Frances Pennington ⁷⁹⁷

  Research Notes:

From: Edna Shannonhouse, Nov 1995
Henry Pennington may be her step father. The 200 acres of land she wanted to patent apparently had been vacated by the Graves family. When Frances obtained the four headrights is not known.
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From the research work of Ronnie Truitt of Walhalla, SC; received from Dale Truitt Jul 1996
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From: Larry George Truitt, Nov 1996
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There is uncertainty about whether the surname was Pennington or Peddington. There is a Henry Peddington mentioned on page 279 of Clayton Torrence's book entitled "Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore of Maryland: A Study in Foundations and Founders." He is listed as one of the "first settlers" in Somerset County in the Annemessex section between 1661/2 and 1666. ⁷⁹⁷

Frances married George Truitt Jr., son of George Truitt Sr. and Frances ?, after 1640 in Accomack County, Virginia, USA.⁷⁹⁷ (George Truitt Jr. was born in 1620 in Kent, England ⁷⁹⁷ and died on 16 Oct 1670 in Accomack County, Virginia, USA ⁷⁹⁷.)