Hi Theresa Australia was not settled (convict transportation) until 1788 at Botany Bay (Sydney area). Penrith, itself, was probably not reasonably settled until the early 1800s. It seems that the name you are looking for did exist. The following surname when "translated" is more likely to be Griffith or Griffiths, rather than Griffin, though corruptions do take place and according to your documents appears to be the same family. If you go to this page you will find a tiny bit of information regarding Richard Gruffyd who had a child (apparently) Pengruffydd Gruffydd b: ABT 1543 in Walton, Pembrokeshire, Wales http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=white04&id=I06099 Hope this is of some help. You should be able to contact the researcher who may have other details. Graham Melbourne Oz At 12:40 AM 3/06/2006, Theresa Griffin wrote: >Dear Graham and fellow listers, > >This may sound far-fetched, but I'm never one to shy away from asking >"dumb questions," so here goes: My husband's yet-to-be-proven ancestors >were listed in Samuel Rush Meyrick's version of Dwnn's Heraldic >Visitations as being named Penguffwnd. Syr Richiart Pengriffin, a Parson >of Walton, Rhos Hundred, Pembrokeshire, signed the document. I haven't >seen another person named Pengruffwnd or Pengriffin before or after the >1613 document and I'm suspicious about the name. > >Mr. Brian Swan, a Picton family member has been kind enough to help me by >trying to get a look at a copy of the original Dwnn manuscript to see if >there was an error in the translation. > >In the meanwhile, I was wondering, about the emigration of British from >Shropshire to New South Wales, Australia. I Googled the name Pengriffin >and found a Penny Pengyffyn listed as being a contact for "Family Services >Australia." I've tried to email her via their web site, but I've had no >luck. The interesting thing is that several old (1903, 1920) published >Griffin family histories state that Syr Richiart's great grandfather, also >called Richart (one less "i") was supposed to have retired to Penrith. I >noticed there is a Penrith in New South Wales, Australia. Again, I stand >by my assertion that this is far-fetched, but is it possible that the >family emigrated from England to Australia in the late 1600s? Most of the >Australia emigrations I've seen have happened in the 1800s. I don't >understand why, with at least eleven males in this line, the name, >Pengriffin, if that's really what it was, isn't more easily found. > >Meyrick's version links the family to Shrewsbury, but I have been unable >to verify this statement. > >Thank you for any insight you may have. > >Theresa Griffin >Southern California >Theresa > > >==== ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS Mailing List ==== >DO NOT send 'Unsubscribe' requests to the list. Send a new e-mail with >just the word - unsubscribe - in the message body to ~ >ENG-SHROPSHIRE-PLUS-L-request@rootsweb.com ~ Substitute -D- for -L- if in >'Digest' mode. > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx