Penn, Hannah b. February 11, 1671 d. December 20, 1726 Colonial Governor. The wife of William Penn, she became his second wife when she was 24 and he was 52. When he suffered a stroke in 1712, she began administering the affairs of Pennsylvania. She ruled in his name for six years, and then, upon his death, assumed full control over his property and the colony in her own right. William's oldest son by his first marriage tried to overturn his father's will in court, but was unsuccessful. Hannah Penn governed the colony for 8 years until her death...[Read More] (Bio by: Anglofranc) Old Jordans Cemetery, Jordans, Buckinghamshire, England
Penn, William b. October 24, 1644 d. August 10, 1718 American Colonial statesman and religious leader. William Penn was born to Admiral William Penn, a gentleman naval officer, and Margaret Jasper, a high-society lady, at a particularly turbulent time in British history. Oliver Cromwell was in power and conditions in the government and the church were in flux. A brilliant young man, William attended Oxford University, where he studied the classics and prepared for a career in the law. The authority of the Church of England was being...[Read More] (Bio by: Tigress) Old Jordans Cemetery, Jordans, Buckinghamshire, England
Rule, Joseph d. 1768 English Folk Figure. An Eccentric, he was a former Thames waterman who dressed entirely in white, carried a white stick, lived in a white cottage and was buried, appropriately, during a snowstorm. (Bio by: David Conway) Old Jordans Cemetery, Jordans, Buckinghamshire, England
b. 1639 d. March 1, 1714
b. February 11, 1671 d. December 20, 1726