1International Genealogical Index, FamilySearch <www.familysearch.org>.
"(no first name) Pennington, Christening: 02 MAR 1722, Culmstock, Devon, England. Father: William Pennington. Mother: Elizabeth."
Is this the William Pennington who married Elizabeth Collings in 1743?.2Culmstock, Devon, England, parish registers, 1608-1837 (Typed manuscript), Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, FHL film 917,187.
Rick Crume's file #G 585.3Somerset, England Parish Records, Ancestry.com.
William Pennington witnessed a marriage: William Huggill & Martha Witherell, both of Upton, by banns, 02 Feb 1761. J. Bushnell. Wm Pennington.4Rev. Mr. John Wesley's Journal from May 27, 1765, to May 5, 1768, http://www.godrules.net/library/wesley/274wesley_c4.htm.
"I would fain have preached abroad at Cork in the evening, but the wind and rain would not permit. Two years ago I left above three hundred in the society; I find an hundred and eighty-seven. What has occasioned so considerable a reduction? I believe the real cause is this: — Between two and three years ago, when the society was nearly as low as it is now, Thomas Taylor and William Pennington came to Cork. They were zealous men, and sound Preachers; full of activity, and strict in discipline, without respect of persons. They set up meetings for prayer in several places, and preached abroad at both ends of the city. Hearers swiftly increased; the society increased; so did the number both of the convinced and the converted. I came when the flame was at the height, and preached abroad, in the heart of the city, on the south side of it, near the barracks, and several times in Blackpool, which lies on the north side of it. More and more were stirred up, and there was a greater awakening here than in any part of the kingdom."
Is this William Pennington of Culmstock?.
1IGI, Batch M050761, film 917187, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT.
2Culmstock, Devon, England, parish registers, 1608-1837 (Typed manuscript), Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, FHL film 917,187.
Rick Crume's file #G 585.
1Powell, William S. (ed.), Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, c1979-1996, vol. 5, pp. 68-69.
Biography of William Pennington. See message from Michael Pascoe to Rick Crume, dated 28 Nov. 2003.2Palmer, Gregory, of the British Library, Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution, Westport, Conn.: Meckler Publ., p. 681, Orlando Public Library, Orlando, FL.
Rick Crume's file P 1054.
"PENNINGTON, WILLIAM. AO12/103/15, AO12/109/942. Of North Carolina. Pennington travelled to America in 1765 with Governor William Tryon. He returned to England in 1776, and received a pension of £60 sterling per annum. Pennington claimed a loss of £941 sterling, and was awarded £150 sterling."3Knapp, Oswald G. (ed.), The Intimate Letters of Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington, 1788-1821, 1914, p. 57.
This must have been before 1783, as in January of that year Sophia, writing to Whalley, incidentally mentions that Mr. Pennington is sharing a house with "cousin Somers." In 1785 we find him acting as Master of the Ceremonies at the Clifton Hot Wells. A contemporary Guide Book informs us that he was "inducted" to this important office "under the patronage of the Archbishop of Tuam, and the Bishop of Cloyne, and with the unanimous voice of a numerous circle of nobility and gentry." Here "distinguished by a medallion and ribbon," he presided over the Assemblies, and legislated for the better preservation of their dignity, ordaining, inter alia: "That no Gentleman appear with a sword or with spurs in these rooms, or on a ball night, in boots. That the Subscription Balls will begin as soon as possible after seven o'clock, and conclude at eleven, on account of the health of the Company." He continued to officiate as M.C. for twenty-eight years."
"The match she was now contemplating was not brilliant, or even romantic, and probably her head was much more concerned in the decision than her heart. But the suitor, in spite of a somewhat scandalous story retailed to Sophia by her cousin Mrs. Whalley, was evidently an honourable man, and certainly his suit was not prompted by mercenary motives. William Pennington probably belonged to a Bristol family, for a merchant of these names was living there earlier in the century; but he himself, according to the editor of Whalley's correspondence, was a loyal colonist ruined by the American War of Independence. This account goes on to relate how, on the way home, he made the acquaintance of another colonist returning to find relations in the Old Country with whom he had long lost touch...4Walter Clark, ed., The State Records of North Carolina, 26 vols. (Raleigh, 1886-1907), 15:537.
Cited in The Piozzi Letters <http://www.library.nlx.com/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=221554920&hitsperheading=on&infobase=wwpiozzi.nfo&jump=hp01.1351fm&softpage=ref_Doc>, a Web site visted on 6 Dec. 2007.5IGI, Batch C050761, film 917187, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT.
6Culmstock, Devon, England, parish registers, 1608-1837 (Typed manuscript), Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, FHL film 917,187.
Rick Crume's file #G 585.7Gentleman's Magazine, 1829.
"Mar 15th in Dowry Square, Hotwells, at an advanced age, William Pennington, Esq., many years Master of the Ceremonies of that place."
Michael Pascoe found the same death notice in the weeklies, the Bristol Mirror, Bristol Gazette, Bristol Mercury and Felix Farley's Bristol Journal. See Michael's message of 2 Feb. 2004.8Campbell, Mary V., Parish register transcripts, St. Andrew, Clifton, Gloucestershire, 1538-1837, p. 47, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, FHL film 1,749,584 items 1-6.
Rick Crume's file P 1039.
"1829 Burials. Wm Pennington (formerly M.C. of Clifton). Chapel Vault. Address: Dowry Square. Buried: Mar. 23. Age: 84. By whom the ceremony performed: Jn Hensman."
"St Andrew's church was bombed during the war and completely destroyed by fire. Only the outline of the walls now remains. A few items were saved from the vault and transferred to Christchurch, now the parish church." Message of 9 July 2003 from Michael Pascoe <mikepascoe@bs84bq.fsnet.co.uk> of Clifton.9Sabine, Lorenzo, Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution, original published: 2nd ed. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1864, p. 165, Family and Local Histories, <www.genealogy.com>.
"PENNINGTON, WILLIAM. Of Wilmington, North Carolina, and Comptroller of the Customs. An elegant writer, and admired for his wit and polished manners. Went to England. Was Master of Ceremonies at Bath."10William L. Saunders, The Colonial Records of North Carolina, vol. 7, pp. 158-159, 169-174, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, 975.6 N2n 1993 v. 7 FHL US/CAN Book.
11Fraser, Alexander, [United Empire Loyalists]: Second Report of the Bureau of Archives for the Province of Ontario, p. 1197. Case 1152., Ancestry.com, <www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/1016.htm>.
"Wm. Pennington is a native of England. He went to America in 1764, as Comptroller of the Port of Brunswick in N. Carolina. He was appointed by the Lords of the Treasury, his sallary was £40 pr. an. He continued at Brunswick until Feby. 1776. He never was molested personally. In Sept. 1776 the envoluments of his office ceased as all business was stopt at the Custom House in Feby. 1776..."
Dated 27 Feb. 1784.12Natasha Miles, 1769 Brunswick County, North Carolina Tax List, From the New Hanover County Library, May 2002, <www.rootsweb.com/~ncbrunsw/1769tax.html>.
"An Alphabetical List of Taxables in Saint Philips Parish Brunsk. County for the year 1769.
Pennington, Wm. 0-1-0-0-0.
"The numbers in this tax list are: First: the number of Chair Wheels [a two wheel one horse carriage]. Second: the number of white men. Third: the number of negro men. Fourth: the number of negro women. Fifth: the number of negro boys.".".13"To the Honourable William Dry. Esq; Richard Quince, William Hill, and William Pennington, Esquires, at Brunswick", The Providence Gazette, Providence, R. I., vol. VIII, issue 392, page 112.
America's Historical Newspapers including Early American Newspapers Series 1, 1690-1876. Accessed through NewEnglandAncestors.org, 22 Mar. 2008.
"Gentlemen,
... We shall take care to give you the earliest information we can receive from his Excellency as to the engagement he has had, and the present state of the troops. A waggoner arrived at Cross-Creek since Armstrong, and confirms the report of the engagement, and says that he left General Waddle encamped three miles from Salisbury, incapable of marching on to meet his Excellency from the want of gunpowder... We are, in behalf of our constituents, and for ourselves, Gentlemen, your obedient humble servants,
WILLIAM HOOPER,
ROBERT HOGG,
ARCH. MACLAINE."14Natasha Miles, 1772 Brunswick County, North Carolina Tax List, From the New Hanover County Library, transcribed May 2002, <www.rootsweb.com/~ncbrunsw/1772tax.html>.
"An Alphabetical List of Taxables in Saint Philips Parish Brunsk. County for 1772.
Pennington, Wm. 0-1-0-1-0
"The numbers in this tax list are: First: the number of Chair Wheels [a two wheel one horse carriage]. Second: the number of white men. Third: the number of negro men. Fourth: the number of negro women. Fifth: the number of negro boys."
Whites 238 Negro Men 526 Negro woman 515 Negro boys 46 In all 1325 taxables Chair wheels 28 in all A true copy examined by Will Lord Clk.".15Ship Duchess of Gordon, off Staten Island. William Tryon to Lord [Frederick] North. 12 Aug., North Carolina State Archives, Mars catalog, <www.ncarchives.dcr.state.nc.us>.
"Soliciting North's patronage and protection for William Pennington, Collector of Port Brunswick, who has been driven from North Carolina.".
Call Number: 77.1975.1. Location: 3B, Aisle 583.16Coldham, Peter Wilson, American Migrations, 1765-1799, Baltimore: Genealogical Publ. Co., ca. 2000, p. 646, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 101 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116-3007.
Rick Crume's file P 982.
"Pennington, Wm. of Brunswick, N.C. Memorial London 1784..."
I did not copy this page.17Bristol History Then and Now: The Hotwells Spring, <myweb.ecomplanet.com/DENH7646/mycustompage0015.htm>.
"In 1723 London newspapers were advertising 'Famous Bristol Hotwell Water, fresh from the well, delivered to any part of the Town for six shillings per dozen bottles.' ... There were several springs in the Hotwells vicinity... During the eighteenth century the spa became a fashionable resort and was visited by many famous people... After 1785, Hotwells imitated the City of Bath by appointing a Master of Ceremonies, a Mr William Pennington who wore a gold medallion on a blue ribbon to emphasize the dignity of his office. Elaborate balls were held in the evenings, and public breakfasts in the mornings, as was fashionable in those days.".".18Pennington, Wm., Esq., Rules of the Bristol Hotwell, in a guidebook to Bristol, England, ca. 1780.
Rick Crume's file P 1049.19Will of William Pennington, 1827, of Clifton, Gloucester, England, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Catalogue reference PROB 11/1756 and file reference 81, Documents Online, <www.documentsonline.pro.gov.uk>.
"I William Pennington of No. 13 Dowry Square in the Parish of Clifton in the County of Gloucester Esquire... I give and bequeath all my [illegible] securities for money, goods, chattels, Estate and effects whatsoever and whatsoever unto my dear friend Sophia [Wren?] executrix of this my will... Appeared Personally Lucia Fabian of Dowry Square in the parish of Clifton in the county of Gloucester [illegible] and made oath that she knew and was well acquainted with William Pennington late of Dowry Square in the parish of Clifton in the County of Gloucester Esquire … [She verified the will.] On the seventh day of April 1829... Proved at London 23rd May 1829 before the Judge by the Oath of Sophia [Wren?] Spinster the sole Executrix...".
1Letter from Penelope Sophia (Weston) Pennington to Ann Greatheed, Cecil St., Dated 1 Apr. 1788, Yale University.
Bertie Greatheed Papers. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Box 1, Folder 15. Citation at <webtext.library.yale.edu/xml2html/ beinecke.great.nav.html>.2Knapp, Oswald G., ed., The Intimate Letters of Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington 1788 1821, London: John Lane, 1914.
3Thorpe, James, "Friend to Mrs. Piozzi: Penelope Pennington in Miniature.", Princeton University Library Chronicle 21 (1960): 105 110.
The Princeton University Library has 31 letters written by Penelope, mostly to her younger friend Maria Brown, as well as "about two hundred pages of material, mostly in Mrs. Pennington's hand and mainly copied from printed and manuscript sources.".4Powell, William S. (ed.), Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, c1979-1996.
Biography of William Pennington. See message from Michael Pascoe to Rick Crume, dated 28 Nov. 2003.
"Penelope Sophia Weston (1752-1827) ... perhaps was the daughter of Edward and Penelope Weston."5Letters from Penelope Sophia (Weston) Pennington to Miss Vander Horst, Cresent, Clifton, Gloucestershire., Dated 24 and 16 Dec. 1823, Bristol Record Office, Bristol, England, Ref: 8032 (84).
Elias Vanderhorst was the first American Consul in Britain. Rick Crume's file P 1053, from Michael Pascoe.6Powell, William S. (ed.), Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, p. 68.
Biography of William Pennington.7The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 72 (July-Dec. 1792), p. 1220, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT.
Rick Crume's file P 1090.
"1792, Dec. 27. Marriages. At Bath, Wm. Pennington, esq. master of the ceremonies at the Hot-wells, to Miss Weston, of James-street, Westminster."8Bristol Gazette and Public Advertiser, 3 January 1793.
Cited in The Piozzi Letters <http://www.library.nlx.com/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=221554920&hitsperheading=on&infobase=wwpiozzi.nfo&jump=hp01.1351fm&softpage=ref_Doc>, a Web site visited on 6 Dec. 2007.
1IGI, Batch C050761, film 917187.
2Culmstock, Devon, England, parish registers, 1608-1837 (Typed manuscript), Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, FHL film 917,187.
Rick Crume's file #G 585.
1IGI, Batch C050761, film 917187.
2Culmstock, Devon, England, parish registers, 1608-1837 (Typed manuscript), Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, FHL film 917,187.
Rick Crume's file #G 585.
1IGI, Batch C050761, film 917187.
2Culmstock, Devon, England, parish registers, 1608-1837 (Typed manuscript), Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, FHL film 917,187.
Rick Crume's file #G 585.