Jeff & Julie wrote: > It seems that most of the "groups" > have founders that came to America much earlier than 1851. Is there a better > place to look for Pennington families that were still in England? This is a question I would dearly like an answer too as well. I have yet to even find an American connection as all my Penningtons appear to have gone from England to New Zealand. I had been hoping that I might connect with a branch that went to America but have been unsuccessful so far. Having a ggg-grandfather with the name Heneage Ogilvie Pennington (born 1769) in Lambeth - I am sure if anyone had an ancestor with that name they would certainly know it. BTW, does anyone have a William Henry Pennington born in Greenwich in 1833 as a relative? William was an 11th Hussar in the Charge of the Light Brigade. Wounded in the leg in on October 25 1854 during the charge. He purchased his discharge in 1856 and went on to become a shakesparean actor and a favourite of Gladstone (who commented that William's Hamlet was the most original he had ever seen). William lived to a ripe old age and died in 1923 at Stoke Newington, London. Just thought this might be fascinating to anyone who wasn't aware of it. Happy festive season to all, Lana Pennington