forwarded by listowner -------- Original Message -------- Subject: {not a subscriber} Group 6, or maybe 10? Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 22:12:13 -0800 (PST) From: "Sue H. Gill" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] I received this in response to a query to VA-SOUTHSIDE rootsweb. Can someone help this gentleman? Please send any replies to: [email protected] Hi, Noticed your response to a PENNINGTON query in the VA-SOUTHSIDE rootsweb list. Some time ago I had a question on the surname in North Carolina. I booted up the PRA site and queried a Bobby Pennington in "Group 6". He replied promptly but there was nothing in his data that addressed my questions, and he advised me to try the contact person for "Group 10"--I believe his name was Steve. I wrote Steve but he never replied. Below is the text of my query at that time; I'd be grateful for any help you might be able to provide. Regards, John Ottinger > > I'm investigating a central North Carolina family in the early 1800s > named SHANKLE; specifically the descendants, ancestry, etc., of a George > SHANKLE (1754-1841), a Revolutionary War Veteran and Methodist minister. > > Two of George's sons married Penningtons in Montgomery County: Eli > married Lectena, 5 Jun 1834; and Henry married Scelena, 11 Dec 1834. The > womens' names are also seen as "Selena," "Electa", and various other > spellings. They were apparently the daughters of a David Pennington. > > Discussion among Shankles centers on the name of George's wife, with > some saying it was Oney/Ony/Naomi LEDBETTER, and others Oney etc > PENNINGTON, daughter of Levi Pennington. No proof is offered wither way. > Some say Oney was a shortened form of Naomi, others that it is a given > name in its own right. > > I've determined to my satisfaction that George did indeed marry Oney > Ledbetter, but only late in life, and after ten children had been born > to him and his first wife, whose name I don't have. Curiously, one of > these children, and as it so happens my direct ancestor, was also named > Ony, born around 1800. > > I've used the PRA Website search mechanism and there is no "Ony", etc. > My gut feeling at this point is that the first wife was not a > Pennington, and I would like to rule out the surname and search > elsewhere. Reluctantly, I might add, since I am most impressed with the > Pennington research. > > I would welcome any input from you, even if helps to eliminate the > Penningtons from my search. > > > Regards, > > John Ottinger >