Brian; I have done research on Micajah Perry, along with several other Perry families, for a few years now (unrelated to Pennington research) and I have not found a direct connection to any Pennington families through Micajah Perry. Micajah Pennington may have got his name from another Micajah in the VA/NC area. I recall running across a few. Daniel Pennington (Group 30) Sales Manager Group Leader 12 & 22 Pennington Research Association, Inc. www.penningtonresearch.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "brian swann" <bps@norvic8.force9.co.uk> To: <pra@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 2:39 AM Subject: Re: [PRA] Fwd: [PENNINGTON] Pennington's > Dear All > > I am new to this list and wanted to make one comment and ask one > Question. I live in the UK - about 25 miles from the TNA. > > Micajah is a very unusual Christian name - but I have come across it > once before. There is a Micajah Perry who became a really powerful > London merchant trader in the second half of the seventeenth century. > The best book on him and this family is: Jacob M. Price, Perry of > London, A Family and Firm on the Seaborne Frontier, 1615-1753 [Harvard > University Press, 1992]. Has this potential link been explored at all > by previous Pennington researchers? > > I am particularly interested in establishing the connection of Henry > Pennington who was in Maryland in the 1630s and what was his fate. He, > almost certainly, came from Isaac Pennington's family, possibly a cousin > or nephew - something like that. Can you direct me to the right group > and expert on this lineage? This is really to help sort through the > trading networking connections of this family into early Virginia and > Maryland. > > Thanks in advance for your help > > Brian > > Brian Picton Swann