PENNINGTON

(origin: Local) Derived from the manor of Pennington, in Lancashire, England, anciently Penitone, written in the Doomsday-Book, Pennegetum.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

PENNINGTON. A parish and a township in Lancashire, and a tything in Hampshire. Gamel de Pennington, who derived his name from the first-mentioned place, is said to have been seated at Mulcaster, co. Cumberland, at the time of the Conquest. Courthope's Debrett. But Hutchinson goes much further, and finds the family there " soon after the Roman accession!" Cumberland, i. 565. In the time of King John, one branch of the family took the name of Mulcaster, from their residence. Mulcaster, now Muncaster, is still possessed by a Pennington, ennobled as Baron Jluncaster.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.