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Jacob Pennell, Sr. (1778-1841) | Maine Maritime Museum Manuscript Collection Online Catalog
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Jacob Pennell, Sr. was born on July 28, 1778 to Thomas Pennell III (b.1738-d.1812) and Alice Anderson (b.1738-d.1839). Jacob Pennell Sr. and the Pennell family were an important family of shipbuilders in Brunswick, Maine. Jacob Pennell, Sr. married Deborah Dunning (b.1780-d.1861) on March 28, 1802.
Jacob Sr. and Deborah Dunning had eleven children—three daughters and eight sons:
Eliza (b.1802-d.1894) Benjamin Dunning (b.1804-d.1861) Jacob Jr. (b.1807-d.1882) James (b.1809-d.1865) Job Anderson (b.1812-d.1868) Charles Sewall (b.1815-d.1900) Paulina A. (B.1817-d.1899) Joseph Dunning (b.1828-d.1902) Harriet Jane (b.1822-d.1905) Robert Spear (b.1826-d.1899) John Dunning (b.1828-d.1878)
In 1780, Jacob Pennell’s brother, Capt. William Pennell, bought a large farm on a point in Brunswick at the head of Middle Bay and built his home there. Capt. William Pennell would establish the Pennell Shipyard about 1822 (Baker, pg. 327)
It is important to note that Capt. William Pennell built ships at other locations before the Pennell Shipyard was established in 1822. Records show that Capt. William Pennell built the schooner Hope in 1910, the brig Argo in 1911, and the brig Acteon in 1917.
Capt. William Pennell sold his shipyard to his brother, Jacob Pennell, Sr.—although the exact year is unknown. Records show that Jacob Pennell Sr. built ten vessels between 1818 and 1839: Eliza (Sloop, 1818) Florida (Schooner, 1822) Washington (Ship, 1829) now owner of the Pennell Shipyard Romulus (Ship, 1830) Clement (Bark,1832) Henry (Brig, 1832), Charles (Brig, 1834) Jacob Pennell (Ship, 1836) Joseph Henry (Brig, 1837) Mary Pennell (Brig, 1839). The sons of Jacob Pennell, Sr. operated the yard from 1834 to 1874 as the Pennell Brothers.
Jacob Pennell, Sr. was a selectman for the town of Brunswick from 1819 to 1823. In February of 1841, he was appointed Justice of the Peace for the state of Maine. That same year on October 10, 1841, Jacob Pennell, Sr. died and was buried at the Pennell family cemetery in Brunswick, Maine.
1. Baker, William A. A Maritime History of Bath, Maine and the Kennebec River Region. Vol. 1. Bath, Maine: Marine Research Society of Bath, 1973.
2. Genealogical information from http://www.ancestry.com
Records or Manuscript Collections Created by Jacob Pennell, Sr.