Penn Family - Ourfolk
William Penn, jr B: 28 OCT 1644
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William, jr was born on 28 OCT 1644 . He is the son of Admiral Sir William Penn (23 APR 1621 - 16 SEP 1670) and Margaret Jasper (Penn) (B: ABT 124). - - -
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S1 is known as the founder of Pennsylvania. Also known as a famous Quaker for his Great Treaty with Delaware.S2 William Penn in Pennsylvania
Father - Admiral Sir William Penn (b.1621 - d.1670) - Admiral Sir William was born on 23 APR 1621 in St Thomas Parish, Bristol and died on 16 SEP 1670 (age: 49) in Wanstead, Essex
is known as the founder of Pennsylvania. Also known as a famous Quaker for his Great Treaty with Delaware.
He was in Pennsylvania only three and a half years. But from 1681, when he received the King's charter at the age of thirty-seven, to 1718, when he died, Pennsylvania was one of his chief preoccupations. The growth and well-being of his colony was based on a tradition of religious toleration and freedom under law, fundamental principles of American civil life. Thomas Jefferson called Penn 'the greatest law-giver the world has produced.'
In 1681 there came a golden opportunity to make his dreams come true. King Charles II, out of 'regard to the memorie and meritts of his late father,' gave the younger Penn a huge tract of land in North America and named it, in honor of the Admiral, 'Pennsylvania,' or Penn's Woods.
He was in Pennsylvania only three and a half years. But from 1681, when he received the King's charter at the age of thirty-seven, to 1718, when he died, Pennsylvania was one of his chief preoccupations. The growth and well-being of his colony was based on a tradition of religious toleration and freedom under law, fundamental principles of American civil life. Thomas Jefferson called Penn 'the greatest law-giver the world has produced.'
In 1681 there came a golden opportunity to make his dreams come true. King Charles II, out of 'regard to the memorie and meritts of his late father,' gave the younger Penn a huge tract of land in North America and named it, in honor of the Admiral, 'Pennsylvania,' or Penn's Woods.
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