James Benedict Pennington

Brief Life History of James Benedict

When James Benedict Pennington was born on 2 October 1723, in John Town, Cecil, Maryland, United States, his father, William Richard Pennington, was 31 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Atkey, was 33. He married Elizabeth Beaston on 11 October 1742, in Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died in 1767, at the age of 44.

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Family Time Line

James Benedict Pennington
1723–1767
Elizabeth Beaston
1719–
Marriage: 11 October 1742
Jacob Penington
1743–
William Penington
1745–
Rachell Penington
1752–1779
Elizabeth Pennington
1755–
Alkey Pennington
1759–1800
Ann Pennington
1769–1789

Sources (18)

  • James Penington, "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995"
  • James Penington, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
  • James Penington in entry for Elizabeth Beastin, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"

Name Meaning

English (mainly Lancashire and Cumbria):

habitational name from Pennington in Furness (Lancashire), which derives from Old English pening ‘penny’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, or from Pennington in Leigh (Lancashire), which probably derives from the Old English personal name Pinna + the Old English groupname suffix -ingas (genitive -inga-) + Old English tūn.

habitational name from Pennington (Hampshire), or from Penton Grafton or Penton Mewsey (both Hampshire); see Penton . All have the same etymology as Pennington in Furness; see 1 above.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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