Hello again, I forgot to mention that US 421 also travels through the Yadkin area of North Carolina. All of this seems to show that Group 7 followed this old trail. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Trocano" <petepattro@jayco.net> To: <pra@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 6:28 PM Subject: Re: [PRA] FG 1, FG 20 - Penningtons on the way to NC ? > Mandy, Jim and all! > > Have any of you noticed that US 421 begins at Wilmington, N. C. > Travels up through Pennington Gap, Virginia... Then into Kentucky, > and ends in NE Indiana. I can't prove it. I have not gone into > records to prove it on paper. But it indicates to me that there > were SOME PENNINGTON'S that came into North Carolina > that way. > > Pat Group 7 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jim pennington" <jwpslp@bellsouth.net> > To: <pra@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 4:06 PM > Subject: Re: [PRA] FG 1, FG 20 - Penningtons on the way to NC ? > > > > Mandy: > > When you make your way down to North Carolina let me know. I Have been > > trying to figure out the early NC Pennington's for a while. Besides the > > known Levi, Benajah and Micajah....In the 1750's there was an Aaron, > Edward, > > Thomas and George located in North Carolina who I have yet to find any > > connections or guesses as to where they may fit in. > > I am trying to work my way through any of the North Carolina Colonial > > Records that I can get my hands on to see if there may be any hidden bits > of > > information. Nothing new so far. > > Take Care > > jim > > Group 31 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Colgan, Mandy" <MColgan@ecfs.org> > > To: <pra@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:25 AM > > Subject: [PRA] FG 1, FG 20 - Penningtons on the way to NC ? > > > > > > > > > > I decided to retackle the problem of connection FG 1/FG 20 and the North > > > Carolina Penningtons. I am working my way through the counties that ran > > > along the great wagon road from Philadelphia down through the Great > Valley > > > of Virginia. I found a few Penningtons that I am putting forward for > > > perusal, if anyone recognizes them or has already gone over them please > > > let > > > me know. I am sure there are other things out there, these are just my > > > first stab. Let me know what you think. > > > > > > Mandy Colgan FG 20 > > > > > > First: > > > In York Co. PA there is an Capt. Ephraim Pennington 1st Battalion York > Co. > > > Milita Rev. War. His children were baptized at Christ Evangelical > > > Lutheran > > > Church in York, the only church there for a while and then the main > church > > > in the county. I have postulated him as Ephraim the son of Timothy of > > > Mendham NJ. He is the right age and doesn't seem to be connected > anywhere > > > else. > > > > > > York County Will Abstracts 1749-1819 > > > > > > Pennington, Ephraim. York Borough. > > > January 26, 1815 February 1, 1815 > > > Executor: George Haller. > > > Wife: Lydia Pennington. > > > Children: Timothy, Mary m. John Stoner, Elizabeth m. Joseph Wampler, > > > Susanna m. George Haller, and Lydia m. Robert Hay > > > > > > > > > Second: > > > Abraham and Issac Pennington of Old Frederick Co. VA. Old Frederick Co. > > > represents or includes 12 present-day counties, 7 of which are now in > West > > > Virginia. They are to the west of the Great Wagon Road and north of Old > > > Augusta Co. VA. This Abraham and Issac are of an age where they could > be > > > brothers to Timothy of Mendham NJ - they both received land grants in > the > > > 1730's which is the same time that Timothy is having children in NJ. > > > Issac > > > appears in the tax rolls in 1759. > > > > > > Isaac and John Vanmetre Land Grant assignees, 1730/1734, Frederick Co., > VA > > > USGenWeb > > > > > > Land Grant from William Gooch, Lieutenant Governour and Commander in > > > Chief of Virginia Colony, to Isaac and John Vanmetre dated 17 June > > > 1730. Assignees of 42,289 acres in 1734 to: > > > > > > 3 October 1734 > > > Isaac Pennington, 500 acres. > > > Abraham Pennington, 600 acres > > > > > > Virginia Census, 1800-90 [database on-line]. Ancestry.com > > > > > > Issac Penington Virginia Frederick Rent Rolls 1759 > > > > > > > > > Third: > > > There is a Timothy Pennington who married in Rockbridge Co. VA just a > > > touch > > > farther south on the Wagon Road. I have not yet found him elsewhere but > > > will continue to look. A possible son of either Abraham or Issac of > > > Frederick Co. VA? Named after his grandfather? > > > > > > Virginia Marriages to 1800 [database on-line]. 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