Benajah Pennington
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Descendants of Benajah Pennington

  • Generation No. 1

1. BENAJAH2 PENNINGTON (MICAJAH1) was born August 18, 1770 in Grayson Co., VA, and died October 12, 1855 in Stockton City, Cedar Co., MO. He married MATILDA EMERY HEMBREE July 26, 1814 in Roane Co., TN, daughter of JOEL HEMBREE and HANNAH PETTIT. She was born June 25, 1799 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg Co., SC, and died August 20, 1878 in Stockton City, Cedar Co., MO.

Children of BENAJAH PENNINGTON and MATILDA HEMBREE are:

2. i. JOEL HARRISON3 PENNINGTON, b. May 13, 1815; d. June 24, 1897, Jackson Co., AL.
3. ii. SARAH "SALLY" S. PENNINGTON, b. Abt. 1817.
iii. EBER PENNINGTON, b. Abt. 1818; d. Abt. 1868.
4. iv. ISAAC WASHINGTON PENNINGTON, b. October 14, 1819, TN; d. March 05, 1908, Butler Co., MO.
v. JOHN BARTON PENNINGTON, b. April 25, 1820; m. SARAH ELIZABETH HEMBREE.
5. vi. ANDREW JACKSON MONROE PENNINGTON, b. October 30, 1824, Scottsboro, Jackson Co., AL; d. February 11, 1863, Winchester, Franklin Co., TN.
6. vii. NEWTON PENNINGTON, b. Abt. 1825, TN; d. Abt. 1875, TN.
viii. JORDAN PENNINGTON, b. 1826; m. (1) CORA; m. (2) CAMILLA WYATT.

  • Generation No. 2

2. JOEL HARRISON3 PENNINGTON (BENAJAH2, MICAJAH1) was born May 13, 1815, and died June 24, 1897 in Jackson Co., AL. He married HANNA CAROLINE HEMBREE February 07, 1839 in Jackson Co., AL.

Children of JOEL PENNINGTON and HANNA HEMBREE are:

i. JASPER NEWTON4 PENNINGTON, b. March 1840.
ii. MARGARET PENNINGTON, b. Abt. 1846.
iii. BENJAMIN PENNINGTON, b. Abt. 1848.
iv. MARTHA PENNINGTON, b. Abt. 1850.
v. SARAH C. PENNINGTON, b. Abt. 1852.
vi. ABSOLOM PENNINGTON, b. Abt. 1854.
vii. MARY E. PENNINGTON, b. Abt. 1862.

3. SARAH "SALLY" S.3 PENNINGTON (BENAJAH2, MICAJAH1) was born Abt. 1817. She married WILLIAM G. BLAKE, MD Abt. 1834.

Children of SARAH PENNINGTON and WILLIAM BLAKE are:

i. E.M.C.4 BLAKE, b. Abt. 1835, AL; d. Abt. 1885, MO.
ii. PHANNEL BLAKE, b. Abt. 1836, AL; d. Abt. 1886.
iii. JOSEPH H. BLAKE, b. Abt. 1839, MO; d. Abt. 1889, MO.
iv. M. M. BLAKE, b. Abt. 1843, MO; d. Abt. 1893, MO.
v. WILLIAM G. BLAKE, JR., b. Abt. 1844, MO; d. Abt. 1894, MO.
vi. SARAH S. BLAKE, b. Abt. 1848, MO; d. Abt. 1898, MO.
vii. JOSEPHINE BLAKE, b. Abt. 1856, MO; d. Abt. 1906.

4. ISAAC WASHINGTON3 PENNINGTON (BENAJAH2, MICAJAH1) was born October 14, 1819 in TN, and died March 05, 1908 in Butler Co., MO. He married (1) MARTHA PATSY RYBURN Abt. 1836. She was born May 05, 1820 in Roane Co., TN, and died Bef. 1873. He married (2) NANCY WILLIAMS Bef. 1873. She died Bef. 1876. He married (3) CAROLINE ROGERS Bef. 1876. She was born Abt. 1852, and died September 22, 1905 in Butler Co., MO.

Children of ISAAC PENNINGTON and MARTHA RYBURN are:

i. JOHN RILEY4 PENNINGTON, b. December 22, 1837; m. MARY A.J.R.A. (FRAY) FRY.
ii. JOEL NEWTON PENNINGTON, b. June 25, 1842; d. February 28, 1901; m. MARY VANDOVER.
iii. JACOB MONROE PENNINGTON, b. February 16, 1844.
iv. SARAH NEOMY PENNINGTON, b. January 16, 1846; d. 1884.
v. BENJAMIN LAFAYETTE PENNINGTON, b. October 29, 1847; d. February 27, 1877; m. SALLIE PATTY.
vi. WILLIAM JORDAN PENNINGTON, b. September 09, 1849, Ripley Co., MO; d. June 11, 1920; m. (1) MAUDE MOORE; m. (2) ELVIRA LOFTEN.
vii. EBER ELZMORE PENNINGTON, b. May 22, 1851, Ripley Co., MO; m. (1) BETTY HOWE; m. (2) CATHERINE PORTER.
viii. MARY MATILDA PENNINGTON, b. February 02, 1854, Ripley Co., MO; m. WILEY WEBB.
ix. FRANKLIN PEARCE PENNINGTON, b. February 18, 1856, Ripley Co., MO; d. March 25, 1862, Ripley Co., MO.
x. JAMES BUCHANAN "BUCKY" PENNINGTON, b. April 16, 1858, Ripley Co., MO; d. January 25, 1886, Ripley Co., MO.

Children of ISAAC PENNINGTON and NANCY WILLIAMS are:

xi. MARTHA ELIZABETH4 PENNINGTON, b. September 10, 1873, Ripley Co., MO; m. KUYKANDALL.
xii. ISAAC WASHINGTON PENNINGTON, b. October 12, 1874, Ripley Co., MO; m. NELLIE DICKEN.

Children of ISAAC PENNINGTON and CAROLINE ROGERS are:

xiii. NANCY CAROLINE4 PENNINGTON, b. December 27, 1876, Ripley Co., MO; m. HARDY DICKEN.
xiv. THOMAS JEFFERSON PENNINGTON, b. January 29, 1879, Ripley Co., MO; d. December 1958; m. NELLIE HODGE.
xv. PETER BYRD PENNINGTON, b. July 02, 1880, Ripley Co., MO; d. September 01, 1958; m. RACHEL O'DESSA MORGAN, February 15, 1902, Butler Co., MO; b. January 31, 1887, Tadpole, IL; d. November 14, 1962.
xvi. MALISSA MALINDA PENNINGTON, b. August 13, 1882, Ripley Co., MO.
xvii. ROSA BELLE PENNINGTON, b. December 15, 1883, Ripley Co., MO; m. WILLIAM SHARP.
xviii. HENRY CLEVLIN PENNINGTON, b. February 13, 1885, Ripley Co., MO.
xix. ADALINE PENNINGTON, b. February 12, 1887, Ripley Co., MO.
xx. MINNIE MISSOURI PENNINGTON, b. September 30, 1889, Ripley Co., MO; m. DAY LANE.
xxi. ANDREW JACKSON PENNINGTON, b. August 31, 1891, Butler Co., MO.
xxii. ELIJAH PENNINGTON, b. November 13, 1892.

5. ANDREW JACKSON MONROE3 PENNINGTON (BENAJAH2, MICAJAH1) was born October 30, 1824 in Scottsboro, Jackson Co., AL, and died February 11, 1863 in Winchester, Franklin Co., TN. He married ROSEDA ELIZABETH TANKERSLEY Abt. 1846 in WV. She was born February 15, 1822, and died November 02, 1878 in Abbot, Scott Co., AR.

Children of ANDREW PENNINGTON and ROSEDA TANKERSLEY are:

i. MATILDA CAROLINE4 PENNINGTON, b. April 13, 1847, Franklin Co., TN; d. January 04, 1902, Booneville, Logan Co., AR; m. JOHN BROWNFIELD, Abt. 1867.
ii. JAMES NEWTON PENNINGTON, b. February 27, 1850, Habbersham Co., GA; d. November 01, 1939, Booneville, Logan Co., AR; m. MARY IRLS, 1868, AR.
iii. ANDREW JACKSON MONROE PENNINGTON, JR., b. July 23, 1852, Winchester, Franklin Co., TN; d. July 31, 1941, Abbott, Scott Co., AR; m. (1) SUSAN JANE MILLER, July 25, 1871, Jackson Co., AL; m. (2) SARAH VIRGINIA WANN, January 01, 1885, Scott Co., AR; m. (3) ELLEN WOOTEN, Abt. 1912, Ione, Logan Co., AR; m. (4) ARMANDA ELLEN BENNING, October 06, 1912.
iv. MIRANDA AVALINE PENNINGTON, b. December 17, 1854, Franklin Co., TN; d. November 28, 1946; m. E. JEFFERSON JONES, December 12, 1878, AR.
v. WILLIAM JORDAN PENNINGTON, b. September 14, 1857, Franklin Co., TN; d. January 13, 1932; m. MARTHA SAVANNAH BENNING, October 15, 1884.
vi. MALICIA EMOLIN PENNINGTON, b. April 15, 1860, Franklin Co., TN; d. 1942; m. ALFRED MOORE, January 14, 1880.

6. NEWTON3 PENNINGTON (BENAJAH2, MICAJAH1) was born Abt. 1825 in TN, and died Abt. 1875 in TN. He married ELIZABETH Abt. 1847.

Children of NEWTON PENNINGTON and ELIZABETH are:

i. SARAH A.4 PENNINGTON, b. Abt. 1848; d. Abt. 1898.
ii. EABE "EBER C." PENNINGTON, b. Abt. 1852, GA; d. Aft. 1879, GA; m. SARAH "SALLIE" F. HARDIN, January 05, 1876, Lawrence Co., TN.
iii. JAMES B. PENNINGTON, b. Abt. 1854, AL; d. Abt. 1904.
iv. BENJAMIN A. PENNINGTON, b. Abt. 1857, AL; d. Abt. 1907.
v. JOEL T. PENNINGTON, b. Abt. 1858, AL; d. Abt. 1908.
vi. MARY J. PENNINGTON, b. Abt. 1866, TN; d. Abt. 1911.

Comments:  This Benajah Pennington is not an proven child of Micajah and Rachel Jones Pennington.  There is several bits and pieces of information that support this conclusion and many others that disprove it.  He is almost certainly related in any case.  This family's descendants immigrated from North Carolina to Tennessee, Alabama, Missouri, Mississippi and Arkansas.  Benajah is found in the 1830 Morgan Co., TN Census, 1840 & 1850 Jackson Co., AL Census, and dies in Cedar Co., MO.  Please check out Gene Pennington's web page for further information about this family.  Family of Harold E. Pennington

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