Penson Family History
Penson Name Meaning
English:: patronymic from the Middle English female personal name Penn a pet form of Pernel or perhaps from the Middle English personal name Payne + -son. See Penn Parnell . habitational name from Penson in North Huish (Devon) which derives from the Anglo-Norman French personal name Payn(e) (see Payne ) + Middle English toun ‘village town settlement’ (Old English tūn ‘farmstead estate’).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022