Penton Family History
Penton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Penton Mewsey, Hampshire, which is
named with Old English pening ‘penny’ + tun
‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’, i.e. a farmstead paying a penny rent.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Penton
Name Distribution of Penton Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Penton families
 94 - 185  32 - 93 |
 1 - 31  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Penton families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Penton census records
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Penton Family Origin
Penton Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Penton Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Penton Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Penton census records
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Military Service by Penton
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