From England to America

 This post is a timeline of the "main" people from 1090 England to modern times. This is informational only.

Medieval & Early Modern Penningtons

• Gamel de Pennington (1090–1170) — earliest documented ancestor in England

• Benedict Pennington (1125–1185)

• Alan de Pennington (1140–1208)

• Sir Thomas de Pennington (1180–1248)

• Sir Alan de Pennington (1200–1240)

• Sir John de Pennington (1240–1277)

• Sir William Pennington (1275–1323)

• John Pennington (1300–1332)

• William Pennington (1330–1368)

• Sir Alan Pennington (1360–1415)

Late Medieval to Tudor Era

• Sir John Pennington I (1393–1470)

• John Pennington II, Esquire (1413–1470)

• John Pennington III (1446–1512)

• John Pennington IV (1464–1516)

• Sir John Pennington V (1485–1547)

• Sir William Pennington (1523–1592)

Early Modern Period

• Robert Pennington (1555–1628)

• John Pennington, Esquire (1573–1634)

• William Pennington (1595–1652) — last generation fully in England before colonial migration

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Part 2 — Penningtons in America (1632–Present)

Colonial & Early America

• Henry Pennington (1632–1685) — born in England, settled in Maryland

• Abraham Pennington Sr. (1670–1756) — Maryland

• Abraham Pennington Jr. (1694–1756) — South Carolina

• Capt. Isaac Pennington Sr. (1715–1760) — Delaware → South Carolina

Westward Expansion

• Jacob David Pennington (1755–1827) — South Carolina → Tennessee

• Isaac Pennington (1775–1838) — South Carolina → Tennessee

• David Newton Pennington (1829–1912) — Tennessee → Arkansas

Branch into the Vandygriff Line

• Elizabeth B. Pennington (1854–1921) — Tennessee

  • Married William M. Vandergriff (1856–1908) — Tennessee

    • John Elliot Vandygriff (1875–1949) — Tennessee

      • Rufus Junior Vandygriff (1923–1965) — Texas

        • Rufus Irwin Vandygriff (b. 1948) — Indiana, living (my father)

          • Brandi Vandygriff (b. 1993) — Minnesota, living (me)