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William Penn, (born Oct. 14, 1644, London, Eng.—died July 30, 1718, Buckinghamshire), English Quaker leader and founder of Pennsylvania. Expelled from Oxford for his Puritan beliefs, he was sent to manage the family estates in Ireland, where he joined the Society of Friends in 1667.
William Penn Acquires his Charter for Pennsylvania. In 1675, when William Penn’s “disgust with European society and his consciousness of the impossibility to effect radical reform there had been confirmed and deepened, he became permanently identified with American colonial affairs.”
History. Dutch Americans. William Penn [1644-1718] Notable Dutch-American. William Penn arrived on American soil in 1682 to take possession of lands which had been turned over to him by the King of England. The king owed a large sum of money to Penn’s father, Admiral Sir William Penn.
