Hi Kristy, I looked up Peter for you. In 1930 according to the census, he was in Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH. He was 30 years old, worked at a Steel mill, his wife, Grace was 27 yoa, daughter, Edith 8 yoa and son, Eugene 5 yoa. Both of his parents are recorded as born in KY as are Grace's parents. Also, I have the Social Sec. Death index. Peter is listed at 41014 Covington, Kenton, Ky b. 14 April 1899, died Aug. 1977. The card was issued in OH before 1951. I hope this helps you out. I HATE brick or masonary, don't you? Rene'e Davis, CFO ARD, Family Groups PRA - Group 9 Pennington Research Association, Inc. www.penningtonresearch.org ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 10:18 PM Subject: Help with Peter "Pete" Pennington b. abt. 1900 in prob. Whitley or Clay Co KY > I have been stumped on Rev. Peter "Pete" Pennington for a few years. He was > born around 1900 in most likely Clay Co KY. He married Grace Catherine Setser > (my aunt). I have all information on children of Peter. I have no dates or > parents. He resided in Hamilton Co OH. He was living in 1965 at the time Aunt > Grace died. > > Help on this major brick wall is appreciated. There is a Peter Pennington in > the 1930 Cincinnati, Hamilton Co OH Census b. 1899 in KY that is most likely > him but Ancestry.com states the image is missing :( so I can't view it to see > who is in the household to know for sure it is the one Peter I am searching for. > > Thank You > > Kristie Setser > Keeping Genealogy Free..... > And copyrights where they belong....to the submitter > http://www.gentrails.com > > > ==== PRA Mailing List ==== > ==== PENNINGTON RESEARCH ASSOCIATION List ==== > For more information about the PRA visit our Web Site at > http://www.penningtonresearch.org > >
Hi Gang, I feel terrible, but I have to share this. I was doing the annual clean out of all the mail. Lord and Behold, I found a Group 9 cousin, I didn't even know we had. He is Gene Delaplane [email protected] We have been exchanging mail and I called him to apologize for the drastic delay. He is descended from Adam Pennington, the son of Elijah and Elizabeth Schreid Pennington. Adam was born in 1798 in Hampshire Co. VA and dies in 1849 in Wyandot Co. ,OH. We are still working on the logistics but I believe he is going to be my first cousin, 6 times removed or something like that ;>). I will keep you updated on the progress and share with you on my favorit-ist mailing list. I want to thank Gene for his diligence in hanging in there with the PRA (almost 6 months) until I made contact. I also want to remind everyone not to make the same mistake I did in not checking your mail. Even if the query is old - it just goes to show you - that even after time passes, follow-up does pay off. I had no family for Adam in the Group file and Gene did not have his parents leading to the progenitor of Group 9. Now, both of us can start a new branch to our tree. Horray !!! If this Adam 'rings a bell' with anyone out there - post to the list and let us - maybe we can have a family reunion on-line. Rene'e Davis, CFO ARD, Family Groups PRA - Group 9 Pennington Research Association, Inc. www.penningtonresearch.org
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Several people contacted me expressing their interest in this post. If anyone went back to Sidney Graveston's great articles in the Pedigrees in 2000,2001 and 2003 they will see that it was actually a Picot de Percy who Sidney thought the evidence points to as the father of Gamel de Penigton. Sorry about that, I did not re-read the articles before shooting from the hip. The author of the website on the Percys a Charles Percy is very interested in all this and knew all about the link between the Penningtons of Muncaster and the Percys. He said he would send me some information on the origin of the Pennington arms! Nick P.
Hi Joanne, Oh my - Talented and good-looking - typical Pennington, huh? Let us know if you hear back from him. I contacted another star - Jarod Fogle (Subway) he was from Ohio and I sent information to him for that side of my family but have yet to hear from him. Maybe one day we will get all of these people together and find out. Thanks for posting and letting us know that you tried to make contact with him. We appreciate you. Rene'e Davis, CFO ARD, Family Groups PRA - Group 9 Pennington Research Association, Inc. www.penningtonresearch.org ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 5:29 PM Subject: Ty Pennington Hi Rene'e, Thanks for the Ty Pennington site. I have been wondering if we could claim kin to him. He is very talented. I sent him an email letting him know about our PRA. Maybe he will be interested. Joanne Pennington Group 29
Nick: Very interesting! I enjoyed reading your posting and I really enjoyed visiting the two websites that you included. I hope Charles Percy will agree to participate in a DNA Study of Percies. Would you expect to find identical Y chromosome in your lineage? Are you interested in writing a short article on this subject for our website in the section on our Coat of Arms and for the Pedigrees? Gene Pennington (Group 7) Vice President Research Director Pennington Research Association, Inc. www.PenningtonResearch.org
From time to time I stumble on something that is quite extraordinary on the web. At the following link you can find a great deal of information on the Percy family which if you have read Sidney Graveston's scholarly work on the ancestry of Gamel de Pennington you will know that he thinks that this first recorded Pennington was a son of William de Percy (from the other side of the sheets). This would account for the striking similarity between the Percy and Pennington arms. I have written to Charles Percy to ask him if he is interested in a DNA Study of Percies since if all this is true some Penningtons may have an identical Y chromosome to some Percies! http://www.geocities.com/percyfamilyhistory/index.html The text below is very interesting and suggests that the Percies were not Norman but Flemish since their arms are just too old to be Norman! The acknowledged and recognised link to the Percy family's history before their arrival in Normandy is all to do with the bearing of their arms. This is reflected in the actual coat that was used by the family as can be seen from the Norman charters of the time which are still in existence today. The Normans did not use heraldy at this time but the Percy family certainly did. They bore a coat then (as shown above), which can be traced to those previously used by the Aristocratic families who inhabited the region to the North of France known as Flanders. That the Baronial family of Percy took their name from their fiefdom in Normandy is also true but the notion of their Viking ancestry and that of being of Norman heritage has at best been displayed as a fashionably romantic idea. What follows here is a description kindly offered by Baronage Press Magazine, an online authority on such matters who have spent much time and effort researching this very same subject in some detail. "The known marital alliances of the Percies during the centuries succeeding, shouts aloud their Flemish origin. The arms used by the Percies in the late 11th century are not Norman (for the Normans, unlike the Flemings, then had no heraldry), and in accordance with the manner in which early heraldic symbolism operated strongly suggest a connection with Bethune (a few miles west of Lille in what was then the county of Flanders). That the western part of Normandy had in the middle of the 11th century a strong representation of the Flemish aristocracy tends to be overlooked by those English writers who have not examined the "Norman" charters of the period. This is especially true of the Cotentin peninsular, a desolate area of infertile ground that had been a French princess's dowry when she married Baldwin of Flanders. (It had previously appeared to be Norman, because Duke Richard III had received it as that same princess's dowry when he was supposed to marry her, and had returned it to her when the marriage failed to proceed.) Baldwin populated the area with Flemings who knew from their own experience in northern Flanders just how such a bleak coastal area could be defended militarily and exploited agriculturally, and it is from this heritage that such great families as Bruce, Ferrers, Haig, Hay, Mandeville, Morville, Percy and Vere emerged, most taking their names from their Norman fiefs (and their arms from their origins in Greater Flanders)". http://www.baronage.co.uk/2001/northeast.htm The village of Percy en Auge is still in existence, as is another village of the same name in the Department of Calvados nearby. French relatives of the English Percies are also still to be found in this region today. PERCY ANCESTORS Galfred de Perci. Geoffrey de Perci. William de Perci. Geoffrey de Perci. Alan de Percy. Baron William de Perci ( Algersnons), had brothers Serlo and Picot de Percy The next we know is that Edward the confessor, King of England (circa 1040) hired Alan de Percy of Normandy to assist him in defending England, North of the Humber against the invading Vikings. But when Harold became King he was suspicious of the connection between Alan de Percy and Duke William of Normandy and expelled Alan from England. A son was born to Alan de Perci near Alnwick before 1066. William de Perci was wild and adventurous and wore a beard(which was apparently unusual at this time). For this he was known as Al-gers-nons (meaning with whiskers) and the name of Algernon has followed the Percy race to this very day. There does not seem to be any proof that William de Percy was with William the Conquerer at the battle of Hastings in 1066. In fact it seems that William (Algernon) de Percy arrived in England in 1067 to assist the Conquerer mop up remaining resistance in Yorkshire and shore up the defences against the threat from Scotland and from the possibility of Viking invasion. For his trouble William de Percy was given knights fees and land, initially under Earl Hugh of Chester. By 1086 William's family including brothers Serlo and Picot is charted as owning various estates in Yorkshire and the surrounding counties. The shield at the top of this page is the earliest recorded Percy blazon and is considered to date from Flanders near the town Bethune South West of Lille well before 1066. It is described in heraldry as, Azure, five fusils in fess argent.
Thank you for filling in the blanks, Evelyn. I wish I were able to do more right now than I have. I have some information in my "hard copies" which was copied in the New Albany, IN Public Library, which discusses the connection of Ruth to Andrew Jackson. I believe it is from files of genealogist Elizabeth Payne. Again, it is something I will need to look up. I do have an e-mail reference to a letter from Mrs. Payne to Mrs. Mildred Janney of Des Plaines, IL, dated March 27, 1971 in reference to Levi Pennington and Peggy Cowan: N. Carolinian - Wm. P. Johnson, Mar. 1960. Rowan Co. Marriage Licenses - page 651 4-2-1805 - Levi PENNINGTON - Peggy Cowan. ------ June 1956 North Carolinian. - 1779 - Regulators & Quakers who refused to list property, etc. Many LAMBs, Levi PENNINGTON, Jr., BEESONs, etc. pp.80-81. Does anyone have more information on these references? Virginia Brown ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To:.. <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 10:23 AM Subject: Re: [Pennington-L] Robbins Pennington > Hi Carmen & Virginia, > I too am descended from Henry Lamb and Ruth Pennington. I have been > corresponding with Virginia. I may be able to help with some of the records that you > have asked of her. <snip>
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Nick, I enjoyed reading your opinion regarding the recent DNA changes. Thanks for your input. I belong to the Baker Family, Bolling Family and the Pennington Research group, as a member of their DNA studies and their family lines. I have always believed that it is much too soon to evaluate the DNA findings 100%, since we are only in kindergarten, but it's a start. I can document my Pennington line back to Micajah Pennington b 1743, m to Rachel Jones b 1741 with enough proof for the DAR, so I find this to be the way I can document my family line. I follow the DNA studies closely and it looks very promising for the future. Hopefully we'll know more about reading the results and making the correct conclusions. ( Just my opinion. ) I've been on vacation and have just finished reading 200 emails, or I would have responded sooner to your letter. Cousin Ruth
Barbara Pennington has completed the counting of the ballots for the election just held for Board of Directors. Rene'e Davis and James W. Pennington were elected to three (3) year terms ending 12/31/06. Congratulations to both of you! The details are: 65 Ballots were received in the adjusted deadline (adjusted because of the timing of the mailing of the Pedigrees) Rene'e Davis 62 James W. Pennington N.C. 65 Write ins: Gene Pennington 1 Jasper Green Pennington 1 Nick Penington 1 Ann Bailey 1 (one person voted for three people) Tally done 8 January 2004 by Barbara W. Pennington Membership Chair Pennington Research Association Thank you Barbara for your work handling the election for the PRA this year. Gene Pennington (Group 7) Vice President Research Director Pennington Research Association, Inc. www.PenningtonResearch.org
You're welcome Rene'e Davis, CFO ARD, Family Groups PRA - Group 9 Pennington Research Association, Inc. www.penningtonresearch.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colgan, Mandy" <[email protected]> To: "'Rene'e Davis'" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 6:29 AM Subject: Thomas Osborn > Thanks, > Now I have a date of death and his place of burial! > mandy >
Mandy - Mr. Osborn rand a bell with me. This is right down your alley regarding Mr. Thomas Ward Osborn. Source - United States Government Printing Office 1971, Biographical Directory of the American Congress 1774-1971, page 1404 (believe it or not I bought this book for $2.00 - an estate sale) "Thomas Ward Osborn, a Senator from Florida; born in Scotch Plains, Union County, NJ., March 9, 1836; moved to New York in 1842 with his parents, who settled in North Wilna; attended the common schools, and was graduated fro Madison (now Colgate) University, Hamilton, NY., in 1860; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1861; during the Civil War entered the Union Army in 1861 as Lieutenant and became captain of Battery D, First Regiment, New ork Light Artillery; subsequently promoted to major; attained the rank of colonel in 1865; appointed assistant commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees and Freedmen for Florida in 1865 and 1866; settled in Tallahassee, Fla., and commenced the practice of law; appointed register in bankruptcy in 1867; member of the State constitutional convention in 1868 and drew up the constitution which was adopted ; moved to Pensacola, Fla.; member of the State Senate ; upon the readmission of Florida to representation was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from June 25, 1868, to March 3, 1873; was not a candidate for reelection; served as United States commissioner at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, PA, in 1876; moved to New York City and resumed the practice of law; also engaged in literary pursuits; died in New York City December 18, 1898; interment in Hillside Cemetery, North Adams, Berkshire County, Mass." Hope this is helpful and something you don't already have. Isn't this stuff - just plain fun !!! Rene'e Davis, CFO ARD, Family Groups PRA - Group 9 Pennington Research Association, Inc. www.penningtonresearch.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colgan, Mandy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 10:57 AM Subject: A bit more proof > > Dear Penningtons, > > > > I thought I would give you a few more things that point towards > > Nathaniel's origins in NJ > > > > Nathaniel is found in the 1830 census for Bernards Twp. Somerset Co. > > > > His son John Pennington is found in the 1830 Census for Westfield, Essex > > Co. NJ and in the 1840 Census for Warren Twp. Somerset Co. > > > > His son John married a Susan Osborn in 1830. > > > > Susan Osborn is the daughter of Joel Osborn of Westfield, Essex Co. NJ. > > Joel is found in Westfield up until the 1850 census when he is living with > > a sister Patience Clark, a son-on law Issac Moore and daughter Mary. > > > > Joel had these children to my knowlege. > > Issac > > William > > Susan > > Joel > > Ferdinand > > Albert > > Mary > > > > Joel Osborn is the son of John Baldwin Osborn. John Baldwin Osborn had > > these children > > Patience > > Joel > > William > > John > > Jonathan > > Charles > > Mary > > > > Rev. War Pension Abstracts, by Joe Osborn > > Selected Records from Revolutionary War Pensions and Bounty-Land-Warrant > > Application Files. > > National Archives Microfilm Publication M805 > > > > Osborne John B. > > S1069 > > Aug 17, 1832 Essex Co NJ > > John is a resident of Westfield. He was born June 6, 1754, in Elizabeth > > Township, Essex Co. NJ He entered the service in june of 1776 under Capt > > Gorthwards Co, at Westfield. > > > > It should be noted here that the Pennington's, Doty's, Moores, Smalleys, > > Alwards and Osborns all fought together in the Revolutionary war. There > > are many of them. They intermarried and they named children after each > > other ex. John Pennington Alward, Aaron Osborn Pennington, William Moore > > Pennington, John Pennington Smalley. There are two Penningtons that > > fought in the war that I have not placed firmly in the family. A > > Nathaniel and Josiah Pennington. In Ephraim's testimony on John > > Penington's Pension Statement he says he "recollects of his said brothers > > having been called out into the service of the United States when his said > > brother was a little over sixteen years [of age]". Does the plural > > brothers in his statement that he had more than one brother called out but > > is only testifying to is one brother's age? I think this is a possibiliy. > > Maybe these brothers died in the war. Is my Nathaniel (said John > > Penington's son) named after one of them? I want to get a hold of the Mt > > Bethel Church records to see if there are births and baptisms recorded. > > > > John Baldwin's son (Joel's brother and Susan's Uncle) Jonathan Osborn > > became a baptist minister and moved to North Wilna NY, he moved there > > about the same time that John Pennington moved there with his wife Susan > > Osborn and his parents Nathaniel and Ruth Pennington. Johnathan Osborn > > died in 1856 and is buried with his wife in Hillside Cemetary in Antwerp > > Twp. Jefferson Co. NY (TOWN OF ANTWERP CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS, N-R > > Courtesy of A.E. ROGERS, ELLEN & JOHN BARTLETT) > > > > The Growth of a Century: As Illustrated in the History of Jefferson, > > County, New York, from 1793 to 1894, John A. Haddock, Philadelphia, > > Sherman & Co., 1894. Page 814. > > > > DEACON JONATHAN OSBORN, on the 11th day of May, 1842, came with his family > > to North Wilna, where he lived until his death in 1856. He was born at > > Scotch Plains, N.J. in 1790. In 1815 he was married to Amelia VanDeemen > > in New York city. The father of both John B. Osborn and Abram VanDeemen > > served in the war of the American Revolution. Jonathan Osborn's family > > was as follows: Amelia E., wife of Dr. George Hubbard, deceased; Ann > > Judson, Mrs.Slater; Spencer C., Abram C., a distinguished clergyman of the > > Baptist church; Gen. Thomas W., and Mary E., deceased wife of Dr. Samuel > > Merrill. Jonathan Osborn was a man of much learning and broad information. > > His habits of thought tended toward ecclesiastical subjects and > > literature, and from his superiority in these he acquired prominence in > > church circles. In 1817 he united with the Baptist church at Scotch > > Plains, and a few years after was ordained deacon. He was elected to > > minor offices, both in New Jersey and Jefferson county. Directly under > > his guidance and influence the North Wilna Baptist church was organized, > > and through many years he was its main reliance and support. In all ways, > > in integrity, morally and intellectually, he was among the foremost men in > > the eastern part of the county. > > > > The information that the PRN has for Nathaniel includes this statement: > > There is also a question about the birthplace of Grandpa's mother, Susan > > Osborn. My father states that she was born in North Wilna in 1812. > > According to my note, she was brought from England to this country as a > > little girl. I think this was told to me by Grandpa. Mr. Osborn bought a > > farm and ran a half-way house on the road between Antwerp and Carthage. > > Before this the Osborn family lived near Jersey City. Susan's cousin, > > Abraham Osborn, was a U. S. Senator. A brother, Tom Osborn, was part of a > > colony of six or seven families that moved from England to New Jersey, > > then to Jefferson County. Susan's sisters were Fanny and Lucy. > > This statement gives some half truths that also reveal some clues: > > 1. The Osborns lived near Jersey City - True > > 2. Mr Osborn lived near Antwerp and Carthage - True, but this Mr. Osborn > > was Susan's uncle Jonathan, not her father. > > 3. Susan had sisters Fanny and Lucy - I have not found a Fanny or a Lucy - > > ??? > > 3. Susan had a cousin and brother named Abram and Tom. - Both of these men > > were her cousins > > 4. Abraham was a U.S. Senator - incorrect, however, Thomas was a General > > in the Civil War and was a U.S. Senator from Florida were he lived after > > the war - he was an important man. > > The Growth of a Century: As Illustrated in the History of Jefferson, > > County, New York, from 1793 to 1894, John A. Haddock, Philadelphia, > > Sherman & Co., 1894. Page 822. > > SOME UNION SOLDIERS. > > GENERAL THOMAS W. OSBORN, son of Jonathan and Amelia Osborn, was born at > > the village of Scotch Plains, New Jersey, in 1833. In 1842 he removed > > with his parents to North Wilna, Jefferson county. He remained upon the > > farm, performing the ordinary labor of a farmer's son, until 1854. During > > that time he had no educational advantages excepting the winter terms of > > the district school. In the autumn of 1854 he commenced a course of study > > preparatory for college. He graduated from Madison University (now > > ColgateUniversity) in 1860. After graduation he entered the law-office of > > Starbuck & Sawyer, at Watertown, being admitted to practice law in 1861. > > It was not until after the battle of First Bull Run that he determined to > > do what he could to sustain the government. He raised a company for light > > artillery service, afterwards known as Company D, First New York Light > > Artillery. Of this command he was commissioned captain. The battery > > served continuously with the Army of the Potomac and engaged in more than > > 30 pitched battles,from the Peninsula to Gettysburg, proving itself one of > > the best artillery forces in the army, only equaled by the battery of Mink > > and Spratt, also raised in Jefferson, St. Lawrence and Lewis counties. > > After this general and entirely truthful statement it is not necessary to > > go into details, for Osborn's battery has a record that can be found in > > the history of the Army of the Potomac. The services of Captain Osborn > > were so meritorious that he was rapidly promoted from one grade to > > another, having been chief of artillery of the second division of the > > second corps, under General Berry, with the rank of major; in 1863 he was > > promoted to the command of the second brigade of the volunteer artillery > > of the Army of the Potomac; and in June, 1863, was made chief of artillery > > of the second corps, under General Howard, in which capacity he went > > through with the battle of Chancellorsville. In 1864 he was transferred > > to the Army of the Cumberland, and was chief of artillery of the fourth > > corps of that army; and while thus employed was seriously wounded. While > > in command of the recruiting barracks at Louisville, Ky., he organized the > > 106th, 107th and 108th regiments of colored troops. Returning to the > > front as soon as convalescent, on the 28th of July, 1864, he was assigned, > > by General Sherman, as chief of artillery of the Army and Department of > > the Tennessee, commanded by General Howard. This assignment gave Major > > Osborn the largest artillery command held by any officer during the war, > > with the one exception of Major-General Barry, who was General Sherman's > > chief of artillery. November 1, 1865, upon the organization of Sherman's > > army for the Savannah campaign, Major Osborn was relieved from the command > > of the artillery of the department, and retained that of the moving army. > > December 21, 1864, in addition to his other duties, he was put in command > > and had charge of all the artillery, light and heavy, captured at > > Savannah; January 9, 1865, he received his previous command of the > > artillery only with the moving army and entered upon the Carolina > > campaign. This he retained until May 10, 1865, when he was relieved by > > the Secretary of War and assigned to other duty. The principal campaigns > > in which he was engaged were the Peninsula, Fredericksburg, > > Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Valley and Chattanooga, Atlanta, > > Savannah and the Carolinas. His first commissions was that of captain, > > and at the close of the war he received that of brevet brigadier-general. > > The Major's best work was probably performed at the battle of Gettysburg, > > while in command of the artillery brigade of the 11th corps. We pass over > > the first two days' fighting at Gettysburg, and state that, excepting a > > severe fight by Slocum, before and after service, to dislodge Ewell from > > some earth works, there was no considerable fighting on the third day > > until the artillery contest, preparatory to the grand charge of Pickett's > > division. In the forenoon, the officers of Mead's army with their field > > glasses could plainly see Lee's batteries going into position along the > > crest of Seminary Ridge. Those batteries, standing at regular intervals, > > covered a point of about two miles, and about 150 of Lee's guns were in > > position. This was believed to be the longest and finest line of field > > guns ever in position upon a battlefield, and engaged at the same time in > > battle. Major Osborn's five battalions occupied the crest of Cemetery > > Hill. The distance between the two lines of battle, from seven-eighths of > > a mile to a mile and a half, was just enough for efective artillery work. > > At precisely one o'clock Lee's signal gun was fired, the shot directed > > upon Cemetery Hill. In less than a minute after, the 150 guns opened, > > more than half of which were turned upon Cemetery Hill. After this firing > > had been in progress about an hour, General Hunt came upon the hill, and > > while consulting with Generals Howard and Schurz and Major Osborn of the > > progress of the battle, the artillery fire and Lee's probable, the Major > > suggested that the firing of Meade's should entirely cease and permit Lee > > to develop his plans. The three generals approved the plan and Hunt at > > once acted upon the suggestion. The firing along the entire line had no > > sooner ceased than Lee advanced Pickett's division, supported by two other > > divisions, to the grand chargeupon Hancock's line. The result of that > > charge is well known. As soon as Pickett's column was in half-range, > > every one of Meade's guns opened with grape and canister, with deadly and > > sickening effect. Pickett's column melted away like the mists of morning > > before the rising sun. At the close of the war, Major Osborn was > > assigned, by the Secretary of War, to other important duty, the Bureau of > > Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands for the State of Florida. In that > > capacity he served two years, and resigned his commission in the army and > > became a citizen of Florida, with his residence at Tallahassee. Soon > > after his resignation he received from Chief Justice Chase the appointment > > of Register in Bankruptcy for Florida. During the enforcement of the > > Reconstruction Laws, he took an active part in the politics of the State; > > was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention, and drafted the > > Constitution of the State. By the Legislature elected under the new > > Constitution, he was elected in May, 1868, to the United States Senate, as > > a Republican, for the term ending 1878. He entered the Senate at the age > > of 35. In 1876 he served as United States commissioner at the Centennial > > Exposition, at Philadelphia. Otherwise than that he has held no public > > office since he retired from the Senate. In later years he has been > > engaged n business in Florida and New York, and in literary pursuits. > > > > What happened in essence is that two families that were related moved from > > NJ to NY together: > > John Pennington with his wife Susan Osborn and his parents Nathaniel and > > Ruth Pennington . > > Susan Osborn's Uncle Jonathan Osborn and her cousins including Abram and > > Tom. > > > > Mandy > > > > > > > > > > > ==== PRA Mailing List ==== > ==== PENNINGTON RESEARCH ASSOCIATION ==== > Learn what's new at the PRA. To learn more, go to --> http://www.penningtonresearch.org and click on the "News" link on the left side of the page. > >
Thank you Carmen I'll try that maybe she can help. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carmen M. Johnson" Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 18:45:48 -0800 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Cornelious Pennington > Bob, > May I suggest that you check out Ruth Stonesifer's page at > http://rstonesifer.com/genealogy/index.htm and you might want to email her. > There is a link on her page. She has done a lot of work with the MD > Penningtons and may be able to offer some guidance. > > Carmen > Assistant Research Director - JFMF > www.penningtonresearch.org > PRA Family Group 7 Leader > http://carmenj.my100megs.com/PenningtonPage/PRAGroup7.htm > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Lykins [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 3:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Cornelious Pennington > > Hello all, > Still looking for Cornelious Pennington b.1816 MD, > married Sarah Ann Nine b.1826 PA d.8/21/1891 Randolph Co. > Indiana - Married 12/20/1842 Clark Co Ohio.Had four daughters > Elnore-Mary A- Susan-Harriet M-One son Major N Pennington. They were > in the 1880 census and lived in Lynn,Randolph Co. Indiana. > Thank you Bob > -- > ___________________________________________________________ > Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com > http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm > > > ==== PRA Mailing List ==== > ==== PENNINGTON RESEARCH ASSOCIATION ==== > To learn about the PRA Family Groups, visit the PRA Web Site at > http://www.penningtonresearch.org > > > > > ==== PRA Mailing List ==== > ==== PENNINGTON RESEARCH ASSOCIATION ==== > For more information about the PRA DNA Study, visit our Web Site at > http://www.penningtonresearch.org > -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm
Nick, Thanks for the information on the Pennington groups. I don't know very much about the groups yet, such as which one is the largest one and I suppose that information is somewhere and I don't know about it yet. One day I would be interested in comparing the groups and seeing how some of them connect. Thanks for your input. Ruth
> Dear Penningtons, > > I thought I would give you a few more things that point towards > Nathaniel's origins in NJ > > Nathaniel is found in the 1830 census for Bernards Twp. Somerset Co. > > His son John Pennington is found in the 1830 Census for Westfield, Essex > Co. NJ and in the 1840 Census for Warren Twp. Somerset Co. > > His son John married a Susan Osborn in 1830. > > Susan Osborn is the daughter of Joel Osborn of Westfield, Essex Co. NJ. > Joel is found in Westfield up until the 1850 census when he is living with > a sister Patience Clark, a son-on law Issac Moore and daughter Mary. > > Joel had these children to my knowlege. > Issac > William > Susan > Joel > Ferdinand > Albert > Mary > > Joel Osborn is the son of John Baldwin Osborn. John Baldwin Osborn had > these children > Patience > Joel > William > John > Jonathan > Charles > Mary > > Rev. War Pension Abstracts, by Joe Osborn > Selected Records from Revolutionary War Pensions and Bounty-Land-Warrant > Application Files. > National Archives Microfilm Publication M805 > > Osborne John B. > S1069 > Aug 17, 1832 Essex Co NJ > John is a resident of Westfield. He was born June 6, 1754, in Elizabeth > Township, Essex Co. NJ He entered the service in june of 1776 under Capt > Gorthwards Co, at Westfield. > > It should be noted here that the Pennington's, Doty's, Moores, Smalleys, > Alwards and Osborns all fought together in the Revolutionary war. There > are many of them. They intermarried and they named children after each > other ex. John Pennington Alward, Aaron Osborn Pennington, William Moore > Pennington, John Pennington Smalley. There are two Penningtons that > fought in the war that I have not placed firmly in the family. A > Nathaniel and Josiah Pennington. In Ephraim's testimony on John > Penington's Pension Statement he says he "recollects of his said brothers > having been called out into the service of the United States when his said > brother was a little over sixteen years [of age]". Does the plural > brothers in his statement that he had more than one brother called out but > is only testifying to is one brother's age? I think this is a possibiliy. > Maybe these brothers died in the war. Is my Nathaniel (said John > Penington's son) named after one of them? I want to get a hold of the Mt > Bethel Church records to see if there are births and baptisms recorded. > > John Baldwin's son (Joel's brother and Susan's Uncle) Jonathan Osborn > became a baptist minister and moved to North Wilna NY, he moved there > about the same time that John Pennington moved there with his wife Susan > Osborn and his parents Nathaniel and Ruth Pennington. Johnathan Osborn > died in 1856 and is buried with his wife in Hillside Cemetary in Antwerp > Twp. Jefferson Co. NY (TOWN OF ANTWERP CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS, N-R > Courtesy of A.E. ROGERS, ELLEN & JOHN BARTLETT) > > The Growth of a Century: As Illustrated in the History of Jefferson, > County, New York, from 1793 to 1894, John A. Haddock, Philadelphia, > Sherman & Co., 1894. Page 814. > > DEACON JONATHAN OSBORN, on the 11th day of May, 1842, came with his family > to North Wilna, where he lived until his death in 1856. He was born at > Scotch Plains, N.J. in 1790. In 1815 he was married to Amelia VanDeemen > in New York city. The father of both John B. Osborn and Abram VanDeemen > served in the war of the American Revolution. Jonathan Osborn's family > was as follows: Amelia E., wife of Dr. George Hubbard, deceased; Ann > Judson, Mrs.Slater; Spencer C., Abram C., a distinguished clergyman of the > Baptist church; Gen. Thomas W., and Mary E., deceased wife of Dr. Samuel > Merrill. Jonathan Osborn was a man of much learning and broad information. > His habits of thought tended toward ecclesiastical subjects and > literature, and from his superiority in these he acquired prominence in > church circles. In 1817 he united with the Baptist church at Scotch > Plains, and a few years after was ordained deacon. He was elected to > minor offices, both in New Jersey and Jefferson county. Directly under > his guidance and influence the North Wilna Baptist church was organized, > and through many years he was its main reliance and support. In all ways, > in integrity, morally and intellectually, he was among the foremost men in > the eastern part of the county. > > The information that the PRN has for Nathaniel includes this statement: > There is also a question about the birthplace of Grandpa's mother, Susan > Osborn. My father states that she was born in North Wilna in 1812. > According to my note, she was brought from England to this country as a > little girl. I think this was told to me by Grandpa. Mr. Osborn bought a > farm and ran a half-way house on the road between Antwerp and Carthage. > Before this the Osborn family lived near Jersey City. Susan's cousin, > Abraham Osborn, was a U. S. Senator. A brother, Tom Osborn, was part of a > colony of six or seven families that moved from England to New Jersey, > then to Jefferson County. Susan's sisters were Fanny and Lucy. > This statement gives some half truths that also reveal some clues: > 1. The Osborns lived near Jersey City - True > 2. Mr Osborn lived near Antwerp and Carthage - True, but this Mr. Osborn > was Susan's uncle Jonathan, not her father. > 3. Susan had sisters Fanny and Lucy - I have not found a Fanny or a Lucy - > ??? > 3. Susan had a cousin and brother named Abram and Tom. - Both of these men > were her cousins > 4. Abraham was a U.S. Senator - incorrect, however, Thomas was a General > in the Civil War and was a U.S. Senator from Florida were he lived after > the war - he was an important man. > The Growth of a Century: As Illustrated in the History of Jefferson, > County, New York, from 1793 to 1894, John A. Haddock, Philadelphia, > Sherman & Co., 1894. Page 822. > SOME UNION SOLDIERS. > GENERAL THOMAS W. OSBORN, son of Jonathan and Amelia Osborn, was born at > the village of Scotch Plains, New Jersey, in 1833. In 1842 he removed > with his parents to North Wilna, Jefferson county. He remained upon the > farm, performing the ordinary labor of a farmer's son, until 1854. During > that time he had no educational advantages excepting the winter terms of > the district school. In the autumn of 1854 he commenced a course of study > preparatory for college. He graduated from Madison University (now > ColgateUniversity) in 1860. After graduation he entered the law-office of > Starbuck & Sawyer, at Watertown, being admitted to practice law in 1861. > It was not until after the battle of First Bull Run that he determined to > do what he could to sustain the government. He raised a company for light > artillery service, afterwards known as Company D, First New York Light > Artillery. Of this command he was commissioned captain. The battery > served continuously with the Army of the Potomac and engaged in more than > 30 pitched battles,from the Peninsula to Gettysburg, proving itself one of > the best artillery forces in the army, only equaled by the battery of Mink > and Spratt, also raised in Jefferson, St. Lawrence and Lewis counties. > After this general and entirely truthful statement it is not necessary to > go into details, for Osborn's battery has a record that can be found in > the history of the Army of the Potomac. The services of Captain Osborn > were so meritorious that he was rapidly promoted from one grade to > another, having been chief of artillery of the second division of the > second corps, under General Berry, with the rank of major; in 1863 he was > promoted to the command of the second brigade of the volunteer artillery > of the Army of the Potomac; and in June, 1863, was made chief of artillery > of the second corps, under General Howard, in which capacity he went > through with the battle of Chancellorsville. In 1864 he was transferred > to the Army of the Cumberland, and was chief of artillery of the fourth > corps of that army; and while thus employed was seriously wounded. While > in command of the recruiting barracks at Louisville, Ky., he organized the > 106th, 107th and 108th regiments of colored troops. Returning to the > front as soon as convalescent, on the 28th of July, 1864, he was assigned, > by General Sherman, as chief of artillery of the Army and Department of > the Tennessee, commanded by General Howard. This assignment gave Major > Osborn the largest artillery command held by any officer during the war, > with the one exception of Major-General Barry, who was General Sherman's > chief of artillery. November 1, 1865, upon the organization of Sherman's > army for the Savannah campaign, Major Osborn was relieved from the command > of the artillery of the department, and retained that of the moving army. > December 21, 1864, in addition to his other duties, he was put in command > and had charge of all the artillery, light and heavy, captured at > Savannah; January 9, 1865, he received his previous command of the > artillery only with the moving army and entered upon the Carolina > campaign. This he retained until May 10, 1865, when he was relieved by > the Secretary of War and assigned to other duty. The principal campaigns > in which he was engaged were the Peninsula, Fredericksburg, > Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Valley and Chattanooga, Atlanta, > Savannah and the Carolinas. His first commissions was that of captain, > and at the close of the war he received that of brevet brigadier-general. > The Major's best work was probably performed at the battle of Gettysburg, > while in command of the artillery brigade of the 11th corps. We pass over > the first two days' fighting at Gettysburg, and state that, excepting a > severe fight by Slocum, before and after service, to dislodge Ewell from > some earth works, there was no considerable fighting on the third day > until the artillery contest, preparatory to the grand charge of Pickett's > division. In the forenoon, the officers of Mead's army with their field > glasses could plainly see Lee's batteries going into position along the > crest of Seminary Ridge. Those batteries, standing at regular intervals, > covered a point of about two miles, and about 150 of Lee's guns were in > position. This was believed to be the longest and finest line of field > guns ever in position upon a battlefield, and engaged at the same time in > battle. Major Osborn's five battalions occupied the crest of Cemetery > Hill. The distance between the two lines of battle, from seven-eighths of > a mile to a mile and a half, was just enough for efective artillery work. > At precisely one o'clock Lee's signal gun was fired, the shot directed > upon Cemetery Hill. In less than a minute after, the 150 guns opened, > more than half of which were turned upon Cemetery Hill. After this firing > had been in progress about an hour, General Hunt came upon the hill, and > while consulting with Generals Howard and Schurz and Major Osborn of the > progress of the battle, the artillery fire and Lee's probable, the Major > suggested that the firing of Meade's should entirely cease and permit Lee > to develop his plans. The three generals approved the plan and Hunt at > once acted upon the suggestion. The firing along the entire line had no > sooner ceased than Lee advanced Pickett's division, supported by two other > divisions, to the grand chargeupon Hancock's line. The result of that > charge is well known. As soon as Pickett's column was in half-range, > every one of Meade's guns opened with grape and canister, with deadly and > sickening effect. Pickett's column melted away like the mists of morning > before the rising sun. At the close of the war, Major Osborn was > assigned, by the Secretary of War, to other important duty, the Bureau of > Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands for the State of Florida. In that > capacity he served two years, and resigned his commission in the army and > became a citizen of Florida, with his residence at Tallahassee. Soon > after his resignation he received from Chief Justice Chase the appointment > of Register in Bankruptcy for Florida. During the enforcement of the > Reconstruction Laws, he took an active part in the politics of the State; > was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention, and drafted the > Constitution of the State. By the Legislature elected under the new > Constitution, he was elected in May, 1868, to the United States Senate, as > a Republican, for the term ending 1878. He entered the Senate at the age > of 35. In 1876 he served as United States commissioner at the Centennial > Exposition, at Philadelphia. Otherwise than that he has held no public > office since he retired from the Senate. In later years he has been > engaged n business in Florida and New York, and in literary pursuits. > > What happened in essence is that two families that were related moved from > NJ to NY together: > John Pennington with his wife Susan Osborn and his parents Nathaniel and > Ruth Pennington . > Susan Osborn's Uncle Jonathan Osborn and her cousins including Abram and > Tom. > > Mandy > > > >
I'm sorry, try this www.poorhousestory.com it's probably my typing. Rene'e Davis, CFO ARD, Family Groups PRA - Group 9 Pennington Research Association, Inc. www.penningtonresearch.org ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 10:26 AM Subject: RE: [Pennington-L] POOR HOUSE Information > Hey Rene That link does not seem to be working. --- On Thu 01/08, Rene'e Davis < [email protected] > wrote:From: Rene'e Davis [mailto: [email protected]]To: [email protected]: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 10:14:13 -0700Subject: [Pennington-L] POOR HOUSE InformationHi Gang, this site can be searched by state.http://www.poorhousestory.comWell, James Watkinson, of the Archives at the Library of Virginia has doneit again! He has provided us with pictures of two more county poorhousesin Virginia ( FREDERICK and SHENANDOAH)There are other pages on the site which may give you some interestingperspective on poorhouses. They are off the homepage and include: theHISTORY page and the LETTER TO GENEALOGISTS as well as FEATURED ARTICLES.There are great tips for researching poorhouse records for yourself on theRECORDS page.Rene'e Davis, CFOARD, Family GroupsPRA - Group 9Pennington Research Association, Inc.www.penningtonresearch.org==== PENNINGTON Mailing List ====Please respect people's co! > pyright protection and only repostor publish their info after getting their written approval. > > _______________________________________________ > Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com > The most personalized portal on the Web! > > > ==== 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 > >
Ruth, The DNA Study has shown us that there are five main unrelated Pennington families in the USA and about 80% of Penningtons fit into one of these five lineages. There are probably more lines of Penningtons that are concentrated in the UK and we have only picked up the odd descendant of these families in our study, since there are simply far fewer of these Penningtons living in this country these lines look like they are singlets for now. So far, 14 Penningtons who did not know their lineage took the test and 12 of them fit into one of these 5 PRA lineages that is an 86% success rate! What does this tell us about the Pennington surname? Most Penningtons took their name from one of two small villages in Lancashire and so one would expect that there would be relatively few separate families. Virtually every DNA based surname study, and there are 830 of them now, have found multiple genetic lines for surnames. For example in the Walker DNA study they have already found over 35 different lines of Walkers not surprising for this class of surname. It has been said that the PRA should encourage more groups and this is fine so long as we realize that these group numbers represent how well the paper trail can be linked together only. In reality the majority of these new PRA groups will be related ie have a single relatively recent male ancestor. Nick P. [email protected] 01/07/2004 06:42 PM Please respond to PRA-L To: [email protected] cc: Subject: Re: [Pennington-L] OK, I'm very happy with the site. Barbara, Thanks for explaining how you and others have worked so hard to make the Pennington group and site such a good one. I'm new to this site, so it's been interesting to see what information you have. I do belong to other family sites too and they all are a little bit different in different ways. It's the family that counts, so I consider all of the Pennington groups as my family and the only confusion I've had so far is that they are all separated into groups. I assume we are all from a common ancestor, but maybe I'm wrong about that. Thanks so much to you and everyone else who makes the site what it is. Ruth ==== PRA Mailing List ==== ==== PENNINGTON RESEARCH ASSOCIATION ==== For more information about the PRA DNA Study, visit our Web Site at http://www.penningtonresearch.org
Hi Carmen & Virginia, I too am descended from Henry Lamb and Ruth Pennington. I have been corresponding with Virginia. I may be able to help with some of the records that you have asked of her. Henry & Ruth married 1796 in North Carolina, Ruth born 1779 in Virginia, we think. A marriage record was never found in NC. There was a bible in the Lamb family which Josiah, Henry and Ruth's son was supposed to have written and this is what he stated: " Young Henry Lamb married Ruth Pennington in the year 1796. Their sons were Joseph, Josiah, Benjamin & William. I am Josiah & was born in Randolph Co., N.C. 1799". I think from this, we all thought Ruth and Henry were married in Randolph Co., NC. At first most researchers believed Ruth was the daughter of Levi Pennington which died about 1789 and left a will but he did not state Ruth as his daughter in the will. Levi was the only Pennington in the Hillsborough District of NC listed in the 1790 census and it listed Henry with 2 white males under 16 and 1 male 16 & up and 3 females, Randolph Co., Hillsborough District. Levi Pennington is listed under him. But the latest findings and conclusions have been that Ruth was a daughter of Isaac Pennington, son of Levi. Isaac moved several times, had land in North Carolina and Virginia, had a daughter named Ruth and Sarah who were bound out to guardians in 1792, Ruth being 14, bonded to Abraham Elliott until 18 years to satisfy the Act of Spinster - Indenture Executed, Randolph Co., Court Minutes p. 190. Also Sarah, age 12 bonded to David Lewis for same. It listed her as a spinster but did not mean she would be a spinster but only so she could be taught the knowledge of running a household. Isaac did not die at this time, as far as can be determined, but was found to owe a considerable amount of money to different ones. Therefore, possibly making it impossible for him to support a family. Isaac's wife's name has not been determined. Another possibility of Isaac being Ruth's father was Ruth and Henry's son, Benjamin, named his first born, Isaac Pennington Lamb. At this time, most named their first born son after the grandfather on the wife's side. So this is a possibility. A few researchers have even stated Ruth Pennington was a cousin of General Andrew Jackson. Where that information came from I do not know and if there are other Pennington's that have listed this connection, we may be able to start from there as well. Maybe someone out there may see something in this that will help us with the connection of Ruth's father. We are still debating the father of Henry Lamb as well. Evelyn Ferguson
Hi Gang, this site can be searched by state. http://www.poorhousestory.com Well, James Watkinson, of the Archives at the Library of Virginia has done it again! He has provided us with pictures of two more county poorhouses in Virginia ( FREDERICK and SHENANDOAH) There are other pages on the site which may give you some interesting perspective on poorhouses. They are off the homepage and include: the HISTORY page and the LETTER TO GENEALOGISTS as well as FEATURED ARTICLES. There are great tips for researching poorhouse records for yourself on the RECORDS page. Rene'e Davis, CFO ARD, Family Groups PRA - Group 9 Pennington Research Association, Inc. www.penningtonresearch.org