Daughter of Robert B. and Jane Brank Henry.

Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Henry married William Vick Pennington on December 1, 1808 in Garrand Co., Kentucky and they had sixteen children:
1) Jefferson Pennington (1811-1896)
----m. November 27, 1838
----sp. Sophronia Henry
2) Lucinda Davis Pennington Lay (1812-unknown)
----sp. Henry Lay
3) Henry N. Pennington (1814-unknown)
----m. April 17, 1838, Mo.
----sp. Emilly Cowen
4) Syrena Jane Pennington McKinzie (1815-1898)
----m. January 30, 1845 in Oldham Co., Kentucky
----sp. William McKinzie
5) Rachel Brank Pennington Hardin (1816-1880)
----m. July 6, 1841 in Oldham Co., Kentucky
----sp. Frank Peter Hardin
6) Elizabeth Ann Pennington Lawson (1919-1903)
----sp. Bert E. Lawson
7) Newit James Pennington (1821-1906)
----sp. Catherine E. Howe/House
8) Mary Henry Pennington Oliver (1823-1908)
----m. December 27, 1842 in Oldham Co. Kentucky
----sp. Charles William Oliver
9) William C. Pennington (1824-1877)
10) Martha Raten "Patsy" Pennington Wheeler (1826-1905)
----m. July 10, 1845 in Trimble Co., Kentucky
----sp. Francis Landon Wheeler
11) Amelia Vance Pennington Rice (1826-1917)
----m. September 29, 1847 in Trimble Co. Kentucky
----sp. David S. Rice
12) Ezerelda Emmerine Pennington Kelly (1828-1907)
----m. November 1, 1853 in Oldham Co., Kentucky
----sp. James Kelley
13) Eliza Ann Pennington Plummer (1830-1903)
----m. February 28, 1854, Virginia City, Cass Co., ILL.
----sp. Benjamin F. Plummer
14) Nancy Willis Pennington Bell (1831-1893)
----m. August 10, 1848 in Jacksonville, Clark Co.. Indiana
----sp. John David Bell
15) Robert Deliss Pennington (1834-unknown)
16) John Thomas Pennington( 1837-1922)
----m. January 7, 1869, Macon, MO.
----sp. Setha/Letha Agnes Jones

SOURCE: Pennington family records sent me by William Vick and Mary Elizabeth Henry Pennington's great-great grandson, James D. Pennington.
NOTE: Updated list of children and added dates, etc. on November 14, 2023