Dear Pat Saletore, and the List: The Richard Pennington Family of Pendleton County, WVA you're interested in was submitted to Pennington Pedigrees many many years ago by Dorris Pennington Knibb in PP Vol. III, p.31. The article was extremely well done, and the research was referenced. Dorris Knib is a list member, but so far as I know, has not added to the information contained in the article. It appears that Richard Pennington, like Elijah Pennington (Louise Throop's family) who lived in Hampshire County, is of the Maryland/Delaware Penningtons. Richard of Pendleton County has many similarities to my own family of Pennington/Pembertons who seem to have left the Cecil County area and headed west, first into Baltimore County, then into the panhandle of West Virginia and Belmont/Guernsey counties in Ohio. A fourth segment seems to be a Pennington family that lived in Greene and Washington Counties in western Pennsylvania, intermarrying with a family of Litzenbergs. Because of the given name similarities between Richard, and the Cecil families I believe they may be connected to my Pennington/Pembertons whose names in Belmont/Guernsey Counties include Richard, William, Otho and John. In Baltimore County there are Henry Jr. and Sr., John, William and Joshua. Henry Pemberton appears in Baltimore County around 1747 when his daughter Ann is baptized. His family sort of fades from view after the Penningtons appear in Belmont and Guernsey Counties, OH after serving in the War of 1812 from Baltimore County, MD. Sons and grandchildren Henry, William and Joshua are mentioned in deeds. Lori has recently contributed a great deal to the effort to unravel some of the mistaken computerized information that is appearing everywhere. Her data will help to re-establish what is correct within the research on these families. I hope to help too. Dorris' article, published in 1971 establishes the information for Pendleton County. What is needed is concerted effort on the earlier information which will provide the links to the later western-moving families. WVA deeds might help determine more informatio on the notation in Dorris' article that a Henry Jr. and Sr. and a Joshua Pennington were also in Pendleton County and appear in 1790 on the List of Titheables. There are still Pennington families living near Dry Fork, WVA who are descendants of Richard Pennington. One who has collected Pennington information similar to Dorris Knibb's is even named Richard Pennington. Your Cousin, Carolyn