Individual Details
William Penn
(28 Mar 1674 - 23 Jun 1720)
William Penn, Jr., claimed the government, as heir, but the claim was not allowed, and two years after the death of his father he died in France of consumption. On his death-bed he is said to have declared that he regretted the wrongs he had done.
WILLIAM PENN, JR., sixth child of the Founder by his first wife, Gulielma Maria Springett, was born at Warminghurst 14 1m (March) 1680/1, ten days after his father's grant from Charles II. He was not quite eighteen when he married at Bristol, according to Friends' ceremony, on 12 11m (January) 1698/9, MARY JONES, born 11 11m (January) 1676/7, daughter of Charles Jones, Jr. of Bristol, and his wife Martha Wathers. As a marriage settlement, William Penn, Sr. apparently made over to young William the Irish estate of Shanagarry in Cork, entailing it on his male heirs. In 1666, the estate reputedly was worth £1000 a year. On his mother's death in 1694, Warminghurst in Sussex had become his by inheritance from her, and on young William's marriage, he and his wife appear to have taken up residence there, his father and stepmother moving to Bristol.
William Penn, Jr. came to Philadelphia without his wife, arriving 2 February 1703/4, with John Evans, commissioned Lieutenant Governor by the Founder. His stay was not a success and was brief. After disposing of some of the Pennsylvania land given him by his father, he was back in England by mid-January, 1704/5. He and his wife lived at Warminghurst until it was sold in 1707, then apparently rented properties until his father's death in 1718. He unsuccessfully essayed a political career in seeking a seat in Parliament, and appears to have left the upbringing and expenses of his children to his stepmother. In 1719, he made an unsuccessful attempt to get the Pennsylvania Assembly to acknowledge his claim as chief Proprietor and heir-at-law. Irresponsible and unstable, he apparently died in Liége, Belgium 23 June 1720, reputedly of a consumption. His widow Mary Jones was buried at Jordans 5 10m (December) 1733.
WILLIAM PENN, JR., sixth child of the Founder by his first wife, Gulielma Maria Springett, was born at Warminghurst 14 1m (March) 1680/1, ten days after his father's grant from Charles II. He was not quite eighteen when he married at Bristol, according to Friends' ceremony, on 12 11m (January) 1698/9, MARY JONES, born 11 11m (January) 1676/7, daughter of Charles Jones, Jr. of Bristol, and his wife Martha Wathers. As a marriage settlement, William Penn, Sr. apparently made over to young William the Irish estate of Shanagarry in Cork, entailing it on his male heirs. In 1666, the estate reputedly was worth £1000 a year. On his mother's death in 1694, Warminghurst in Sussex had become his by inheritance from her, and on young William's marriage, he and his wife appear to have taken up residence there, his father and stepmother moving to Bristol.
William Penn, Jr. came to Philadelphia without his wife, arriving 2 February 1703/4, with John Evans, commissioned Lieutenant Governor by the Founder. His stay was not a success and was brief. After disposing of some of the Pennsylvania land given him by his father, he was back in England by mid-January, 1704/5. He and his wife lived at Warminghurst until it was sold in 1707, then apparently rented properties until his father's death in 1718. He unsuccessfully essayed a political career in seeking a seat in Parliament, and appears to have left the upbringing and expenses of his children to his stepmother. In 1719, he made an unsuccessful attempt to get the Pennsylvania Assembly to acknowledge his claim as chief Proprietor and heir-at-law. Irresponsible and unstable, he apparently died in Liége, Belgium 23 June 1720, reputedly of a consumption. His widow Mary Jones was buried at Jordans 5 10m (December) 1733.
Events
| Birth | 28 Mar 1674 | Warminghurst, Sussex, England |  | ||
| Marriage | 1699 | Mary Jones | |||
| Death | 23 Jun 1720 | Leige, Belgium | |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Jones ( - ) |
| Child | Gulielma Penn (1699 - 1740) |
| Child | Springett Penn (1701 - 1731) |
| Child | William Penn (1703 - 1747) |
| Father | William Penn (1644 - 1717) |
| Mother | Gulielma Maria Springett (1641 - 1693) |
| Sibling | Letitia Penn (1683 - 1746) |
| Sibling | Guielma Maria Penn (1685 - 1689) |
| Sibling | Springett Penn (1674 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Penn ( - ) |
| Sibling | Hannah Penn (1703 - 1706) |
Endnotes
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