Springett Penn (died February 8, 1731) was a grandson and heir of

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, founder and proprietor of

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Biography

Penn was born in England, the eldest son of William Penn, Jr. He succeeded to his father's claims, and was by many persons considered the rightful governor-in-chief of Pennsylvania. Sir William Keith, the lieutenant-governor, caused a tract of land, 6 miles wide and 15 miles long, on the frontier (around present-day

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) to be laid out for him, and called Springettsbury Manor. In 1725, with

Hannah Callowhill Penn Hannah Margaret Penn ( Callowhill; 11 February 1671 – 20 December 1726) was an Anglo-American governor. The second wife of Pennsylvania founder William Penn, she effectively administered the Province of Pennsylvania for six years after he ...

, his step-grandmother, the widow and executrix of the founder, he nominated

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as Keith's successor, and obtained confirmation of the appointment by the British Crown. The will of the founder was established by decree of the court of exchequer in 1727, and a compromise between the two branches of the family was in process of adjustment at his death. He died in Dublin, Ireland, February 8, 1731.

Legacy

Springettsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania Springettsbury Township is a township in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 27,058 at the 2010 census. The township takes its name from Springett Penn, grandson of Pennsylvania founder William Penn. Located east and nor ...

is named for him.

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Penn, Springett (II) 1731 deaths 18th-century English people Springett II People of colonial Pennsylvania Springettsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania English people of Welsh descent Year of birth unknown