Dirck Pennybacker (1737 - aft. 1802)

Born 1 Jan 1737 in Bucks, Pennsylvania

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Died after 15 Feb 1802 after age 65 in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States

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Dirck Pennybacker is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-268292
Rank: Captain

Captain Dirck Pennybacker performed Patriotic Service in Pennsylvania in the American Revolution.

Dirck Pennybacker is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A088626.

Dirck Pennybacker was born on 1 Jan 1737 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Colony.^[1] He was a son of John Pannebecker and Anneke (Keyser) Pannebecker.^[2][3]

Although he was a Quaker, Dirck served during the American Revolution as Captain of a Berks County Militia wagon train, Pennsylvania.^[2][3]

On 03 Mar 1756, he married Hannah De Haven.^[2][1] The children of Dirck and Hannah Pennybacker were:^[2][4]

1. Benjamin D. (1760-1820), m. Sarah Margaret Samuels^[1]
2. Rebecca (1762-1830), m. George Mayberry
3. Abraham (1764-1819), m. Mary Elizabeth Ruffner
4. Elizabeth (1765-1824), m. Isaac Samuels^[1]
5. John (1768-1834), m. Phebe Fuget^[1]
6. Hannah (1770-1856), m. Mounce Byrd^[1]
7. Dirck/Derrick (1780-1817), m. Elizabeth neal^[1]
8. Catharine (1781-1860)
9. Mary, b. 1783, m. Samuel Boone
10. Ditrich ?

In 1770, he purchased a gristmill and farm on 200 acres in Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. He supplied flour from the gristmill to the Continental Army during the American Revolution. In 1783, his business declined, and he lost the gristmill and land. He moved his family to Washington County, Maryland, for a brief time; then to Virginia's Shenandoah Valley in late 1783. There he established a forge and iron works business, which became very successful.^[2][3]

On 21 Oct 1798, he wrote his last will and testament in which he mentions his wife, Hannah; his children: Benjamin Pennybacker, Derrick Pennybacker, John Pennybacker, Abraham Pennybacker, Hanah Bird, Caty Pennybacker, Polly Pennybacker, and his sons-in-law: George Maberry and Isaac Samuels.^[4]

Dirck Pennybacker passed away in 1799 at Shenandoah County, Virginia.^[1] A conflicting, but probably accurate, newspaper article claims that he died as the result of an accident, probably a fall from his horse, at Pine Forge, 15 Feb 1802.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 14 Dec 2023), "Record of Dirck Pennypaker", Ancestor # A088626.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Descendants of Johannes Pfannebecker,The Pannebakker Family Association, frames 9, 10, 25-27
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Image A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia, pp. 222-241, 282, 553, 628
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Ancestry Record 62347 #1300544 Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900 for Derrick Pennybacker, Shenandoah Will Book, Vol G, 1807-1810; Will Book, Vol H, 1810-1811

See also:

• SAR Patriot database #268292
  

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Christina Braddock and Kitty Smith for contributions to this profile.