Släkthistoria för Penston
Penston Vad efternamn betyder
from Penston in Gladsmuir (E Lothian) from the Norman French personal name Pain (from Latin paganus ‘countryman’) + Scots toun ‘farm village’. The Pain in question has been identified as 12th-cent. tenant in Tranent named Paganus of Hanle(?) more correctly perhaps Hadle.from Penson in North Huish (Devon) for which see Penson or from Penstone in Colebrook (also Devon) which has the same etymology as Penson in North Huish.variant of Penistone.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
