Henry Peninger (abt. 1732 - 1820)

Born about 1732 in Cuxhaven, Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen, Germany [uncertain]

Husband of Barbara (Waggoner) Peninger — married 1758 in Virginia

Descendants

Died 12 Jun 1820 at about age 88 in Dyer Settlement, Pendleton, West Virginia, USA

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Henry Peninger has roots in the region now known as Niedersachsen, Germany.

Henry Peninger performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.

Henry Peninger is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A131940.

Biography

Henry Peninger was born in Germany about 1732. ^[1]

His naturalization in the British Colonies was in Augusta, Virginia on May 18, 1762.^[2][3]

Henry married Barbara Waggoner about 1752.^[4]

They had at least eight children during their marriage.^[5]

Henry served as a private in the Augusta Militia during the Revolutionary War.^[6][7]

He died July 12, 1820 in Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA.^[1]

FSFTID LC5Z-BDT.

Note: From notes of Barbara Nichols:

• Henry Peninger was living near Franklin, Pendleton Go. before 1762. He was.

appointed a Constable in 1762.

Buried Dyer Settlement, Pendleton, West Virginia, USA.

FSFTID LC5Z-BDT.

Note: From notes of Barbara Nichols:

• Henry Peninger was living near Franklin, Pendleton Go. before 1762. He was.

appointed a Constable in 1762.

Buried Dyer Settlement, Pendleton, West Virginia, USA.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #161126573
2. ↑ Denizations and Naturalizations in the British Colonies in America, 1607-1775, page 223
3. ↑ Talbot, Mary Lee Keister, The Dyer settlement, the Fort Seybert massacre : Fort Seybert, West Virginia. Chicago, Ill.: Larson-Dingle Print. Co., c1937. page 19 [1]
4. ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
5. ↑ Morton, Oren F., A History of Highland County Virginia, Stone Printing Co., Roanoke, VA 1911, page 363
6. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS4T-24D : 20 September 2019), Henry Peninger,.
7. ↑ "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHZ6-DPH : 26 April 2021), Henry Peninger, .

See also:

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LC5Z-BDT
• Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Census Place: Pendleton, Virginia; Roll: 70; Page: 1092; Image: 00414; Family History Library Film: 0181430
• Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Census Place: Pendleton, Virginia; Page: 37; NARA Roll: M33_140; Image: 74
• Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012. (Arrived in Virginia - 1762)
• Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965. Originally published in 1912. (Land Grant in Augusta County, Virginia)
• WeRelate - Henry Penninger, https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Henry_Penninger_(1)

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Peninger-50 created through the import of Foulks.ged on Jan 27, 2012 by Angela Montgomery.