Posted on: Caroline Co. Va Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Caroline?read=1272 Surname: PENN, RASTALL ------------------------- You will not find William Penn and Margaret Rastall in Virginia or anywhere in America. William Penn, son of William Penne of Minety, Gloucester Co., England, grandson of John Penne of the same place, was apprenticed as a law-clerk to the counselor-at-law, Christopher George, of Bawnton, near Cirencester, England. He was married in 1570 to Margaret Rastall, daughter of John Rastall, Alderman of Gloucester, and his wife, Anne George, a sister of the above Christopher George. He was a direct ancestor of the famous William Penn, Quaker, Founder of PA. This William Penn died in Malmesbury, Gloucester Co., England by 1588. The rumor is that this couple was also the ancestor of the Penns of VA, but this is unproven.