Cheryl, I want to say that I descend from Mary Pennington b 1765 and her father, Micajah Pennington b 1743. I have documented back o Mary and her husband, Jesse Bowling, who is a proven patriot and I became a member of the DAR through Jesse Bowling 1758. His wife is documented as Mary Pennington, daughter of Micajah Pennington. Micajah Pennington b 1743, who married Rachel Jones is a patriot also and I've documented back to him too. I will have my papers verified for him, sent to me from Washington in a couple of months. It is very hard to find all the documentation and it is accepted to be the true documented line when you can do so. We come from a proper family and of course our paper trail shows the correct connection. If anyone would like to have a copy of my DAR application and if you are interested in joining the DAR or the SAR, please let me know. I'll be happy to help you. Thank you. Cousin Ruth

Dear Ruth, I am happy to see another woman genealogist who considers her lines of equal value to male lines. I have gotten pitiful little help with my own FEMALE Penington line from PRA and I am beginning now to understand why. I cannot get my line back very far..only to the birth of Ross T. Penington in 1820 in Baltimore, Maryland. The only line of mine that would qualify for DAR is my Dobson (grandmother's) line that goes back to Edward Dobson, 1634 in Gloucester County, VA. This line has already been registered with DAR by another cousin. I never thought about joining. I will. Good for you. Get your documentation and let's get this darned PRA group moving in a rational direction, which is NOT following only female lines. Your cousin somehow, Cheryl At 12:59 AM 01/27/2004 -0500, you wrote: >Cheryl, > >I want to say that I descend from Mary Pennington b 1765 and her father, >Micajah Pennington b 1743. I have documented back o Mary and her husband, >Jesse >Bowling, who is a proven patriot and I became a member of the DAR through >Jesse >Bowling 1758. His wife is documented as Mary Pennington, daughter of Micajah >Pennington. Micajah Pennington b 1743, who married Rachel Jones is a patriot >also and I've documented back to him too. I will have my papers verified for >him, sent to me from Washington in a couple of months. It is very hard to >find >all the documentation and it is accepted to be the true documented line >when you >can do so. We come from a proper family and of course our paper trail shows >the correct connection. If anyone would like to have a copy of my DAR >application and if you are interested in joining the DAR or the SAR, >please let me >know. I'll be happy to help you. > >Thank you. > >Cousin Ruth > > >==== PRA Mailing List ==== >==== PENNINGTON RESEARCH ASSOCIATION ==== >PRA publications are available at the PRA Web Site at >http://www.penningtonresearch.org > > >-- >This message has been scanned for viruses and >dangerous content by The CCIS.net MailScanner, and is >believed to be clean.