GUTHRIE Penelope

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850

Notes:

Census:
In the 1850 census Penelope is living with Stephen B. and Mary Burns in District 11 of Haywood County. The Burns family was farming 1,000 acres. Stephen B. Burns was Penelope's grandson and one of the sons of her daughter Charlotte who married Robert W. Burns.

Penelope married BOOTH Stephen S., Sr. on 13 Sep 1786 in FRANKLIN COUNTY, VA. Stephen (son of BOOTH John and SMITH Mary) was born in 1765 in Amelia County, Va; died in 1832 in Haywood County, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
On 13 Sept 1786, at the age of 22, he married Penelope Guthrie in Franklin County, Virginia. On the same day Stephen married Penelope, his sister Mary married Penelope's brother, David Guthrie.

1. BOOTH Henry and died.
2. BOOTH Benjamin and died.
3. BOOTH Samuel Clay and died.
4. BOOTH Charlotte and died.
5. BOOTH James was born in 1790 in Pendleton, South Carolina; died in 1861 in El Paso, AR.
6. BOOTH Stephen S., Jr. was born on 31 Oct 1809 in Bedford County, Tennessee; died on 21 Jan 1878 in Crockett County, TN; was buried in Crockett County, TN.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Land: 1765, Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Penelope and David were just two of the 12 children of Henry Guthrie and Penelope Johnson Guthrie whose marriage initially seemed to have created a lot of drama in her Quaker community.

On September 22, 1777 Henry signed the oath of allegiance required by the General Assembly of Virginia at the beginning of the Revolutionary War.

Land:
Henry Guthrie owned land on Newton's Creek in Amherst County in 1765

Henry married JOHNSON Penelope in 1755 in Louisa County, VA. Penelope and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Penelope and David were just two of the 12 children of Henry Guthrie and Penelope Johnson Guthrie whose marriage initially seemed to have created a lot of drama in her Quaker community. Cedar Creek Meeting House Marker.

The Guthries, my sixth great grandparents, were married in Louisa County in 1755. The Quaker records of the Cedar Creek Meeting House contain these entries:
January 11, 1755: Penelope Johnson disowned for marrying contrary to discipline.
February 8, 1755: Agness Johnson condemned for entertaining her daughter on the day of her marriage, which was contrary to the advice of the Friends.
According to the source, these two entries likely meant that Henry was not a Quaker, and even though Penelope was disowned for marrying him she could have asked for and received reinstatement. This was quite common during this time.