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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : variant of Pennington.
  • Edward Penington, born in 1667 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire1, England, was appointed surveyor-general of the province of PA in 1698 and accompanied William Penn to Philadelphia.

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