

Penhallow, Samuel was born on July 13, 1665 in St. Mabyn, County Cornwall, England. Son of Chamond and Ann (Tamlyn) Penhallow.

Education

14 children.

Career

Came to American, 1686. Merchant, Portsmouth, N.H., 1687-1726. Justice of peace Portsmouth.

Speaker N.H. General Assembly, 1699. Treasurer N.H., 1699-1726. Recorder and privy councillor of N.H., 1702, 19-22.

Justice N.H. Superior Court, 1714-1717, chief justice, 1717-1726.

Works

  • Other Work

    • Author: The History of the Wars of New England with the Eastern Indians, or a Narrative of Their Continued Perfidy and Cruelty from the 10th of August 1703 to the Peace Renewed the 13th of July 1713, and from the 25th of July 1722 to Their Submission 15 December 1725.

Connections

Married Mary Cutt, July 12, 1687. Married second, Abigail Atkinson, September 19, 1714.

Father:
Chamond Penhallow

Mother:
Ann (Tamlyn) Penhallow

Spouse:
Mary Cutt

Spouse:
Abigail Atkinson