Martyn Family History

Scott H. Martyn
Chicago, IL  60611
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William PENNINGTON [629]
(Abt 1795-1873)
Jane EBSWORTHY [630]
(1795-1872)
Thomas HAMLYN [1714]
(1786-1857)
Susannah ASHTON [1707]
(1787-1846)
William PENNINGTON [631]
(1816-Bef 1881)
Mary HAMLYN [1354]
(1813-1886)
John PENNINGTON [1772]
(1845-1942)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Isabella ANDREW [1771]

John PENNINGTON [1772] 444

  • Born: 18 May 1845, Bideford, , Devonshire, England 452,618,620,621
  • Christened: 5 June 1845
  • Marriage (1): Isabella ANDREW [1771] on 6 September 1871 in , Huron, Ontario, Canada 616,617
  • Died: 1 January 1942, Elbow Lake, Grant, Minnesota, United States at age 96 620,622
  • Buried: 3 January 1942, Lowry, Pope, Minnesota, United States 620,622

   Cause of his death was Old age.

   Another name for John was Penington.

   FamilySearch ID: 9JWT-J79.

  Birth Notes:

Bucks Mill

  Christening Notes:

Kilkhampton Bible Christian circuit

  Death Notes:

At the time of his death, John was living in the home of granddaughter Isabella and her Husband Arthur Ackerson.

Death certificate informant was Cecil H. Simpson of Elbow Lake, MN.

  Burial Notes:

DATE 3 JAN 1942
PLAC Presbyterian Church, Elbow Lake, Grant Co., Minnesota at 1 p.m.
SOUR @S41@
PAGE Grant County Herald, Elbow Lake, Minnesota, Thursday

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He worked as a farmer. 622

2. He worked as a miller in Elbow Lake, Grant, Minnesota, United States.

3. He was Plymouth Brethren; Presbyterian. 623

4. He was baptized on 8 June 1845 in Clovelly, , Devonshire, England. 624 Wollsery Parish



5. John appeared in the household of William PENNINGTON [631] in the 1851 British census on 30 March 1851 in Woolfardisworthy, , Devonshire, England. This event was shared from William PENNINGTON [631] who also shared it with Charlotte PENNINGTON [1711], Mary HAMLYN [1354], Oliver PENNINGTON [1770], and Thomas PENNINGTON [1710].

6. He was an occupant at the residence of William PENNINGTON [631] on 30 March 1851 in Woolfardisworthy, , Devonshire, England: Bucks Mill. 193 193 This event was shared from William PENNINGTON [631] who also shared it with Charlotte PENNINGTON [1711], Mary HAMLYN [1354], Oliver PENNINGTON [1770], and Thomas PENNINGTON [1710].

7. He immigrated from England circa 1857-1859 to Goderich, Huron, Ontario, Canada. 452,625
immigrated with mother, father, brothers and sisters when he was 12.

8. He was naturalized 1880 or 1886. 452,618

9. He immigrated from Canada in October 1880 to Lowry, Pope, Minnesota, United States. 452,623 Source illegible as to year.
Assumed to have immigrated from Canada.

10. He retired from farming in 1897 in Lowry, Pope, Minnesota, United States. 623

11. After 9 September 1918 he resided at the home of daughter Jessie and her Husband James Simpson in Elbow Lake, Grant, Minnesota, United States. 623

12. He appeared on the 1920 United States census in 1920 in Elbow Lake, Grant, Minnesota, United States. 452
He was living with James and Jessie Simpson.

13. He appeared on the 1930 United States census in 1930. 618 Sanford, Grant, Minnesota, United States

14. After 9 October 1937 he resided at the home of granddaughter Isabella and her Husband Arthur Ackerson in Elbow Lake, Grant, Minnesota, United States. 623
According to his Death Certificate, John resided in Elbow Lake for 23 years.


John married Isabella ANDREW [1771] [MRIN: 2022], daughter of William Edmund ANDREW [1782] and Mary Ann FLEXMAN [1781], on 6 September 1871 in , Huron, Ontario, Canada 616.,617 (Isabella ANDREW [1771] was born on 2 February 1847 in Bideford, , Devonshire, England,452,616,617,618 died on 9 September 1918 in Lowry, Pope, Minnesota, United States 616,617 and was buried on 10 September 1918 in Glenwood, Pope, Minnesota, United States 616,617.). The cause of her death was Heart failure.


  Marriage Notes:

She was "of" Lucknow, Ontario. Isabella's obituary gives a marriage date of 7 Sep 1871.