Penton Family History
Penton Name Meaning
English (mainly Hampshire):: habitational name from Penton Grafton or Penton Mewsey (both Hanmpshire) or from a shortened form of Pennington The placenames denoted a farm or estate for which a penny tax was payable (Old English pening ‘penny’ + tūn). in north-west England a shortened form of Pennington 1 from either of the places called Pennington in Lancashire. in the West Midlands from a lost place called Pinton in Alvechurch (Worcestershire). It denoted ‘Pinna's farm’ from an Old English personal name + Old English genitival -ing- + tūn. in Norfolk it may be a variant of Panton .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022