The Penn Family

Six Part Investigation into a family of Slavers, Traders & Thieves; Quakers & Anglicans; Colonialists, Royalists & Warmongers.

Part1.

A Living Easton View

• Preface
• Background to European claims on 'Pennsylvania
• Early European Exploration and Settlement: Cabot to Penn
• An Introduction to the Penn Family
• Admiral Penn, William Penn and Thomas Penn
• William Penn & Other Quakers, Slavery & Servants
• William Penn Slave Owner
• Pennsbury Mansion & Slave Plantation
• Slavery in Pennsylvania
• Quaker Attitudes Towards Slavery
• Pennsylvania and  the Antislavery Movement: Women in the Vanguard
• Conditions ofServants in Pennsylvania
• Native Americans. The Penn Family and Fraudulent Treaties
• Native Americans living in Pennsylvania at the Time of Colonialisation
• Indian' & Black; Commonalities in History
• Early Pennsylvania Law Courts
• Port Royal, Jamaica

Part2.

A Chronology of the Amassing of Capital and Vast Stretches of Land by Five Generations of the Penn Family

• 1st  generation
• GilesPenn
• 2nd generation
• AdmiralSir William Penn
• Margaret Penn
• 3rd generation
• William Penn
• Gulielma Maria Springett
• Hannah Margaret Penn
• 4th generation
• Thomas Penn
• William Penn Jr
• John Penn
• Richard Penn (Senior)
• 5th generation
• John Penn
• Richard Penn (Junior)
• John Penn

Part 3.

The Penington Family
a brief look at the Penn Family's connection with the Peningtons

• Isaac Penington (the younger)
• Mary Springett Penington
• Edward Penington

Part 4.

Appendices

• Appendix i
• Admiral Sir William Penn's armour and crest and memorial tablet with text written by William Penn
• Appendix ii
• The Will of Admiral Sir William Penn 1670
• Appendix iii
• The Mayors of the City of Philadelphia (1701-1722)
• Appendix iv
• Land Owners in Philadelphia in 1684
• Appendix v
• Fourth Will of William Penn (1701)
• Appendix vi
• Modern Streets in Bristol with Penn Connections

Part 5.

• Sources

Part 6.

• Useful www sites