Conversation so far:
who were the pennsylvania dutch and why did they settle in pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Dutch population arrived in droves between the late 1600s and the early 1800s to escape religious persecution in Europe. William Penn promised them religious freedom in Pennsylvania.
who was william penn
William Penn was a writer, early member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and founder of the English North American colony the Province of Pennsylvania.

Question: where was the founder born
Self-contained rewrite: where was william penn born