This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Penn, Henderson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4AB.2ACI/62.161.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for replying. You and I are triple cousins - 4th cousins on Mary Jane Penn, 5th cousins on Daniel Beauregard Penn, & 4th cousins on Nancy Ann Henderson! I'll try to briefly outline your family below: Penn Families: Benjamin Penn Jr (1753-1827) and his wife Rebecca Ryan (1760-1840) of Anne Arundel Co, MD, had several children, two of whom were Joseph Penn and Noah Penn. The Joseph Penn listed above married Mary Winter and they had several children, three of whom were John Ryan Penn, born ca 1818 (father of Mary Jane Penn); Charles Penn, born ca 1824 who married Martha Johnson; and Margaret Ann Penn (1828-1907) my 2nd-great-grandmother who married James Madison Henderson. Noah Penn, brother of Joseph Penn, married Mary Deakins and one of their several children was John Penn, born Dec 1825, died 1903, who married Nancy Ann Henderson. (Nancy Ann and James Madison Henderson were brother and sister, both being the issue of James Henderson and Nancy Brown.) Daniel Beauregard Penn first married Fronie Jackson Payton and had a son Oscar. He then married Mary who was his 2nd cousin. It really gets conplicated when there is so many interfamily marriages. If you happen to have access to the 1880 Henry Co Ky census, you'll find the following families living in Pleasureville: household # 60 = John Ryan Penn (your 2nd-great-grandfather) living with Elizabeth & Joseph Thurman. household #61 = Margaret Henderson, widow (my 2nd-great-grandmother who was a sister to John Ryan Penn next door.) household #62 = John R Henderson (son of Margaret Henderson in HH #61) household #63 = Charles & Martha Penn (brother to John Ryan Penn & Margaret Penn Henderson) So, you can see the family all lived close. I would be very interested in knowing what Penn & Henderson information you have, expecially if you have any pictures. Please let me know if you need further clarification.