Penny Family from Lancashire.

[Christine Knapp]

Hi Lizzie, thanks heaps for your interest. I have been going round in circles with the penny family for a long time.My Jane Penny born 1815 @ Colton had a twin sister called Margaret and another sister Agnes bn. 10 August 1818. Jane Penny b.26th Feb 1815 married Thomas Leece. Their children were... William Penny Leece, James, Thomas, John,Alice, Moses, Mathaias,Margaret and Joseph.All I know is that Jane born 1815 has James Penny and wife Alice... as her parents..I have found a John Machell of Hollow Oak married Isabella Penny of Penny Bridge. He was trustee of iron ore mines @ Nibthwaite. Is this your lot? I also found a James penny Machell who married a Anne Penny of Liverpool. As you say, they are all over the place, I just can't put mine together, most frustrating. Talk soon. Regards Christine

[flossmm]

Hi, I am a new member of this site, and I have Penny ancestors.

My ancestors include George Penny, born 1797, whose father was James Penny, and his was Richard Penny. George trained as an Excise officer, and qualified in 1819 - we have his qualification certificate. James was a farmer and 'mechanic' and he died by falling off a roof he was mending. I have a photocopy of a newspaper article about this, which is in a record office.

I have quite a bit of information about this family, and will assemble it and send it to anyone who is interested.

If people are still following this line up, I'd be delighted to share info.

Flo

[daggers]

I've just come across this thread, and am interested in the Penny/Machell link, as they appear in my tree, not as ancestors but out on a branch not well studied so far. If anyone also links with the Knott or Ford families, from the Colton/Satterthwaite part of old Furness, I would be glad to share what I have, which has names but few dates, mainly 19th century.

D

[Grandange]

James Penny of Liverpool-the slaver and merchant was a relation-poss cousin of the Pennybridge Pennys as was Allen Penney and his descendants of Lancaster where William P was mayor 2/3 times c 1700 and left endowment for William Penney/s almshouses in Penny St Angela

[Grandange]

Alos you will find lots of info-though not sorted at all on the Nat Archives site A2A-tap in Penney and lancs and see what turns up-hope you all have plenty of spare time! A