Hi Carmen & Virginia, I too am descended from Henry Lamb and Ruth Pennington. I have been corresponding with Virginia. I may be able to help with some of the records that you have asked of her. Henry & Ruth married 1796 in North Carolina, Ruth born 1779 in Virginia, we think. A marriage record was never found in NC. There was a bible in the Lamb family which Josiah, Henry and Ruth's son was supposed to have written and this is what he stated: " Young Henry Lamb married Ruth Pennington in the year 1796. Their sons were Joseph, Josiah, Benjamin & William. I am Josiah & was born in Randolph Co., N.C. 1799". I think from this, we all thought Ruth and Henry were married in Randolph Co., NC. At first most researchers believed Ruth was the daughter of Levi Pennington which died about 1789 and left a will but he did not state Ruth as his daughter in the will. Levi was the only Pennington in the Hillsborough District of NC listed in the 1790 census and it listed Henry with 2 white males under 16 and 1 male 16 & up and 3 females, Randolph Co., Hillsborough District. Levi Pennington is listed under him. But the latest findings and conclusions have been that Ruth was a daughter of Isaac Pennington, son of Levi. Isaac moved several times, had land in North Carolina and Virginia, had a daughter named Ruth and Sarah who were bound out to guardians in 1792, Ruth being 14, bonded to Abraham Elliott until 18 years to satisfy the Act of Spinster - Indenture Executed, Randolph Co., Court Minutes p. 190. Also Sarah, age 12 bonded to David Lewis for same. It listed her as a spinster but did not mean she would be a spinster but only so she could be taught the knowledge of running a household. Isaac did not die at this time, as far as can be determined, but was found to owe a considerable amount of money to different ones. Therefore, possibly making it impossible for him to support a family. Isaac's wife's name has not been determined. Another possibility of Isaac being Ruth's father was Ruth and Henry's son, Benjamin, named his first born, Isaac Pennington Lamb. At this time, most named their first born son after the grandfather on the wife's side. So this is a possibility. A few researchers have even stated Ruth Pennington was a cousin of General Andrew Jackson. Where that information came from I do not know and if there are other Pennington's that have listed this connection, we may be able to start from there as well. Maybe someone out there may see something in this that will help us with the connection of Ruth's father. We are still debating the father of Henry Lamb as well. Evelyn Ferguson