JABEZ P. PENNINGTON, the oldest living member of the bar of Essex County, as to date of admission to the courts of New Jersey, was born in Newark, N.J., December 8, 1802. He is also the eldest of three brothers, the second of whom is Dr. << Samuel>> H. << Pennington>> , still living, and the youngest, Gen. Alexander C.M. Pennington, deceased. Mr. Pennington, as has been elsewhere in this volume said, is of English origin, his earliest American ancestor being Ephraim Pennington, who came from England, and settled in New Haven about the year 1643. His father was a man of fair education, and of far more than ordinary abilities, as is evident from the active part which he took in public affairs and the confidence placed in him by his fellow-citizens. He was the editor of the Newark Centinel of Freedom, from 1799 to November, 1803, when it passed into the hands of Mr. William Tuttle. For eleven years he was a member of the General Assembly, and one year, 1827, a member of the State Council, now called Senate. To his sons he furnished every opportunity for a thorough education. Jabez P., when sufficiently prepared, was sent to the College of New Jersey, at Princeton, from which he was graduated in 1823. He afterwards entered, as a student, the office of Oliver S. Halsted, subsequently chancellor, and was admitted to the bar in 1826. For several years he practiced in the courts, but after the death of his father, in 1835, he gradually withdrew, and confined himself to an office business. He has been notary public to the State Bank of Newark for more than fifty years, and, although now more than fourscore years of age, possesses great activity, and is daily at his place of business.
JABEZ P. PENNINGTON, the oldest living member of the bar of Essex County, as to date of admission to the courts of New Jersey, was born in Newark, N.J., December 8, 1802. He is also the eldest of three brothers, the second of whom is Dr. << Samuel>> H. << Pennington>> , still living, and the youngest, Gen. Alexander C.M. Pennington, deceased. Mr. Pennington, as has been elsewhere in this volume said, is of English origin, his earliest American ancestor being Ephraim Pennington, who came from England, and settled in New Haven about the year 1643. His father was a man of fair education, and of far more than ordinary abilities, as is evident from the active part which he took in public affairs and the confidence placed in him by his fellow-citizens. He was the editor of the Newark Centinel of Freedom, from 1799 to November, 1803, when it passed into the hands of Mr. William Tuttle. For eleven years he was a member of the General Assembly, and one year, 1827, a member of the State Council, now called Senate. To his sons he furnished every opportunity for a thorough education. Jabez P., when sufficiently prepared, was sent to the College of New Jersey, at Princeton, from which he was graduated in 1823. He afterwards entered, as a student, the office of Oliver S. Halsted, subsequently chancellor, and was admitted to the bar in 1826. For several years he practiced in the courts, but after the death of his father, in 1835, he gradually withdrew, and confined himself to an office business. He has been notary public to the State Bank of Newark for more than fifty years, and, although now more than fourscore years of age, possesses great activity, and is daily at his place of business.
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