Hi Virginia, Oh my, well, I haven't looked a great deal into the other names except the marriages to Pennington's in 1700-1800's. What are the dates for yours? Rene'e Davis ARD, Family Groups PRA - Group 9 Pennington Research Association, Inc. www.penningtonresearch.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "bvirginia76" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 6:28 PM Subject: Re: abraham penington > Rene'e > > Some of your surnames match mine. ANDERSON, BEESON, PUGH, and VANMETER, my > niece's husband's surname, which she is researching. Another person I > correspond with in Arizona is researching VANMETER. There were (are?) > VANMETERs in Indiana, which I have found when doing other research. > > Virginia Morris Brown > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rene'e Davis" <[email protected]> > To: > > Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 9:16 PM > Subject: Re: abraham penington > > > > Hi Dana, > > Well, I don't have an excuse like a reunion to give you for the reply > > delay. Truth is- my office is torn apart - this time I'm not looking in my > > piles, I'm looking for a legal pad, the whole thing ! It has the source > for > > the marriage of Abraham and Mary Elkton. I have spent a week looking for > the > > silly thing but I haven't given up yet. > > I hate to tell the list this - because right now it is only > SPECULATION, > > I am still working on sources. What I can tell you about Abraham(1st) and > > Mary is both were born about 1730 in MD. The children so far are: Abraham > > Jr., Isabella > > Having said that - I can put this Abraham in Frederick County which > > includes Orange Co. VA. Abraham was one of the first land deeds recorded > > where Abraham sold property (500 Acres) to Christopher Beeler. The land > was > > just west of the Shenandoah River (which today would be in Hampshire Cty. > > WV). Anyway, Abraham obtained the land in 1734. (Source: History of Lower > > Shenandoah Valley; J.E. Norris Pg. 79. > > I can also put Capt. Isaac Penington in the same area located on Long > > Marsh in Oct. 1750. Could Abraham and Capt. Isaac be brothers? Only time > > will tell. > > Of interest::: I can also put the surnames connected to the > Penington's > > (VARIOUS SPELLINGS) of LOFTIN, ANDERSON (many and also connnected to my > > family throughtout history)BEALE, BEESON, MC KEAVER, ORR, PRITCHARD, PUGH, > > RIDGEWAY, STRIBLING, VANMETER, VEASEY, WARD, WETZEL, in the early history > of > > the valley. > > Now at the same time that Abraham has his land (1730s), another > division > > of the Shenandoah Valley was divided by Gov. Spottswood, he divided, > > Spottsyvania Cty was divided and its northern half erected into the County > > of Orange. This is where I found the marriage of Abraham and Mary (listed > on > > that notebook- that is probably under my nose - by now). In 1738 Frederick > > Cty. was formed which included what is now Shenandoah Cty., portions of > > Page, Warren, Clark, Berkley, Jefferson and Morgan and the counties > exactly > > westward of this section (orig. Lord Fairfax Grant) > > I think because there are no Elkton's in the area of VA. So, is it > > possible that Mary meant Abraham in MD and he took off with her, they > > married in Orange, Frederick, VA in 1720? The Elkton name- the census > takers > > really had fun spelling this name. It will make you crazy - even using the > > soundex. > > As soon as I find that notepad - I will post to the mailing list - I > > always do :>) > > HEY, HISTORY DETECTIVES ON TONIGHT - PBS. > > >