When Francis Penny was born in April 1848, in Patterson, Putnam, New York, United States, his father, Hiram Crosby Penny, was 27 and his mother, Melissa Crosby, was 23. He married Mary Hellen Stein on 1 July 1890, in New York County, New York, United States.
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English:
from Middle English peni, peny ‘penny’ (Old English pening, penig), applied as a nickname, possibly for a person of some substance or for a tenant who paid a rent of one penny. This was the common ancient Germanic unit of value when money was still an unusual phenomenon. It was the only unit of coinage in England until the early 14th century, when the groat and the gold noble were introduced, and was a silver coin of considerable value. There is some evidence that the word was used in Old English times as a byname. This surname is also found in Ireland. Compare Halfpenny , Farthing , Grote , and Shilling .
alternatively, a variant of Penning or Penn .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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