The penton Surname
penton Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from Penton Mewsey, Hampshire, which is
named with Old English pening ‘penny’ + tun
‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’, i.e. a farmstead paying a penny rent.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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