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The Penny/Penney Home Page.
I hope this web site can be a focus for the collection and dissemination of genealogical information about anyone with the surname Penny or Penney.I welcome the input of information or links to other sites. Please help out if you can.
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Compiled Genealogies
Notes on Early Pennys in Suffolk County, NY by John Penney Descendants of William Penny (born cir. 1740 in Suffolk Co., NY) and Abigail Downs
PERSONS index, SURNAMES list, SOURCES list
Compiled by John Penney
Descendants of Joseph Penny (1768-1845) & Deborah Squires (1767-1859)Follow the link to two generations of the descendants of this Suffolk County couple.
Compiled by John Penney
Descendants of John Alexander Penny (1837-1909)Compiled by Rita & Hank Galaska <galaska@lookingglass.net>
Descendants of John Penney of Heytesbury, Wiltshire, England (Born 1796).Compiled by Eileen B Whillans <ebwhillans@home.com>
Penny / Penney links
Penney/Nicholass Family Ancestry - The ancestry of Robert Penny from Dollar, Clackmannan, Scotland.
Compiled by Roberta Henton (nee Penney)The Decendents of Asa Penney born cir. 1758. Earliest record is 1790 tax list for Sussex Co DE, then on 1800 census for Caroline County MD. They later moved to KY and finally southern OH where they are buried. Seeking any leads to where they came from.
Compiled by Phil Penny
Other sources of Penney information
- The Penny Surname Mailing List at RootsWeb is an excellent way to reach out to other people interested the Penny/Penney Family Genealogy. For an index to most user mailing lists hosted by RootsWeb, visit http://lists.rootsweb.com/
- David George Penney edited a wonderful newsletter called the"Penn(e)y Connection, " in the 1980's but I believe this is dormant now. On his web site he has chapter 3 of... The Penney Family through 300 years: Deptford, Kent: Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey, Kent; and the United States of America.
- My line of Pennys / Penneys comes from Suffolk County, NY and two of the best sources there are:
- The Suffolk County Historical Society, 300 West Main St, Riverhead,NY 11901, 516-727-2881
- The Pennypacker Collection of the East Hampton, NY Public Library.
- Suffolk County, New York Surrogate Index for the names Penny and Penney
For more Information
Please contact me by email if you have any suggestions, additions,links
or any interest in the Penny / Penney Family.John Penney
penney@inch.com