Pennington is a borough in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The borough is located at the cross-roads between the Delaware Valley region to the southwest and the Raritan Valley region to the northeast. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 2,802, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 217 (+8.4%) from the 2010 census count of 2,585, which in turn had reflected a decline of 111 (−4.1%) from the 2,696 counted in the 2000 census.
Alternate spellings include Wolfe, Wolff, Wulf and Wolf.
Isaac Penington (1616–1679) was one of the early members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in England. He wrote about the Quaker movement and was an influential promoter and defender of it.
Isaac Penington may refer to:
Sir Isaac Penington was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1653. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1642 and a prominent member of Oliver Cromwell's government.
Sir John Penington (1584?–1646) was an English admiral who served under Charles I of England.
John Pennington may refer to:
Mayor is an English and Spanish-language surname with several etymological origins. The English-language name is sometimes a variant spelling of Mayer, and thus derived from the Middle English and Old French mair, maire ; this surname originated from the title of a mayor. The surname Mayor can also be derived from a nickname, derived from the Spanish mayor, meaning "older", borne by the elder of two individuals with the same name. Another origin of the surname is from an occupational name, derived from the Spanish major, meaning "governor", "chief". The surname can also be a Catalan variant of the surname Major, derived from major, meaning "greater", used to denote an elder son of a particular family or an important person. The surname Mayor can also be derived from the Yiddish personal name Meyer, which is derived from the Hebrew language Meir, which in turn means "enlightener".
Pennington is a surname indicating a family origin in Pennington, Cumbria. Other branches include members from an area of Surrey, London, Yorkshire, Hampshire and North America. This surname was originally spelled Pennigetun, though the spelling eventually evolved to Pennington.
Scottish surnames are surnames currently found in Scotland, or surnames that have a historical connection with the country.
Tong is a Chinese surname. Tong as transcribed in English however represents of a number of different Chinese surnames.
Tichenor is a variant of Tickner, an English topographic surname for someone who lived at a crossroad or a fork in the road..
Burnet is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Gascoyne is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Ironside is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Kitts is an English surname. It is also an anglicized version of the German surname Götz. Notable people with the surname include:
Vanderpuije, also Vanderpuye, originally van der Puije is a toponymic surname of Dutch origins and typically associated with an Accra-based Ghanaian family of Euro-African and Ga heritage. The progenitor of the family was Jacobus van der Puije, an administrator of the Dutch West India Company and President of the council of the Dutch Gold Coast in 1780. His notable descendants with the surname include:
Elizabeth Penington born Elizabeth Rizby was an English pious laywoman and letter writer. Patron of Johann Heinrich Hummel
