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From: "Rene'e Davis" <>
Subject: Re: [Pennington-L] Joshua Pennington son of Ephraim/ Jemima
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 18:24:04 -0700
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Hi Dianne, Katherine and Barb,
If you will visit the Pennington Research Assoc (there is link after my
signature), you will be able to read what we have on Richard Pennington that
married Hannah Boone, the sister of Daniel Boone. It's real simple. just
click on the link, go to Family Groups, click toward the bottom where it
takes you to the family groups and all of the groups are listed. You will be
looking for Group 4. In the second generation, you will see the information
on Richard (not Robert) Pennington that married Hannah. Also, check out the
Events because they are doing a dedication and memorial event for Hannah
Boone Pennington in April. If you want more information contact Nell Truitt
at . She can help you if you want more specifics.
Happy Hunting..
Rene'e Davis, CFO
ARD, Family Groups
PRA - Group 9
Pennington Research Association, Inc.
www.penningtonresearch.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "bap4trees" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Pennington-L] Joshua Pennington son of Ephraim/ Jemima


> Hi Katherine and Dianne,
>
> I read both of your posts with great interest as I am a descendant of
Jemima
> Pennington (b. abt 1760 - sister to Joshua and Robert). Jemima married
> Jonathan Smith. Their son, Elias Smith was born abt 1780.
>
> I haven't been searching long but I too am trying to find info on this
> family. I've recently been reading up on Daniel & Squire Boones' families
> and their moves as I believe Robert P. married Hannah Boone, youngest
sister
> of Daniel. My Smith's eventually settled in Harlan Co, KY but previously
> lived in Burke Co, NC and VA.
>
> Barb
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Katherine Cochrane" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 11:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [Pennington-L] Joshua Pennington son of Ephraim
>
>
> > On 1/27/03, Dianne Fleenor <> wrote:
> >
> >
> > >
> > >I am desperately searching for Joshua Pennington (b. abt. 1756) who was
> the son of Ephraim
> > >Pennington. The information I have is rather confusing. Some data
shows
> him born in North
> > >Carolina while other data shows him born in Virginia. Some say he was
> married to Sarah
> > >Howard and Poly Gist, but no one seems to be able to verify either of
> these marriages or the
> > >children born from either women.
> > >
> > >It is believed that Joshua lived in Kentucky with his father Ephraim
and
> several other
> > >sibblings. His son Jesse, my ggg grandfather was born in North
Carolina
> as far as I can tell
> > >and the family moved to White County, Illinois sometime before 1837
when
> Jesse died there.
> > >If anyone could help me shed some light on confirming any information
on
> this Joshua, I would
> > >be very grateful. He is my weak link to a long line of ascendants and
> descendents right down
> > >to my mother, Elizabeth Pennington born in 1922.
> > >
> > >Thank you,
> > >
> > >Dianne Fleenor
> > >
> >
> > Hello, cousin,
> >
> > You picked a tough one! Unfortunately, that particular couple of
> generations, Ephraim of NC and his offspring, didn't leave as much of an
> easy to understand paper trail as we'd like. There are some records, but
> sometimes it's difficult to prove which person we're talking about.
Ephraim
> who moved to NC ca. 1750 from eastern PA may have also had a son named
> Ephraim, and some of the records in NC/VA might refer to either one. Or
the
> Ephraim your Jesse lived near might have been his brother, another son of
> Joshua. And there may have been other Ephraims in the same area of the
> south, perhaps cousins instead of father/son. Wouldn't a family Bible come
> in handy? Unfortunately...
> >
> > As for the confusion over VA or NC, I believe this extended family had
> land holdings at different times in both places, and it's difficult or
> impossible to know exactly when any particular family member lived in
which
> state at any given time, unless you find an actual record such as a deed
or
> militia muster roll, or record of a lawsuit. There are some records like
> that mentioned in Marvin Jones' book, "Some Descendents of Ephraim
> Pennington of North Carolina", but I don't think any of them mention
Joshua
> that I recall. The general migration patterns for that area in the
> pre-Revolutionary days had people moving from western VA to NC to get away
> from Indian raids, then perhaps moving back (or not) after the threat
> subsided. I think the Penningtons had some family who stayed in NC, some
who
> went back to VA, and some who went further west to KY/TN by the late
1780s.
> Then others followed sometimes years later.
> >
> > My 5G grandfather, Timothy, (brother to your Joshua) probably was living
> in KY by 1780, for instance (although I don't think anyone has proven that
> for sure yet), but his brother Richard stayed in the Yadkin R. valley of
NC
> for much longer before moving to The Barrens of KY. We're still not sure
> where Timothy's son, Riggs Pennington, was born, since his p.o.b. is
> variously given in censuses as NC, TN, KY and even Alabama. I think he was
> probably born west of the Gap in one of those three states, and probably
in
> southern middle KY or northern middle Tennessee, but can't prove it. This
> branch of the Penningtons were a very peripatetic lot, so there's no
> telling.
> >
> > Did Ephraim of NC go to KY? Possible, but probably not. If he did move
> there from NC, he would have been quite old to be pioneering like that,
> probably in his 60s or 70s, but that's not impossible.
> >
> > Marvin Jones' book does discuss Joshua as a "probable" son of Ephraim of
> NC, and shows Jesse as Joshua's son. If you can get a copy of this book,
do
> so. It's the definitive work on this branch of the family.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Katherine
> >
> > Katherine Watson Cochrane
> >
> > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~kwc & http://www.history-ebooks.com
> >
> >
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> > or for a search engine try
> > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl
>
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