William Penn
William Penn (14 October 1644 – 30 July 1718) was an English writer
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, founder of Pennsylvania
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, and his first wife Gulielma Maria Springett Penn, and the first of their children to survive infancy.
He was born at Walthamstow
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, Essex
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, England
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* 1674 births 1696 deaths English Quakers Springett English people of Welsh descent {{Quaker-stub