Dear Members, Since there are so many new members to the Penfold list, I decided to repost my request for information. My name is Ron Penfold and I live in Minot North Dakota. I am a descendant of Thomas George Penfold. The following is about all of the information I have about Thomas. He was born Dec 22, 1817 in London England Sussex, and died May 27, 1888 in Massilon Iowa. He Married Elizabeth Parry(born in Wales Aug 12,1829), on Dec 28,1844 in Buffalo, New york. Their children were; James William,b Oct 5,1849 Charles Oliver, bNov 12,1859 John Henry, b, Sep 6,1853 Rufus Cyrus, b Sep 1,1854 Laura Jane, b Aug 29,1856 Thomas George,b Aug 30,1858 Alfred Edward,b Feb 26,1860 Mary Elizabeth,b Oct 31,1861 Lenora Ann,b Apr 8,1864 Josephine Crouch,b Mar 10,1875-Adopted My GGrandfather was Rufus Cyrus. Wish I could connect Thomas George with the Penfold's in England. I am stuck! Surely he had brothers and sisters there. I understand that he was a sailor and Commander of his own ship. He was a Sailor by trade for 21 years. He started out as a cabin boy at age 12. He became Captain of his ship when he saved the life of the existing Captain.He must have arrived in New York about 1840. It is said that he set sail from PEN DA WALD, LITTLE HAMPTON near Sussex, England. It is also said that one of his brothers went to canada and one other went to Australia. He sailed with the Brig Economy on the Great Lakes. A microfiche of an 1844 directory in Buffalo NY lists a Thomas and William Penfold, both sailors living at 48 Indiana Street. I cannot treat this as fact butI am hoping that someone might make connection with this information and send me in the right direction on my search. Thank you very much. Sincerely-Ron Penfold _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

Hi Ron, I think we've been in touch before but I'm not too far away from Littlehampton (which is in Sussex) so I'll try looking for PEN DA WALD and Thomas George PENFOLD. Can you clarify where he was born - London was never in Sussex - it has to be one or the other! BFN, Brian in Sussex ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Penfold" <rlpenfold@hotmail.com> To: <PENFOLD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 5:26 PM Subject: [Penfold] Thomas George Penfold > > Dear Members, > Since there are so many new members to the Penfold list, I decided to repost > my request for information. > My name is Ron Penfold and I live in Minot North Dakota. I am a descendant > of Thomas George Penfold. The following is about all of the information I > have about Thomas. He was born Dec 22, 1817 in London England Sussex, and > died May 27, 1888 in Massilon Iowa. He Married Elizabeth Parry(born in Wales > Aug 12,1829), on Dec 28,1844 in Buffalo, New york. Their children were; > James William,b Oct 5,1849 > Charles Oliver, bNov 12,1859 > John Henry, b, Sep 6,1853 > Rufus Cyrus, b Sep 1,1854 > Laura Jane, b Aug 29,1856 > Thomas George,b Aug 30,1858 > Alfred Edward,b Feb 26,1860 > Mary Elizabeth,b Oct 31,1861 > Lenora Ann,b Apr 8,1864 > Josephine Crouch,b Mar 10,1875-Adopted > My GGrandfather was Rufus Cyrus. > Wish I could connect Thomas George with the Penfold's in England. I am > stuck! Surely he had brothers and sisters there. I understand that he was a > sailor and Commander of his own ship. He was a Sailor by trade for 21 years. > He started out as a cabin boy at age 12. He became Captain of his ship when > he saved the life of the existing Captain.He must have arrived in New York > about 1840. It is said that he set sail from PEN DA WALD, LITTLE HAMPTON > near Sussex, England. It is also said that one of his brothers went to > canada and one other went to Australia. He sailed with the Brig Economy on > the Great Lakes. A microfiche of an 1844 directory in Buffalo NY lists a > Thomas and William Penfold, both sailors living at 48 Indiana Street. I > cannot treat this as fact butI am hoping that someone might make connection > with this information and send me in the right direction on my search. > Thank you very much. > Sincerely-Ron Penfold > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > ==== PENFOLD Mailing List ==== > Researching: Penfold, Pennifold, Penford and other variants > Email addresses subscribed to list: 124 > Penfold Resource Website: http://member.telpacific.com.au/kylee/penfold_genealogy/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

do you have any information about Lenora Ann's life? Does she move to Canada? Any connection to Mennonites? Thanks Anita Penford Alexander ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Penfold" <rlpenfold@hotmail.com> To: <PENFOLD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 5:26 PM Subject: [Penfold] Thomas George Penfold > > Dear Members, > Since there are so many new members to the Penfold list, I decided to repost > my request for information. > My name is Ron Penfold and I live in Minot North Dakota. I am a descendant > of Thomas George Penfold. The following is about all of the information I > have about Thomas. He was born Dec 22, 1817 in London England Sussex, and > died May 27, 1888 in Massilon Iowa. He Married Elizabeth Parry(born in Wales > Aug 12,1829), on Dec 28,1844 in Buffalo, New york. Their children were; > James William,b Oct 5,1849 > Charles Oliver, bNov 12,1859 > John Henry, b, Sep 6,1853 > Rufus Cyrus, b Sep 1,1854 > Laura Jane, b Aug 29,1856 > Thomas George,b Aug 30,1858 > Alfred Edward,b Feb 26,1860 > Mary Elizabeth,b Oct 31,1861 > Lenora Ann,b Apr 8,1864 > Josephine Crouch,b Mar 10,1875-Adopted > My GGrandfather was Rufus Cyrus. > Wish I could connect Thomas George with the Penfold's in England. I am > stuck! Surely he had brothers and sisters there. I understand that he was a > sailor and Commander of his own ship. He was a Sailor by trade for 21 years. > He started out as a cabin boy at age 12. He became Captain of his ship when > he saved the life of the existing Captain.He must have arrived in New York > about 1840. It is said that he set sail from PEN DA WALD, LITTLE HAMPTON > near Sussex, England. It is also said that one of his brothers went to > canada and one other went to Australia. He sailed with the Brig Economy on > the Great Lakes. A microfiche of an 1844 directory in Buffalo NY lists a > Thomas and William Penfold, both sailors living at 48 Indiana Street. I > cannot treat this as fact butI am hoping that someone might make connection > with this information and send me in the right direction on my search. > Thank you very much. > Sincerely-Ron Penfold > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. > > > ==== PENFOLD Mailing List ==== > Researching: Penfold, Pennifold, Penford and other variants > Email addresses subscribed to list: 124 > Penfold Resource Website: http://member.telpacific.com.au/kylee/penfold_genealogy/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >