Dear Cuz Iz, and Cousins on the List: I don't have a St. Stephens birth date for John (Atkey) Pennington. I do have him named in William's will, probated 1737. (Also, Richard, oldest; William, Jacob, James, Benedict, Rachel and Rebecca.) And I have the same marriage of John Pennington to Margaret Pennington (daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Drake.) but we don't have an identifier for either of them in the marriage record. So we are still not totally sure which John married Margaret Pennington. I have a birth date for William and Mary's son Richard b. 22 June 1714; for James -- your ancestor as 2 Oct 1723; for Anne, 25 April 1726, (unmentioned in the will or Mary's indenture gifting her children); and Benedict b. 13 Sep 1728. No records for William, Jacob, Rachel, or Rebecca. I have lost some pages of the copies I made of St. Stephens Records, so I may simply be missing the pages, but I suspect the date for John is part of a bunch of Pennington records that were submitted to the LDS Ancestral File which are mostly speculation and misrepresentations. Iz, the other innacuracies in this mess contain complete fabrications. They include the statement that William was the son of Abraham, and Abraham was the son of Henry (of Sassafras.) The Pennington Surname organization promotes and continues these fabrications on their webpage, presenting them as fact. I will write more on the Johns, and which one married Margaret. Tonight I found out a childhood friend I used to tease as we walked to school together has died and her funeral will be tomorrow morning in our hometown in Eastern Oregon. I am worn out, and terribly sad, and will be driving home tomorrow. Love, Your Cousin, Carolyn Carolyn McDaniel cmacdee@teleport.com ========================================= --- Visit American Crossroads --- http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~amxroads