The bennington Surname
bennington Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from either of two places called
Benington, in Hertfordshire and Lincolnshire, or from Long Bennington
in Lincolnshire. The first is recorded in Domesday Book as
Benintone ‘farmstead or settlement (Old English tun)
by the Beane river’; both Lincolnshire names are derived from the Old
English personal name Beonna + -ing-, a connective
particle denoting association, + tun.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Samuel Bennington/Lawrence County OH | Cynthia Schaffner | 3 |
| rebecca bennington |
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| BENNINGTONS | MELVYN COX | 2 |
| John L Bennington |
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| Elizabeth Bennington/ James Crail |
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| Benningtons in Langtoft, Lincolnshire, England |
richardmutter
| 4 |
| Bennington/Patton |
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| Rev. S D Bennington performed marriage, 21 Dec 1871 |
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| Lee Bennington of Ohio marr Barbara Anderson aft 1915 | wanda shinkle | 1 |
| Sarah Bennington Jones |
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| 1 |
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