William Penn biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of William Penn

Author Name:

William Penn

Born As:

William Penn

Other Names:

William Penn

Born:

14 Oct 1644

Died:

30 Jun 1718




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Colonizer and Quaker religious leader                          
                          
Mother Margaret Jasper
Father Admiral Sir William Penn
First wife Gulielma Maria Springett, 1644-1694, they had three sons and four daughters.
Second wife Hannah Margaret Callowhill, 1671-1727. 
Married Hannah when she was 24 and he was 52. They had eight children in twelve years. The first two children had died in infancy. The other children were:
John Penn - 1699-1746, never married.
Thomas Penn - 1702-1775, married Lady Juliana Fermore, fourth daughter of Thomas, first Earl of Pomfret.
Margaret Penn - b. 1704
Richard Penn - 1706-1771
Dennis Penn - b. 1707, d. before 1727
Hannah Penn - b. 1708                          
Founder and eponym of Pennsylvania.