William Penn and Quaker links with Penn parish /
Green, Miles,1941-
Penn & Tylers Green Residents Society.
[Tylers Green, England] : Penn & Tylers Green Residents Society,
c2009.
"William Penn the Quaker is known and revered in the United States as the founder of Pennsylvania and the author of its remarkable early constitution. What is less well-know[n] are his many interesting connections with the parish of Penn in England. His first wife was living in Tyler End Green, one of the hamlets in the parish, for nearly two years before their marriage and six of his grandchildren are buried in a vault under Penn Church. William Penn used the same coat of arms as the local Penn family and his son was apparently offered the lands of Penn Manor and tried to buy property in the parish, both families believing it was the home of their common ancestors. This extensively illustrated and meticulously researched little book tells this story and brings it up to date with the unexpected but related events of the 20th-century"--Back cover.
"William Penn the Quaker is known and revered in the United States as the founder of Pennsylvania and the author of its remarkable early constitution. What is less well-know[n] are his many interesting connections with the parish of Penn in England. His first wife was living in Tyler End Green, one of the hamlets in the parish, for nearly two years before their marriage and six of his grandchildren are buried in a vault under Penn Church. William Penn used the same coat of arms as the local Penn family and his son was apparently offered the lands of Penn Manor and tried to buy property in the parish, both families believing it was the home of their common ancestors. This extensively illustrated and meticulously researched little book tells this story and brings it up to date with the unexpected but related events of the 20th-century"--Back cover.
Photography by Eddie Morton.
Includes bibliographical references.
Cover title.
Penn, William, 1644-1718.
Penn, Gulielma Maria Posthuma Springett, 1644-1694.
Penn family.
Quakers