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Thomas Penn (19 March 1702 [O.S. 8 March 1702] – 21 March 1775) was an English landowner and mercer who was the chief proprietor of Pennsylvania from 1746 to 1775. He was one of 17 children of William Penn, the founder of the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania in British America.
British colonist. Learn about this topic in these articles: role in Walking Purchase. In Walking Purchase. William Penn’s son Thomas Penn (1702–75), who was proprietor of Pennsylvania in 1737, hired the three fastest walkers in the colony and offered a large prize to the one who could cover the most land.
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History. 17th century. Thomas Penn, governor of the Province of Pennsylvania from 1746 to 1775, c. 1752. Lappawinsoe, who sold regions of present-day eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey to the sons of William Penn in the Walking Purchase, c. 1735.
Thomas Penn (8 March 1702 – 21 March 1775) was an English landowner and mercer who was the chief proprietor of Pennsylvania from 1746 to 1775. He was one of 17 children of William Penn, the founder of the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania in British America.
Thomas Penn. London, Allen Lane, 2011, ISBN: 9781846142024; 480pp.; Price: £20.00. Reviewer: David Grummitt. University of Kent. Citation: David Grummitt, review of Winter King: The Dawn of Tudor England, (review no. 1301) https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/1301. Date accessed: 25 May, 2024.
Thomas Penn (8 March 1702 – 21 March 1775) was an English landowner and mercer who was the chief proprietor of Pennsylvania from 1746 to 1775. He was one of 17 children of William Penn, the founder of the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania in British America.
