Posted by Barb on May 10, 19102 at 13:18:35:
In Reply to: were the bensingers origninally JEWISH? posted by julia on March 19, 19102 at 00:40:36:
Hello -- I saw your query regarding the Bensinger name as being Jewish. I can't provide any information on religious origin, but I do know that it is believed that of my ancestors (Pensingers), a name change occurred in the early 1700's from Bensinger to Pensinger.
Who knows! Maybe the religious origin and how it was viewed centuries ago had something to do with a name change. It's only a theory, but an interesting one.