All spellings are Scot. "One who came from Renfrew (flowing brook), in Renfrewshire." ---Source: New Dictionary of American Family Names by Elsdon C. Smith. Barbara Lana Renfro-Moye wrote: >Any ideas on the surname of Renfro, > >Also been spelled Renfre, Renfrow, Renfrew, Renfrey, Rentfro > > >Our oral history is that the family came to the US from Scotland through >France. > > >Ylana >Stoneyfields Ranch > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "GARY RADCLIFFE" <glradcliffe@msn.com> >To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 3:39 PM >Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] PENNINGTON > > >| I remember the Pinna name from somewhere. >| >| The pitch instead of pig is also food for thought. >| >| This turned out to be a much more mysterious name than I thought. >| >| Thank you, John, >| >| Gary Radcliffe >| >| ----- Original Message ----- >| From: John DeMott >| Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 7:48 AM >| To: SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com >| Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] PENNINGTON >| >| Pennington: Obvious Place name ending in >| "ington" (clan/family and homestead/village). >| "the homestead of Pinna's clan". >| >| Pickford: Another place name. "Ford (river >| crossing) where pitch is found". >| >| Regards >| John >| >| --- GARY RADCLIFFE <glradcliffe@msn.com> wrote: >| > PENNINGTON / PENINGTON - May I have a lookup on >| > this name, please? >| > >| > PICKFORD, too, if possible. >| > >| > Gary >| > >| > >| > ============================== >| > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion >| > online genealogy records, go to: >| > >| http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >| > >| >| >| __________________________________ >| Do you Yahoo!? >| The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. >| http://search.yahoo.com >| >| >| ============================== >| To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >| http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >| >| >| ============================== >| To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >| http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >| > > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.476 / Virus Database: 273 - Release Date: 4/24/2003 > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >