Histoire et origine de la famille Penny

The family of Pennée is a French one and the information I can give about it is obtained or rather was obtained from my father-in-law Rev. E.H. Penny of Stambridge, Essex and my sister-in-law Mrs Spencer née Margaret Pennée. The real name is Pennée, as I have borne it since my separation from my husdband, nor do I exactly know when the finaly “y” was assumed in the place of the “ée”. My father-in-law called himself Penny, and I fancy it was his father had made the change. I have been told that this name after the family had seltled in England and the reason of it was to avoid the impretation of being Catholics, for in France they were Huguenots. Upwards of forty years ago when living in France, I remember hearing Mr. Penny talk of relations still living in France in the neighborhood of Nantes, I think.... Georgina Ward Pennée - 1893

Soumis par Lyse A.

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