P E N N I N G T O N

Information on this page from Windows Into Our Past, A Genealogy of the Parsons, Smith and Associated Families, Vol. 1 �1996, Judy Parsons Smith


ARMS: Or, five fusils conjoined in fesse azure.
CREST: A mountain cat, passant, guarded, proper.
MOTTO: Vincit amor patrial.

The following information has not been proven to be connected to Issac Pennington of Goodstone Manor in England, however is included here for informational purposes, in hopes that one day this may lead to a connection and continuation of the family line.

Gamel de Penington
Gamel de Penington had four (4) children:

1. Benedict de Penington, m. Agnes
2. Meldred de Penington
3.
Alan de Penington
4. Alexander de Penington

Alan de Penington
1. Alan de Penington, son of Gamel de Penington. Alan de Penington had two (2) sons:

A. Thomas de Penington
B. Alan de Penington, d. living July 1242

Thomas de Penington
A. Thomas de Penington, son of Alan de Penington, d. 1240; m. Agnes, daughter of Sir John de Longvillers, Knight. Agnes de Penington m2nd Thomas de Greistock. Thomas & Agnes (de Longvillers) de Penington had two (2) sons:

1) Sir Alan de Penington, Knight in 1276
2)
Sir William de Penitone, d. bef. 1323.

Sir William de Penitone
2) Sir William de Penitone, on of Thomas & Agnes (de Longvillers) de Penington, d. bef. 1323. Sir William de Penitone had three (3) children:

A) Sir John de Penitone, b. ca. 1308
B) Maude, m. ca. 1317/1318 to John, son of Sir Richard & Alice de Hadleston
C) Joan, d. living on 7 Jan 1351/1352

Sir John de Penitone
A) Sir John de Penitone, son of Sir William de Penitone, b. ca. 1308; d. 1332; m. Joan, widow of Sir John. Sir John & Joan de Penitone had a son:

Sir William de Penitone
Sir William de Penitone, son of Sir John de Penitone, m. by 1352 to a daughter of Sir W. de Leghe; m2nd Elizabeth de Malton, daughter of Thomas de Malton, b. 1344; d. bef. 1421. Elizabeth de Penitone m2nd to Hugh Standysshe. Sir William & Elizabeth (de Malton) de Penitone had a son:

Sir Alan de Penington
Sir Alan de Penington, son of Sir William & Elizabeth (de Malton) de Penitone, d. 27 Sept 115; m. Katherine de Preston, daughter of Sir Richard de Preston. Sir Alan de Penington was a "chivaler". Sir Alan & Katherine (de Preston) de Penington had:

Sir John de Penington
Sir John de Penington, son of Sir Alan & Katherine (de Preston) de Penington, b. 1393; d. 6 Jul 1470; m. Katherine de Tunstall, daughter of Sir Thomas & Isabel (Harrington) de Tunstall. Sir John & Katherine (de Tunstall) de Penington had three (3) children:

a) John Pennington
b) Anne, m. Sir Christopher Curwen
c) Catherine, m. Jno. Rigmayden

John Pennington
Sir John de Pennington, son of Sir John & Katherine (de Tunstall) de Penington, m. Elizabeth Radcliffe, daughter of Sir Nicolas Radcliffe. John Pennington was a Knight of the Shire of Cumberland. John & Elizabeth (Radcliffe) Pennington may had:


Issac Pennington
The ancestor of this family is Issac Pennington. Issac Pennington is of Goodstone Manor in England. He was a writer and preacher. Issac Pennington is the father-in-law of William Penn of Pennsylvania. His wife's name is unknown. He is the father of:

Micajah Pennington
Micajah Pennington, son of Issac Pennington, b. 28 Apr 1743, England; d. p. 1810; m. 28 Jan 1761, North Carolina to Rachel Jones, b. 12 Jun 1741, North Carolina; d. unknown, North Carolina. Micajah Pennington was appointed tax collector of his district in 1778. Micajah Pennington is found in Lee County, Virginia in 1815. His holdings in the county were described as, one farm on Powells river and in the Por [Poor] Valley, 50 acres having thereon one dwelling, "cabbin", one story, 16 feet square, one loom house, one stable, with a value of $50.

Revolutionary War Service: Micajah Pennington of Wilkes County, North Carolina provided public services for Capt. Enoch Osburn's Co., Fincastle and Montgomery County, VA

Micajah & Rachel (Jones) Pennington had (10) ten children:

A. Elijah, b. 9 Dec 1761.
B. Micaja, b. 13 Dec 1763.
C. Mary, b. 8 Nov 1765; m. Jesse Bollin.
D. Levi, b. 25 Dec 1767.
E.
Edward, b. 29 Dec 1769; m. Martha Flanary.
F. Rachel, b. 26 Dec 1771.
G. Lesebeth, b. 10 Aug 1774; m. John Barton.
H. Saraey 'Sarah', b. 24 Nov 1776.
I. Johaner, b. 24 Nov 1779.
J. Benajah, b. 15 Jan 1782.

Edward 'Neddy' Pennington
D. Edward 'Neddy' Pennington, son of Micajah & Rachel (Jones) Pennington, b. 29 Dec 1769, Ashe County, North Carolina ; d. 5 May 1860, Lee County, VA ; m. ca. 1792-1793, Wilkes County, North Carolina to Martha Patsy Flanary, daughter of John & Phoebe (Boggs) Flanary, b. 20 Dec 1779, North Carolina; d. 25 Dec 1852, Lee County, VA.

Edward Pennington came to the Lee County, Virginia area around 1790 from the New River area of North Carolina . Pennington Gap, Virginia was named for Edward Pennington who settled there in 1802. Edward & Martha had children:

1. Phoebe Pennington, b. 26 Sept 1794, North Carolina; d. 1862-1863, Lee County, VA; m. 18 Aug 1814 to William S. Parsons

Phoebe Pennington
1. Phoebe Pennington, daughter of Edward & Martha (Flanary) Pennington, b. 26 Sept 1794, North Carolina; d. 1862-1863, Lee County, VA; m. 18 Aug 1814 to William S. Parsons, b. 16 Nov 1789, North Carolina; d. 6 Jan 1856, Lee County, Virginia. William & Phoebe (Pennington) Parsons had children. SEE PARSONS


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