John Penn

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John Penn was an American lawyer and statesman from North Carolina who signed the Declaration of Independence and served in the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary era.

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John Penn canonical 3
John Penn (the American) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American lawyer ⓘ
human ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
admittedToTheBar circa 1762 ⓘ
associatedWith Continental Congress ⓘ
North Carolina Board of War ⓘ
birthDate 1741-05-17 ⓘ
birthPlace Caroline County, Virginia, British America ⓘ
burialPlace Granville County, North Carolina, United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1788-09-14 ⓘ
deathPlace Granville County, North Carolina, United States ⓘ
educatedBy Edmund Pendleton ⓘ
era American Revolutionary era ⓘ
familyName Penn ⓘ
father Moses Penn ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasMemorial Grave and monument at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park ⓘ
knownFor Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
militaryConflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
mother Catherine Taylor Penn ⓘ
notableWork Contribution to the governance of North Carolina during the Revolutionary War ⓘ
occupation delegate to the Continental Congress ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
politicalAlignment Patriot cause in the American Revolution ⓘ
positionHeld Delegate to the Continental Congress from North Carolina ⓘ
Member of the North Carolina Board of War ⓘ
Member of the North Carolina Provincial Congress ⓘ
relocatedTo Granville County, North Carolina ⓘ
represents North Carolina ⓘ
residence Granville County, North Carolina, United States ⓘ
servedInLegislature North Carolina House of Commons ⓘ
signatoryOf United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ
signedDocumentOnBehalfOf North Carolina ⓘ
spouse Susannah Lyne ⓘ
studied law ⓘ
termEndAsContinentalCongressDelegate 1780 ⓘ
termStartAsContinentalCongressDelegate 1775 ⓘ
yearOfRelocation 1774 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hannah Callowhill Penn → child → John Penn (the American) ⓘ
subject linked to: Hannah Callowhill
linked to: John Penn
John Penn → name → John Penn ⓘ
subject linked to: John Penn (governor)