I have been researching Penningtons in New Jersey for family group 20. I believe that the information on the progenitor listed for this group is incorrect. I thought I would share some of the information I have gathered. I am continuing my research and will be making a trip to the New Jersey Historical Society in Newark. If anyone has any NJ research requests or questions, I would be happy to add them to my list. The current construction for my pedigree of Nathaniel Pennington of Family Group 20 looks like this: Nathaniel Pennington b. 5 Aug 1788 Warren Twp. Somerset Co. NJ d. 7 Aug 1863 North Wilna, Jefferson Co. NY John Pennington b. 3 Sep 1761 Mendham Twp. Morris Co. NJ d. 21 Sep 1841 Warren Twp. Somerst Co. NJ Jonathan Pennington b. 1737 Mendham Twp. Morris Co. NJ d. 9 Oct 1815 Bernards Twp. Somerset Co. NJ Timothy Pennington b. abt 1684 Newark Essex Co. NJ d. abt 1749 Mendham Twp. Morris Co. NJ (note: Timothy's brother Judah is the ancestor of William Sanford Pennington and his son William Pennington - both Governors of NJ. Timothy's brother Ephraim III is thought to be the father of Ephraim Pennington who died abt 1750 Rowan NC) Ephraim Jr. Pennington b. abt 1648 New Haven Colony, CT d. 28 Jan 1695 Newark Essex Co. NJ Ephraim Pennington d. abt 1662 New Haven Colony CT You can see my complete rootsweb gedcom of this family at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=mcummi ngs&recno=0 Mandy Cummings Colgan - Family Group 20 New Jersey Pensioners, 1835 - Ancestry.com John Pennington Private Somerset Co. New Jersey Militia Pension began March 4, 1831 TWENTY MEN FROM WARREN SERVED IN REVOLUTION "Warren History", Volume One, No. 9, Spring 1993, Warren Township Historical Society. http://www.warrennj.org/wths/index.htm John Penington (he spelled his name with one "n") received his pension on Feb. 19, l833, to begin March 4, l834, at the rate of $26.66 per month. Seventy-one when he applied, Penington was born on Sept. 3, l761 and died Sept. 21, l841, survived by his widow, sons James and William, and a daughter, Sarah Smith. Penington made his "declaration" in support of his application in open court: "On this fifteenth day of August in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Somerset now sitting John Pennington, a resident of the County of Somerset afore-said and State of New Jersey, aged seventy one in September next who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the Act of Congress passed June 7, l832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. That he entered the service at Basking ridge by volunteering under Cap[t]. Corey. Served one month. Marched to Elizabeth Town. Thinks Frelinghuysen was Col. He again volunteered and served one month under Cap[t]. Sebring. Marched to Elizabeth Town. He again volunteered and served one month under Cap[t]. McCoy. Marched to Elizabeth Town. He also served as a volunteer three other months. One month service under Cap[t]. McCoy at Elizabeth Town. He also volunteered and served one month under Cap[t]. McCoy. Marched to Springfield. Was at the battle. Many of the Continental troops was killed. He also volunteered and served one month under Lieut. Caterlin. Marched to Morristown. Employed in guarding prisoners. He was also employed for about one year as teamster attached to the Continental service, carrying provisions from Trenton, N.J. to Kingston and in providing provisions for the Maryland Regiment which was volunteering at Morristown. He was also employed for about 8 months as a teamster while the Army were at Winter Quarters on the Pluckamin Mountains. He was born in Mendham Township, County of Morris, N.J., on the 3d Sept. 1761. He has always lived in the County of Somerset. His brother Ephraim Pennington has the record of deponent's age made by his father. He has no documentary evidence of his said service that he knows of." Ephraim Penington, then 65, was also sworn, stating under oath that 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]. That he was out in the service from that time...off ton till the end of the war." Penington's petition was endorsed by Congressman Isaac Southard, who certified that Ephraim Penington "is well known to me as a credible witness." [Pension S3670] [The officers mentioned in Pennington's account are: Benjamin Corey, captain, lst Battalion, Somerset County Militia; Frederick F. Frelinghuysen, colonel, ditto; John or Ruliff Sebring, captain, ditto; Ganen McCoy, captain, ditto; and Joseph Catterlin, lieutenant, lst Regiment, Somerset County Militia.] Cemetary Records of Warren Township Somerset County New Jersey: Mt. Bethel Cemetary/ compiled by Alan A Siegel, Warren Township Historical Society, 1998. John Penington 3 Sep 1761 Sept. 21, 1841 Jane wife of John 1830 Census Warren Twp., Somerset Co. NJ pg. 85 James Pennington 1010010000000 - 2200100000000 William Pennington 1020010000000 - 2120010000000 John Pennington 0010000010000 - 0000100010000 Nathaniel Pennington 0000001001100 - 0000001000000 Ephraim Pennington 0101100010000 - 0111000100000 1830 Census Bernards, Somerset Co. NJ pg. 97 Elijah Pennington 0022001000000 - 2000100000000 HISTORY OF MACOUPIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS WITH ILLUSTRATIONS DESCRIPTIVE OF ITS SCENERY, AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SOME OF ITS PROMINENT MEN AND PIONEERS. Published by Brink, McDonough & Co., Philadelphia 1879 James T. Pennington was born at Liberty Corner, Somerset county, New Jersey, May 26th, 1818. His grandfather, John Pennington, was a lieutenant in one of the New Jersey regiments during the revolutionary war. His father was Elijah Pennington, and his mother, Martha Todd. When seventeen, he became an apprentice at the carpenter's trade. He came to Illinois in the spring of 1839. New Jersey Census, 1772-1890 on Ancestry.com Name: JONATHAN PENINGTON State: NJ County: Morris County Township: Morris Township Year: 1771 Page: 035 Database: NJ Early Census Index Name: JONATHAN PENINGTON State: NJ County: Somerset County Township: Bernards Township Year: 1803 Record Type: June Tax List Page: 011 Database: NJ Tax Lists Index 1772-1822 Some Early Records of Morris County, New Jersey 1740-1799/ edited by Harriet Stryker-Rodda, Morris County Archives Publications Committee, New Orleans: Polyanthos, 1975. pg. 73 List of Ratables in the Township of Morris - 1768 Jonathan Penniton no land, 3 horses and cattle, value= 3s 15d, poor tax 1s 6d, county tax 1s, sinking fund tax 10d "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 11, Part 2, Edward Doty: His descendants through sons Thomas and Samuel, and daughters Desire and Elizabeth", compiled by Peter B. Hill, published 1996 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants Generation 5 Page 109 The will of Jonathan Pennington of Bernardstown, Somerset Co. NJ, signed 24 Feb. 1815, proved 30 Oct. 1815, mentions wife Osee; dau. Osie Alward; granddaus. Mary McCoy, Anna Hand and Ossie Alward; grandson Jonathan Alward; grandson William Alward; grandsons Henry and Jacob Alward; grandson Joseph Alward; and granddau. Elizabeth Alward. Executors were dau. Osie Alward and grandson Jonathan Alward The Presbyterian Church - Basking Ridge, Bernards Twp. NJ 1 East Oak Street Basking Ridge, NJ USA 07920 Cemetary Burial Records - Old Church Yard http://www.brpc.org/history/cemeteryburialrecords.shtml Pennington, Jonathan 1737 October 9, 1815 Pennington, Osee Alward 1764 April 4, 1823 Pennington, Osee, wife of Jonathan 1741 March 21, 1830 Osborn, Jonathan M. 1796 July 25, 1881 Osborn, Phebe, wife of Jonathan 1799 July 5, 1848 Doty, Abagail P., wife of Stephen 1788 August 28, 1872 Doty, Alice Amelia, dau. of Daniel W. & Rosa J. 1846 April 8, 1847 Doty, Ann, dau. of Tobias H. & Mary 1812 December 20, 1812 Doty, Anna, wife of Stephen 1778 October 15, 1827 Doty, Daniel W. 1800 July 9, 1851 Doty, Daniel 1761 1823 Doty, Elizabeth 1770 1848 Doty, Elwin Alonzo, son of Samuel S. & Sarah 1836 March 12, 1838 Doty, Isaac, son of Samuel & Sarah 1819 September 11, 1822 Doty, James, son of Samuel & Sarah 1825 May 17, 1831 Doty, Martha H., wife of Uriah 1796 June 15, 1854 Doty, Mary C., wife of Bernard 1783 July 12, 1833 Doty, Sarah Maria, dau. of Gen. & Mary 1814 July 25, 1838 Doty, Sarah S., dau. of Samuel S. & Sarah 1830 June 21, 1831 Doty, Sarah, wife of Sam. S. Doty, dau. of Hon. H. Southard 1794 October 2, 1847 Doty, Stephen 1784 July 16, 1843 Doty, Susan 1821 May 21, 1831 Doty, Uphyme, dau. of Skillman & Hannah May 14, 1804 Doty, Uriah S. 1796 November 1, 1883 Alward, Benj. 1751 October 24, 1813 Alward, Deborah, wife of Jonathan - X March 21, 1788 January 10, 1855 Alward, Edward Hill, son of Jno. & Deb. - X November 20 1809 September 22, 1844 Alward, Edward 1809 September 22, 1834 Alward, Elisha - X 1775 Mar. 20, 1802 Alward, Elizabeth Ann, Dau. of Jno. & Deb. - X June 25, 1823 May 27, 1832 Alward, Frances, Dau. of Jno. & Deb. - X January 10, 1819 January 15, 1844 Alward, Henry - X 1718 May 3, 1782 Alward, Jonathan Pennington, son of Jn. & Deb.-X May 21, 1812 April 21, 1841 Alward, Jonathan - X April 17, 1786 October 9, 1860 Alward, Mary Frances, wife of Waters - X 1824 1906 Alward, Mary, wife of Henry -X 1728 October 14, 1776 Alward, Osee, dau.of Jno.? Pennington 1764 April 4, 1823 Pennington Research Association Family Group 1 http://www.penningtonresearch.org/family_groups/fg2000-01.htm Timothy Pennington was born about 1684 in Newark, Essex Co., NJ. He died in 1748/49 in Mendham, Morris Co., NJ. Timothy's will is dated 30 Oct. 1749. He names his three minor sons, Elijah, Jonathan and Ephriam. His wife, Mary, and Joseph Dodd were named executors. The will was proved 22 Feb. 1749. Inventory was taken on 25 Feb. 1749. Pennington Research Association Family Group 1 http://www.penningtonresearch.org/family_groups/fg2000-01.htm Judah Pennington was born about 1682 in Newark, Essex Co., NJ. He died before 1738. All of the descendants of Judah Pennington in this report were taken from the book "THE PENNINGTON FAMILY" by CART. A.C.M. PENNINGTON, 2d Art'y U.S.A.; BRV'T COL. U.S.A. BRV'T BRIG. GEN. U.S. VOLS. REPRINTED WITH ADDITIONS, FROM VOL. WWV OF THE N. E. HISTORICAL and GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, BOSTON. Printed by David Clapp & Son 1871. Anne \ was born about 1692. She died on October 8, 1749 in Newark, Essex Co., NJ. Judah Pennington and Anne \ had the following children: i. Experience Pennington was born in November 1724 in Newark, Essex Co., NJ. She died on September 18, 1741 in Newark, Essex Co., NJ. She was buried in Newark, Essex Co., NJ. ii. Samuel Pennington (born about 1725). A History of the Horseneck Riots Thesis by Max K. Vorwerk, 1948 Published by the Caldwell Bicentennial Committee, Caldwell, NJ Thirty three years after the founding of Newark, we learn that the townspeople desired to purchase another tract of land, lying on the other side of the first Watchung Mountain and extending to the Passaick River. This Section was known as Horseneck and today would include: Caldwell, West Caldwell, North Caldwell, Verona, Essex Fells, Roseland, Caldwell Township, Cedar Grove and Livingston. From the town records of Newark we have the following information concerning this contemplated purchase: "At a Town Meeting in Newark, October 2, 1699 -- First -- it was agreed by the generality of the Town, that they would endeavor to make a Purchase of a Tract of Land lying Westward of our Bounds, to the South Branch of the Passaick River; and such of the Town as do contribute to the purchasing of the s'd Land, shall have their Proportion according to their contribution. 2ndly, that Mr. Pierson and Ensign Johnson are chosen, to go and treat with the Proprietors about the same, to obtain a Grant. 3rdly, there was a Committee chosen (viz) Samuel Harrison, Thomas Davis, Robert Young, Daniel Dod, Nathaniel Ward and John Cooper, to consider, agree and put forward and Design abovesaid." (1) This tract of land was never obtained from the Proprietors by Mr. Pierson and Ensign Johnson. Whatever the difficulties may have been in negotiating this grant we do not know. However, we do know that the townspeople were not deterred by the set-back, but determined to buy the land lying at Horseneck directly from the Indians. In 1701 they drew up Articles of Agreement which would govern the proposed purchase. The Agreement read as follows: "This third Day of September one Thousand Seven Hundred and sd Committe to Lay down So much money or moneys upon the Demand of ye Committe aforesd to Defray and pay for the aforesd Land and Premises and all Such Charges as shall Necessarily Accrue thereunto according to our proportion by our Subscription &c: 41y. We the aforesd Subscribers Do Covenant and agre with Each other and the aforesd Committee that the aforesd Land Shall be purchased and paid for by us the Subscribers and So Shall be held and continued as our Just Rights Either in General or perticular allotments as the major part Shall agre from time to time and that none of ye sd purchasers their heirs or assigns Shall at any time appropriate any of ye sd Lands or premises by any manner of way or means but by allotments fairly and Legally Drawn as the part of the Subscribers Shall agre, and if any Subscribees for one Lott his Right Shall be according Such as Subscribe for two Lotts or for three Lotts their Rights Shall be according and when the major part of ye Subscribers Shall agre to come to alottments that then he or they that have more than one Lott Shall Draw Severally according to ye number of their Lotts Subscribed for and Shall have their Land as it falls to them by alotment &c. "And for the Confirmation of Each and Every article thing or things aforesd the Subscribers for our Selves our heirs Executors administrators and assigns Do by these presents bind and Oblige our Selves unto Each other to Stand to Ratifie and Confirm Each Article and thing aforesaidd. "in Confirmation hereof we the Subscribers have Voluntarily and unanimously Set to our hands the Day and Year above Written &c. John Treat, 1 Lot Hugh Roberts, 1 Lot Daniel Crane, 1 Lot Robert Young, 2 Lots Joseph Harrison, 1 Lot Sam'll Dod, 2 Lots Daniel Dod, 1 Lot Joseph Brown, 1 Lot Eliphelet Johnson, 1 Lot Paul Day, 1 Lot Nath. Whelar jun, 2 Lots John Medlis, 1 Lot Thomas Brown, 1 Lot Sam'll Ward, 1 Lot Atonie Olive, 1 Lot Wm. Muir, 1 Lot Peter Cundict, 1 Lot John Daviss, 2 Lots Sam'll Baldwin, 1 Lot John Baldwin, Sr., 2 Lots Joseph Linsley, 1 lot Tunis Johnson, 1 Lot Tho. Ludington, 1 Lot Amos Williams, 1 Lot Sam'll Camp, 1 Lot Jonathan Sayers, 1 Lot Daniel Dod, Jun, 1 Lot John Johnson, 1 Lot Sam'll Cooper, 1 Lot Matthew Canfirld, 1 Lot Joseph Crane, 1 Lot John Plumb, 1 Lot Jonathan Sargint, 1 Lot John Broadberry, 1 Lot John Cooper, 1 Lot Azariah Crane, 3 Lots Daniel Baldwin, 1 Lot Jasper Crane, jun, 1 Lot Robert Cambel, 1 Lot Thomas Hays, 1 Lot John Clark, 3 Lots John Lee, 1 Lot Joseph Canfield, 2 Lots George Harrison, 1 Lot James Clizbee, 1 Lot John Cundict, 1 Lot Jose. Plumb, 1 Lot Daniel Brown, 1 Lot William Wilson, 1 Lot Sam'll Harrison, 1 Lot **Judah Penington, 1 Lot** Benjamin Harrison, 1 Lot Seth Tomkins, 1 Lot Sam'll Roberts, 1 Lot Sam'll Freeman, 1 Lot Joseph Ball, 1 Lot Cobus Provost, 1 Lot Matthew Williams, 1 Lot James Smith, 1 Lot Elezar Tomkins, 1 Lot Joseph Johnson, 1 Lot Mr. Wakeman, 1 Lot Sam'll Alling, 1 Lot Caleb Ball, 1 Lot John Crane, 1 Lot Elizabeth Ogden, 1 Lot Anthony Hand, 1 Lot David Ogden, 1 Lot Daniel Harrison, 1 Lot Ebenezer Lindsley, 1 Lot Jasper Crane, 3 Lot Ben. Baldwin, 1 Lot Nathaniel Ward, Sen, 1 Lot John Linsley, 1 Lot John Gardner, 1 Lot John Ogden, 1 Lot John Delgish, 1 Lot Thomas Brown, Jun, 1 Lot John Morris, 2 Lots John Burwell, 1 Lot John Rogers, 1 Lot Jonathan Linsley, 1 Lot William Brant, 3 Lots Mr. Pierson, 1 Lot Crispin Squire, 1 Lot Ele. Bruen, 1 Lot Edward Ball, 1 Lot Mr. John Pruden, 2 Lots Sam'll Lyon, 1 Lot Stephen Brown, 1 Lot Joseph Peck, 1 Lot Zophar Bech, 1 Lot James Rogers, 1 Lot Josiah Ogden, 1 Lot Sam'll Kitchel, 1 Lot Abraham Kitchel, 1 Lot Elezer Lamson, 1 Lot Daniel Tikenor, 1 Lot Daniel Sargent, 1 Lot Bostegon Vangeson, 1 Lot Joseph Wood, 1 Lot The New Jersey Historical Society http://www.jerseyhistory.org/findingaid.php?aid=0234 The Pennington Family of New Jersey is descended from Ephraim Pennington, one of the first settlers of Newark, New Jersey, whose father, also Ephraim Pennington, immigrated to New Haven, Connecticut around 1643. William Sanford Pennington, the sixth of the nine children of Mary Sanford (1725-1805) and Samuel Pennington (1725-1791), was born in 1757 in Newark, New Jersey. He was probably trained as a hatter, but at the outbreak of the Revolution joined the Continental Army and became, in 1777, a sergeant in the Second Regiment of Artillery under Colonel John Lamb and Major General Henry Knox. He advanced to the rank of second lieutenant in 1780, and at the end of the war was brevetted captain by a special act of Congress. After leaving the army, William S. Pennington studied law in the Newark office of Elias Boudinot, in addition to serving in the New Jersey State Assembly in 1797, 1798, and 1799. He was elected to the State Council in 1801 and reelected in 1802, the same year he was admitted to the bar as an attorney. During the next two years he served as the clerk of Essex County and was elected to fill a vacancy in the New Jersey Supreme Court, where he remained on the bench until 1813. For the majority of that time, he was also the Supreme Court's reporter. In 1812, Pennington was the Republican candidate for governor of New Jersey and the following year won the gubernatorial election, becoming New Jersey's governor from 1813-1814. The year after he left office, President James Madison appointed him a judge of the Federal District Court for New Jersey, a position that he kept until his death eleven years later. William S. Pennington married Phoebe Wheeler (d.1804), the daughter of Rhoda Lyon and Captain James Wheeler (ca.1740-1777), around 1786. They had ten children together, one of whom, William Pennington (1796-1862), also became a governor of New Jersey. After Phoebe's death, William S. Pennington married Elizabeth Pierson (d.1840) on July 13, 1805. He died on September 17, 1826. Sources: Dictionary of American Biography. Pennington Family File, The New Jersey Historical Society. New Jersey Marriages, 1684-1895 WILLIAM PENNINGTON LEWIS, SUSAN A. 21 Jun 1866 Somerset NJ ANDREW GILES PENNINGTON, LYDIA 31 Aug 1823 Somerset NJ CORNELIUS SMITH PENNINGTON, SARAH 16 Mar 1823 Somerset NJ ELIJAH W. STITES PENNINGTON, RACHEL 6 Jan 1830 Somerset NJ GEORGE CHANDLER PENNINGTON, MARRY 26 Jul 1834 Somerset NJ GEORGE W. MUNDY PENNINGTON, GULETTA 8 Oct 1845 Somerset NJ ISAAC CHANDLER PENNINGTON, JANE 3 Dec 1838 Somerset NJ JAMES PENNINGTON STANBURY, LECTA 11 Sep 1831 Somerset NJ JOHN Jr. PENNINGTON JOBS, JANE 25 Oct 1828 Somerset NJ JONATHAN VANTUYLE PENNINGTON, JANE 12 Apr 1834 Somerset NJ NEHEMIAH V. SMALLEY PENNINGTON, ELIZABETH 20 Oct 1846 Somerset NJ NEWE MILLER PENNINGTON, MARY 11 Jan 1834 Somerset NJ WILLIAM PENNINGTON BROWN, ANN 13 Sep 1813 Somerset NJ WILLIAM E. PENNINGTON STITES, ANN 26 Jan 1843 Somerset NJ