Person:William Pennington (7)

!RESIDENCES:
(1804-1830- ) Bear Island, Queensbury parish, York Co, NB.
( -1833- ) Blissville, Sunbury Co, NB; Rick Crume's file #P 146.
( -1835- ) New Jerusalem, Sunbury (or) Queens, NB; file #P 146.
( -1838- ) Fredericton, York Co, NB.
( -1841- ) Lower Queensbury, York Co, NB.
( -abt 1844) NB.
(abt 1844-abt 1858) Houlton, Aroostook Co, ME.
(abt 1858-abt 1871) NB.
( -1861- ) Parish of Moncton, Westmorland Co, NB.
( -1871- ) Parish of Southampton, York Co, NB.
(abt 1871-1872) Houlton, Aroostook Co, ME.
(1872- ) Hudson, St. Croix Co, WI.
( -1884) Houlton, Aroostook Co, ME.

!OCCUPATION: Baptist minister.

!COURT: William Cliff vs William Pennington; 1828; Supreme Court Case Files, New Brunswick, RS42; ; Provincial Archives of N.B., Fredericton (Rick Crume's file #G 412).

!COURT: William Moffitt vs James Pennington; 1828; Supreme Court Case Files, New Brunswick, RS42; ; Provincial Archives of N.B., Fredericton (Rick Crume's file #G 412).

!COURT: William Pennington vs Benjamin Gallop; 1829; Supreme Court Case Files, New Brunswick, RS42; ; Provincial Archives of N.B., Fredericton (Rick Crume's file #P 470).

!COURT: William Pennington vs Thomas Hazen; 1830; Supreme Court Case Files, New Brunswick, RS42; ; Provincial Archives of N.B., Fredericton (Rick Crume's file #G 412).

!COURT: William Pennington vs Daniel Johnston; 1830; Supreme Court Case Files, New Brunswick, RS42; ; Provincial Archives of N.B., Fredericton (Rick Crume's file #G 412).

!COURT: William Pennington vs Michael Fitzgerald; 1831; Supreme Court Case Files, New Brunswick, RS42; ; Provincial Archives of N.B., Fredericton (Rick Crume's file #G 412).

!MARRIAGE: Marianne Otty Estate Papers; -1837-; shelf 126, box 16, pkt 106, bk 9; p 5; New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, NB; NOTE: Wm. E. Pennington married Isabella Slip of Waterborough (Queen's County, NB), 17 Jan 1837 by S. R. Clarke; Rick Crume's file #P 039.

!MARRIAGE: R W Hale, Queens Co., NB Marriages; 1812-1861; ; ; ; Rick Crume's file #P 146.

!LAND: Index of York Co, NB Deeds; 1786-1839; ; Mary Pennington to William Pennington p 330 record Q, William Pennington to John Ingraham p 382 record Q, William Pennington to Daniel Parent p 453 record P; Provincial Archives of NB, Fredericton; Rick Crume's file #P 038.

!BIOGRAPHY: Letter from Fred C Burnett, Hartland, NB, to Murray S Thomson, Saint John West, NB; 1782-1914; Letter dtd 14 Nov 1993; postscript, p 2; (Rick Crume's file #P 526); NOTE: "A Free Christian Baptist church was organized at Lower Queensbury [York Co, NB] May 13, 1841, the first names being William E Pennington and Isabel Pennington. After a few years most moved away and the church was reorganized on Jan 23, 1850..."

!LAND: Index to deeds; 1808-1870; ; ; Aroostook Co Courthouse, Houlton, ME (Rick Crume's file #G 452); NOTE: Or is this his son William Pennington?

!CENSUS: 1850 US Census, Houlton, Aroostook Co, ME; 1850; ; p 122 (60R); National Archives, Wash, DC; Roll 248; Rick Crume's file #P 004, P 012, P 039.

!LAND: Land petitions, RS108; 1860; Westmorland Co., New Brunswick, Canada; PANB film #9023; Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B.; NOTE: petition for 56 acres in block 6, Moncton parish, dtd & signed 4 Sep 1860, Salisbury; Rick Crume's file #P 459, P 460.

!OCCUPATION: Photographic montage, "F[ree] B[aptist] Ministers of N[ew] B[runswick] & N[ova] S[cotia]"; ca. 1860?; purchased at an auction; oval photo of W. E. Pennington; In poss of George Slipp, Hampstead, NB, & Fred C Burnett, Hartland, NB, 1993; Rick Crume's file #P 434, P 526.

!CENSUS: 1861 Canada Census, Parish of Moncton, Westmorland Co, NB; 1861; ; ; Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Roll M-559; Rick Crume's file #P 114.

!CENSUS: 1871 Canada census, Parish of Southampton, York Co, NB; 1871; ; Roll C699; Rick Crume's file #C 040, P 038.

!COURT: William E Pennington vs Malenda V Pennington; 1879; N.B. Court records card index, RS55; ; Provincial Archives of N.B., Fredericton (Rick Crume's file #P 462); NOTE: Malenda V Pennington was the widow of William E Pennington's son William E Pennington, Jr who had died in 1876.

!BIOGRAPHY: Letter from Gerald Keith, Saint John, NB, to Rick Crume, Glyndon, MN; 1830-1884; Letter dtd 5 Jul 1976; ; Rick Crume's file #P 033; NOTE: "Rev. William Pennington . . . was baptised into the Free Baptist Church at Bear Island (Queensbury Parish, York, NB) in 1830 and became an ordained minister in 1832. On 18 Jun 1833 he organized the first Baptist congregation at Upper Greenwich. This church is now known as the Oak Point United Baptist Church. He served a number of pastorates in York, Kings and Westmorland counties of NB and in the state of Maine. He died at Houlton, ME, 27 Feb 1884. On 17 Jan 1837 he married Isabella Slipp, daughter of John Slipp of Wickham parish, Queens County, NB. She outlived her husband and also died at Houlton, ME."

!BIOGRAPHY: George Edward Levy, THE BAPTISTS OF THE MARITIME PROVINCES 1753-1946; 1753-1946; ; pp 243, 245; FHL book US/Can 971.5 K2l; Rick Crume's file #P 373; NOTE: "The earliest state of the Free Baptist groups in New Brunswick was almost entirely fluid; very few church organization existed, and until 1832, little, if any attempt was made to bring even these together into a more closely knit fellowship. At a meeting held at Wakefield, Carleton County, on October 13 of that year the representatives of the following six churches formed a Free Baptist Conference for New Brunswick: Wakefield and Jacksontown, Carleton County; Bear Island, York County; Little River, Queens County; Lincoln, Sunbury County; and Upper Sussex, Kings County. Two ordained ministers were present, Samuel Nutt and Charles McMullen, besides one licensed preacher, W. E. Pennington, and a number of laymen." p. 245: "William Pennington (1804-?) a native of Queensbury, was the first man ordained by the Conference; he organized a score of churches and baptized more than a thousand converts."

!BIOGRAPHY: Letter from Murray S Thomson, Saint John, NB, to Rick Crume, Glyndon, MN; 1833-1885; Letter postmarked 19 Oct 1988; ; ; Rick Crume's file

1. P 146; NOTE: "On Sep 7, 1833 the Free Christian Baptist Church, Blissville was organized under the guidance of Elder William Pennington, with brother Daniel Smith as first Deacon. The Lake Baptist Church in New Jerusalem [was] established in 1835 through the efforts of Elder William E Pennington and Elder Samuel Hartt. Rev. William Pennington performed marriage ceremony for Ezekial Seeley & Rebecca Harris in Blissville in 1850. Rev. William E Pennington was in Tracey, N.B. attending a church committee meeting on Jan 7, 1854. The First Baptist Church at Bald Hill, Queens Co was organized by the Rev William Pennington on Sep 18, 1885 with 40 members. The church paid $80.00 annually for the support of a minister."

BIOGRAPHY: Letter from Fred C Burnett, Hartland, N.B., to Rick Crume, Glyndon, MN; 1804-1906; Letter dtd 23 Jul 1993; ; ; Rick Crume's file #P 493.

!OCCUPATION-BIOGRAPHY-CHURCH-PHOTO: Frederick C. Burnett, BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF NOVA SCOTIA AND NEW BRUNSWICK FREE BAPTIST MINISTERS AND PREACHERS; 1804-1884; Hantsport, N.S., Lancelot Press, 1996; pp. 148-150 etc.; book in poss of Rick Crume, file #P 787.

!BIRTH-BIOGRAPHY: Edward M. Saunders, HISTORY OF THE BAPTISTS OF THE MARITIME PROVINCES; 1832-1890; publ 1902; pp 419, 424; Archives & Special Collections, Harriet Irving Library, Univ. of N.B., Fredericton, N.B.; Rick Crume's file #P 446.

!OBITUARY: Obituary of Rev. W. E. Pennington, THE RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCER, Saint John, N.B.; 1884; Feb 29, 1884; p 2; Provincial Archives of N.B., Fredericton, N.B.; Rick Crume's file #P 453.

!OBITUARY: Obituary of Rev. W. E. Pennington, THE RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCER, Saint John, N.B.; 1884; Mar 7, 1884; p 2; Provincial Archives of N.B., Fredericton, N.B.; Rick Crume's file #P 453.

!OBITUARY: Obituary of Rev. W. E. Pennington, THE RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCER, Saint John, N.B.; 1884; Mar 14, 1884; p 2; Provincial Archives of N.B., Fredericton, N.B.; Rick Crume's file #P 434, P 453.

!BURIAL: R. W. Hale, SOUTHERN CARLETON COUNTY CEMETERIES; 1792-1956; Typed manuscript, dtd 4 Jan 1982; p 252; Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton; NOTE: Old Waterville Cemetery, Parish of Wakefield; Rick Crume's file #P 455.

!CEMETERY: Headstone inscription; 1884; Cemetery near Hartland and Waterville (Third Tier), just off the Trans Canada Highway; ; Viewed 1 Oct 1993 by Kaye Colpitts, Salisbury, N.B. (Rick Crume's file #P 496); NOTE: The stone is at least eight feet tall.

!BURIAL: M Frederick Amos, Appendix I, dtd Aug 1987, to ch 10 of THE DESCENDANTS OF EDMUND AND JANE (WEBB) PRICE (1976); 1831-1987; Includes information supplied by Florence Christie (wife of John P Christie) and Evelyn (Hallett) Tapley; p 1; ; Rick Crume's file #P 116.

1. ↑ New Brunswick Museum, manuscript catalog.

   Manuscript Title: Hazen, Hugh T. (b. 1870). Collection of Ward Chipman papers. Location: S 38 - 1, F 31. Administrative History or Biographical Sketch: I. F31, Correspondence, 1823 (W. Chipman recipient unless otherwise noted. Items: 34. From Mary Odell (Fredericton) re ordination of Pennington.

2. ↑ 1881 Canadian Census (2). (CD-ROM, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2001.)
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   Name / Sex / Marrital Status / Age / Origin / Birthplace
   Wm. E. PENNINGTON M M 76 English New Brunswick Occ: Minister Religion: Free Will Baptist
   Issabel PENNINGTON F M 60 German New Brunswick