---William and Abigail moved from Wilkes County, North Carolina to South Carolina where their first two children were born: Mary in 1786 and Abel in 1789.

[ In the 1790 census of Pitt County, North Carolina, There is a William but isn't our William that married Abigail.
The Pitt county William was a single man with no family while at the same time William and Abby were married, with two children. This should help stop perpetuating a wrong bit of information. ]

- William is in Lee County, Virginia for several years. Elizabeth b. 1792, Rebekah b. 1794, John W. b. 1796, James b. 1799, William b. 1801 (d. 1801), Abigail b. 1803 and William Nelson b. 1806, were all born in Lee County, Virginia. Their land deed showed William purchased land on the Powell River in 1805. He sold this same property back to William Sheppard in 1811.
- By then he had resided in Knox County, Kentucky for 2 years. Here in Knox County, Alfred (Alford) was born in 1809, Elijah was born in 1812 and Elisha in 1816. William received land grants on the Poor Fork of the Cumberland River.
- Then in 1820 this part of Knox County became Harlan County. The 1821-31 tax list shows William as paying on a great deal of property. In 1832 he sold his land and moved to Lawrence County, where he purchased land on Dry Creek and Little Sandy River.
- He died there in 1844. His sons William, James and Jonathan all took up land grants on Blaine Trace, Elliott County, Kentucky.

CHILDREN:
Mary Tabitha "Polly" Pennington Boggs 1786-1822
Abel Pennington 1789-1865
Elizabeth "Betsy" Pennington Webb 1792-1848
Rebecca Pennington McHunter 1794-1875
John Washington Pennington 1796-1882
James W Pennington 1799-1854
William Pennington 1801-1801
Abigail Pennington Caudill 1803-1887
William Nelson Pennington 1806-1862
Alford Pennington 1809-1890
Elijah Pennington 1812-1878
Elisha Pennington 1816-1851
∼Abel served in War of 1812