Eleanor Smith of the Shelburne County (Nova Scotia) Genealogical Society just sent me a transcript of a family bible that belonged to a William Pennington. He could have been the father of my ancestor, the Loyalist James Pennington. The bible was published in 1708 and a transcript is in the possession of the sisters Mary and Janet Stewart of Sandy Point, N.S. Their grandfather, William Pennington, was born in 1833 in Argyle, Yarmouth Co., N.S., a son of James Pennington. It is not known how the Penningtons of Argyle were related to those named in the bible record. The transcript gives the date of marriage for the parents and the dates of birth for the children. The International Genealogical Index (IGI) gives the children's dates of baptism (all in Kendal, Westmorland County, which is in northwestern England). Here's information combined from the bible and the IGI: William Pennington md. 21 May 1738 Bridget Hodgson who was Irish. Children: William Lewis, b. 12 June 1739, bapt. 1 July 1739. Elizabeth, b. 1 Dec. 1740, bapt. 3 Dec. 1740. James, b. 30 Apr. 1743, bapt. 15 May 1743. William, b. 26 May 1745, bapt. 23 June 1745. Bridget, b. 14 Sept. 1747, bapt. 18 Oct. 1747. Amelia, b. 19 July 1749, bapt. 25 July 1749. Joseph, b. June 1750, bapt. 22 July 1750. A notation in the bible transcript says, "Our grandfather died September 7th 1833." Robert, b. 5 Apr. 1752, bapt. 12 Apr. 1752. Jane, b. 4 Nov. 1753, bapt. 2 Dec. 1753. Lewis, b. 21 May 1755, bapt. 13 Apr. 1755. Amy, b. 20 Apr. 1757. Not listed in IGI. Maybe the child James Pennington, born 30 Apr. 1743, was my Loyalist ancestor James Pennington who died in 1808 in Queensbury, York County, New Brunswick. The Loyalist James Pennington was born in England. He first appears as a prisoner of war in Pennsylvania in 1779. He married Mary Price who was born in about 1772 and their first child was born in 1799. I had guessed that James was born in the 1750s, rather than the 1740s, but it's certainly possible that he was the one born in 1743. James and Mary named children James, Elizabeth and William. The first three children of William Pennington and Bridget Hodgson were named William, Elizabeth and James. The Loyalist James's son Rev. William E. named a son John Hodgen Pennington. Who knows? Maybe the name Hodgen came from Bridget Hodgson. As far as I know, the name Bridget does not occur among the descendants of the Loyalist James Pennington. Other than Kendal, Westmorland County, England, I don't know where William Pennington and Bridget Hodgson and their children lived. Maybe the family came to America before the Revolutionary War and some members of the family were Loyalists who settled in Nova Scotia. If we knew where they lived in the U.S. or Canada, maybe we could determine if their son James (b. 1743) was my ancestor who settled in New Brunswick. Rick Crume 131 130th St S Glyndon MN 56547-9551 USA E-mail: [email protected] Genealogical Library Master Catalog (TM) Over 300,000 family histories, local histories & genealogical sources http://www.onelibrary.com