I am trying to figure out which family group I belong in. My great-great-great grandfather was Capt. Edmond D. Pennington who served in the Civil War from Missouri or Tennessee. This is the oldest relative I have been able to locate. Any assistance is much appreciated. -- Maurine Johnson [email protected]

Hi List, Recently I received a message from rootsweb stating that they had received a request to unsub me from the ILL Roots list. since I was already unsubbed from this list last spring and had sent no messages to the list I am concerned. From others on the list I found out this was done to the temp listowner Sally H. as well. I have changed my E-mail password and contacted Sally but got no response. Is there someone at rootsweb that I should contact? Are they aware of the problem? How were they able to get into rootsweb? William Pennington Group 3

At 02:05 PM 12/21/99, Tom Pennington wrote: >I am ready to ditch the whole thing and forget Ancestry.com, unlesss >someone tells me how to get around all the ads and ,"wishes to set a >cookie",stuff. When you register, you then choose a user ID and a password, even though you're a guest at no charge. Then when you do the search, and you want to look into one of those "Paid" databases, just click on it. A screen will come up asking for your user ID and password, and you give it the ones you established when you registered. Then you go on into the database at no cost. I spent several hours doing this yesterday, looking for my great grandmother Kate Pennington of Houston County, TX, b abt 1836 or so, and NOT the daughter of Richard who married Charley Beazley. My ggm married William Marion Stowe and bore twin daughters, then vanished from all the records! As for the "wishes to set a cookie" this simply keeps you from having to type in your user ID and password again for every database. If you let it set the cookie, the server can read the cookie later to know that you're already qualified for admission. While I haven't examined the specific cookie that was set, I'm sure that Ancestry.com has encrypted the actual ID and password; this is standard practice for servers that use cookies for ID purposes! While some sites may use cookies for "evil" purposes such as purchase tracking, many others use them only to help you customize the way things look; for that reason it's not a good idea to arbitrarily refuse all cookies -- but it's wise to have some idea of what's going on before you accept them, too! Jim Kyle mailto:[email protected]

Am I missing something here? I have been to this website three times and all it gives free is the information ontained in the U.S. federal census, everything else is pegged. "paid" or is it that I haven't figured out how to use it correctly? Seems that the whole thing is set up to whet your appetite and after spending time filling out the registration and getting to the place where the information should be, you get taken to more ads. Or to a place where they try to entice you to join at a yearly subscription. If they are going to give one week's free access, then by all means, give access that is unencumbered by a lot of advertising. I am ready to ditch the whole thing and forget Ancestry.com, unlesss someone tells me how to get around all the ads and ,"wishes to set a cookie",stuff. I plugged in my great grandfather, Wilson Pennington", after a long delay it came to a window that said," informationn on Wilson Pennington," but that is as far as it went, just more advertising. HOOOOOOEY on Ancestry.com Tom Pennington William Penington wrote: > > Hi Cousins enjoy! > -----Original Message----- > From: Clara <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, December 19, 1999 11:29 PM > > > > >ANCESTRY.COM > >Celebrate the holidays with Ancestry.com as we give free access to the > entire > >site from Monday afternoon, December 20, 1999 to January 4, 2000. The site > has > >been completely redesigned, so you may have to relearn to navigate > >www.ancestry.com It's definitely worth searching and looking about! > > > >FAMILYTREEMAKER.COM > >Family TreeMaker has generously offered the following free access to their > >GenealogyLibrary.com database - worth looking about to see if you would > like > >to > >subscribe - or just searching for your own information on your surname. > > > >The User Name and Password below will give FREE access to the > >entire GenealogyLibrary.com site, 24 hours a day for seven days. > >To take advantage of this offer, go to the following Web page > >before December 24th: > >http://www.familytreemaker.com/holiday99/ > > > >When prompted, type in the following User name and Password: > >User name: holiday > >Password: special > > > > > >*************************************************** > >Check this Cool web site: http:/www.familysearch.org > >Surnames: Mitchell, Ashburn, Burton, Puckett, Randolph, Ervin, Jones, > >Smith, Sypert, Watts, Rogers, Johnson, Vaughn, Lanier, Baldwin, Dyer, > >Allen, Shippey, Kirby, Lyda, Prettyman, Lightwood, Colledge, Ulorsham, > >Allison, McKay, Toler (or Tolar), Kenney > >**************************************************** > > > > ==== PENNINGTON Mailing List ==== > The Pennington Research Association Web Site > http://penningtonresearch.org > for subscribe and unsub instructions, > follow the links to e-mail group.

Hi Bobby: My grandfather Levi Jackson Pennington. In his Bible He has a sister Senthy E. Pennington. I believe it has to be a misspell in his Bible. I also do not have a Sara J. Pennington, And on your list you do not have my grandfather listed. This is what I have. 1- Centhia E. Pennington, b August 31.1852 2-John W. Pennington , b January 28. 1855 3- Nancy A. Pennington, b September 22. 1858 4- Margaret Jane Pennington, b June 01. 1860 5- James W. Pennington, b December 21. 1862 6- Martha E. Pennington, b September 21.1865, d September 02.1934 7-Mary F. Pennington, b October 21. 1868 8-Levi Jackson Pennington, b March 16.1873 I have been in touch with my g aunt Martha's family and have all information on her if you would like to have it. My grandfather Levi Jackson Pennington, married Nancy Sarah Jane Elizabeth Powers on June 27. 1900 in Gilmore Oklahoma. He died November 16. 1922 buried in Summer Field Cemetary, Reichert Oklahoma. They had 4 children did you want their names as well as their children's name? Martha E. Pennington married George Washington Pickle, he was born January 06. 1860, died February 23.1936, I also have their children's names if you want them. I do not know where Grandfather Levi was born, looks like every one is born in AL. I don't post anything Intel I know for sure, now I have some place to start thanks to all of you. Please let me know what I can do to be of some help. Your New Cousin.~Mary

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I went to Surry County courthouse this morning. Wanted to look over the records you all have been writing about. The elected Clerk of court is retiring this year. He was defeated after 30 years in office. That want change the records, but the new person will not be able to help as in the past. I had a chance to compare key information of published data,ie, Weynette P. Haun,Eliza Timberlake Davis and William L. Hopkins to the actual record. They have done good work. The originals are in good shape. But you cannot photograph them in any way. Lights will fade them more. Use microfilm. >From a friend there I picked up these tidbits. Peddington, Thomas mar. Sarah Lewis. 1696 wid/o Morgan Lewis order book 1691-1713, page 163. Penningtonm, Benjamin mar. Lucy Bailey s/o Thomas and Mary Pennington early 1700's Historical Southern Families, vol.3 Pennington, John mar. Phyllis Fort, by 1730 d/o Elias Fort Fort Family Record, VSL Pennington, David mar. Susanna Edmonds s/o Thomas and Abigial Pennington m. early 1700's Historical Southern Families, vol. 3 I know the records that everbody wants. birth,deaths marriages. These were keep by the church. There local parish was Southwark. Southwark records do dont exist, so you will have to do with what can be found. Dallas Oslin

Jemima Gee Morse Your postings of various Pennington wills was a great help to our Group 10 information. Thank you very much. In particular your posting 16 Dec. 1999 which inquired about Thomas Pennington, "Heir at law". I apologize for using my memory about this, which is often wrong these days, but in order to reply quickly - here goes. I have seen a notice in some legal paper somewhere about this but don;'t have time to search for documentation just now. At any rate, following the English rule of descent, THOMAS PENNINGTON III became the "heir at law" because he was the eldest son of Thomas II. When Edward Pennington died unmarried, there was the possibility that if his will were overturned that Thomas III would become "heir at law" A warning notice was sent to Thomas, heir at law, to appear in court if he wished to challenge Edward's will. A month or so later the court advised that because "Thomas, heir at law" has not appeared or challenged the will, it was now declared Edward's valid will. Al Matthews

I just checked my email, Thank you Gene, I try and try and just can't seem to get anywhere, and then WHAM, gosh I still can hardly believe it. I will get to work on it first thing in the morning. Again a big THANK YOU, I would like to thank to help someone like this, I can hardly believe my brick wall is about to come DOWN. ~~~~~~~~Mary

This info was sent to my by David Cope..I thought it might be of interest to other Pennington researchers...also...does anyone know the Micajah Pennington married to Linthey Jones...please let me know... Carmen PRA Group 7 Leader Pennington Page: http://members.xoom.com/carmenj/PenningtonPage/PRAGroup7.htm Home Page: http://members.xoom.com/carmenj Genealogy Page: http://users.lewiston.com/carmenj > Hi Carmen, I am just doing a follow up on what I have found on the > Penningtons' and who they are found by in my family. > 1768 Rowan CO. NC taxlist of Morgan Bryan- > Ephriam Pennington > William Cope and sons James Cope, William Cope and John Cope > Mathew Sparks > David Bailey > > 1772 Rowan CO. NC- tax list of William Sharp- > Ephriam Peneton and sons- Timothy and Richard > James Cope > William Cope > Mathew Sparks > David Bailey > > 1774 Surry CO. NC- tax list of Benjamin Cleveland-( was Rowan CO. 1770 )part > of this area became Wilks CO. NC 1778- Benjamin Cleveland- found in Wilks CO. > NC. > William Cope > John Cope > James Cope > Mathew Sparks > David Bailey > I have this hunch that the Penningtons may be found on the tax lists in Surry > CO. NC 1770s before it became Wilks. > > 1787 Wilks CO. NC > Micajah Pennington > James Pennington > William Pennington > > 1782 Montgomery CO. VA- enumerated- > William Sheperd > Micajah Pennington > Stephen Serech > A William Cope is listed on this census and I have him as living in Surry CO. > NC 1774. > > 1790 Wilks CO. NC- census- enumerated- 10th CO. dist- > Jesse Bolin and 4 names down is- > Stephen SERITCH- could this be the same one in Montgomery CO. VA > William Spencer > William Boyd > Enas Suthernton > Mark Weaver > Micajah Peniton > Ben Penniton > Elijah Peniton > 5 names down is William SHEPARD- could this be the same one in 1782 > Montgomery CO. VA by Micajah Pennington. > It appears that the Penningtons lived in Montgomery CO. VA for a brief time > and then moved back to NC. > > I also have a marriage of a Micajah Pennington to Linthey Jones- 25 July 1822 > Clay CO. KY. I believe that this Jones is related to Vinson Jones( marr. a > Cope ) who lived in 1787 Wilks CO. NC. Also part of my Cope family lived in > Clay CO. KY 1810 and 1820. William Cope 1782 Montgomery CO. VA is in part of > my Cope family as well. > All this may not mean any thing but I thought I would see what you thought > about what I have found on the Penningtons and my Cope family. > Sincerely, David C. Cope > > >

Martha, I noted your message on the PENNINGTON-Lrootsweb. I will bring you up to date on my activities. We sold our house in TN and purchase a house in Virginia. We moved on October 1 and are still in the process of getting unpacked. This move was made so we could be near our children and grandchildren. We have three very young grandchildren ages 9 mo to 3 years. We are 15 minutes from our daughter and 30 minutes from our son. We are located in Warrenton, VA which is 45 miles west of Washington, DC. I think we are going to like it here. Our address is 6048 Whippoorwill Drive, Warrenton, VA 20187. I have not had time to do any research our Penningtons family for some time. After the holidays we are going to the National Archives in DC to do some looking. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Howard

Dear Martha, I have attempted to send you messages and have had them all returned. I've tried [email protected] and also [email protected] Please advise. Thank you Cari ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martha Mourning" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 1999 12:08 PM Subject: Re: [PENNINGTON-L] Response to Martha and Group 12 query > Oops, I wrote the genealogy in reverse order from my father -- so Andy was > father of Samuel who was father of Wm ROBY, who was father of Willie Monroe > (Bill), my father. Sorry for confusing people. > As of now information given to me through J French shows Andy's father to > be Abram (or Abraham), brother of Abel -- the Grp 30 beginning. > > Martha > > > > At 02:31 PM 12/18/1999 -0500, you wrote: > >Dear Martha, > >I am the leader of Group 12, Samuel of Ashe Co.NC (and Grayson Co. VA) > >and noted your mention of a Samuel in your message. If you have > >discussed this on the list before, do you mind talking with me off the > >list? If it is not repetitive to the list, please share on the list. > >Who is the Samuel who was listed in your message as father of Andy > >Pennington? > > > >To the list members, I have only one other person in my group and am > >depending on her and non-12-members (Carolyn Gober, Rick Pennington whose > >help has been invaluable) for most of my group information. Anyone at > >all who is interested in Samuel Pennington contact me please. His > >descendents reportedly married the following folks: John Weaver, > >William Kilby, Charity Perkins, John Weiss, Almeda Grubbs, and others. > >The names Monnroe and Roby as middle names are represented among his > >grandchildren. > > > >Group 12's Samuel's family lived in Ashe Co. NC and Grayson and Lee > >Counties, VA. > > > >Thank you very kindly, > >Barbara J. Temple > >Group 12 Leader > >Member Group 32 > > > >[email protected] > > > > > >==== PENNINGTON Mailing List ==== > >The Pennington Research Association Web Site > >http://penningtonresearch.org > >for subscribe and unsub instructions, > >follow the links to e-mail group. > > > > > > > Martha P. Mourning > Binghamton, NY > [email protected] > > "Have a nice day" > > > ==== PENNINGTON Mailing List ==== > Happy Holidays > >

Steve-- I have been trying to collect information I have on the Thomas Penningtons and I wrote a paragraph at the end of the collections referencing the sources. The superscript numbers in this e-mail came out as regular number in parenthesis. If you think it worth while you can look it over and add to and correct it. It is my first attempt at such. I would also appreciate Sue's opinion, corrections, and additions. Sincerely, REGINALD L. VASSAR 3950 DAUPHIN PKWY ERIE, PA 16506 E-MAIL: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.angelfire.com/va/eriehome/index.html (1) Morgan Lewis married Sarah George, they had at least two daughter, Ann and Jane. Sarah (George)(Lewis) married Thomas Pennington after before July 1696. Sarah died soon after July 1696. “The difference betweene Robt. Andrews & Ann his wife Dau. of Morgan Lewis deced. plt. & Tho Peddenton & Sarah his wife extx. of Morgan Lewis deft. is at ye defendants request reffered to the next Court” “The difference betweene John Griffin & Jane his wife dau. of Morgan Lewis dec. pltf. & Tho. Peddenton & Sarah his wife Extx. of Morgan Lewis deft is at ye. defendts request referred to next Court.” (For above two Records see Surry Co., Va Court Records, 1691-1700, Book V: pg 164 July 1698) -- note from Sue Gill (or is it Surry co., Va Court Orders, 1691, pg 164 July 1698--Sue?) (2) Sarah (George) Lewis married Thomas Pennington after 1677. (Morgan Lewis---died 1677 (“Virginia Wills and Adminstration”)-- note from Sue Gill (3) Sarah (George) Lewis married Thomas Pennington prior to Aug 1678 (Will of Colonial John George) NO REF. -- note from Sue Gill (4)Thomas Pennington married Abigail, and they had elder son Thomas Pennington (under age) and two other younger sons) in 1701/2. ( D&W 1694-1709, p 246, Surry Co, Va copied by Doris Stone, Genealogist)--(note: Will dated 13 Feb 1701/2, recorded 1702 in Surry Co per Frances N Clark) -- transcript from Jemima Gee Morse. (6)Thomas Pennington, the eldest son of Thomas Pennington, was twenty year old in 17002/3, and was born 1682/83.. Sarah (George) Lewis married Thomas Pennington before 1682/83 “Thomas Pedington the son of Thomas Pedington deced. making it appear that hee is almost twenty yeares of age, upon his petition is allowed to have the benefitt of his owne labour” (Surry Co., Va Court Records, 1700-1711, Book VI, p 17: Novr. 1702) --note fromSue Gill (7) Thomas Pennington’s had two younger sons, Edward and John, (probably by Sarah (George)(Lewis). Ann (Lewis) was Sarah (George)( Lewis) Pennington’s daughter, whose husband was choisen their guardian. “Edward and John Pedington the sonnes of Thomas Pedington deced. making choice of Robert Andrews for their guardian who in court accepting therof ordered that hee act therein accordingly”. May 1703 (Surry Co., Va Court Records 1700-1711, Book VI, pg 24 #34) -- note from Steve Privett. (8) Abigail (_____) Pennington married _____ Middleton after Thomas Pennington’s death in 1701/2. . “The Last will and testament of Thomas Peddington proved by oathes of John Griffin and William Rookeings and a probate thereof granted Abegaell Midleton the late wife and Extrx of the said deceds. will shee haveing made oath as the law directs: (no date-probably 1703) (Surry Co., Va court Records, 1700-1711, Book VI, pg 14 )--- note from Sue Gill (9) Thomas Pennington d.- 1727 married Mary, had children John George, Thomas, Edward, William, James, Mary, and Benjamin. (this is probably the son of Thomas Pennington and Sarah (George)(Lewis) Pennington., no record has been found to prove it, dates suggest it.) Recieved synopis of will from Steve Rrivett. Will located Surry Co., Va Will Book 7, pg 772 . (Frances N. Clark says Will Dated 24 Feb 1726/27, Recorded 20 Dec 1727 in Surry Co., Va) (10) Edward Pennington was the son of Thomas Pennington and his wife Mary. Edward Pennington, the son of Thomas Pennington, in his will dated 16 May 1752, recorded 14 June 1752, names his mother Mary Pennington, and brothers, Benjamin, John George, James, and William, and Benjamin’s son Edward Pennington. He does not mention brother Thomas Pennington. (Brunswick Will Book 3, p 73-76)-- transcribed copy from from Jemima Gee Morse Thomas Pennington, Sr. who left a will in Surry Co., Va, dated 13 Feb 1702, recorded 1703(4), married Sarah (George) Lewis, the widow of Morgan Lewis 1677/1678.(1) , (3) Thomas Pennington and Sarah (George)(Lewis) Pennington had three sons,(4), (7) the eldest son was named Thomas Pennington, who was born 1682/83.66 The two younger sons, Edward and John chose their Uncle Robert Andrews and their Aunt Ann (Lewis) Andrews as guaardian when their father died.(7) Thomas Pennington married Abigail _____(4) when his wife, Sarah died after 1696,(1), just about 5 years before his death. After Thomas Pennington’s death in 1701/2 Abigail married _____ Middleton.(8) Thomas Pennington, Jr, who left a will in Surry Co., Va dated 24 Feb 1726/27, recorded 20 Dec 1727 (9) married Mary ____ and had 8 children: John George, Thomas, Edward, William, James, Mary, and Benjamin.

It's very late, but I will add comments between various statements: REGINALD L VASSAR wrote: > > Steve-- > I have been trying to collect information I have on the Thomas > Penningtons > “The difference betweene John Griffin & Jane his wife dau. of Morgan > Lewis dec. pltf. & Tho. Peddenton & Sarah his wife Extx. of Morgan Lewis > deft is at ye. defendts request referred to next Court.” > (For above two Records see Surry Co., Va Court Records, 1691-1700, Book > V: pg 164 July 1698) -- note from Sue Gill (or is it Surry co., Va Court > Orders, 1691, pg 164 July 1698--Sue?) I think the "Surry Co., VA. Court Records, 1691-1700, Book V,etc. may be a "book", and not an actual primary source. I emailed Steve about this, and it's something we need to check on. I plan to use: Surry County, Va. Court Orders, 1691-1713, Page 163. (Did I type 164? Should be page 163). > (2) Sarah (George) Lewis married Thomas Pennington after 1677. > (Morgan Lewis---died 1677 (“Virginia Wills and Adminstration”)-- note > from Sue Gill > > (3) Sarah (George) Lewis married Thomas Pennington prior to Aug 1678 We need to order that will (Morgan Lewis) and look at it before we say for certain. It's always possible that it's a different Morgan Lewis. (Will of Colonial John George) NO REF. -- note from Sue Gill I have not personally ordered this will either. Just saw a note about it on some previous material. > “Thomas Pedington the son of Thomas Pedington deced. making it appear > that hee is almost twenty yeares of age, upon his petition is allowed to > have the benefitt of his owne labour” (Surry Co., Va Court Records, > 1700-1711, Book VI, p 17: Novr. 1702) --note fromSue Gill > Again, I wonder if this Book VI is not a secondary source, as above. I will use: "Surry Co., VA. Court Orders 1691-1713, page 230" since I know that it is primary. > > “Edward and John Pedington the sonnes of Thomas Pedington deced. making > choice of Robert Andrews for their guardian who in court accepting therof > ordered that hee act therein accordingly”. May 1703 (Surry Co., Va > Court Records 1700-1711, Book VI, pg 24 #34) -- note from Steve Privett. Same as above about primary source. We just have to check. I will use: Surry Co., VA. Court Orders 1691-1713, page 241." > (8) Abigail (_____) Pennington married _____ Middleton after Thomas > Pennington’s death in 1701/2. . > > “The Last will and testament of Thomas Peddington proved by oathes of > John Griffin and William Rookeings and a probate thereof granted Abegaell > Midleton the late wife and Extrx of the said deceds. will shee haveing > made oath as the law directs: (no date-probably 1703) > (Surry Co., Va court Records, 1700-1711, Book VI, pg 14 )--- note from > Sue Gill Abigail MIDDLETON made oath and was granted probate of the will in September 1702, so she married the same year that our Thomas died. Surry Co., VA. Court Orders 1691-1713, Page 226. Same page, 226, it was ordered that an Inventory of Thomas Pennington's estate be done. Thomas Pennington, Sr. who left a will in Surry Co., Va, dated 13 Feb > 1702, recorded 1703(4), married Sarah (George) Lewis, the widow of > Morgan Lewis 1677/1678.(1) , (3) Thomas Pennington and Sarah > (George)(Lewis) Pennington had three sons,(4), (7) the eldest son was > named Thomas Pennington, who was born 1682/83.66 The two younger sons, > Edward and John chose their Uncle Robert Andrews and their Aunt Ann > (Lewis) Andrews as guaardian when their father died.(7) The Ann (Lewis) Andrews was a daughter of Morgan Lewis & wife Sarah. Sarah also had the three sons, Thomas, Edward, and John. They would be half-brothers to Ann Andrews. So, not an uncle Guardian, but husband of their half-sister. This is super to be getting this data documented. I personally would like to get the wills of Lewis and George. I wonder if there are some other older Surry Co. records available on microfilm? I ordered the above Court Order film simply because, from some information passed along, I knew that there would be some Pennington information on it. Perhaps there is more somewhere else? Sue

Steve Privett wrote: > > Sue, > > It would be good to see the will of Morgan Lewis. As nobody has spoke up > and said they have it, verify for me that it is in Surry Co. Let me know > what your "Virginia Wills and Administrations" book says, and I'll get a > copy of the will unless it's easy for you to do. I'll have to order the > film so it'll take a few weeks, but at least then we'll have it. > > And you are right, Robert Andrews would be the husband of John, and > Edward's half sister. I guess my brain had faded before yours last night > when I referred to Robert as their uncle. > > Steve P > > "Sue H. Gill" wrote: > > > > Hi, > > Looking through my "Virginia Wills and Administrations" book, there is a > > Morgan Lewis who died in 1677 (or would that have been when the will was > > written?). Anyway, if our died then, or not long after, this would have > > left Sarah time to marry Thomas, and have that oldest son, Thomas, in > > 1682-83. Has anyone seen a copy of Lewis's will? We really need to > > take a look at it, don't you think? > > > > I have a question, and perhaps there is someone more acquainted with > > wills, etc. who could give us an answer. If Morgan Lewis died young, > > and left an orphan, wouldn't his estate continue until the child was "of > > age?" For instance, IF Sarah had a child about 1675, that child would > > turn 21 about 1696. That's the year that the children were in court vs. > > Tho: Peddenton & Sarah his wife. > > > > I was wondering if the estate of Lewis could not be completed as long as > > the children were "orphans" (or underage). And it seems as though I'd > > heard somewhere that the way the children eventually got their legal > > inheritance once they were old enough, was to do it through the court > > system. Maybe there was no dispute between Sarah and her daughters, but > > that was just the way the transfer was made. I would love to hear if > > anyone knows about such things. > > > > I noticed that Thomas's estate (d. 1701/2) was not completely finished > > (as far as I could see) until 1707. I wonder if the three boys were > > finally of age by that time. This was an account of the estate of > > Thomas Pidington, deceased, and signed by Abbegell Middleton (mark). > > > > > Edward and John wished to be raised by their uncle, or more > > > likely, his wife, the sister of their mother, rather than their step mother > > > and her new husband. > > > > Wasn't Robert Andrews the one chosen as Guardian? And this is the man > > married to Ann, daughter of Morgan Lewis, deceased? Wouldn't Ann > > probably be Sarah's daughter by Morgan Lewis? And wouldn't this make > > Robert Andrews the husband of Thomas Pennington's half-sister? Gee, > > it's about midnight, and my brain is s-l-o-w. > > Sue > > > > ==== PENNINGTON Mailing List ==== > > This Pennington mail list is hosted by Rootsweb. > > To subscribe to Rootsweb, and show your support of their efforts, see > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > ==== PENNINGTON Mailing List ==== > Do not post virus warnings on this list. > Practice safe e-mail habits and only open attachments you are expecting > For addition virus info see http://www.symantec.com/us.index.html or > http://www.mcafee.com/ Morgan Lewis died 1677 in Isle of Wight Co., VA. I have no idea if this is the right man or not, until we look at the information contained in the will. I had not planned to go back to the History Center until after New Year's, but could order the film then. Up to you. If you do order it, let me know. Sue

Do not know if this relates or not <g> Edward Pennington b about 1795-96 is first found (by me anyway) in the 1820 Ashe Cty Census as a young man with a wife and one son 0-9 years of age. I then got to see the 1850 Watauga Cty (was Ashe) census, and there he is as a farmer of 54 with wife Lucinda age 48. They have two children remaining at home: Isaac b. about 1827, and Irina b. about 1835. I believe they had a daughter, Emeline b. about 1833, too. but she was married by 1850. Emeline and Irina married Loves. Probably quite a few other children also that were gone from home. I would LOVE it if this family fit in with Samuel's. I know nothing farther back that Edward and not that much on him, actually. Audrey [email protected] wrote: > Dear Martha, > I am the leader of Group 12, Samuel of Ashe Co.NC (and Grayson Co. VA) > and noted your mention of a Samuel in your message. If you have > discussed this on the list before, do you mind talking with me off the > list? If it is not repetitive to the list, please share on the list. > Who is the Samuel who was listed in your message as father of Andy > Pennington? > > To the list members, I have only one other person in my group and am > depending on her and non-12-members (Carolyn Gober, Rick Pennington whose > help has been invaluable) for most of my group information. Anyone at > all who is interested in Samuel Pennington contact me please. His > descendents reportedly married the following folks: John Weaver, > William Kilby, Charity Perkins, John Weiss, Almeda Grubbs, and others. > The names Monnroe and Roby as middle names are represented among his > grandchildren. > > Group 12's Samuel's family lived in Ashe Co. NC and Grayson and Lee > Counties, VA. > > Thank you very kindly, > Barbara J. Temple > Group 12 Leader > Member Group 32 > > [email protected] > > ==== PENNINGTON Mailing List ==== > The Pennington Research Association Web Site > http://penningtonresearch.org > for subscribe and unsub instructions, > follow the links to e-mail group.

Dear Audrey, I wish I could say i have your Celia but I hope that I do have some relatives. I have Celia Pennington b. ca. 1828, dau of Samuel Pennington and Elizabeth Anderson. This Celia had a brother, Stephen Pennington who had a daughter, Martha Pennington, b. 1856,who married Byron Sturgill. They lived on the Big Helton north of Sturgill's in Ashe Co., NC. I don't know whether I have all the children of the above Stephen Pennington in my files. Stephen had a brother Claborn or Claiborne and there is room for another child between the first and second sons that I have for Claborn. Either man could be your Celia's father, but of course, this is all speculation. I will keep looking in hopes of finding your Celia. Barbara Temple Leader Group 12 Member Group 32 [email protected]

Posted with approval of author. Please post any replies to the list AND to author, Geanellen Kuranko (e-mail is [email protected] ). Thank you. Gene Pennington (Group 7) Research Director Pennington Research Association www.penningtonresearch.org =========================================================== Query: I am seeking any information on the following Penningtons. I need proof for my DAR application that William Pennington was the son of John. & That William had a daughter name Jane. 1. John Pennington b.3 Sept.. 1761 at Mendham Twp. Morris Co. NJ d.21 Sept. 1841 at NJ....in 1832 was living at Somersett Co. Wife: Jane Ayers. John's place of residence during the Revolution War was at Basking Ridge, Somerset Co. NJ some of Johns and Jane's children according to Rev. War pension records. 2. Elijah Pennington, Nathaniel Pennington, William Pennington (my ancestor) 3. John Pennington, James Pennington who married Elizabeth Richards and a daughter name Sarah who married a man by the last name of Smith. John & Jane's son William was born abt 1793. William married Ann Brown on 13 Sept. 1813 they had a daughter named Jane. Jane Pennington was born 29 July 1901 at Plainfield, Somerset Co. NJ Jane married on 12 April 1834 to Jonathan Vantuyl. Jane and Jonathan lived 3 miles East of Raymond, Montgomery Co.IL Jane died 22 March 1901 at Irving, IL and is buried at St. John's Cemetery near Raymond, Montgomery Co. IL

Posted with approval of author. Please post any replies to the list AND to author, Audrey Sturgill Schneberger (e-mail is [email protected] ). Thank you. Gene Pennington (Group 7) Research Director Pennington Research Association www.penningtonresearch.org =========================================================== Query: I'm trying to locate the parents of Celia E. Pennington Sturgill (I don't know what the E. stands for and if it is accurate). The only information I have on my great-grandmother Celia is from David Sturgill's book and LDS records which just include birth, marriage and death dates and locations. Celia E. Pennington, b. 1862 in Ashe Co. NC m. 26 Dec 1880 in Helton Creek, Ashe Co. NC, d. Jan 1919 in Smyth Co. VA. Celia married Melvin Sturgill (also born in Ashe Co.) son of John Sturgill and Obedience "Bidda" Cox. Thanks much. Audrey Sturgill Schneberger