2005 Facts about William
Penn and Pennsbury Manor:
A Timeline of Penn's Life
William Penn was born in 1644. By Josie 3H
William Penn was born in England. By Tyler 3H
William Penn had a wealthy family. By Thomas 3V
William Penn was born rich. When he got older he became a Quaker. By Olivia 3H
When William was only 3 years old, he had a severe case of small pox. By Jessica 3V
William Penn moved to Ireland in 1656 and stayed in a castle called Macroom Castle. By Anvi 3V
Penn went to the Chigwell School and for college he went to Oxford University. By Rachel 3B
In 1662 Penn was sent to France by his father. By Matt 3B
William was a Quaker for the rest of life from the 16th century to the 17th century. By Meg 3V
A Quaker is somebody that believes in peace. By Patrick 3V
William Penn wanted people to worship God which ever they wanted to. By Amanda I. 3H
William returned home to London in 1667 and William’s father was not happy. By Nichelle 3V
William Penn went to jail because of talking about religious freedom. By Curtis 3B
William Penn got moved to his final cell in the Newgate Prison and got a release on July 28, 1669. William was not the only Quaker who felt this sadness. There were others in jail and prison and he was determined to help every one of them. By Claudia 3V
In England people were not allowed to worship the way they wanted to. By Jeremy 3V
In 1672 William Penn got married to Gulielma Springett, step-daughter of a great Quaker named Isaac Penington. By Ashley 3V
George Fox told William Penn that there were a lot of Quakers living in the New World in a place called West Jersey. By Evan 3V
William Penn wanted to go to a new world so people could choose their religion and their leaders. By Madeline 3V
William Penn’s Father was a good friend of King Charles II. By Pauline 3B
King Charles the Second owed Penn’s father $26 million dollars and instead gave him 26 million acres in the New World. By Emily 3V
When King Charles II gave William the land he suggested Penn name it after his father who was an Admiral in the English navy. By Jenna 3B
William Penn wanted to call the colony New Wales because he was humble and he didn’t want people to think it was named after him. By Maxwell 3V
William Penn set sail in 1682 from England. By Jake 3B
William Penn sailed for two months to get to the new world. By Zach 3H
William Penn went to the new world with a lot of other sailors on the ship called the Welcome. By Ebony 3B
William Penn sailed to America and met the Indians and made peace so they called the city Philadelphia, that means the city of brotherly love. By A.J. 3V
William Penn spent three years in Pennsylvania. By Caroline 3V
William Penn was friendly with the Native Americans. By Lexie N. 3B
William Penn learned to speak the Native American language. By Stuart 3B
William Penn signed a peace treaty with the Native Americans. By Ryan 3H
Between 1682 and 1684 Penn held nine peace treaties with the Native Americans. By Allie 3V
In 1683 Pennsbury manor was built. By Casey 3H
William Penn built his house at Pennsbury Manor on the Delaware River. By Ciara 3B
They washed their hair once a year at Pennsbury. By Cam 3H
They washed their hands and face every day. By Eric 3H
The servants only had 3 sets of clothes. By Betsy 3H
A normal servant drank about 4 quarts of beer a day. By Lily 3H
50 loaves of bread were cooked at one time at Pennsbury. By Lexy P. 3H
The overnight guest got the best room and the most colorful room in Pennsbury. By Matt P. 3H
Five people could sleep on a pallet, which was filled with hay. By Nicole 3H
The most important man in the house wore a wig. By Chet 3B
They used feathers to write. By John 3B
The most interesting fact was that colonial people drank beer. By Ethan 3H
Children back then drank small beer. By Sam 3B
William Penn had 5 slaves. By Robbie 3B
When William Penn left to go back to England the Native Americans gave William Penn a belt called the Wampum belt with shells sewn together. By Rebecca 3B
William Penn had 15 kids with both of his wives. By Kayla S. 3H
William Penn had very few children that lived over 20 years. By Kathryn 3H
William Penn had 15 kids and only 6 of them survived to adulthood. By Amanda H. 3B
John was the only child of William Penn’s to be born in the new world. By Kaela G. 3V
Penn died in 1718 from stroke. Ryan T. 3V
Penn died on July 30, 1718 at the age of 74. By Katie 3B
William Penn’s Pennsbury home was rebuilt in 1930. By Logan 3H
William Penn’s statue is on top of City Hall in Philadelphia. By Pravesh 3B |
