Nice theory and wonderful work. Keep it up! Just so you know, Group 6 cannot claim any of these guys. I wish we could. --Melinda Pennington On 11/29/06, Colgan, Mandy <MColgan@ecfs.org> wrote: > > > 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]. Ancestry.com > > Timothy Pennington, Mary Fulton, 23 Feb 1785 Rockbridge Virginia > > > > > *************************************** > Please note NEW address to post to the list: PRA@rootsweb.com > ************************************** > For more information about the PRA including our DNA Study, visit us at > http://www.penningtonresearch.org > ************************************** > Learn what's new at the PRA by going to http://www.penningtonresearch.organd click on the "News" link on the left side of the page. > ************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > -- Melinda Pennington