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When Admiral Sir William Penn was born on April 23, 1621, his father, Giles, was 48 and his mother, Joanne, was 21. He married Margaret Jasper on June 6, 1643. They had three children in 12 years. He died on September 16, 1670, in Wanstead, Essex, England, at the age of 49. found on ancestry.com
British Admiral, and Father of the American Quaker William Penn. He was a parlamentarian in the English Civil War, commanding the naval forces of Oliver Cromwell. On Cromwell's death he offered the fleet to King Charles II, and built a close relationship with the King. He captured the island of Jamaica from the Spanish and, as its first British governor, stripped it of its wealth, causing terrible hardship for its people. He loaned the majority of this wealth to fund the King's building plans but, on his death, his son requested repayment of the loan. The King, having no money to repay this debt, offered William Penn land in America on the condition that it was named after the Admiral. The State of Pennsylvania (Penn's Woods) still incorporates the coat of arms of the Admiral in its official State Flag.
On 6 June 1643, he married Margaret Jasper, a daughter of John Jasper, a wealthy Dutch merchant from Rotterdam
He only had 3 children:
- William Penn (1644–1718), who married Gulielma Maria Springett (1644–1694), and later, Hannah Margaret Callowhill (1671–1726)
- Margaret "Pegg" Penn, who married Anthony Lowther
- Richard Penn
- St Martin. LDS- he married Margaret Jasper, a daughter of John Jasper, a wealthy Dutch merchant from Rotterdam
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