William Penn, father of the founder, was a lieutenant in the English Navy and played an important part in the sea trades with the Mediterranean. He learned all of his knowledge from his father, Giles Penn, who was a well-respected captain for the Royal Navy. "He served with his father, as a boy, in various mercantile voyages in the northern seas."# William married Margaret Jasper in winter of 1643 and to this conceived three children; William, Richard, and Margaret.

William died on September 16, 1670. As he lay on his deathbed, William spoke to his son about having a truly Christian mind, and never be troubled at disappointments. Young William was always close to his father, and became very dedicat

Now that word was well known that a Quaker had become a very powerful proprietor, many fled to join him in the New World. He gave them hope for a better life without prosecution. Soon many were coming into Pennsylvania and settling down in their lands. It was a very good time for William. What made it even more delightful was the death of King Charles II. James II succeeded Charles and was a very good friend to William. He saw this as a great opportunity to expand and create. However, this didn't last very long.

Born in London on October 24, 1644, William was the first of three children born into the Penn family. William was sent to a preparatory school in Chigwell at an early age. "He attended school there, it is said, until he was twelve years of age. It seems fairly certain that he acquired a good knowledge of Latin, and he may have also obtained the foundation of his knowledge of Greek there."# When his family moved to London, Penn stayed behind and received his education from a tutor. For four years, he received this education by tutors and this is when he first heard the Quaker preaching given by Thomas Loe. When William returned to London, he enrolled into Oxford College as a "gentleman commoner"#. However, being that his views were more of a puritan form, William grew much of a disliking to the Christian ways of Oxford.

"Penn's original plan for Philadelphia reveals his sweeping imagination, his prophetic view of what the city was destined to become...Two noble streets were to front the rivers and remain open to them on one side. These streets were to be connected by the High Street, perfectly straight and one hundred feet in width. Broad Street, of equal width, was to cut the city in two from north to south. A square of ten acres was reserved. Eight streets were to be built parallel to Broad Street and twenty built parallel to the river."#

King James II was overthrown by the "glorious revolution" of 1688, and William was suspect to disloyalty to the new rulers, William and Mary. He had been clear of these charges but never regained the easy access to royalty.

"Admiral Penn reacted to William Penn's expulsion from Oxford in a way that we might expect of an upper-class, seventeenth century Englishman: he sent his son to France in the hope that he would come to his senses and prepare to live, work, and worship within the established social order."# This seemed to work very well and soon took up law back in Italy at Lincoln's Inn. There he subsequently joined his father aboard his ship to carry goods back to England for King Charles II. Unfortunately, the plague began to spread and his father sent William up to Ireland, where he would stay until 1667. During his stay in Ireland, he took up the military life under Lord Arran.

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