Dear Jim, and Cousins, I didn't realize Edward was ACTUALLY a surveyor. I thought that was one of those Titles in Name Only! He was called the Surveyor General, I think, for Penn's new government. Yes, he was unfortunate, in coming here and only living such a short time. His (yours) is one of the most interesting lineages. I am interested in your Stephenson connections in this line, because there are continued Stephenson connections with the Penningtons in Maryland. The Stephensons were connected with land development and were in the thick of re-settlements wherever they went. They seem to be connected in ways yet unknown to Abraham the Trader, at least by locality, and later with the mysterious Josias whose mill was on the Jones Falls in the heart of Baltimore. Josias was the son-in-law of Jonathan Hanson, another land speculator (and whose family were the owners, along with John Coles, of what would become Baltimore.) They came out of New York, married heavily with the Jennings sisters at Burlington, and owned property around Baltimore too. Then they get hazy. I don't accord significance to the "nn" or "n" business in Pennington because it does not seem to have any insofar as the root family goes, or perhaps I should say, the blood relationships. In general it was written at the whim of the writer, even though your particular brand seems to have written themselves down with one "n." Also, it makes it difficult to find them in any computer or internet searches, so I use "nn" generically. Love, Your Cousin, Carolyn Carolyn McDaniel cmacdee@centurytel.net ========================================= --- Visit American Crossroads --- http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~amxroads --- Visit Backcountry Crossroads --- http://www.backcountrycrossroads.com