Hi Cousin Rita! We are of the same ancestry!! I have quite a bit of names dates on the NC Penny's, including your Alexander! The Penny family of NC was/is quite large and some of the men were married more than once. They were well-to-do and owned a lot of property in Wake and Johnston Cos. These two counties adjoin and the same road goes from one to the other. So there are records in both counties. They originally came there from Va. Alexander,Jr.b.@1815,wife, Leantine Penny, left Wake Co.,NC prior to the 1850 census. They were married, or bond posted, on 30 Nov.1835. Alexander was the son of Alexander,b.@1760. The older Alexander had at least two wives and many, many children. I have the names of most of them. The older Alexander is in the DAR records and was the son of Caleb Penny. I will get all of my papers together so that I can do a more complete posting for you. This is very exciting, to link up this way! Isn't the internet great?!! Sara pyle@airmail.net Alex Penny with a son under five, that I believe to be John's father. Alex > was a planter, owned slaves, and was between 20 and 30 years old. I have > not been able to find any trace of Pennys in Noxubee County before or after > the 1840 census. Two more recent census' list North Carolina as the > birthplace of John's mother and father. So I believe I am looking for an > Alexander Penny born in North Carolina between 1810 and 1820. But more