>Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 23:48:45 -0500 >To: >From: pyle@airmail.net (by way of Rebecca Heckel) >Subject: Re: Intro >Cc: >Bcc: >X-Attachments: > >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 >