The Penellton name has descended through the generations from the ancient
Anglo-Saxon culture. Their name comes from having lived in the chapelry of Pendleton found in the parish of Eccles in
Lancashire. The Penellton surname was originally derived from the Old English word
pendle which means
hill. It was also derived from the Old English word
ton which refers to a
farm or homestead. Therefore the original bearers of the name lived by the farm that was situated on a hill.
Early Origins of the Penellton family
The surname Penellton was first found in
Lancashire at Pendleton, a small village and civil parish in Ribble Valley which dates back to the
Domesday Book where it was listed as Peniltune and literally meant "farmstead by the hill call Penn (Pendle Hill)" having derived from the Celtic word penn (for hill) + tun.
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Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4) Pendleton is also an inner city area of Salford, Greater Manchester, again historically in
Lancashire. For both locations various spellings of the villages were found: Penelton in 1199, Pennelton in 1212, Penilton in 1236, Penhulton in 1331 and Penulton in 1356 before settling on the current spelling about 1600 or so.
Early History of the Penellton family
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Penellton Spelling Variations
Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Penellton has undergone many
spelling variations, including Pendleton, Pendelton and others.
Early Notables of the Penellton family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the Penellton family to Ireland
Some of the Penellton family moved to
Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Migration of the Penellton family to the New World and Oceana
To escape the unstable social climate in
England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Penellton were among those contributors: Bryan Pendleton who settled in New
England in 1630; Mary Pendleton and her husband settled in Boston in 1679; Otis Pendleton settled in Boston in 1823.