Edward Pennington (1746 - 1801)

Born 1746 in Brunswick, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Nettie (Lark) Pennington — married about 1770 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1801 at about age 55 in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States

Biography

Lieutenant Edward Pennington served with Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

Edward Pennington is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A088586.

Edward Pennington (ca. 1745-ca. 1801), a lieutenant in the Mecklenburg County Militia during the Revolutionary War and the son of Benjamin and Lucy Bailey Pennington, was probably born in Brunswick County, Virginia. He moved to Mecklenburg County, Virginia, in 1761, and married Nettie Lark, daughter of Dennis and Sarah Lark, ca. 1770. They had nine children, 1772-1784. The family was living in Lincoln County, Kentucky, before 1799.^[1]

Children

1. Sally Pennington - b. 2/22/1772
2. Dixon Pennington - b. 3/22/1773
3. Edward Pennington - b. 1/31/1775 m. Martha ------
4. Dennis Lark Pennington - b. 5/19/1776 (b. Cumberland Co., VA d. Croydon, IND. Sept. 22, 1854) m. Elizabeth English (Aug. 4, 1800 Lincoln Co., KY)
5. Walter Pennington - b. 11/6/1777 m. Poll Mabry
6. Zachariah Pennington - b. 4 / 5/1779 m. Lety --------
7. Polly (Mary) Pennington - b. 1/17/1781 m. George Gresham, g. F. of Walter Q. Gresham.
8. William Pennington - b. 11/8/1782 m. Jennie (Virginia) English
9. Robert Lark Pennington - b. 1 / 7/1784^[2] Boddie. Historical Southern Families. Vol. IV, page 27^[3]

Sources

• Source: Title: Bibliography: Bureau of the Census, Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States in the Year 1790, Records of the State Enumerations: 1782 to 1785, Virginia, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1908 NOTE Bibliography: Bureau of the Census, Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States in the Year 1790, Records of the State Enumerations: 1782 to 1785, Virginia, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1908.

• Source: Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genea; Repository: #R00004 NOTE Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genea). Repository: R00004 Name:
• Source: S00716 Author: A.L. Matthews, Jr. Title: Pennington Pedigrees: Thomas Pennington of Surry County, VA; Group 10 Update - 1998, Volume: Vol. 30, No. 2 Publication: Name: 1998; NOTEA.L. Matthews, Jr., Pennington Pedigrees: Thomas Pennington of Surry County, VA; Group 10 Update - 1998, Volume: Vol. 30, No. 2 (1998).

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/533781?availability=Family%20History%20Library
2. ↑ Boddie. Historical Southern Families. Vol. IV, page 27
3. ↑ http://www.next1000.com/family/EC/lark.dennis.html

Acknowledgments

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